JW Upper was £57.50 a month over 8 months this season.

Saw him at a charity match at Ribchester not too long ago, he’s definitely enjoying retirement…

That’s not what I’m saying, but at least that wouldn’t have meant another asset leaving for nothing for the second consecutive season.

If you’re going down that route, it seems to imply that the experts can’t be questioned and are always right. This just isn’t the case, Owen Coyle was in the hot seat once and he’s as far from an expert as it’s possible to be….

Still more than zero.

I suspect more will be positive when the team show some positive attacking intent and not this mindless possession for possession’s sake. It’s a turgid watch at the minute.

Money, more minutes on the pitch (whether that’s at Palace or a Championship loan). It’s clear as day he should be starting over Morton. He might well be feeling annoyed about his lack of minutes and he’s not the only one.

What a big concern is aside from the possession for possession’s sake, is that the movement is non-existent and there’s never an option to pass to. I guess that’s a self-fulfilling prophecy, it it’s a really tough watch. It’s almost like our players have forgotten what areas of the pitch they’re supposed to occupy!

I just don’t get why we won’t shoot. I know we’re awful, but Christ, no shots, no goals etc. Has anyone told JDT or any of our players that goals win matches?

They’re so bad, they’re pretty much asking us to get at them, every time we win the ball. What do we do? 3/5 of fuck all? This is well shit.

There’s nothing really. A lot of possession, but no threat whatsoever. There are never any options on to pass to, I’ve seen more movement in a morgue. Really poor all around tbh.

‘You can’t park there, mate’.

I think this Saturday’s match will be the penultimate one for me. I’m working away next week (funnily enough really near Coventry), so I miss that home game, then Burnley is obviously a Tuesday night.

Whilst I get that the money we receive from TV is important, it isn’t half frustrating to have a Saturday night match this week. I’ll probably just get one regardless, as it’s just what I do. There will be others less tolerant than me that will definitely think ‘what’s the point of a season ticket if half the games are on TV?

Madrid just turn up when it matters, that’s the concern for City. Modric and Kroos both play like they’re still 21, yet they’re still well into their thirties.

90th minute goal and coming back from 2 down. Two things you don’t associate with us this season!

That would involve showing some spirit, don’t think our lads can be assed tbh.

There’s no point mentioning possession, we know we will always have more of it, but never actually score. It just makes you wonder what the point of it all is.

All our goals seem to come from our own mistakes. It’s very rarely a magnificent piece of football from the opposition. The opposition don’t even need to beat us, we’ll beat ourselves. Because we’re nice like that.

As soon as I saw there was a sold out away end, I knew that the players wouldn’t turn up, even though the fans have. No spine, no fight, no effort, just absolutely nothing.

Can’t you? It’s not an isolated incident this season, to be fair…

Football is the only sport that technology doesn’t seem to work in, which is ironic given how much money is knocking about in it. I still think it could work, it just needs to be managed a hell of a lot better.

Going well for Lampard so far….

Spoiler alert- we won’t.

The players are backed in the stands, that’s a given, but they need to give us a lift and at least look interested. There needs to be some more lung busting runs, crunching tackles, or going full on into a 50/50, instead of trying to just nick the ball off the opposition. If you’re down in the dumps, you can work hard to get out of it first and foremost. Slow, one paced football won’t win football matches.