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Just watched Bournemouth's stand-in striker score a hatrick as they put five past Forest, as their string of injured players watch on. Where did we go wrong?

Just checked 77-78 under Frank McKlintock. I always regard that as the worst top flight season I can remember. We had a six in a row and a five in a row, but not sure if there were cup games that increased those. We managed to score just 26 league goals that season. I remember the commentators joking that we'd had our name changed by deed poll to Leicester City Nil 😬. Frank demolished Jimmy Bloomfield's team and brought in a load of his old teammates. It didn't work.

I don't think it should have been a factor from day one. Martin O'Neill and Wes Morgan were ex Forest. He deserved a fair chance at the outset.

We need a safer pair of hands. RVN has no back history of successful management. It was a gamble that hasn't paid off. Notwithstanding, the quality is not there in the ream at this level, but when it is not, you need someone who can get something out of very little. Maybe a Dyche. Not sure why Everton got rid. Maybe the performances are no worse than under Cooper, but as someone said up thread, RVN isn't the right fit for us.

Hate it, but fair play to Everton. We aren't good enough to do this to Spurs. They should be up, and we are Cgampionship.

Barely a crumb of comfort, but I think there's a good chance the bottom five will all lose again this weekend 🤞

Well that could have gone better. They're improving as well. Anyhow we need to go there and win it! Go full strength 👊

Wycombe...for historical reasons.

Just shows the gulf between the Premier League and the Championship. Brighton and Bournemouth thumping sides with play-off ambitions, plus our good selves hitting QPR for six. There'll always be the odd upset, (Brentford) but generally I'd say there's quite a gap.

So pleased to see Ruud go full strength. I'll never be convinced about playing weaker squads in the cups. That win has got to be better for that set of players and the club generally as a moral boost, as opposed to playing a half and half squad, with QPR nicking it 1-0 aet. The only thing I would have done differently is include Alves, and for him to come on from the bench. Other than that definitely the right approach.

I agree, but we're playing to our full capability. Apart from an individual error, we get a point away at Villa, and that's decent.

To be fair we've done well today. A good battling performance. Yes very few chances created but great effort again. An individual mistake by Justin. Also Ayew great today notwithstanding the calls for Buonanotte to play, which I agreed with.

I must be interpreting that one wrong. I thought the inference was it's that loud with Man. City voices, that it sounds like they're at home, but not you're as quiet as we are at home.

Yes after the Liverpool and Man. City performances, the Wolves performance just pains me more.

Another decent performance. Mavididi and Soumare in particular. Shame that Wolves have equalised. Tom Cannon 10th goal of the season 🤔

I didn't think that was too bad. I was pleased with the effort to a man. They battled to the very end, and it came down to a different level in quality. A complete opposite to the Wolves game which is such a shame; evenly matched teams, but only one with the effort.

Sad thing is if we'd fought like that against Wolves, we'd have got something. Battling first half 👏

Well I'm sorted. Got my grandson an abacus for Christmas.

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I hope Ruud's prepared for a re-build in the Championship, (with a pending points deduction??) as this lot are simply not good enough. They don't have the ability but more worryingly they don't want it as much as Brentford, and that's with the new boss looking on. Time for a huge clear out in the summer and to bring some youngsters through. Alves must be thinking wtf.

Ruud checking his contract to see if there's a 14 day cooling off period.

People querying why he's gone now when it was the Chelsea game that we'd have expected to lose. Well....I hope they've just watched the first half of Ipswich v Man. U. Ipswich, a team giving it a real go, playing for their manager, and full of passion.

The manner of the defeat. A lack of passion and devoid of ideas. Chelsea didn't break sweat.

Shows what I know.

Exactly this. We saw how long Rogers was given. I'd be amazed if anything happened before the end of March.