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Surely if passing is the weakest part of your game by some distance, you stay behind after training and put an extra couple of hours in every day until you improve to a reasonable level. It epitomises the lack of joined-up-thinking that for a club who continually employ managers who want their CB's to play out from the back, and regularly play the most passes of any position group, go out and spend a lot of money on a CB who cannot pass a football 5 yards 50% of the time. Our recruitment is just a joke.

Let's say for arguments sake that MC is not upto the job and needs to be replaced. The person in charge of scouting, identifying, and trying to convince the selected candidate is...Jon Rudkin with sign off by the little fella. The same crack management team that have appointed Cooper, RvN & Cifuentes in the past 18 months. What's the point? It's the same comedy/drama with the same script and the same awful cast. All efforts need to be devoted to getting rid of the current ownership.

There are only 2 main things we can do as a fanbase from this point: 1) Protest 2) Boycott games & merchandise We do apathy a lot better than Anger so number 2 the best bet. I wouldn't blame anyone for continuing to go. I live in Notts and have 2 kids who I take probably 6-8 games a season. It's something we do together & the world wants them to be F****t fans so I am torn, but I feel enough is enough.

Standard Luke Thomas Checklist for the goal: Starting position poor - check Loses a 1 v 1 duel - check Goal conceded from left side of the pitch - check. He is awful. How can Marti not see that? It's bizarre.

Thanks for your reply. Don't get me wrong, Marti has been underwhelming so far and absolutely hasn't delivered on his promise of utilising the academy and continues to pick players who have failed here repeatedly. He doesn't get a free pass on that and should be called out on that. My post is questioning the wisdom of sacking another manager when there the foundations of the club are so rotten.

In a league table of competence at the club Marti is comfortably mid table. There are people and issues below him that need dealing with first: 1) Top is a terrible owner. He has fostered a culture of losing and ever-decreasing standards. Perform poorly at your job and get an extended contract or a place on a padded seat next to him at games (when he can be bothered to attend) 2) Rudkin: a man who has all the charisma of a supply PE teacher. A maligned academy coach who has somehow made it into the most influential role at the club. A disgrace that will echo through the ages. 3) The rest of the board including the Communication director who cannot or doesn't know how to communicate. We must be the only club in Britain who gets their comms director to take a bow of silence. 4) the players: we must have 10 players who are earning wages far in excess of their ability which has seen 2 relegations in 3 years. Not only that, they think they are better than the club that overpays them and they ooze contempt. 5) some of the worst, most placid, unpassionate fans who sit there in silence until it comes time to clap the players off. Until we sort 1-5 out all we would be doing in sacking the manager is rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic. I'm pretty sure we got the best manager available (who was interested) and the one we deserve at this point in the history of our club.

I think Wednesday fans have shown that if you are really not happy with the way your club is being run and you are prepared to stop the income stream then you can get them out. It would involve dropping to League 1 and seeing the club almost destroyed and losing good people but maybe that's the only way to get the reset we need. We are hearing that Top is searching for a new CEO to run the club but I have no faith that he employ anyone but another yes person who will take a vow of external silence and promise not to challenge the regime.

Only so much you can do with the squad we have Ian. You can see from the bench there is a focus on development. I would love to get rid of about 1 but be realistic.

There are external forces at play here, there must be. Either there is a contract offer on the table that he isn't signing, or there is some conflict between agent and club regarding his development. My guess would be the former considering length of contract he has left. There is a desperate need for fresh ideas and personnel at the back. We have had the same back 3 (Ricardo gets a pass) we have had for 3 years and has failed repeatedly for different managers. We look so vulnerable to the counter-attack, a major problem when we are expected to dominate the ball and attack high.

No I'm not condoning the performances, I think we have been poor in too many games and the manager should rightly be under pressure. I booed the team off on Saturday after an awful 2nd half Wrexham 2nd half was poor, Tuesday 1st half was poor. The fact the manager can't get a tune out of these players for 90 mins is a big red flag and his selections have been iffy and use of bench has been poor. We do have major flaws in the team & squad though and opposition teams are planning for and exploiting our weaknesses. Luke Thomas must be the worst LB in the league and yet he has just been given a new 4 year deal and seemingly the first name on the teamsheet. Talk about setting the bar low. Our squad quality is declining year on year.

I would expect to get shot down on this but I think we need to reframe our expectations as a fanbase. We are weaker than 23/24 where we had the best midfield 3 in the league, Doyle instead of Thomas, James Justin, Vardy up top with Cannon, iheanacho in reserve, in form Mavididi, best goalkeeper in the league. Ricardo 2 years younger and fit all season. We now have no strikers, no quality at full back, no back up wingers, 2 relegations in the bank, saddled with more sub-standard players. Hand on heart, how many of our players walk into Coventry's team? We must still have the highest wage bill but a mid-level quality squad.

Right Marti, time to sharpen your act up and bring some fresh energy to the group. You need to be brave and think about the team for next season and to start putting together a starting XI that want to be here long term and play for our badge. Jakub Ricardo (C) Vestergaard Okoli Kristiansen Winks James Monga Ramsey Fatawu Carranza (may as well give him a run) Subs Begovic Page (look to build mins in 8 role) Nelson - looking to build mins towards starting role) Silko/Mavididi (rotating with Mav based on impact) Choudhury (RB & No. 6 cover) Aluko (full back cover) Thomas if necessary Ayew (bring on to secure a lead only) Evans (build mins if game dictates) Daka (used to press & stretch pitch - not as a goalscoring option). Sat in the stands Faes Soumare Skipp Thomas

Marti Cifuentes is an experienced football coach and ex player who knows infinately more about the game than I ever will. He has also assembled a back room team of ex-players & coaches who also know more than I do. However, I fail to see how he thinks Luke Thomas is an adequate full back and that his selection would not result in regular errors leading to goals. I also fail to see how he feels that Daka & Carranza can provide goals and/or an ability to lead the line successfully. Same questions surround: 1) Skipp's place on the bench. 2) Soumare's involvement in any capacity. 3) Ayew Starting. 4) Faes starting considering toxicity he gives off. All the above are fairly clear to mist on here and are problems where his idealogy would call for him to 'search for solutions within the club'.

Marti will forever be the manager who made youth development and finding solutions from within the club his USP, only then preceding to play the same pile of tripe that has seen us relegated 2 out of the last 3 seasons.

In order of the problems we have, Winks is pretty low down for me other than his contract situation. He is class at this level and could play in the prem still with better players around him making up for his lack of pace. He didn't cover himself in glory for the goal but in that instance he knew the player was past him and he wasn't getting back. Faes & especially Thomas much more culpable for me. His general effort is good and does more than most to drive us forward. The other central midfield options are pretty poor aside James. Skipp is the single worse bit of business we have ever done, Soumare a disaster, Hamza reassigned. This is why I would favour Page getting a good amount of minutes to continue his development.

The reality on Friday was that Portsmouth were creating 95% of the atmosphere. If we could have got behind the team at 1-1 then it might have made a positive impact on the players & momentum of the game. It's become chicken & egg though as fans are waiting to be entertained. We feel like the players owe us something before we are able to support them properly again. It all feeds into the toxicity around the club which will only be dealt with properly under new club leadership.

2027? Well you have well and truly ruined my Sunday with that news.

I was really happy with the appointment of Marti, I love the way he talks about ghe game and comes across very well. I liked his record with youth development and willingness to play academy players. It seems the perfect fit with our Seagrave talent factory. Something has gone awry though and he seems to not have the courage to follow through with his promises though. The bench options were so uninspiring last night, nothing at all to get excited about.

I have just rewatched the goal. No idea what he is trying to do there dribbling aimlessly when he had 3/4 options. He looks like a panic loan that seems has been recommended by an agent on the Rudkin approved list. It was the most important bit of incoming business of the summer and it looks like another dud signing.

I fail to see the upside of playing Faes. At this stage we are just preserving his match fitness ahead of a free transfer in the summer and in doing that we block the development of a young player with a high ceilings in Nelson. Faes' defending is erratic, full-bloodied, sometimes successful, sometimes with poor decision making. He is prone to panic and that isn't good for centre halves. I don't know what the stats are, but the clean sheet % when Faes & Lurch play together must be very low (20% this season). Having 2 poor left backs & Justin last season not helping at all mind. Football aside, he is one of half a dozen players who are part of this arrogant toxicity that hangs over the club like a hangover and an atmosphere that has been stinking the place out for a long time now. One of the few positives to come out of this disastrous Top reign is the academy and Monga & Jakub aside, we are seemingly happy to not develop them into the First team and instead play these bed blockers who have failed here repeatedly and who we have no chance of future sell fees. I am embarrassed by my club at the minute.

It hasn't stopped him from turning debt into equity to be fair. Surely that has come from his personal funds? He is still clueless and needs to sell up or appoint someone with competence to manage the day to day.

Of the many list of failings that can be levelled at the club, what comes out towards the top for me is the total failure to replace Vardy. Vardy was a unique player, a once in a generation find for a club like ours but his tIme at the club came to an end in such a drawn out, staged way that it gave us ample time to try and replace him and the best they have managed to recruit is a striker who scores 1 in 50. I like Daka's attitude and work rate and he he pulls us up the pitch with his energy and running and that really suits the system Marti wants to play. Unfortunately, his finishing ability is pretty poor which is far from ideal for a team chasing promotion. Daka, Ayew, Carranza: Marti has been given lemons and been asked to make a P0rnstar Martini. Let's support him whilst he figures out how to get us creating and scoring more.

Ok so 4th choice CB then.

Injured according to Fotmob.

I really hope that Marti has realised at least 4 things for him to continue to understand the squad he has, and to improve our performances: 1) that Vestergaard has an allergy to pace and being forced to turn to face his own goal. Yes he can play, but at what cost? 2) Skipp looks like he should be playing for the Red Lion on a Sunday morning. He has cost a fortune but he is not a Championship level player and should not be on the bench. 3) Ayew is not a CF and should not ne starting games. He is ideal to bring on in the last 10 minutes to see games out. His forte is slowing the games down and winning free-kicks. 4) we have an abundance of young talent and they are at least similar in ability to the senior players. Fans will generally be more patient towards managers if they are trying to blood young players. Have the courage to involve at least a few of them on the bench.