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In a home game against a Plymouth side with 4 points from 6 games, you cant just write it off as them being outstanding, it doesnt wash. If we cant beat them at home and are clinging on against wave after wave of attack, then we need to look at ourselves. The managers tactics (not only starting with 5 defenders, one being 37, but wanting them to play a high line and not changing it at the very least at half time when it clearly wasnt wotking) led to the red card so he doesnt deserve credit for clinging on when we lost a player to that.

Armstrong appears to have become a more rounded player as he has aged. He has 11 assists and often plays from a wide position. I never fully was having the criticism of him being greedy in that last season, I dont think you can question someone too much who scores 28.

A mixture of draws and losses are of little use to us, so probably not.

Tomasson was really struggling for results prior to his departure too, Eustace also struggling doesn't make anyone silly if they questioned a man on a run of 2 points from 8 games. Although I think the vast, vast majority certainly on here could see that he wasn't the problem anyway. The owners are.

Teams have had points deductions in some years.

Is it must win yet?

It would be yet more negligence to give the job to a total novice, especially upon relegation, just because he has been here a while and knows the players. Waggott ticks that criteria!

Surprised? He had just struggled for game time at a loan spell for a team near the bottom of the French second division having before that struggled to get game time in the Austrian league. And no pressure? I think there is. If Boro away is a foregone conclusion, surely theres no pressure in the whole relegation scrap.

Replacing our only bit of proper quality with a kid? Sounds like Venkys.

He was awful. He wont be in their first team plans next season.

That faith has predicted a total of 2 wins in 16 so he cant have that much.

That is a frightening team. Has Chrisene ever played in central midfield? Not the best on the ball. And has O'Riordan ever played at full back? A big gangly centre back. I know that Buckley has started to show that perhaps he wasn't necessarily our heir to the Wharton throne but he has to be a more suitable player there than Chrisene, and I know you really cannot stomach Brittain (I am not his biggest fan, unsure if your dislike of him is more because you was so fond of Nyambe who himself wasnt particularly good) but he surely is a better option than sticking a young centre back there. Gilsenan seems to be getting more and more popular every week that he is not selected but I am wary of being too excited just because hes scored a few goals for the under 21s, Jack Vale and even Harry Leonard showed how big the gap in quality is. Deserves a spot on the bench over players like Telalovic though. Gallagher looked good when he came back into the team, his last 2 or 3 performances have been totally ineffective perhaps partly due to playing so much after injury, but mainly because of Eustace shoving him on the wing in a side that rarely attacks. He usually does well at Boro, I would play him up top rather than Szmodics who is best behind a striker.

Im not convinced those players would do "very well" in League 1.

Its only been mentioned because Eustace has clung onto it as a badge of honour in press conferences a few times. Clutching at straws. In 7 games we have only took the lead twice and obviously held on to neither.

Havent got a win in 7 v non top 6 opposition but we have drawn a couple we went 1 down in. A serious new manager bounce.

The thing is, there are so many teams down there, it shouldnt be too hard to scrape over the line. If we did win twice of the last 9, that would be 2 in 16, so wouldnt bode well for next season. Nor would it be an achievement.

Hard to see us getting anything based on how we are playing. Tronstad, JRC and Carter wont be back which only makes it harder. Forget the back 3. At least McFadzean's suspension might force the managers hand. But be wont see this as must win either. Could we go into the international break in the bottom 3?

Its all about parroting the party line. There wasnt a negative word said about JDT when here, now things Eustace has said are echoed and held against Tomasson, we got a couple of draws when losing being the main one. Also the excuses Eustace repeats amidst his no excuse culture. Fact of the matter is we have not won a game under Eustace with 5 points from 7 games, none against a side in the top 6. Apparently Tomasson's passing style was absolutely correct right until he left and now Eustace's negative football is bang on because its back to basics, although weve only kept one clean sheet in that time and its removed any attacking threat. Playing 5 defenders in every game with one being painfully slow, Gallagher back on the wing, Szmodics as a false 9, its not working out and the jury is very much out on Eustace. Talk of comparisons to Kean and Coyle is obviously provocative and premature nonsense at this stage. He will need 2 wins from 3 to better the amount of games won in Henning Berg's first 10 games though.

Did Scott Dann score 5 own goals?

He left to join a big Premier League club who are in Europe, on I am assuming a much bigger contract. Most sane people would take a similar jump if offered. He is also now getting more football than he was here, albeit on loan.

Who and where is this from?

No issue with booing at full time. Another poor performance and 2 wins in 18 or 19 games, people are pissed off and understandably so. Booing Phillips, maybe a bit petty. He moved to a big club, he wasnt playing here and he is now playing regularly out on loan on a considerably bigger salary. The reaction that was difficult to comprehend was the applause to McFadzean after he just cost us so badly.

Gallagher and Dolan have year options in their deals. Obviously add all the loans to your list. Wahlstedt, Sigurdsson, Markanday, Telalovic, Garrett amongst the players contracted into next season... Woulsnt surprise me to see McFadzean getting a new deal as Eustace seems to think repeatedly having him amongst the back 3 is a great idea and will no doubt continue with it after his suspension.

Hes scored 49 goals for us so he clearly isnt one of the worst to have e ever played for us. Poor again today but being played out wide again.

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.