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An underrated point few are mentioning regarding how big a failure this season was; League 1 was an incredibly weak league this season. 2 of the 3 relegated Championship teams (Reading and Wigan) were non threats with transfer embargoes and points deductions and the Promoted League 2 teams...

Been solidly in the “replace Critch before it’s too late camp” since February, but woke up this morning feeling different. Maybe it’s delusion, maybe it’s the polluted American air, can’t really tell or explain why but have a gut feeling that he’s going to work out now. He’s gonna rebuild the...

That this is the best that this squad was capable of. Upper mid table with a couple decent cup runs? Genuinely believe the squad of players we have should have done so much better. We've been boring as all hell and the players look uncomfortable every game, NC is great at structuring a team...

Is that Critchley has never ONCE played 3-5-2, 3-4-3 or any of its variations successfully in his career. Why the insistence now? Sure we’ve had some good results and performances with it but we’ve had equally as many poor ones too. He hasn’t had one successful period in his career utilizing...

Thought I'd take a look at all 6 of Sadler's full time appointments to get a better picture of his record... Simon Grayson; 6 July, 2019- 12 February 2020. 29 P; 10 W, 9 D, 10 L ❌ Neil Critchley; 2 March, 2020- 2 June 2022. 94 P; 39 W, 24 D, 31 L ✅ Michael Appleton; 17 June 2022- 18 January...

I’m usually a glass half full person, but I’m also not delusional which is why it pains me to say our Playoff hunt officially ended today. It’s been 1 step forward, 2 steps back with this team all season. We put on a great performance or two and then put on one or two dreadful performances...

He takes time, he's painstaking, he changes the team too often, he says "errr" too much, he plays players out of positions, he tinkers, he trawls, he frustrates, BUT his process is unquestionable, because regardless of what you think of the man, he improves the team and players throughout the...

A lot was made about us being short in multiple areas after the Summer window shut, but I didn’t see it then, and I certainly don’t see it now. It is only one game and we shouldn’t get ahead of ourselves but being able to bring on Weir, Lavery, and Dembele off the bench is unbelievable at this...

Tuesday night was bad, no excuses or positive spin from me. The team clearly have a lot of issues to iron out and there’s nought wrong with pointing them out, we all pay to watch the team play, we all deserve to speak our minds. However, the reaction from some on here has been so mind numbingly...

"It might not be how you want it to look in the first 20 minutes, but if we keep at it then you can see what happened in the second half where we had complete control and dominated the game.” "We just missed the final bit in and around the goal.” "I’m not disappointed with the performance...

...go into meltdown every time something remotely negative happens? Let's have some ** perspective. Jerry has been our best striker in a decade and a fan favorite so losing him hurts, but it isn't the end of the world. We will have made more than 10x what we bought him for and will now...

A lot has been made of Sadler and the club's ambition this Summer with many impatiently jumping the gun, saying our business was "shambolic" or "unimpressive" before the players had even returned for preseason. But after this week it couldn't be more clear that our ambition is an immediate...

-We have our head coach (only need his backroom staff announced). -DOF will be announced within a few days (and has probably already been working behind the scenes as Sadler said that he has already been hired). -All of the sick notes (many of whom took up huge wages) from last season are gone...

It's only been a week and a half since the season ended. The Summer window opens on June 10th and all out of contract players end their contracts on June 30th. We've missed out on no one. During our promotion winning season of 20/21 we didn't make a signing until June 29th. Sadler said the...

Dobbie is not given the job. He is everyone's favorite right now and is one of my favorites too, but according to the Daily Mail article linking us to Narcis Pelach we are looking at Leam Richardson, Pete Wild, and Neil Critchley among others (Dobbie I assume as well). The fact that there are...

The past few weeks have really done my head in. You really don't think that it could be you getting relegated until you see yourself multiples points adrift with only a handful of matches left to go. I've gone back and forth with myself with regards to our chances, but tonight I've accepted...

The team selection lacked ambition and gave too much respect to Huddersfield. But you have to have to admire that fight back, giving them the 3 points here would have seen us down but we now have (albeit not a lot) HOPE. If Mick realizes that our best results will come when Bowler, Rogers...

At first glance it's really not that glamorous of an appointment at all, but when you take a step back you can see why the board would make such an appointment. Appleton promised 4-3-3 attacking, fluid football. We maybe got 3-4 games of that while the rest have been turgid, uninspiring with...

Delighted with that. Forest certainly created more than us and controlled possession, but we looked well organized and prepared to counter whatever they threw at us. MOTM was definitely Poveda, but special plaudits go to Lyons who I thought was very assured at RB. It was a weaker Forest side...

I agree that Appleton is not the man to bring us out of this rut, but if we were to pull the trigger who would we bring in? I can't see any high flying managers from League 1 (Like McKenna or Schumacher) wanting to take the job as we are favorites for the drop and they may very well see us on...