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Catherine of Aragon is buried in Peterborough Cathedral.

Ibon Arrieta was from Aragon. Tis a sign.

2-0 Town.

I once met a bird, who said I reminded her of Aragorn, son of Arathorn. Nice house out in the Cotswolds, husband worked in the City, she was lonely...

There's an inevitability about this one....and I'm not certain it's that Jermaine Hylton's only league goal was a winner v Posh, but I'd like to think so.  :)

massive game, will the Bolton performance prove to be the real McCoy, propelling us on a run in which we smash Rovers and muller Oxford.

Or will it prove to be a flash in the pan, raised our game for the big day out and now we revert to type..

today will tell us something

Two wins in a row during this season would be something...

I am there to hopefully witness it.

Got me thermals on this afternoon and expecting a resounding victory 3-1.

Reg has somehow conjured up a spell for Norris getting 2. Hope Nathan plays.

No fucking gloves on the pitch - jessies

Wanna go to the pub beforehand but also will be wearing my thermals.

Hopeful of a victory today.

Todays double: Swindon and Spurs to win, approx 10/1.

Win please, to give us confidence that last week wasn't just another false dawn.

As many have said previously, its the hope that gets you, sometimess great - sometimes terrible, hopefully we can get some consistancy of form at last.

Chances of the game being called off? It's all very frozen outside

Was thinking the same Dave, dont want to travel for nothing

Back to back wins and a brace by someone... Norris maybe... Imagine.

One of those strange occasions where I'm coming to Swindon for the day but still not going to the game. Annoying.

Is there a planned pitch inspection today?

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 Everything is fine and dandy at The County Ground. The ☀️ is out, the pitch is fine and we're all ready for 3pm!

I'm going. Looking to seeing what the new players are like etc.

Another 1-1 draw as we seem to specialise in those at home at the moment.

No!

Play like we did at Bolton and we'll get 3 points. First time I've been expecting us to win for a long time, hope we find consistency with the new players.

I will be down for my derby, will be hoping for a surprise like last week and win again

 One positive over the last number of years is the general excellence of the CG pitch. We've come to take it for granted. Presumably the frost covers have been on and off this week...and fortunately, it hasn't been cold enough to penetrate them.

3-1 win.

Colkett, Norris, Gladwin fire the goals to help us in our quest for mid table mediocrity.

COYR.

Back-to-back wins, Gladwin double, clean sheet.  #unbeatenin2017

0-2 back to reality

Hope it's the same team as for Bolton, they deserve another go

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 #STFC XI vs Peterborough: Vigouroux, Thompson, Jones, Branco, Dabo, Kasim, Colkett, Gladwin, Goddard, Norris, Feruz #STFC

Thompson at right back?

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Thompson for Thomas is the only change isn't it from last week?

Good change, don't rate Thomas at all. Come on you reds!

Good team.

In other game news, Jurgen Klopp has just gone full Kingy and thrown on Joel Matip up front. Lovely stuff.

3-2 defeat at home to Swansea is pretty shocking TBH.

slightly frosty look to the pitch, drs side, bank end. must be superficial I suppose

I fear a nother kevin watson type situation

2 - 1 to Town. Unbeaten to the end of the season. Outside promotion contenders.

Well didn't take Nathan long to get in the refs book on his comeback.

Hearing Gladwin and Colketts names mentioned a lot so far this half.

Half Time 0-0 sounds pretty even so far.

it's gonna go 1 of 2 ways,

1) Someone nicks a goal and shuts up shop to win 1-0
2) One team score and the the heavens open and it ends in a 3-2 win

Can't see it finishing a draw

Shit, I missed both goals & im here ;)

Oops :)

quite reasonable, moving the ball quicker, not much goal mouth action though. gladders goal bound shot blocked by a heel, they missed a couple too.

You sure you weren't in the bar / toilet  :beers:

oh ffs

FFS

46th minute in last two weeks.

I guess we're 1-0 down?

Yep about 30 seconds into the 2nd half.

Thanks, have limited signal so relying on here.

Ah not a problem, we started poorly...again, but its still end to end, Hylton came on for Feruz after 52 mins, could still go either way but Posh coming into it more even though we are throwing our version of a kitchen sink at them.

Brophy on for Thompson ... tactical or injury?

Oirish Messi and Brophy on for Goddard and Thompson respectively

Stewart creating our only good chance this half.

TODAY'S OFFICIAL ATTENDANCE - 6,514.

No away number

What a woefully inconsistent team we are

Very disappointing.

fonz scores for Blackpool
 :)

shit second half, especially the first 15 minutes.

still a striker short. clear cut.

Utter shite!

One of the worst second halfs I have witnessed at the CG.

Fucking dreadful...

The end is nigh....

read the FB group, you would think we lost 6-0  :doh:

Return of the Nate not glorious

What a woefully consistant team we are

Missed it all.

White:
- Not question mark about goal keeper
- Goal squirmed in
- Gladwin couldnt get close enough to block shot
- Vigs made a couple of saves
- Gladwin threatened in first half
- After goal, Posh, parked number 4 in front of back four and blocked off everything
- Never delivered good enough crosses
- No one gambling on front post
- Final third of field poor. Delivery not good enough
- Threatened for 30 mins.
- Creative players didnt have any impact after that
- Their diamond formation closed everything down. White impressed with them
- Didn;t create enough chances or shots on goal
- Peterboro deserved it
- Colkett looked best player according to Parkin. White agreed. Technically on ball good.
- LB did well
- Feruze ineffectual
- Hylton. Sort of made impact off bench a few times, but agreed time running out
- We don't have anyone who looks like they will get 10 goals a season and we need 2 or 3 players
- Two tough derby matches coming up. We may just as easily bounce back


 

Well, that just about sums us up - pretty passing with zero threat. No chances, no shots on target nothing for their keeper to do.

We have some talented, skilful players but no physicality at all. Posh, man for man, looked more powerful.

Goddard had a bit of a mare and pissed me off pulling out  of a very winnable challenge in the first half - pussy.

Gladwin looks a fine player at this level and showed a bit of outrageous skill on the edge of our area.

That little fella up front really offers nothing, Fandaby Dozy looks OK, Colkett showed glimpses of skill but was largely anonymous.

All in all, another false dawn.

the next 2 games will be very interesting  :popcorn:

Absolutely dreading them.

Even though it was a loss, it was still a hell of a lot better than the Shrewsbury game.
We do lack cutting edge but for the first time since about 1995 I actually thought something might happen from a corner.

Players dwindled second half.

I'd drop Thompson and have Dabo right back.
Another striker and defender needed.

Williams:
- Started well
- Looked most likely to score
- Players still in changing room for goal
- Difficult chasing the game
- They caused us more problems hanging on than at 0-0
- Dont know what to expect. Go 1 down at Bolton and then we look like we will score every attack
- Bolton players were better than Peterboro. But we cant score
- Players disappointed and worried why they cant reproduce as are the staff
- Frustrating especially after good first 1/2 performance
- Chances for opposition on the break. We expected to control situation more in the 2nd half
- Expected us to take game by scruff of neck. Really disappointing
- Played against teams that press or lie deep but we seem to lose to both
- Need to work out how to combat both and win more than lose
- Frustrating to still have mental frailties. Thought players would step up in the box
- Jordan Stewart worked hard to come back
- Fonz worked hard. Gave us everything. Right decision for him to go somewhere where he can get games
- Recruitment: Doesnt know for sure. Trust work is going on to get right players into club.
- We'll see whats availabe and whats possible. If the right player is available on the right terms he'll be here
- Looking forward to derby games.

Another 2 strikers 4 midfielders and 4 defenders keep Vigs and we might stand a chance.As for the strikers as Deliah says "where are you"

Fully deserved victory for the Posh. Could we have their no 4. Looks like he's enjoyed a few X Mases but was bloody impressive.
We could have been there all night and not scored. A lot of fucking around for no purpose whatsoever. I thought they were a lot cleverer than us. Fuck knows how Colkett got MOM, I thought he was pretty crap and dissapeared in the second half along with Gladwin. Norris was crap and so was Feruz. Goddard is frustrating. Thought Branco and Jones did decent as did Dabo. Vigs had little to do but did it well. Thompson is still clearly unfit. Yet again, fuck all leadership on the pitch. I donlt know what coaching we do but we always look like 11 strangers meeting for the first time.
We are still right in a relegation scrap and although Williams is looking forward to the next 2 games, I'm not. I'm dreading them. The thought of those yellow cunts shoving it up us at the CG makes me want to vomit.

All the hallmarks of a side bound for Div 4. Posh were bang average and didn't need to break sweat.  The games v Chesterfield and Oldham at the CG, and Bury and Coventry away, will probably all need to be won to stand any chance of staying up....

:nod:

First half I thought we looked alright, although Vigs had a smart save very early on. I think we moved the ball around well, and more importantly with pace. We didn't worry their keeper too much, but Gladwin had a goal bound effort that was luckily blocked.

After half time I assume someone had drugged the tea. The pace and movement of the first half was replaced with lethargy.  They scored and after that we tried to get back into the game but in truth offered very little goal threat - for once I'm not moaning at Norris, he was excellent in his approach play particularly in the first half. But that's not going to get the ball into the net. That said we didn't give him much to play with and he didn't have much help up there.

On the newbies -
   LB did OK. Didn't look brilliant, didn't look shit.
   Midfielder looks reasonable. Not MOTM good, but more to come.
   CF didn't really do that much. We have Hylton to run around.
   Gladwin is Gladwin                   
Early days for them yet

Thought the defense were OK today TBH, NT gave the ball away a few times like a man who hasn't played for a few weeks. Otherwise OK.

Hey ho. Hope we have more deals lined up.

What a shower!  Have walked out of the CG in the past complaining that players did not try hard enough, couldn't say that today, they tried but it is obvious to everybody except the management that they are not good enough.  They id not play as a team, don't remember a single shot on target and for a home team that is a dreadful statistic.  Super coach does not have a clue how to gel players into a team, maybe he is good at cultivating individual players but as a coach of a team he is useless.  We are heading for the trap door.

I'm beginning to think that Williams still being here and having input - I presume - is still having an adverse effect on the players. When Tactics came in, he and Embleton should have gone.

This is the worry Ronnie, and what takes you to Div 4.... a few decent individual cameos, but completely ineffective as a unit. It is way too easy for sides to defeat us without really doing much other than being slightly competent....

But the appointment was just a case of the emperor's new clothes. Sherwood has always sat in the Director's Box and watched games when he had nothing else to do on Saturday and it's been said in the media before how he's been involved in our recruitment since the start of Power's involvement.

Power just dressed it all up and put on a press conference to give the impression of 'doing something'.

Yep.

Gulp, that's the next home I can get to CG...

First half I thought we did ok. Second half, what on earth were we doing? It was almost as if Williams had sent them all to sleep. Posh snapped at us, we gave the ball away twice and we were 1-0 down. Game over.

This side lacks desire, character, fight, physicality, mental strength, tactical nous etc. As individuals I don't think they are so bad but as a team we stink the County ground out. The body language at 1-0 and with time running out was pathetic. No geeing up, no sprinting around to retrieve the ball, just 10 strangers without a care in the world checking their nice boots weren't too dirty.

I think that's it for me at home this season. I haven't seen a good team all season yet they have nearly all taken away the points. For me the manager has to be replaced, I think he's out of his depth.

I feel sorry for Vigs, he never makes an error, does his job to a very high standard and has to watch 10 clueless people for 90 minutes get booed off the pitch. Only Nathan came over to the DRS to applaud the fans today, Vigs did his usual wave but the others couldn't care less. Shambles.

Totally agree Reg, be interesting to see how many season tickets get renewed for next season - whch ever league we are in!

If his half time team talks are anything like his post-match interviews, I suspect this may be near literally true.I'm not a fan of the "headless chicken running around bellowing for the sake of it" style of management and much prefer a manager who can set out his ideas clearly and calmly, but if he can't keep your interest for the space of a 5 minute radio interview, I worry that he may be struggling to get his ideas across to the players. Certainly they do not look like a team that know what they are doing as a team - as others have said, it all too often looks like a group of individuals running around and occasionally combining well, but with no real game plan as to how we will play the game.

We need to get John Sitton in the manager role.

Wouldnt take any shit

So disappointing. An excellent 3 points last week was cancelled out by the same old rubbish we're getting used to seeing at home.

First half wasn't too bad, we battled for the ball and there were some really good passages of football. Not sure what Williams said or didn't say at half time, but we completely went to shit in the second half.

Midfield looked decidely better with Gladwin and Caulkett in it, but the defensive issues and lack of a goalscorer have still not been addressed. I fail to see what Feruz offers, it feels like a waste of a loan spot and I'd rather see Hylton start.

The results fom the next 2 games could see us firmly in a relegation dogfight. I fear if we get sucked in, we won't get out.

Hence why he's unemployable in the modern game. Imagine him vs Power? The modern day pampered pro footballers?
He's a top bloke by the way as you will know Tans.
Buy his book folks and follow him on Twitter @TheRealSitts

What a terrible second half. It's the pace of our play that I just don't understand. We get the ball and refuse to pass at pace, which gives the opposition time to get men back and get their shape. When they have possession it's even worse. We don't close down. This isn't about having a blood and thunder "leader". The strategy is shit. It's tactically flawed, painfully boring to watch and puts the crowd to sleep. We're losing supporters and will miss out on gaining any new young fans with this rubbish.

We're already in the dogfight and have been for some time. The next 2 games are v teams safely mid table to outside PO chances, so anything a bonus really....the key fixtures are the must wins v the 4 below us, and then trying to find further wins from say PV and Cobblers away and Pikeys at home. We'll pick up a couple draws here and there. Difficult toi make a case for it happening, but you never know.

Was anybody surprised Thompson went straight back in the team after that win at Bolton?

Not really....Thomas was just filing in at RB as we didn't have one.

Thomas said himself he first played at right back in training a couple of days before the Bolton match....this, coupled with NT being our captain and one of our best players, made it a no brainer for him to start.

I agree, just food for thought

Not really but given the fact that he clearly wasn't fit then yes. At least we didn't change to a back 3 to accomodate him.
This must be the worst season for having shots on target.

But we have Dabo and a fit left back. Thompson was clearly unfit today. Slow to turn, slow over the first 5 yards and misplaced passes (including, I think, the one that gave them possession for their goal.) He is the heartbeat of this club but the fact we repeatedly play him before he is fit again is surprising.

Put us on the backfoot in the play off final from the word go. His man scored the goal and then he went off injured in the same incident.

Can't question his passion to play for the club but it's ridiculous to continually play him when he's likely to under perform.

the 3 lads from Chelsea, did'nt have a proper training session with the team last  week, and  played quite well, a week with the town training, and they have got the slow slow build up off to a fine  art  :suicide:

It's like we've been taken over by s strange footballing cult, with  Power and Williams the cult leaders and each player in turn getting brainwashed into the cult. Meanwhile all other teams in the league remain non believers.

At some point, the cult will be debunked, and we'll return to normal.  It'll just be a case of how much rebuilding willbe needed.

The way I see it is that its some form of "Emperor's new clothes" and if you don't see the great stuff going on - on the pitch - then you are some kind of football halfwit, allegedly, according to the Emporer and his adviser.

  I think the one thing that yesterday told us is that we won't stay up with this squad...we've a week and a bit to strengthen, or weaken as the case may be.

In 10/11 it was painfully apparent that when the window closed were were fucked, coming after our 29th game of the season, a 1-1 draw v Dale. At the same point we had 31 points....we would need to win at Rovers to get 32.

All is not lost just yet, but I'm starting to turn half an eye to the composition of Div 4 for next season noting that Cheltnum have got themselves out of the bottom 2 at the expense of Notts County.....it would be sad to see a club like Notts go.

When the pitches start cutting up and get heavier our little sweethearts will be fucked. Given fitness has not improved for players and injuries come and go regularly how the fuck will they cope. This is where you need a few warhorses like poshs no 4 yesterday and we haven't got one let alone a few. Ive already written us off to go down this season so staying up would be a bonus.

Fwiw unless by some sort of miracle Power decides to splash the cash and buy a commanding CB and a proven goal scorer in this window we will be heading towards league 2 with this current squad, I'm not expecting us to pickup anything from the Rovers,Oxford or Bury games what's more frustrating is that Shrewsbury who are 💩 Seem to be putting together a few results with the addition of a few new recruits I also think after sacking Wilson and appointing Caldwell chesterfield may turn a corner. It's my opinion that the longer we continue to allow Williams and Embleton to be in around the coaching setup results won't improve because it's apparent that the players although not good enough lack the belief in what the coaches are trying to do. Coventry and Oldham will definitely be relegated alongside dare I say it us and either Northampton and the Gills. Hope I'm wrong but I honestly after looking at the next 8/9 fixtures can't see where our next win will come from possibly Coventry it's not a great time to be a town fan

just saw the goal again. think vigs could have done better, but he saw it late. branco should have tried to clear it too, did he think it was going wide it was he too far away.

I know I'm going to be slated for this because it is too early, but **in the context of yesterday's game** I don't see what the Chelsea boys offered that we don't have. caulker has quality to be fair, but we need something different from a silky skilled type.


yours,

grumpy McGrumpFace

The Chelsea players are a spin of the dice. Fresh players mentally and physically. They are also extra bodies. I remain to be convinced but they are not what Sherwood said we needed and the clock is ticking. Wholesale change is needed. It is very good news that's lot of contracts are up because I don't fancy this lot to do well in division 4 next season. Warhorses needed not show ponies.

Cant see them changing the philosophy next season if we go down tbh

Relegation and shit season ticket sales might prompt a bit more pragmatism. I go in hope rather than expectation. Lose the next 2 and it will be interesting to see the crowd reaction. Alternatively we sign one or two players the others can galvanise around and it's shame changer.

And that I think is why optimism seems to be at an all time low. Nobody wants years of this shit.

They need to prove it can work, or tweak it so it can.

do we have the budget for that though?

arrrgh, I need a nap

I am yet to be convinced that Sherwood even works for the club, he has never (since being unvieled) came out in the press with an interview, did a pre match interview or a post match interview, he seems unconnected to STFC in all but name and being present in the directors box with Power, which he used to do regularly anyway before he "worked" for us.

Is he employed by the club? genuine question because he is doing a damn good impersonation of Milan Misun if he is.

The comment about Sherwood identifying experienced signings didn't come from Sherwoods mouth but from Luke Williams and Lee Power in interviews.

Just announced to keep the fans onside i should think

Bostwick ,what a game he had as Defensive Midfielder would fucking love a player like that at Town.

Was that the #4 who looked like he'd misplaced the test of the scrum

Yep. No 4. Had a great game. Fat fucker but exactly what we need. Their no 11 although a cheating cunt was also a decent player. Their no 9 had a good first half although yet again a cheating cunt.

I think the general malaise around the club is down to the fact that in the past when we have been crap there was always the thought that "If it gets too bad there is always the option of sacking the manager/board, we know that in this case that will not be the case as LP would need to pay up LW 's contract, something he is not prepared to do, so it leaves us all with little hope it will improve.

I would not jump on the bandwagon and berate LP, because, like the majority of people on this form I am grateful to still have a club to support, having been through too many dodgy times in the past.  The question we have to ask is "how long must we remain grateful" whilst the club disappears up it own ass.  The best we can hope for in the short term is that there are some experienced old heads bought in to steady the ship and be leaders on the field.  Regardless of what people think of NT he is not a leader, when we go a goal down we need someone who will talk these young players through it, a talker, something that has been missing for several seasons.  As I stand in the mortuary that is the Town End recently you get the opportunity to hear what is, or rather what is not said on the pitch.  I forget the last time, when defending a corner anyone took charge and marshalled the defence.  The next three games are massive for this administration and I hope, with little conviction, that we get something out of them, otherwise it looks like a trip to Cheltenham could be on the cards for next season

I sat in the CH after trying to comprehend the previous 48 minutes.....I couldn't.

My little band of 5/6 that go week in week out have had enough.

If Gas and Pox serve us our arses on a plate then im questioning if I can be bothered. The football is spoiling our day out.

£18 odd quid to demoralise yourself....Sheesh...

The Chelsea influx seems to be just to bolster numbers.
No fucking experience and no better than the cunts we already have.
Fuck you Power, Sherwood, Williams, Embleton and anyone else who is responsible for assembling that shower of shit currently at the County Ground.

Not being funny, but what were your thoughts on the Chelsea players this time last week?

Sent from my SM-G935F

I reserved judgement until I saw them play yesterday. Did Feruz play?
I stand by my previous comments.

Slightly harsh on the Chelsea lot... Feruz looks too lightweight, but Dabo to me is better than any full back currently at the club. Colkett also looks good, but you can't accommodate him, Gladwin and Goddard in that midfield unless we bring someone like Bostwick yesterday to do the dirty work for them.

The most dissapointing thing about yesterday was its inevitability, that once they scored we would lose. We never looked like scoring in The 2nd half unlike the 1st when we were mainly decent. We are too lightweight, the posh players looked like giants in comparison and as many have said Borstwick is exactly the type of player we need as he has a you will not get past my body under any circumstances attitude. It's always been the case that we need a commanding defensive midfielder and a goalscorer and unfortunately we have neither. The 4 loan signings are welcome and 3 of them in particular are useful but without sorting the 2 main priorities i believe we will go down.

Yesterday was the first time that I have actually come away from a game questioning why I bother to travel for 5 hours when there is absolutely zero entertainment to be gained from it.

I've not been on the Power out bandwagon, but if success for us means survival in division 3 I'm struggling to justify the time & cost to watch this shower of shite.

It's quite possible that we get battered by Rovers & the scum in the next two weeks, if that's the case I can't see us staying up

Think this is a good post and quite right too. There has always been, if nothing else, the prospect of change at Swindon. Even after that dreadful Danny Wilson/Paul Hart season under Fitton, I think there was a general feeling that we were in good hands and that the board would try their uppermost to correct things. Luke Williams appears to be unsackable (even if he isn't picking the team, his coaching is obviously central to our one-pace, ineffective style) whilst Sherwood's appointment is most obviously faux pro-activeness. Who knows, perhaps continuity and patience will serve us well? What I do know is that the impatient Swindonian is becoming the ambivalent Swindonian. Atmosphere and attendances are always going to suffer as a result -- and like things on the pitch, that is unlikely to change any time soon.

 We've scored 1 goal from open play at the CG since mid November v Charlton.

Williams may be able to polish a turd on an individual basis but he obviously is unable to coach a team to a decent standard - and I am totally pissed off with hearing him say "I don't understand what went wrong, we had a good week's training and the lads seemed up for it!"  The only person who can sort this now is Power and he won't!

Just catching up the trials and tribulations down at Ashton Gate, seems the cult is spreading.  Lots of calls for the managers head and complaints about slow sideways and backwards passing and very little goal threat.

it seems Mr Johnson Jnr is a disciple. Johnson to replace Williams anyone.

We play worse with Thompson in the team. I reckon that could actually be close to a fact.

I think NT's form has gone down since his brother left the club, could be a coincidence...

I know there has been all this talk of LW's fabled 5 year contract but has any evidence of it ever come to light or is it just the now fairly standard rolling contract with a 5 year end date for review.

I only ask as Power has always shown himself to be very adept at getting good deals and it seems properly mental to have signed the manager/coach or whatever to such a deal without some manner of get out provision?

Let's face it, at any other club Luke would have been shown the door long ago.  It could be seen as to Power's credit that he accepts that his side of things, namely recruitment is the problem, and in the D o F/coach model the D o F is the one who should carry the can.

not playing week in, week out doesn't help. shouldn't have started Saturday, should be eased in..

I agree a lot is down to playing week in week out but his form has dipped since his brother left the club I had noticed, perhaps hes just not as happy at the club now as he was.

Can't see any takers in the summer if hes not offered a new contract though, whereas 2 years ago Leeds and Cardiff were known admirers of him but he would be lucky to get a Div 4 club how he has been this season.

It's a sad fact that when Nathan goes in the summer, it will completely sever the last link between any players/staff and what the club represents to the fans.

Edit. There's still Alan Mac 1st knocking about.

I don't understand comments like that.

We have more players from our own academy involved in the first team than we have for a long time, with 3-4 (NT, Henry, Smith, Young plus other fringe possibilities, plus Iandolo, an academy signing)  of them set to be an important part of the squad in the coming seasons.

The lads mentioned have an awful long way to go, before they can be considered proper first team material....and if they are any good we know they'll be flogged,  Young has already been talked of in those terms.

I get that, but I also think it's melodramatic to suggest NT is the only link between the players/coaches/club and the fans.

I know you said you didn't go on Sat, but the disconnect between sections of the club can be felt. OK Sat wasn't as bad as the last home game, but things aren't good atm.

I think the opposite. Thompson is far the best defender we got either at centre or right back.
Branco plays like Bambi when the ball comes into the area, too scared to tackle and out of position most of the time and Jones like wise.

Even attacking, Thompson seems to create more through the middle than half our midfield do.

Shit tactics, average players = shit results. Someone got to be the boo boy of the week.

Usually Rogers.

I don't think anyone played badly Saturday. However, the team didn't do anywhere near enough to win the game. I can't recall either of the full-backs getting ahead of the midfield, and Norris had to pull out wide too often. The quality of crossing remains poor, and our corners never felt threatening. There's individual effort, but little collective determination. We're in a pickle and our inability to approach games with a do-or-die cup mentality will probably result in relegation.

Looked intentional with the fullbacks, probably to avoid the counter with PBoro's best couple of players being the wider men. Guess also to cover for having Gladwin and Goddard up the top of the pitch, letting Feruz/Hylton go wide and those two joining the attack.

That and having a wrong-footed left back who naturally wants to come across the face and Thompson at right back who in bulking up as he's got older has lost some of that energy.