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We're still conceding crap goals though. Even yesterday again it was really sloppy by all involved. Like you said there's been rotation at CB to try and find a unit that works well together and FL hasn't opted for Kitching in the Starting XI. For me, Lati coming in at LCB was a pretty big tell...

He was OK. He still seems to be playing at 70% though and regularly looks half a yard off it with pretty much everything he does. A rest is definitely needed.

Binks gets a lot of unfair criticism I think. Decision making at times isn't the best but I think there's potentially a good CB in there with time. Definitely doesn't help he's next to Dasilva. Yet another poor defensive display from Dasilva yesterday I thought. Languid effort to stop the cross...

Think we need to be pragmatic with Kitching. No club realistically is going to buy him in January and you have to wonder whether DK is going to willingly sanction a pennies on the pound deal for him if a miracle happened and one took a serious interest. A loan is probably more realistic and...

He was OK. I still think he looks jaded personally, and probably a half a yard behind comparative to last season.

But it does translate to the pitch. It's helped the club offer competitive wages which are in line with much of the league. Rather than have a bottom feeder wage budget which sees them having to recruit the likes of Bright Enobakhare or Marcel Hilssner. Unfortunately because the recruitment...

You physically can't absolve Robins of all blame for the recruitment when he was the one that took the decision to appoint his mate over someone who's actually qualified in what is a massively important role. His prior success at the club has nothing to do with this.

My biggest gripe with Boddy was that commercially he just didn't have a clue and was happy fishing in the same pond rather than going out and trying to align the club with brands / corporate partners that would actually make a tangible difference to the club's bottom line. If you think about...

I think it's more than an uncomfortable look. Placing blame solely on Austin without holding Robins to account as well is frankly idiotic to be honest.

I would imagine that the Director of Football would be in charge of negotiations with potential targets and will work exclusively with the Head of Recruitment / FL on the overall recruitment strategy as well as on any potential exits. The Head of Recruitment will likely deal with the day-to-day...

I'm not entirely sure thrusting an out of favour Kitching into the side is the miraulous answer to our issues to be honest. He's also not good enough.

What other option do we actually have though? The alternative is to do nothing at all which will certainly see us continue to ship goals at a shocking rate.

You say that but we've got a decent COO in with a decent background, Claire-Marie Roberts I can take or leave but hopefully FL is more on her wave length. FL now has two good coaches under him with decent CVs. The DoF appointment has to be right though and needs to come in with real...

Pretty dire as it isn't the fairytale DK envisaged. But this is football. Weirdly, with the infrastructure DK is putting in place I do feel quietly confident that things will pick up next season. This is a structure that FL knows well and has operated in, in the past so it's not unfamiliar and...

It sends a pretty strong message to the fans and throughout the club if Austin is sacked. As it's admitting that the project as so far failed and that yet another rebuild will be required, this time on a budget that is likely extremely limited without support from player sales + Gyokeres moving...

If I had to guess I would imagine he's here until the new DoF arrives and gets his feet under the table. At the end of the day he's not the new DoF's man, nor is he FL's. That puts him in a pretty poor position moving forward really and his track record thus far certainly wouldn't have helped...

Wasn't Austin Robins' own appointment though and a fairly long-term friend of his? You're only as good as the people around you and Robins recruited someone that wasn't anywhere near qualified for the role he was brought in for. Badlan had a much better CV prior to coming here despite being...

Grant's goal was in a way quite similar to Sheffield United's second a few weeks ago. Mainly in terms of how it was conceded. When an opposition forward is running at him Lati shits himself. Far too slow and his reaction speed is non-existent. His positioning for that goal is also comical...

I find Sheaf's performances pretty concerning to be honest. It's getting to the point where it's probably better if he didn't start.

You have to hope that we're able to bring in some new additions in Jan as this defence just isn't anywhere near good enough.