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Yeah that's an entirely fair point, sorry. Like the rest of us, I think I'm just tired and grasping at straws

If this was until the end of the season...maybe? Normally I'd say I don't think he's of the quality we require right now...but honestly beggars can't be choosers, and he knows the club, so... Genuinely no idea if that would be a sensible appointment or not, given he's only recently been sacked by...*checks notes*...Oxford.

I mean honestly, it gives them a good excuse for not signing players 🙄

Finally. Genuinely shocked it's happened so soon, but thank goodness. No I'll intent meant towards Cifuentes, but it's not good that 3 of the best moments I think I've experienced in the last couple of seasons is us sacking 3 managers. Onwards we go, eh.

An absolutely fair take from Percy, but the bare minimum we should have been able to expect from anyone managing this squad was showing some level of plan on the field, without relying solely on individual moments of magic. He hasn't done that. A better manager should be able to squeeze more out of this squad. Well, we can only hope.

What a terrible situation we find ourselves in. I actually sort of want us to lose if it means Marti goes. But he won't, will he? Not until March at the earliest I reckon.

Think he was on the bench for the U21s earlier this week, but not sure if he got on. Maybe this is just to get him minutes...but yeah, he needs game time at a higher level.

At what point do we start a crowdfunding campaign 😅. If nothing else, it would get media attention for the plight we find ourselves in, and massively embarrass Top...

Chelsea

Whelp, think I've found my new place to spend my time during all our matches for the rest of the season!

When the thread gets inevitably locked, is there any way to...I dunno...just keep them all locked in there? I mean they probably won't even notice anyway.

Based on the videos and stats, he's clearly a bit of a risk...but there are attributes like his strength, pace, aerial ability that we completely lack up front. What I do genuinely like though is what looks like his "awareness" to be in the right place at the right time, as well as just capitalising on opportunities/mistakes from the opposition. How many times yesterday were you screaming at Ayew to get on the end of something, or just compete with a defender about to get to the ball first? We desperately need someone to do what he does not. JJ, BDCR and Skipp have been getting the ball into dangerous areas...but there's no-one there to snap a shot off! Maybe I'm just clinging to something giving us hope this season...

It's been coming. We've been shite this half. Ugh this club right now, jeez.

Agreed on the first two points—it's too high pressure a game to throw Aluko in, same as the Southampton game, and Thomas is still a better option than Hamza at LB—but BDCR has looked iffy of late, while Page has impressed. I hope Ayew does do a man marking job on Grimes, but I'm not sure I've ever seen him operate like that...so not holding out too much hope there.

Flare up as in a falling out/why he's not in the squad? Or a flare up in rumours?

Interesting. So some legs in the Monaco rumour perhaps.

Is that Monaco after Faes and Soumaré? If bafflement was a colour, colour me baffled.

Gone to Boro.

Guys, Top turned up after all!!

I've said it before and I'll say it again: He won't be sacked until March at the earliest.

Ah well having all that money in their pockets must be weighing them down see. Makes it difficult to run

This is just getting boring now. Once again bailed out by individual quality. We have no tactics of note, no pressing, no discernible patterns of play. The stats around KM run and sprints is abhorrent too. Every fan should be furious we're bottom of that list. And I'm not having it people saying "that's not Martí's fault, that's a fitness thing, and down to the coaching staff/King from early pre-season." Absolute nonsense—by all accounts fitness levels were pretty damn good with all the work that was put in without a manager. That stat is down to a combo of the manager's instructions, and players not buying into them.

Meh.

Any photos of the half empty stadium would be glorious. I mean, on one hand, what has become of us that we want a half empty stadium? But also: Yes please, let's make the board look like fools.

Right at the death, with 90 minutes for Sammy. Lovely stuff. Decent result for Chesterfield that!