Sunbury Fox

I'm sure the players are fuming and hugely motivated by what has happened. Let's hope they can use it in the same way City did after the Deeney moment.

Of course the ECB are going to give Yorkshire a points deduction as it won't affect their status but will make our points deduction look less draconian. Meanwhile, both Glamorgan and Surrey have produced pitches in recent weeks that have resulted in far lower scores and games that have finished within about 2 days, without any apparent scrutiny at all - and that stinks, frankly.

It must surely influence things, though, if a visiting club makes public comments about the pitch.

Seems odd that the groundsman should be throwing the coach and DoC under the bus when questioned. Surely all those at the club should have adopted an agreed line to take?

Not to mention no punishment for Glamorgan, whose role in moaning so much about our pitch can't be overlooked, producing a pitch on which they were bowled out for 2 scores under 70.

How can they justify deducting more points than we secured in the game? Wild.

27 points?! Are they for real? That's insane.

Essex are on the verge of losing so makes it even more frustrating that this game has got away from us. Looking doomed now, especially as it hard to see anything other than a hiding from Warks in the last game of the season.

Looks like it will be immaterial whether we get a points deduction.

Really sorry to see Jake leave but wish him all the best in whatever he is doing. Reassured that the pod will still be in good hands; it's been practically the only thing that I've enjoyed about Leicester City in recent years!

Like him a lot but he seemed to be playing way too high in the pitch today and looked a bit of a fish out of water.

Martin was saying a couple of weeks ago that Souttar was much better against MK because he was playing on the left rather than the right. Yet here he is back on the left stinking the place out. Want to see O'Hora paired with Kanga.

Genuinely can't stand this guy. Awful. Needs replacing ASAP.

Add McCarthy to that list. God knows how many of our fans will die of a heart attack at games watching his inept efforts to play out from the back. I think he's trying to give off the air of someone who is totally relaxed and in control but in reality he's constantly on the verge of giving away a goal with under hit and misplaced passes. Awful. And his movement is so slow when attempting to get down to shots. Also sick of Reid - just trotted around allowing their defenders eons of time to pick passes at will, which only helped them to maintain pressure on us. But a win is a win so I'll try to enjoy it.

Probably a 4231 with Cullen on the right, God help us! But I guess it could be a 442 diamond (with Lundstram at the base, Page and Braybrooke in the middle and then Alves at the tip), behind a front 2 of Cullen and Riis?

I know he had a mare last week but it's disappointing that McFarlane has allegedly been bombed out of the squad after one bad performance. Now contemplating the horrific prospect of another season of Luke Thomas as first choice LB.

Russell will be worried about this one as Stockport are second in the all important possession % table.

I'm not feeling positive before a game ever again after last week. For those of you who are, don't do it to yourselves.

The big problem is the bit in brackets. I think it's nailed on we're getting a deduction.

Is Blake going to be back up for Tattersall? Also, I guess we might use Handscomb as keeper in some games?

On track to be one of our top 5 heaviest defeats ever in the Champo.

And hopefully we have done our bit to stop Notts winning it.

Need Hull to get a century this time!

Just to be clear, my horrible predicted XI a few posts above is based on what I fear RM will do, rather than the XI who I think we should play.

He's clearly going to double down on experience so expect something horrific like the following from him, fitness permitting: McCarthy JJ Souttar O'Hora Thomas Lundstram Chaplin Burns Cullen Reid Riis