His decision making has certainly improved this season. It is not "woefully sub-par."

Some more cryptic made up nonsense.

Like with any of the recent media bits and pieces, its just a platform to say the same uncontested rubbish really. Need to communicate better, the board are really hurting when we lose, the abuse hurts and a clear disregard and ignorance from those in power at the club as to why we are so unhappy. Communication is not the key. Change is.

We do have a number that are. Tronstad, Travis, Brittain, Hyam, Batth, Beck and perhaps Dolan are. Point being, I would consider Ohashi to be a useful player to have around but I dont think hes quite shown enough to be confident in being our main man.

I also cant understand how people still sometimes justify players signing here with the premise that "oh well, they are only squad players." One of the main themes in recent season has been a strong start which has nosedived partly because our small squad has lacked the quality in depth to cope with a long season and player unavailability. Forshaw is a great example. Its all well and good making the odd cameo alongside Travis and Tronstad. When one or both of those were injured and he had to start, it was an example of how big the gap was between first choice and backup. Obviously we wont get players as squad players of that quality but its the gulf in difference of quality that is the issue. If we decide to have players like Forshaw and Hedges then we are accepting that we arent bothered about having a competitive and deep enough squad to cope.

When everyone is fit, Forshaw occasionally coming on as a third midfielder to help to manage a lead, not so bad. But when you start getting injuries and needing him to start games, hes not good enough. He shouldnt get a new deal. I dont think Ohashi is good enough to be the first choice striker for a top half Championship side, but I do think hes more of a striker than a number 10 and he is definitely a useful player to have around. Problem is, we wont sign a better striker to be first choice. Gueye I think is better off moving on. He doesnt really fit in with the rest of the team and needs a very specific way of playing. He doesnt offer much in the way of goal threat and recently has shown poor body language when he has come on as if he is annoyed.

I have not seen any suggestion that Cantwell is on anything like £25k a week. The probability of promotion is at most 5% so we cant be holding off on that anyway although it should have been sorted far earlier. But even if we got promoted, the natural step would be to go and buy players for the starting 11 and we could still have Dolan as part of the squad knowing that if we came back down which would be highly likely, he is a useful asset back at this level.

The situation with Eustace should never have got to that situation.

Would you be for or against renewing his deal?

Point being, why have we just left that offer for so long and not offered him improved terms before, ones that might be enough to keep him.

Why are we making our final contract offer "shortly." His contract has 2 months left, its just a token gesture.

Im not sure how 6 players can deserve to be in the top 3, but there you go. Hyam has had a good season. I know hes not the most popular player we have but hes played a key role in our strong defence and perhaps hasnt got the plaudits he deserves.

Again, "wants to test the market" is just parroting what has been put in the media. I suspect that if he had been offered a proper deal proactively then he would be here beyond the end of the season. If there is even a deal on the table its clearly nowhere near at market value. Similarly, all of our other key players are about to go into their final year and we havent even bothered trying yet to tie them down. The next contract news we will hear will be in the summer when we give another year or two to crap like Hedges and Forshaw who no one else will want.

Forshaw as well as Hedges? Jesus christ. Shows the ambition of the club.

The issue is, even if we attack from the start its not really our strength. If we are to win it perhaps is more likely to be from a tight game that we grind out built on a clean sheet.