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I would love to believe this, but there's little evidence. 90% of our squad will be gone next season. Which I for one am actually looking forward to, quite frankly. However, that means probably replacing a good 10-12 players. There is no way we have the money for that, with Macquarie breathing down our necks. Also, who is hiring the competent coach? Rudkin and Aiyawatt won't do that. You'd think it would be Mccarron once he's in, but I have a sneaking suspicion he has changed his mind. He was supposed to start beginning of April, and we've heard nothing.

Awful. He's done nothing, and arguably less than Cifuentes after binning off our youth and coaching quality out of any that had a spark of it. Fatawu and Mukasa in particular have regressed under him. Can't think of a single player (maybe Thomas?) that has even marginally improved. Counting down the days until he's gone, along with most of this horrendous squad.

Beyond predictable. We knew were gone, but now it's too late.

Probably more urgency in them tbf.

I genuinely keep forgetting he's playing haha

I refuse to believe that there aren't players in this squad who can do better than this. The drop off needs to be studied. Not by us, or anyone associated with the club, as we're sick to the back teeth, but...studied.

We just can't win any second balls, can we? Every throw, goal kick, or free kick is effectively just giving the ball back to the opposition. Fatawu's hit (I can't bring myself to call it a cross or a shot) just sums us up too. We don't seem to have any connectivity or thought in our play whatsoever. How boring.

**** this squad. **** the club. I'm done. They don't deserve our support.

Boy do I hope JJ is back for this. And fit.

Rowett, change something, FFS.

You are joking. Feel sorry for the lad, but...why on earth didn't we see this coming and send him back to Burnley to recover? Dear oh dear.

Really pleased for him. Hopefully he's not injured and can still play a part on Monday. Give him the confidence after a brace to start putting the ball in the back of the net regularly for these last few games.

This is the first time I've had a text from the club since one about the Europa League in 2021. Crazy what's happened over the past five years. Kind of indicates a level of desperation now that it's hitting home re: fans being disillusioned. Maybe that's a good thing.

Clean sheet is good, but West Brom and Blackburn are now 4 points clear of us, with their results. 2 points dropped I'm afraid.

Come on Boro...

I struggle to see how this is anything but a slide to relegation now. Not being able to fight for a result today speaks volumes. No idea how Rowett gets a consistent tune out of this lot, while Oxford are flying and West Brom got some fight back today. I can see us stumbling on, being still within touching distance of safety through sheer luck, and then losing to Blackburn on the final day to get relegated. Highly on brand for us right now.

And just like that, our win against Bristol means nothing. Second bottom, two points off safety, with all those we'd reeled in winning. It's between us, West Bromwich and Oxford for two spots. Disgraceful.

Don't change a winning team and all that I suppose (except Reid). Glad to see Mukasa back in. Don't like Ayew starting...but let's see how we go 🤞🏻

He's a CB, right?

Always did like Southampton.

Yup. That gap between Portsmouth and Charlton doesn't seem quite so big now. Crazy what a difference one game week makes.

Oxford dragging Blackburn kicking and screaming into the relegation battle.

I'm happy he's here for 6 months and can see him doing a good job already. However, I think we need to reassess in the summer. We will be in a different place, squad-wise, and will have a lot of positions/roles to fill. We need the manager from this summer onwards who can build us back up into a proper team and squad again. I'm not sure Rowett has the record for that. He's an excellent fire fighter and will set great foundations I hope, but not sure he's a manager who builds teams for longer term success. Happy to be proven wrong.

Much, much better. Aggressive in the right way tonight, and cut out a lot. More of that please!

Dammit, broke our 30-game run...👀 I'll eat humble pie, I was so disappointed in that lineup. In Rowett we trust eh. First 90 performance all season, it feels like. Agree with others on the save, Jakub saving that penalty is such a massive, massive moment. Players looked more and more confident as time went on with that clean sheet, and fought for everything. Some actual pressing to boot! Not holding my breath as Bristol were poor, but some really good performances out there. Fatawu back on it, Mavididi put a shift in and linked well with Fatawu, Thomas had a good game, Nelson excellent (love it when he strides forward into midfield with a burst of pace and the opposition have no idea what to do), and Skipp...Olly Skipp, that match was yours. Phew. On to the next one then!