Tank_Owl2,0

And the same goes for fecking Mansfield.

I’m assuming Poveda won’t be able to play against L**ds?

But they got a new striker from the US so they’ll be ok, oh wait

Or was it the new shirt sponsor! 😃

BTC and Gassama did very little for me tonight, although to be fair to Bailey he got absolutely no service. Ugbo was good and made some good runs and took up some good positions, he was unlucky not to get 3 goals. The tacticians will know if it’s better to have Ugbo as the centre forward instead of playing down the right of a 3 but maybe. I’d have Poveda playing behind Ugbo and then either Musaba or Gassam as the other striker because of their pace and trickery. Mussaba wasn’t on long but was better of the two tonight. My team for the Foxes would be Beadle Pol Bernard Famewo Johnson Vaulks Diaby Bannan Poveda Ugbo Mussaba

But the Chairman has chosen all the January signings, so they can’t be any good, right?! Good performances by the majority of players, but I thought Gassama wasn’t as good as he has been and left MJ too exposed, which was how they got in quite a bit in the 1st half. Fair dos to Beadle much more confident looking tonight. I like the look of Poveda but he’s clearly lacking some fitness, but he could definitely be an asset once we get him fully fit. I feel for Ugbo not to get MoM, we don’t get many players scoring 2 in a game these days, so not to get MoM.

I hope I’ll be eating humble pie later, but there’s no guile in that top 4. Yes lots of running and energy but poor decision making is what is limiting our goal scoring.

Isn’t the rumour that MJ and JW are “injured” cos they have got the monk on for not getting their moves away?

Grim reading MK. If DR is going to get us out of this which was always going to be a huge challenge he need to get the player believing it. I'll bet not many of them think it’s possible right now after last weekend.

Caught a few minutes of FB last night when I was in the car (I know I’ve only myself to blame) but they were whipping things up about how the club should be explaining the approach to paying for the early bird season tickets. Talk about needy, even if it a bit of a pain.

Would it be wrong to turn up at the next meeting to hand out leaflets protesting at their protest?

I want us to win every game but if effectively forfeiting tonight’s games win means we win Friday I’d snap your hand off. Unfortunately we know football doesn’t work like that. Invariably it kicks you in the balls when you are down. If nothing else playing those that haven’t featured could demonstrate why. Bear in mind Cov lost at the weekend, away to Norwich which is no disgrace but I suspet they’ll want a reaction so could and most probably will be a long night for whoever plays.

It’ll be interesting to see how he handles the Birmingham game, ie does he change much in how he approaches it because as you say it’s a big knock to the expectations that we were closing in on a place above the relegation zone. In other words will he keep the Bannan / Palmer midfield duo and the young lads either side. If Birmingham score first it’s possible the fans in the stadium could start to turn, knowing what a class act we have in some areas.

Fair comments. Let’s see how he develops and hopefully improves, given the changes in the defence etc won’t be helping. My main question is his kicking and ability on the ball and yes it’s early days but so far he doesn’t seem to be much different to Dawson. As you point out it’s academic, if Dawson is injured as to whether he would have been thrown in straight away.

Ty what’s your impressions of Beadle so far, I’m intrigued as to whether what you have seen suggests he’s better than what we have let go, particularly what he gives us tactically playing out from the back. I know the lads had a difficult start but he doesn’t strike me as being any better with his feet (he’s kicked the ball out of play at least as much as Dawson) and his positioning seems a little but questionable. I’m not particularly criticising him for the goals conceded except for the 4th yesterday.

I agree with your sentiments MK. My concern is that as we all know and I’m sure Pompey, Ipswich etc fans will also confess, there are no guarantees of a quick return from L1, which I know you were saying. Its a league we’ve spent far too many seasons in during my time watching Wednesday, so I’m always concerned at thinking we should ever be /go there.

Given our lack of goals another try with Gregory up front has got to be worth a go, or even just as an impact player for the last 20mins, ie to match the energy of the opposition. Whilst Smith can score a goal, he just looks like a cart horse lumbering about against any decent Championship defenders. BTC and the other young lads look promising but have yet to get any sustained confidence in front of goal but do offer the penetration and pace that defences don’t like. Fletcher, no comment. He’s just not at the races. As others have said, DR is being positive and trying to win games, which is hard to knock but without a regular goal scorer the plan is going to struggle. Whilst Gregory hasn’t ever been prolific he does have that calmness to take chances, which fortunately we are creating. Worth another go, but I just can’t see DR trying it. Lucas Joao is an interesting idea, but it would massively depend on his fitness and desire. He seemed to enjoy his time here, but how much would he be up for the fight. Gayle is past his sell by date from what I saw the last time I saw him on TV, which is probably why Stoke have let him go.

Tough to take today, knowing what was hanging on it. And there’s the thing, it’s not just losing, it’s the belief will be massively knocked. BB after Watford made that clear and you can’t deny it’s not only the players but the supporters belief will be rock bottom. Its hard to see a way back from this, with the number of games left to play and the way our form has dipped. As for the game, we were in it but our goal scoring is woeful and will be the reason we get relegated. I think DR is over compensating by playing too many flair players like Gassama and Musaba at once. I realise it’s hard when Windass is pant fit and Smith isn’t good enough but we are way too “open” in the middle when the both play and Palmer with Bannan isn’t the answer. I thought Vaulks was one our better players in the recent games when he played. We are saying it every week now but a win in the next game is essential

Yeah I know, I was just saying anyone having to travel that distance shouldn’t be paying £30 or whatever it’s going to be. I’d be suggest the same should true if we were going there. The EFL just don’t give a flying fuck about supporter having to travel hundreds of miles in the week, and even less if it’s not on a route you can get public transport. And before any pedants say it’s not the EFL that set the ticket prices, I know but they should be trying to get clubs to have more consideration of the costs when travelling those distances during a tough time for many people

You could always try and get in the home areas, I’m sure there will be plenty of spare seats.

T**ts.

To be fair those Plymouth fans that make that trip now should be let in for £5, it’s a hell of a trip in the week.

There’s still time😂

On our present gradual declining trajectory you mean?

The analysis heartening but the unknown is who Huddersfield appoint. Maybe so re getting better and addressing the shortfalls but we also just seemed to lose energy/ urgency in the 2nd half. Although that’s maybe down to Watford closing doors, but others will have taken note. We should also not lose sight that Watford are on their own decent-ish run. So, It was interesting to see how they seemed to want to shut up shop in the last 15mins. Gassama is going to be important to us in the remaining games if he keeps improving like he is. To me he has overtaken BTC and Mussaba as the first name on the team sheet from an attacking perspective. I’m sure we’d all be happier if we had someone that was regularly scoring but Ugbonhas started to show promise.