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This is a very good point. I get that he played on Saturday...but come on, this is a great chance to play him into some semblance of form.

Mukasa benched again. He has been our best player of late. Horrible mismanagement. Less said about Ayew up front the better. I'm so disappointed in Rowett. Who knows though, maybe something good will happen and I'll happily eat humble pie.

Where on earth have you got that from? He's not even injured at the moment, and we know how much he hated not playing while he was out injured long term. Give your head a wobble. Also, apparently it's his birthday today. Happy birthday to the lad.

He's not a miracle worker, so don't think we could have expected to suddenly get clean sheets, a good work ethic and a few wins already...as much as I'm disappointed we haven't picked them up lately. Clean sheet still looks a distant possibility at this moment in time, but we do look more resilient than before. And we've only lost 1 of 4 matches, that match being the in-form team in the league...I'm slightly clutching at straws, but if not for the poor work ethic against Norwich, I'd say we can see some progress. The problem is that we need to see rapid impact—a new manager bounce, if you will. I'm worried about it being too little, too late. And those home games do not fill me with confidence. We seem better away.

Blackburn equalise in the 93rd minute. Keeps Portsmouth in the mix.

Does he need to say it?

Portsmouth 1-0 up. I think I'd prefer a draw to keep them in the mix, but at least this means Blackburn don't get even further ahead of us for now.

That's fair. I guess there's an assumption that JJ would be ready again, but perhaps that's premature, especially given we'll need him for the other games this week. We don't even know how he'll be asked to play in a Rowett team either, to be fair. Mukasa is the baffling one to me. Although nobody was good last week, Mukasa has been a key source of creativity since he joined us.

Vietes really not rated then. Good for French I guess. No Mukasa and JJ in the starting 11 is...oh I can't even be bothered to finish that thought. C'mon lads. Please get us a positive result. We're in dire need.

No win in 10 games. 7 losses over that same period. The hope for the last two games has been snuffed out after that performance. I trust Rowett to try anything he can to save us. I don't trust this "squad". **** me this is depressing.

Yeah I reckon if anything happens it will be a 20-40 point deduction, putting Man City just outside the relegation zone, but still too far ahead of those actually in it. They'll then use that to galvanize themselves and win the Champions League or something, meaning all they lose out on is cash from PL finishing position. They're too much of a commercial draw for the league for the PL to relegate them. And that would be unprecedented anyway. No way would they get it to stick on appeal.

Always good to have a manager who knows how to take out the trash.

This ad popped up on Instagram. Just a tad silly and made me laugh. Considering he's now been sold and then loaned out by said buying club to another club, I think the social/paid media team should remove this from the ad carousel now, surely 😅.

Just watched the goal back, and I think he's at fault twice in the build up to the goal. Strange pass to try and play (it wasn't on), and then sort of gets frozen in place as he realises his mistakes, making it easy to play around him. If he'd dropped back on making the mistake he probably could have cut off the supply or made an interception... disappointing. I'm really not sure what to make of him. Would love him to succeed (and great he got a goal), but you can't make mistakes like that every week.

That stitch for his head looks gnarly. What happened?

Whoa whoa Woyo whoa whoa whoa. No.

I can't remember the exact quote, but when he was talking about that, he effectively admitted by omission that we need to play that way because we are incapable off the ball. I don't think it's the way he wants us to play, but he's identified that our shape and structure is shite off the ball. That may be what former managers have seen too, but he's the first to call it out as necessary rather than "the right way to play". I can respect that.

Why "off the pitch"?

Shit way for it to happen, but kind of relieved for the Owls now. They knew they were down, now that's over and done with they can just try to enjoy the rest of the season as much as they can. Maybe it'll speed up the takeover too, now relegation is officially confirmed. Mind, I'd like if this didn't give them a bounce when they face us 😅

Rowett spoke well post-match. He pointed out to the players and on the radio that whereas in previous weeks conceding a late equaliser has seen us completely collapse, or drop deep, today we pushed forward and looked the likelier winners. Maybe it's new manager bounce, but I have some hope that it's because of his influence. Hopefully with some more time on the training ground he can build a bit more mental toughness in the squad...and do something with our defence...

Yeah Mukasa hasn't done much, but hardly helped from not getting the ball high up the pitch from his teammates. The one good thing he's done is slide it across to Ricardo for that pot shot. If we had even one or two good defenders on the pitch that would be a something to build from. We just don't have any.

Clutching at straws, but since that break in play with Kristiansen and Rowett getting to huddle the players, the 11 on the pitch did seem marginally better. I'm sure Rowett is fuming.

If you don't laugh, you'll cry.

Just spat out my drink. I mean I guess we already have a manchild...why not upgrade to a childchild?

I know, I'm not being serious about it. It's bittersweet, at best.