Marshall Cockney Fox

How far do we need to fall down the pyramid to find this lads natural level.

There's no way we hold out. We last had resilience in 2019

I despair. Is defending like some kind of foreign language never to be mastered?

I hope he's the leadership and glue in the middle we've been screaming out for.

I was kind of hoping Thomas would be alright now and found his level i.e. Div 1. But reports seem to tell a different story.

I dont think he can play on the flank anymore. He's immobile. Could he play in the middle more consistently to utilise his experience and passing? But he'd need a lot of support with the grunt work. If not the pony needs shooting.

I might write a letter and apologise to Wrexham.

Marti In

Riccy looks like a lad who was promised he'd never play on a Tuesday.

Losing my shite with Fats. Ive had to accept that Hamza, Ayew et al are crap. But he's got ability, yet christ he's been woeful.

Fats is gone. He's wearing the blue top. But he's seriously checked out.

He tells them to be inspid, toothless and without passion. Its definitely working!

He was okay 1st half v Cov. Moved it quicker. Today though he's back to crap.

Couldn't be more chalk and cheese from the Cov first half. Almost like Marti has band that fluid creative footie as we lost anyway. Back to the reliable shite then Marti 👌

Thats 45 mins of our lives we're not getting back.

I swear if we told him he'd lose 5k for every second (above 5 secs) he holds on to the ball he'd be blinding. He can hold the ball up well. But he has no urgency to pass or link up quickly. He's got strengths, but relentlessly undermines them with ponderous / greedy behaviour. Two touches pal or we're hitting your pocket!!

I love the battle and aggression he puts in. We know he's skilful. But he backs it with huge commitment and fight.

Can we just acknowledge his majestic ability to throw a long ball with unerring accuracy. I have never not seen him find an opppos head. Such a weapon!

The Marti half time chat is like waterboading. Guaranteed to eventually break anyone!

Nice moments today. Definitely got a future.

Not to be provocative. But would you still be talking boycotts had we won today? As we acquitted ourselves pretty well against the top team in the division. Which highlighted that there is an effective team hiding in that squad. Im not revisionist, but that performance would have beaten a lot of teams this season.

I don't want to pile on the lad. But when you know the inevitable is coming its very depressing. Our LB resources must be so poor for him to keep his place. He needs 2 or 3 team mates to help him manage his winger

Totally. Thomas is an accident waiting to happen. Needs Skipp and Mavs every time to survive

That resemble footie. Where's Marti found that formula?

I see these kind of matches as an opportunity to build form. Too often in our relatively recent history a chastening FA cup defeat has triggered a slump in the league. We just, somehow, won a match. So let's see if we can win 2 in a row. Id really caution against a huge rotation and run the risk of a defeat. Careful rotation not wholesale!