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One half blitz on Barnsley, after scabbed wins, turned fans into fall guys. Supporters on this site went from a clear majority for Critchley's exit to retention. But playoff hopes sank in away defeats to poor sides, rather than at Reading. A top six budget ought to have won a real Wembley...

The Grayson, Appleton and McCarthy flops should have taught fans a lesson. Purchase season tickets before another poor coach hire, following earlier failure? Then complaints at dire football, amid a weak promotion bid, fall on deaf ears. If Critchley stays, renew for masochism. Or threaten...

If Sadler has real ambition, he should replace the head coach now for a last try. Someone not scarred by recent failure might just produce a playoff success. Today proved the latest amid many sterile away defeats to mediocre opponents. The men on the touchline cannot ensure sufficient...

Critchley hammered playoff hopes with his inability to sustain motivation. The club's owner should tomorrow swop him for a coach with recent success. Urgent action could at least attempt to salvage a lingering promotion chance. Or, if he remains, fans must threaten to boycott season tickets...

If Sadler continues to keep the head coach and sidekicks, he must sell up. Bad enough the refusal to add a second owner who can fund quality players. His wretched managerial appointments compound the monopoly to dire effect. Critchley's selection, tactical and motivation failures ensure...

They all laughed when I warned supporters to threaten a boycott if Critchley returned. The "by far the best candidate" - after flops with Aston Villa and Queens Park Rangers. Laugh a minute tonight. The head coach's failure to mount a quality playoff challenge demands a better mentor...

They all laughed when I warned supporters to threaten a boycott if Critchley returned. The "by far the best candidate" - after flops with Aston Villa and Queens Park Rangers. Laugh a minute tonight. The head coach's failure to mount a quality playoff challenge demands a better mentor...

All needless points dropped bring the same risible metaphorical response. Like a letdown diner in a dire restaurant. Terrible food - and rotten small portions! Critchley's flaws arose late in a first spell, then at Villa and Queens Park Rangers. The club's poor coach appointments that...

No wonder Sadler fails to sack the coach. Blind loyalists go for more punishment. If the owner digs in, he must sell up. In neither event, the season ends here.

The fish stinks from the head. Wrong selections, poor tactics and inconsistency. Blackpool should never have restored their ex-head coach. Few returns flourish. . But, as last year, fans who ducked season ticket boycotts accepted a false choice. For Appleton and McCarthy's predictable...

Inconsistency and failure against defensive rivals jeopardise promotion. "Going up champions" greeted the Portsmouth and Shrewsbury displays. Reality dawns the day Critchley said the club may require no January signings. Defeat to a Northampton beaten in their last five away games issues a...

Tomorrow's difficult trip to the Valley may prove a turning point in the season. Blackpool supporters who must get their "fix" will turn up at Charlton worried sick. The Gazette interview with Appleton will have taken place before the Derby rout. His quote on the Seasiders - "very, very...

Supporters insisted critics judge Neil Critchley after ten League One matches. Blackpool have now won only four games - three against bottom half teams. Two victories came over sides rooted in the relegation zone - Reading and Wigan. Tests against upper table opponents - Lincoln, Wycombe and...

Supporters riled by missing promotion quality must blame themselves. Fans learned no lesson from buying season tickets, despite Appleton's return. Rather than threaten boycotts, mass purchases allowed the disastrous hire. Transfer windows parsimony and McCarthy's appointment sealed the drop...

The owner whose parsimony cost second tier status reveals no ambition for a return. Another transfer window slammed down without a prolific scorer or creator signed. Without the sold Yates, Blackpool remain goalless after more than six hours' play. With Lavery and Joseph injured, the recent...

Sadler's wait until another dire transfer window ends delays a new coach. The owner may fund more recruits. But he denies enough money on quality signings needed for promotion. Much cash stays unspent from Villa compo, plus the Bowler and Yates sales. Ambition without sufficient investment...

Fans who bought season tickets despite Appleton's return have flopped again. Rather than vow boycotts without change, thousands capitulated to another duffer. Critchley ended his first spell in freefall, before Villa and QPR booted failures. Sadler has proved a shrewd business investor, but a...

The lemmings who have renewed tickets back the owner's further misjudgment. Others, say no unless a U-turn occurs. Sadler learned no lessons from the drop. Instead he repeats the Appleton error. A head coach unwanted by many fans. A coach whose exit without a word in gratitude to his...

Supporters must recall their fatal error after Critchley accepted the Villa job. Season ticket buys, as reports made Appleton the club's favourite successor. A public fans' group boycott threat might have averted his appointment. It could have saved Championship status. Nobody should...

The directors' serial errors left Dobbie with too little substance and too late a task. Appleton, McCarthy, cheap, injury prone and raw loan signings, no crocks probe. Bloomfield Road needs a top to toe purge, with a fresh board and many new players. A coach, perhaps the incumbent, able to...