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We clearly arent, sat in 18th. We heard the same shite throughout the season we nearly went down as other teams benefitted from our inability to manage games.

So pissed off that we threw that away and not at the ref who now becomes the latest excuse. The issue as flagged up previously is the state of the squad. And this is not because of some unfortunate woe is me injury crisis. The players being brought on are players that Gestede has signed, mainly this summer just gone, and they are terrible. They dont have any game management skills (or redeeming features at all). Its going to be a long season.

The club seems happy to portray a feeling of hard luck regarding injuries. Dont buy it. Carter and Wharton getting injured was predictable. Toth, Cantwell and now a small injury to Tronstad, fine its annoying. The main reason for our chronic lack of squad depth is dreadful recruitment. You look midweek or on the bench today, the likes of De Neve, Henriksson, Baradji, Tavares etc. Players not capable or who havent contributed at the correct standard. We also had a self inflicted squad limit below the one that the football league enforces.

State of that team/squad.

Point being, you predict pretty much every game as a win because you think thats what a fan has to do. If even you don't fancy us for a win then we really must be in trouble. It really is a poor team when its put down like that.

Its not as simple as a £10 offer though. It comes with massive strings attached, having to accompany a season ticket holder. Coupled with continued abject performances and embarassing results at home, the fact its a rearranged game that people may have already been to, freezing cold weather, it being 3 weeks before Christmas, and the fact that weve had the piss taken out of us for 15 years. Take up will be tiny and it will then be manipulated as supposed proof that lowering ticket prices isnt the answer.

A midfield so grim even you dont predict a victory. Gueye doesnt win headers though. No way does playing him benefit us in any way.

Ive never understood why people think that anyone has to excuse themselves should they not buy a ticket for a football game.

They really didnt. Venkys did long before that. When they bought the club.

After what has happened since, you would think that the penny would drop that it wasnt Mowbray or even Waggott who finished us off as a normal club.

There is no excuse regarding the centre backs. We knew how injury prone they are yet didnt bother to replace Hyam anyway. Toth, Tronstad and Cantwell are unfortunate, Kargbo is no loss. The squad and starting 11 shouldnt look so weak still.

Its not another Paul Downing we need. Its not a young defender who had been nowhere near our first team that we need to recall. We need a couple of centre backs of the quality to come straight into the starting 11. We massively miss Hyam and Batth. We knew we would. Gestede has filled the squad full of players that are absolutely woeful from random leagues. De Neve, Henriksson, Gueye, Kargbo, Tavares etc. Even the more domestic ones, Gardner Hickman struggled for game time in League 1, it shows, McLoughlin couldnt nail down a regular centre back spot when at Hull, it shows. Miller is so poor on the ball. Its frightening that these players have been signed to kick start a supposed overhaul of the squad. Cheap, sub par crap.

That team that finished the game was an absolute embarassment. Only Alebiosu would get in any other Championship side. Many others would struggle to get into a League 1 side.

One v Ipswich where the yellow caed he got stood.

If he wants more fans to come he needs to have a word with those above him.

Doncaster are 19th in League 1 and have conceded quite a lot of goals. He may have done well (unsure if a lot are just assuming he has done well or if he genuinely is) but he was nowhere near the first team when he left and no way should he be our main defensive reinforcement to essentially replace Hyam. As another body on top of a new signing, by all means.

I saw some comments on social media at the weekend from Boro fans suggesting that Brittain is really doing well for them.

I dont see why Cantwell wouldnt fit into this current system. He was described as an "enigma" by ParsonBlue but I actually think hes far more hard working than I and seemingly others had portrayed him before he joined. I also find it strange to see a few speaking as if he is a spare part almost. It is crucial that we keep him, hes still a very important player.

We really cannot afford for Tronstad to be injured.

Chelsea got Ballack who was also a similar type of player but again, it The idea of playing your best 11 players regardless of balance is a crazy one. England's team would be interesting going into the summer as it would mean Bellingham, Foden, Palmer, Eze, Saka and Kane all starting. We tried to fit a number of those in together under Carsley. The team was massively imbalanced and we lost to Greece.

Just playing your best 11 players is not the best strategy, its been the sort of motto that has held England and other teams back over the years. Had Mourinho signed Gerrard to play with Lampard, they would have had Makelele behind them providing the balance. Beckham was very hard working so that role would have suited him. King could be changed to Sol Campbell.

Are they in the Championship now?

Hes not a scapegoat as thankfully he doesnt play that many minutes anymore. And every time he comes on we are reminded why.

I think the point is that we have a bloke who knows he was lucky to get a Championship job and therefore will not dissent despite having the piss taken out of him.

Would Toth's ESC conversion be in jeopardy considering the games he will miss? McLaughlin was signed as an alternative to Kapuadi. Kapuadi was left footed, we need a right footer.