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The Blackpool Tower is based on the Eiffel Tower.

Combe Down is sat on his on own in a B&B reading this and using Google for porn and finding who Blackpool is twinned with.

2-0 defeat. Goddam I wish I was there.

Sexy Eiffel Tower is a great track by Bow Wow Wow.

I use Grndr. You get to meet really people that way.

I don't use Google.

Blackpool is twinned with Bottrop in Germany.

Another 2-2 draw. Ranger 2. Brophy, Branco. 6,876 (708).

England's entry in the World fireworks championship last night was worth a watch.

I have removed a few bulbs from the illuminations so it reads:

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S T F C

Beat that Jaybox.

Setting off in a minute, hoping for a win which sets us off on a nice little run! 3-1 win with ajose, obika and robert on the scoresheet

2-1 Town. Ajose & Bob.

My partner says 6 - 1 to Blackpool.
I'm pessimistic but not by that amount.
2 - 0 to Blackpool.
My neighbours left at 9 o clock.
Best if they don't make the game if er in doors is right.

1-1.

2-0 Blackpool.

In pub in blackpool, playing ub40. As tacky as Blackpool is, i quite like it.

1-3. If there was ever a 'get back on track' game, this is it.

That man Obika with 3.

 We looked quite good at times against Doncaster and certainly moved the ball around quicker. More of the same and can see us winning comfortably.3-1 Ajose,Obika and Branco

finally someone who went! so it wasn't all bad then, a step in the right direction.

Call me a cunt, but that doesn't look a bad line-up today.

Brophy and Barry at full-back looks distinctly non-league

But they are full backs

yes, but is playing non league players in position better than playing league players out of position?

guess we'll find out.

BOO has fallen out of favour big time

What is the line up please

@Official_STFC: Town starting XI: Vigouroux, Barry, Branco (C), Turnbull, Brophy, Kasim, Thompson L, Robert, Ojamaa, Ajose, Obika #STFC

Town starting XI: Vigouroux, Barry, Branco (C), Turnbull, Brophy, Kasim, Thompson L, Robert, Ojamaa, Ajose, Obika #STFC

@Official_STFC: Subs: Belford, Ormonde-Ottewill, Balmy, Traore, Bangoura, Rodgers, Hylton #STFC

Ta stuck at work

Been impressed with Brophy so far.

Is Bangoura the lad signed in the week? Is there a reason Stewart (J) cannot even get near the bench?

Well done Cooper for playing proper fullbacks, as I wanted when I watched us versus Doncaster.  I won't criticise even if it goes wrong, that's my idea of the best team from what's available at the moment.

Back in N.I. homesick, isn't he? Haven't been following, so not sure if that story was confirmed.

Robert injured I think.

Precautionary for Oxford I think.

Hylton in his place

What sort of formation are we playing now? Is that four strikers we have on?

Sounds like three forwards with Hylton just behind

Groundhog day

Laughable.

Blackpool 1 - 0 Swindon

oh for fucks sake

Co

Game over then.

Storey scores for Inverness again

Miles nets again for ICT

The SPL truly is awful.

It may well be. However, he's playing regularly and just as if not more importantly he is scoring goals.

Coo

So is L1?

Sounds horrific. Also get the fuck over Storey. He's done here. Hopefully he scores enough for someone to take him permanently in Jan.

Yep..

Sums us up really.

Could Miles Storey score 4 in 5 in League 1? League 1>SPL.

Saying that one of our players has scored is not exactly not getting the fuck over Storey is it?  We know he's done here, just saying he's scored that's all..  Did somebody piss on your cornflakes this morning?

This is fucking shit. Too slow, they are winning every 50/50.

Atmosphere turned already, think we have had 1 shot

Hes got to go.

He might?
Probably not in our awful team.

If we lose today and Tuesday we could struggle to get 6k on Saturday.

I know 2 who aint going

There's still another 45 minutes to go everyone.

*sigh* I have to book my train tickets.

yep, 45 mins for blackpool to bag a few more :suicide:

I think Obika's late equaliser on Tuesday prevented more people getting on his back.  I appreciate he's got a new team, but he's had two full seasons in charge here and we still have the same issues we've always had under him.  I don't believe that will change and we'll never get out of this league under him.  Give or take an odd game, we've been playing badly for months.

If Power and others are happy to give him longer while we continue to drop points against poor opposition, so be it.  I'd prefer a change now to be honest before it becomes a repeat of the 2011 season under Wilson.

Is it 86% of our goals this season have been scored in the 2nd half?

William Bodin has scored again 2 for 2 as the Shermans say.

The thing is, who would be willing to come in with the current "power" model, not many I doubt..

I know.  I can't see an established manager being interested. 

I think the most frustrating thing is at the moment is how slow we are, it's just boring, I don't mind as much if we're not getting the results but we're seeing fast, attacking football with people getting into shooting positions in 3 or 4 passes sometimes, but we take so long to get anywhere it's just angering everyone because we know exactly what is going to happen.

I currently have 7/7 on my accumulator. Bound to go to pot this half also.

Cash out

From a corner...FFS...

Lose today and Tuesday and the knife will be out next week.

He's to a barn storming second half.

Nah, it's only £88 back from £2.50 so will let it run.

This sounds a little embarrassing tbf... 

Fuck, nearly 2-0.

Midfield is woeful when I've seen it, sounds the same today. Its stuffing the forwards and exposing our powder puff defence.

1-0 - still in it.

Coop

Green shield stamps?

Kasim not tackling back, not for the first time this season.

Just say it man, you will not be the only one today

Building up to it

I am getting the horrible feeling that whilst we have some good players in the squad they are not putting in the necessary effort that other sides seem to possess. I would suspect that Mr Cooper must be looking over his shoulder currently as the position we are in is finely balanced, a couple of wins and it looks better for him, a couple of defeats and it looks decidedly ominous.

As for the point about working under Mr Power's chairmanship I would think that there are a good thirty odd ex-managers out there quite willing to accept that scenario.

 :hmmm:

Currently 16th, a point above Blackpool and 2 points above the bottom 3.  Not good, we really are in freefall.

Part of that will be a total lack of confidence. Difficult for the manager to turn round.

If that fat cunt Evans gets the gig I'm not going!

Aguero nets 5 so far, a little bit special..

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@Tbassam: Awful at the back from #STFC when Blackpool break.

That's what you get with 2 non-league defenders, a centre back who can pass but can't attack the ball, and another who couldn't displace him last year. Sorry, but its been fucking obvious for ages but Power spunked the cash on midfielders

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Was just going to say similar and we've brought another one in this week?  Why?

AND no big hard tacklers....that's we we needed in midfield...head/tackle, then give it to the better players to play with...all too powder puff.

Knife through butter and at the defence every attack against us at the minute.

Our new signing will be on his phone trying to book the first flight back to Marseille

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Not looking forward to Tuesday, it could be embarrassing. Oxford have only lost 1 in 18 in the league..

Brophy booked for diving in the box. Desperation time.

I saw that from my lounge in Calne.....cert pen.

I'm desperate too....

Still 7/7 on my accumulator but ladbrokes not giving me cash out option :(

And now 5/7.

Reg's ridiculed 52 points post doesn't look so pessimistic now :(

Wow. What a terrible performance.

Oxford are going to spank us on Tuesday. It's going to be poisonous.

Let meltdown commence...

I predicted 2-0, bollocks!

This season is going to be fucking awful

Not great. Us and Blackpool will finish in the bottom two. Last season is a distant memory.

Bristol City concede in the last minute, every cloud..

Not saying it's the right thing to do, but Cooper will do well to last the week. Power doesn't strike me as someone to sit and watch this happen, and we suspect he was wanted out in the summer anyway.

Woeful.  Can't see where a win is going to come from at the moment.

Hate to say it, but I think we need a new manager. Quickly.

6/7 on my accumulator, 15/16 on btts accumulator and Swindon lose.

Bad day at the office.

Hes got to go before Tuesday imo.

Let's start throwing some names around.

Ian Culverhouse.

I think he should have until sometime into December.

For me we don't have the options at the back, and the midfield flatters to deceive. If someone comes in he has one hell of a challenge. I'm not sure it wouldn't be Williams anyway.

Enough is enough, definitely time for a change now! 4 defeats and 1 last minute draw in the last 5 against teams you'd expect us to beat on paper. There's not too many managers out there at the moment and I know its likely to be a cheap appointment but personally I would love Ian Holloway. Young attacking team, if he does half of what he managed at Blackpool we'd all be happy!

For too long now we are shaky at the back and the tempo is too slow. We haven't sorted it out and it's boring now. Posh and Coventry are going to have a field day this month.

2 words out of 4 - guess which 2

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Luke Williams.

Has he done the post match interview yet, I know its probably just his personality but he just doesn't seem to really care!

Dave Hockaday if anyone else i reckon

How can he be without blame? His stock is falling, too.

Could actually be worse, if you think back to those penalty misses against us early in the season!

no not yet

That's a good point. Bradford could have easily been a defeat and I can't remember the other one!

Cooper says we played well.

Fuck me. He's in full denial mode

Cooper thinks we played quite well today dominated for large spells and can't fault the effort just missing the quality to get a goal.

Really, didn't sound like that on the radio?  Would be interested in the views of those who were there.

Apparently we'll be fine as well. We'll go on a run and be ok.

Robert has ankle injury.  Williams back to Liverpool for forseeable future.  Club actively looking for a centre back.

He's in denial isnt he

Actively looking for his replacement as well, I suspect.

Cooper:

- played quite well, lot of possession, camped in their half
- so called flair players didn't perform
- final ball let us down
- reasonably happy with performance, deserved to get something.
- didn't feel we passed backwards today, went forwards....
- worried by some of their counter attacks but we were 1-0 down....posession...blah..blah
- just got to keep going, we'll be fine...
- Robert has ankle injury from tackle. Don't know extent...Now missing 4 players...
- Jordan Williams back at Liverpool, don't think we will be seeing him for a while. Now actively looking for a CB
- Marseilles player - been with us for a couple of weeks, done quite well, chairman brought him in.
- Understands fans edgy
- Not feeling pressure of Oxford game - looking forward to pressure its what we need.
- Cooper looking forward to it, going to attack and win.
- More quality needed in final third. Down to individuals to produce

We are slow, boring and it's not entertaining at all, I don't care about possession if we do bugger all with it, Cooper is stood on the sidelines with his hands in his pockets saying on the radio we didn't play badly and always says 'if we play like that we'll win more than we lose more'. Got a season ticket, but can't face going next weekend, there is no entertainment or enjoyment from the football I am seeing at the moment.

Ian fucking Holloway?

The squad we've "assembled" this season looks like Power's just tried to find any half decent player that looks possible to sell on for a fee. The loanees are here for their parent clubs benefit and not ours - which has been fine before but the crop this year aren't much good - and some non-league players to fill the gaps. Balmy looks like a joke footballer, Brophy not much better from what I've seen. There's been no attempt to build a balanced team and there's no cohesion whatsoever. If Cooper was sacked, I don't think many managers could make much out of this imbalanced, inexperienced, inconsistent and in some cases insolent 'squad'.

I'm sure a lot of this stems from all the Wendies speculation

Corrected for you!

Cooper - 'Not sampled the Oxford derby before'

hopefully he doesnt

We seem to be picking up 1 or 2 injuries per game.  Is there a problem with fitness or are we just unlucky?

Jordan Stewart's going to be a massive loss...

Jordan stewart with possibly the shortest stfc career ever

Can we get the money we spent back?

Andrew Steele-Davis ‏@andrew_FLICW 28s
Jordan Stewart has gone back to Ireland. Mark Cooper told me that's pretty much the end of his Town career. A real shame #stfc @LaureJames


FFS. he's 20, not 12. It can be daunting but..

Stewart moving back to Ireland.

Money well spent there.

How can the transition from Ireland to Swindon be that hard, seems crazy to me

Doubt it. Not his previous club's fault the kid's a pussy

Remarkable that the likes of Barry and Brophy are starting league matches.

Lose Tuesday and Cooper will surely be shitting it, I just hope that if he goes then Williams is not his replacement.

What a joke re Stewart.  Hardly gave it much of a chance.

Does anyone else get the impression that Dave Hockaday isn't keen on the Power regime or 'project' as he called it?

Shame today, Robert finally playing in the position i think he should be (the attacking one of a 3 man midfield) we start strong by the sound of things and he gets injured!

Being away from family with no mates in the area can be hard for some.

You'd think that he'd want to at least unpack his kit and give it a go though. Absolutely, mind bogglingly odd. Wonder if there is a bit more to it (private family stuff, not sinister)

We're shedding Stewarts here.

It's almost as bad as our mate Joeys move to West Ham all those years ago....!!

At least it explains Ojaama

Its no different to an 18 year old moving away to uni. What a fanny. What a waste of money as well. He begged for a chance then got it and didnt fancy it. Or maybe he just didnt like Cooper and or Williams.

This season feels like a carbon copy of 10/11 aka a disaster.

Its a little different in that at Uni you have several similar aged people with similar interests to yourself ...

oh, wait, you are right.

It was pretty obvious, that replacing the players we lost in the summer and then just before the window closed was going to be difficult.  There was some quality, so it was never going to be easy, and so it's proved.  Throw in  misfortune with injuries, and we are in a relegation dog fight.

What now becomes interesting is normal wisdom is you scrap your way out of a mess....like Kingy just about managed after T*dd's side didn't work.

That though is very much contrary to the model.....think it was DV who suggested that Power might not be too concerned about trying to do the same in Div 4, so will be interesting to see how he reacts.

If fucking holloway takes over im out!

I wonder whether he came over expecting to be in the first team from the off but when it became  clear that at least initially he was seen as one for the future and thus not getting game time the homesickness began.

To be fair to the lad he went from being a bloody big fish in a small pond to a nothing player who may get ten minutes here and there - must have been a shock.

There just seems to be too much strangely going on at the moment, Vigorous falling out, going and coming back. Stewart disappearing without even playing a game?

It's the fuckers who ARE playing that's the problem

Feels a disjointed and drifting club to me. Has done since Wembley.

The transfer window did temporarily allay those fears, Power put money in for some good players credit there, but they are creeping back in.  Can't quite put my finger on it.

On Cooper, I wasn't there today so can't comment on his post match. But in the past I've wondered if he was watching a different game with his "played well" line. Up to now I have assumed that's him just protecting his squad, trying to defuse the reaction to a bad performance.
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Beat Oxford and win on Saturday and everything will be fine again mind!

Nah! He's reached the point of no return for me.

It is patently obvious he has no idea how to sort out our calamitous defending - he's had nearly 2 years FFS

How many poor fuckers made their way up to Blackpool today?

For the Oxford game, we'll barely be able to field a squad without a number of youth team players....rather like v Newport.

Think we just have to accept that in the present circumstances we're probably for the first time ever v Oxford massive underdogs.

PDC????

too right

Power v PDC

Battle of the egos. Footballing Armageddon.

I'd fucking love it!

We'd at least fucking win a game or two.

We have no players that can scrap though, that's what concerns me.

Just not against Oxford, so let's wait a few more days.

Exactly.  So we have to have faith in the model, including Cooper.

To think this 5 game run was preceded by thoughts of promotion off the back of the Ajose, Thompson, Thomas and Ojamma signings...

A few mates have texted to say we got in some good positions but pass instead of shooting.

Last season they were flying in all over the place, despite our weakness at the back.

Boiled down, i suppose it's better to be shit now than in April.

I'd love to be in the relaxed 'it's only October' camp but this feels worrying.

Not by everybody   :hmmm:

If you rigidly stick to an opinion, be it relegation certs, or promotion contenders, you'll eventually be right.

At services.

If cooper said we played well then I'd love to know what game ge was watching. We looked good first 5/10 mins. After that it was shit. We had 1/2 shots the entire game and everytime we got into a good crossing/shooting position we passed it sideways or just generally pissed around with it. We didn't look like scoring the entire game.

We lost every day 50/50, louis was the only 1 in midfield putting himself about and getting stuck in. Don't understand why we have obika, our 6ft tall centre forward, playing left wing so that when we do get in decent positions, we have ajose we is tiny in the box. Today was infuriating.

I like Cooper but the last 3/4 months have been fucking shit and something needs to be done.

it feels Wilson worrying. only this time we have no financial clout to bounce back..

long way to go yet..

I mentioned the Todd/King season earlier....interestingly we have the same record of w3 d3 l5 after 11 games as then.  That season T*dd walked, and Kingy just about kept us up with the Invincibile goal and Rovers imploding.

Kingy did it by getting pragmatic.....Matty Heywood Ian Woan sort of stuff. Of course no 2 seasons are the same, but it does provide an insight into how difficult it will be to get to 52.

Repeating myself, but there are no Winners or Alpha's in our side.

Centreback spot needs another Aiden Flint.

Midfield needs a terrier that will win the ball and bark loudly at the fucking pussy's we've got prancing around in there.

Injuries aside, sort the central defence and sling a winner into the middle, I think we've got an easy upper/mid-table finish in us.

Cooper seems like he's struggling to motivate, but I think that's mainly down to him wanting away in the summer, fucking it up and having to come back with egg on his face while trying to build something credible while the crown jewels got flogged.

The fans and players all know that he's only Powers bitch as well, which doesn't help.

Powers pathetic PR campaign has done him, Cooper and the club no favours either. The local press will tear them a new one as soon the smell of blood begins to rise - anytime soon - with no fear of any comebacks or consequences, which was all pretty fucking predictable to anyone with half a brain cell.

Cooper's not going to turn this around is he?

The first step on the road to recovery is admitting you have a problem. From his post-match comments today, it sounds like he still can't see anything wrong.

We have the same number of points as the same date in 2010/11.  However, we are a place lower and only 1 point of the relegation places as opposed to 2 points in 2010/11.  A far more experienced squad couldn't turn it around then. 

It really does feel a bit like that season.

He's just doing the Alex Fergusson routine, trying to keep the pressure off the players.

Problem is, everyone knows how that bullshit works, so he's fooling no one.

He's in deep shit with a potential nightmare game ahead of him on Tuesday.

Lose heavily, and he's going to know all about it.

Very frustrating to watch today, build up play was better than Barnsley (only other game I've seen), quicker and more direct at times but we just didn't have anyone to unpick the lock in the last third. Particularly after they went 1-0 up, they just defended their 18yd line and we had no idea how to break them down. We got ourselves into a few shooting positions but seemed to be shot shy in the extreme today. Silly mistakes prevailed again, we just make it too easy for the opposition. Comical moment in the 2nd half, ball broke loose in the blackpool half, two of our midfielders could have picked up, you first, no you first...their player gets hold of it, breaks and they hit the post. We're not getting the simple stuff right, thought we looked lightweight in midfield in particular, just means our forwards end up feeding off scraps rather than clear cut chances (certtainly didn't create any of those today). Millwall for me next but we really need to find a win from somewhere before then, hard to see where it's going to come from.

This! If we get dicked, it will be uglier than Jutty.

Attributing all of our problems - and it's clear we have them now - to Mark Cooper is too simplistic.  It's not the manager who's the problem; it's the relationship/interaction between the manager and the owner.  The model isn't working.  Moving Cooper on only makes sense if there is someone who could move in seamlessly and work with the model.  If there is no obvious candidate, we'd be better off soldiering on for now.

The comparison with Danny Wilson in 2010/11 does bother me, though.  I remember arguing against moving him on early in that season because he talked a good game and I trusted him to turn it around.  Of course, he never did.  Cut him too much slack on that occasion which many, me included, regretted in the end.  That said, I do believe that MC deserves more time.  Early October is too early for me.  Let's see where we are in a month from now.  The picture will be clear enough by then.

We have been lucky over the last few years with the players that we have unearthed. Doing that every year was always going to be difficult. This crock of shite are nothing but a load of punts taken by powers hoping to make a few bob. Sadly I don't think we are going to have too much to sell. Power might have to cash that swanky new car he bought

now now calm down.

What a bastard, having enough money to buy a nice new car and actually buying one.

He should tie a skateboard to the back of a bus until he's personally bankrolled us into the Premiership.

Fair play to the Swindon Fan who was 'warming up' in front of the town fans today. Sign him up, sign him up...

I do wonder whether Cooper knows where the bodies are buried, he seems thoroughly uninterested in sorting things out which suggests he doesn't fear the boot.

Always thought it seemed odd that he seemed happy to go to Wendies in the summer and was then welcomed back with open arms?

Play kids, manager says its to concentrate on league, get tanked and nothing changes!

Not as if 9 months salary compensation would amount to much to get shot of him.

Something stinks

Ultimately Powers model is all about the off field side of things. Getting in young players on loan, signing a few Prem reject and non league players to try and turn a profit is not dictated by which division we are in.

So, it's plausibly that Power will not throw anything extra into a relegation dog fight and if we do go down - he won't bust a gut trying to get us back. He will just carry on with his model which isn't reslly determind by on pitch success.

I could well be wrong and it's a lot of second guessing on my part.

Been denied, but . ..

https://mobile.twitter.com/benlines1/status/650362247211036672/photo/1

That's as bloody odd as anything that is coming out of the club at the moment!

Thats a fake tweet

Not you again!

Obviously fake as it doesn't begin with 'according to BBC sources'

Nah not me this time surprisingly

what's the trick to making it look like someone elses annoying name then?!

seen a few recently, the twitter handle looks the same to me. used to be a misspelling was needed..

Is it a lower case l that looks like an I or something like that?
Some text they are the same, so people can replicate screen names

aaah I see.. thanks

Here are some comparisons to 2010-11. I'm not sure if there's any relevance as board, management and staff have changed almost completely (Nathan Thompson featured in 10-11). However, you can certainly look at the below and see the danger signs beginning to emerge (poorer defensive record and an increase in players used).

In football terms, yeah, I'm concerned. That's not to say that I'm losing much sleep because there is plenty of time to sort things out but we cannot afford to wait and see like they did in 2010-11.

Like 2010-11, a 'decent' squad has been assembled. Lets not dick around and see Town take two steps back yet again.

2010-11 Season

Form
2010-11: LDDLDWWWLLW (15 points)
For: 14 Against: 14
Clean Sheets for Town: 3
Clean Sheers against Town: 0

2010-11 (wins): Southampton (2nd), Walsall (20th), Huddersfield Town (3rd), Bristol Rovers (22nd)
2010-11 (draws): Hartlepool United (16th), Brentford (11th), Carlisle United (16th)
2010-11 (losses): Brighton & Hove Albion (1st), M.K. Dons (5th), Plymouth Argyle (23rd), Dagenham & Redbridge (21st)
Final league standing in brackets

Players Used

2010-11 (League): 22
2010-11 (All Comps): 24

League Appearances:

11: Cuthbert, Douglas, McGovern*, Pericard*
9: Lucas, Morrison, Prutton Amankwaah*, Dossevi*, O'Brien*
7: Caddis, Ball*, Ferry*, Rose*
6: Austin
4: Sheehan
3: Jean-Francois, Kennedy*
2: Smith
1: Timlin, Ritchie, Bodin*
* Inc. sub appearances

League Goals:

3: Austin
2: Dossevi, Morrison, Pericard, Prutton
1: Cuthbert, Rose, Sheehan


2015-16 Season

2015-16: WDDWLWLLLDL (12 points)
For: 16 Against: 18
Clean Sheets for Town: 1
Clean Sheets against Town: 3

2015-16 (wins): Bradford City, Southend United, Crewe Alexandra
2015-16 (draws): Bury, Port Vale, Doncaster Rovers
2015-16 (losses): Sheffield United, Barnsley, Burton Albion, Colchester United, Blackpool


Players Used

2015-16 (League): 26
2015-16 (All Comps): 28

League Appearances:

11: Branco, Turbull, Robert*
10: Kasim*
9: Vigouroux, Williams
8: Rodgers*, Traore*
6: Ajose
5: Byrne, Ormonde-Ottewill, N. Thompson, Obika*, Ojamaa, K. Stewart*, Louis Thompson*
4: M. Smith, Thomas, Brophy*, Hylton*
3: Barry
2: Belford, Balmy*, Randall*, Storey*
1: T. Smith*
* Inc. sub appearances

League Goals:

3: Byrne, Robert
2: Ajose, Obika, Rodgers, Thomas
1: T. Smith, OG

To say that we played well today is a disgrace, even if he was protecting his players or not. It was limp and weak without creating anything special in 90 minutes against a very average team. Worried about Tuesday think we'll get a pasting.

Christ some people have way too much time on their hands?!

One of the biggest worries for me this year is just how fucking boring we are to watch. Even when we were total shite a few years back there were bits of excitement in the games, just not getting that this year. The drive home felt quicker than the 90 minute game,

I know what you're saying, but Power has continually spoken about needing bigger attendances.  That's not going to happen with the rubbish that's being served up at the moment or if we drop into League 2.


I've felt the same at the last two home games.  Never clock watched so much, which is rubbish.

Sell players for millions, replace with freebies.

Genius

Bigger attendances?  The atmosphere has gone from football. Also the gulf is so vast between the top flight and the rest of the leagues it makes you wonder what 95% of clubs are now striving to achieve. Go back 20+ years and it was all so different.

We'd get better attendances pushing for promotion from L2 than we would drifting about in L1. Boosting attendances isn't rocket science - people will turn up if you're winning games.

Sex education?

Powers accountant and bank manager thinks so i'm sure.

The notion that Power would consider dropping down to league 2 for better attendances is laughable, we need a change otherwise it's Swindon and Leyton Orient all over again. The buzz has been missing for ages and I don't think power is that far away from pulling the trigger

I have to admit I backed Tøwn for relegation this season, only a small bet but my logic was if things start to go wrong youngsters and loanees are not what you need to get out of the shite. Very worried about this season.

Do you mean putting the club up for sale?

I think the argument is that you can get in loans and park players just as easily in Div 4 as Div 3. Our wage bill wouldn't look out of place in top end Div 4, so could be trimmed accordingly.

Was referring to getting rid of cooper. I agree that we could still use the current model in div 2 but you would get no where near the money that we have been receiving for players of late. I don't think power has done anything wrong over the summer, got some very good money and seemingly good replacements. This season could still turn out very good. Something has to change to make it happen though and I think and hope it's cooper out

can't see sacking Cooper would make any sense. He is by no means a bad manager, admittedly we are very poor at the moment, but given the huge turnaround in playing staff, it's not that much of a shock.

This.

As mentioned previously there is a lot that is dictated by Power

players brought in seems Cooper has little say and has to integrate them into the squad somehow, they are mostly chosen by Power & Standing

the style of play is dictated - Power seems to think that clubs send us their loan players due to this, but the players we have would be better going a bit more direct

Cooper has fell out with his 'No 2' so they barely have any type of relationship but he is not able to replace him as he is not able to pick his own staff

Cooper is theoretically a head coach so any replacement would be in that mould, and that may well be Luke Williams but I'd wonder how much of this falls at his door as well, he seems well respected by certain players but is that enough.

I do think if Cooper cannot turn this poor form around in the next few games then big questions need to be asked but also Power cannot resolve himself of blame although I'm sure he does not see any of this as his fault.  Although a poor loss to Oxford tomorrow could escalate fan's' opinions.

ultimately performances haven't been good enough since we capitulated in the play-offs.

I'd like to see what Cooper can do with the shackles of but sadly that is not going to happen anytime soon.

I was there on Saturday along with the 700 odd fans who made the 200 mile trip.

In the first 20-30 minutes Blackpool were clearly there for the taking- however we allowed them to grow in confidence more and more post the goal and it could easily have been 3-0 at full time. This would not have flattered them. Our players did not look interested the majority of the match which is unforgivable- if we are going to get beat at least put up a fight!

Our team looks totally disjointed at the moment- and looks like 11 individuals. Why play Obika on the wing? was obvious it wasn't working yet again Cooper did nothing to change things. It is becoming all too familiar-play players to their strengths it is not rocket science.

The football has just become boring and predictable- go sideways, backwards and back to the keeper. Our big issue is we need a true leader as captain- whilst I love the bones of Nathan think he is a couple of years away from this in real terms. The fact we have Branco as captain shows how chaotic things have become.

Now onto injuries. The pitches have not even begun to cut up yet however the players are dropping like flies- suggest a fitness issue which is down to the coaching staff.

I said pre Doncaster that Cooper should get a minimum of 4 points from Donny and Blackpool away and Posh at home which makes Saturday a must win game. If we lose tomorrow night and again on Saturday I think Power will act- he does not seem happy at all with how things are going and rightly so 

What's more remarkable is they were our best players saturday. Kasim can get fucked

I wasn't there but on highlights it is clear that Brophy failed to read the corner, let his man get in front of him and so lost the header for their goal. Even if his position is zonal (it probably is) the ball is in his area, he has to win it.