foxinsox

To be honest, I would be happy to have Claude Puel back!

I get that, but don't do it in the penalty area, one mistake and they score. Outside the penalty box there is a point, even if rather tedious, but allows their defence to organise.

If this is the truth (rather than them having a cold) then they have gone up in my estimation.

Lowest ebb so far...

To be honest, each manager since Marti has been a downgrade on the last. God only knows how awful the next one is. Perhaps Top himself? Or Luke Thomas as player manager...

Yes, a few decent saves by MaCarthy gave a false impression. It was closer than it should have been.

Joseph looked good at the end of the first half, Doyle looked OK too. Otherwise a pretty awful set of performances, mostly because of Martin and his one dimensional game plan, woeful game management and poor substitutions. Shocking overall, and if we don't get rid of Martin by the end of the month some of these players will be permenantly ruined.

That RL interview should be a cause for sacking on its own. Total denial and delusion as to where the fault really lies.

Stockport beat Wigan 4 nil earlier today, so it is going to be grim.

I only stayed to boo!

What a load of rubbish. Predictable, and predictably bad, really poor game management by Martin. He needs sacking before he contaminates the youngsters any more.

I think Bristic will come good. His movement off the ball created space for others and we were a worse team without him. Burns did a shift too, but Cullen less so. The youngsters made plenty of errors, with Braybrookes long passes going astray, and they look a little liggtweight against such a physical side, but there is real talent there and him, Page, Alves and McFarland having plenty of talent. Quick counter attack is the way we will score, and passing it around the back under pressure is how we will concede.

On a positive note, there were some reasonable performances. Once we sack the manager and go for a more aggressive, positive game plan we may well start to win again.

He walked off without help. Looked like a thigh strain of some sort to me.

Us or them?