4 of the 9 are against the top 4 who are far superior compared to every other team in the league. Every game is tough though with these players and with a manager who is happy to draw every game.

Another really poor day at the office. Eustace still to win a game and his counterproductive defensive tactics have played a major part today. McFadzean's influence has been overstated, hes far too slow to be playing at this level and having him in a back 3 didnt help in Plymouth repeatedly getting in behind and luckily for us in the first half they kept missing their chances. He cost us the game in the second half and yet weirdly got a standing ovation for doing so. Dont want to see him playing for us again, hes past it. Both him and Wharton in particular are dreadful on the ball too and coupled with the inept Wahlstedt, the ball was just brainlessly and repeatedly sliced out of play or straight back to Plymouth. There is just generally clearly a lack of plan in terms of attacking, Buckley had a shocker and just kept kicking the ball over his shoulder and back to Plymouth. Gallagher is having to play wide which we know is not effective, Sigurdsson is crap on the other side and our sole threat is Szmodics who has us still with a chance of staying up. Our only hope is the quantity of teams at the bottom as we need 2 from around 8 teams to accumulate less points.

Eustace has been the manager for 4 points from 6 games, and no wins. They are the facts. Comparisons to Mark Hughes are off the mark as he was up against teams like Chelsea and Liverpool in the Premier League. Weve had a fairly favourable run of fixtures under Eustace with no opposition in the top 6 and have still not won. Style is means to an end, it isnt a black and white yardstick and ultimately I think people just want what leads to good results. I very much doubt that people would rather us play more direct aesthetically, but Tomassons gung ho approach with the current squad wasnt getting results and most (one notable exception) probably recognised that. Equally, Eustace has nullified us going forward and we still arent keeping clean sheets. He doesnt seem to see any value in trying to win a game even in the last 2 home games late on when drawing. Talk of him being like Kean or Coyle is obviously totally unfair and is clearly an emotional reaction as we continue to struggle.

Im sick of reading the manager and players repeatedly say how we need the fans. The players need to give the fans something to cheer about for once, the fans have been doing their bit.

Pears out with concussion, Tronstad until after the international break, Hedges and Brittain massively doubtful and JRC still 3 or 4 weeks away. Hard to see us winning even against opposition who themselves are really struggling at the moment. No doubt a back 5 with Pickering on the wrong side where he is clearly not able to play.

That tean would struggle even with 12. Gallagher looks absolutely shattered and Dolan has been crap bar the Stoke game since returning from injury. That being said, its hard to drop either when the alternatives are someone from the German 4th division and players like Sigurdsson who not only lacks the quality but is also as soft and uncommitted a player as I can remember.

Kipre has just tipped a header from a certain goal over the bar for West Brom away at QPR with his hand. Does us a massive favour but the sort of decision that perhaps brings VAR closer.

The difference is that Harris has got 7 points from 3 games and Eustace has 4 from 6.

I have used the wrong word, my mistake. I meant that he is dull!

When did I describe him as stupid?

If ever you wanted to sum up our recruitment under these horrendous owners and their cuts (spearheaded by Broughton) then only 2 players signed within the last 3 windows started last night. One was the incompetent Wahlstedt and the other a 37 year old CB.

Without the points deductions, it would have been 49 and 41.

Do those 2 deserve a start? Sigurdsson made a simple pass for the goal but got lucky after his initial pass was terrible and gifted back to him and it was another half arsed performance. And Garrett struggled and lost the ball for their goal. Although to be fair, only Szmodics deserves a start. The other 10 are more a case of who is the least undeserving. Its a must win.

All I am saying that anyone who thinks that any team that gets promoted over a 46 game season on 96 points and with a 10 point buffer is lucky clearly doesnt understand league tables.

I would like at least one win before i start clinging too much to any positives. Weve only scored first in one of his 6 games, which we then went on to throw away a 2 nil lead in.

I think playing 5 defenders throughout a very winnable home game and being pleased with a point is a big sign of what John Eustace potentially is unfortunately. The players dont look like they know what they are doing, no one has any idea what the tactics are going forward beside the occasional hoof in the air to no one in particular. We arent creating chances and we arent keeping clean sheets. Even the set pieces are confused, it seemed like we would be going to put crosses into the box with more height under him but that mess in injury time summed up a confused, disjointed and dysfunctional performance and we did a similar corner in the first half. Its hard to know what to make regarding his time at Birmingham, I wonder if he got sacked at a good time in terms of his reputation. His full season there was unremarkable and although they were 6th when he left, it was 11 games in and with a favourable fixture list, Rooney then followed with 5 really difficult fixtures so it might have been a bit misleading at such an early stage. He obviously has inherited a poor set of players but youd expect a bounce and all we have had is lifeless and soul destroying performances. He comes across as a dullard and his teams portray that.

Lucky to go up with 96 points, 10 points more than 3rd.

We can come back to draw. Wins are off the cards though.

Drab, lifeless dross served up yet again by a manager and team hurtling towards League 1. Eustace saying that it is a good point sums him up. Playing a back 5 throughout with Pickering at RWB when 3 points were there for the taking tells us all we need to know. New manager bounce? Still hasnt won a game and is dishing up some Appleton esque football where the players dont really look like they know what they are doing, poorly coached summed up by taking that corner at the end how they did. Its hard to see what Eustace is trying to do, its not as if hes even come in and weve kept more than one clean sheet. The set of players we have are as poor as I can remember too. Go right through the team, only Szmodics (who was poor aside from his goal but his constant supply of goals is giving us any chance) has any right to feel any pride. Wahlstedt making himself as small as possible. McFadzean and Wharton are uncoordinated lumps and Hyam is a coward of a captain. Garrett is a League 2 player, Buckley has had a mixed time back and tonight was more of an indicator as to why he sat on Wednesdays bench and Dolan and Gallagher were totally ineffective. The subs bench is essentially a conveyor belt of shite.

Any clarity on whether you are specifically saying that Broughton has been put on gardening leave, as opposed to the cryptic waffle implying as such?

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Everyone remains in situ despite the shambles, and even an explanation can be deferred whilst they hide behind the manager they appointed who hasnt even won a game yet.

It was just bad luck that a player with a plate in his leg following breaking that same leg twice both very recently has injured the same leg again.

We desperately need a really raw centre back who has struggled for game time in the French second division and who on debut made a big mistake in failing to shepherd the ball out, took a foul throw and didnt react at all to an opposition attacker having 2 shots that had to be well saved by Pears?

I know yeah and totally agree. I dont believe him at all, no. I am just seeing if he at least will outright say what he is implying.