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For sure, the first thing you need when you have a losing streak is to break the duck. We need to avoid defeat v Luton and go into two fixtures consecutively where our recent form against Middlesborough and Sunderland has been favourable going into the international break. There’s this fixation...

Well it was because AV had a lot of internal enemies and was clearly sacked for gross misconduct. Robins wouldn’t have allowed it unless something was genuinely wrong.

It’s a form thing. When you’re in a rut you just need a result to get points on, in my view we had the better of the chances and deserved to win. Again, we’re one point worse off than we were after 11 games in 22/23, it’s important to keep patient and not chuck the baby out with the bath water...

They were but when confidence is so low, you need something to latch into. QPR are also in a similar position to us you feel i.e. punching below their weight. Robins has to extract what positives we can from the game. If one of the many Debby downers on here were managers, they’d be slagging...

We need to add experience to the group. There’s too many young players with nothing to balance it out. When you’re in a rut like we are, there needs more than just Sheaf to lead. Lati, to be fair looks like a leader too but we just need more.

Top half and a lot is riding on the January transfer market.

When you‘ve won 1 game in 9 and lost two on the bounce with a midweek away game, we just needed to not lose. To be frank, we had the better chances too so we can take a positive out of the game performance wise even if the result wasn’t ideal.

He’s scored 2 goals (well, as one was ruled as an OG) and 2 assists. Whereas, Torp, Eccles, Sheaf and Allen have combined for a total of 0 goal contributions. Therein lies your problem. 0 goal contributions in 14 games from our midfielders and we’re scapegoating our advanced players. We don’t...

Why is he being targeted rather than someone like Sheaf or Eccles?

The return to 3-4-1-2 is clearly an attempt to concede less goals. If we need to go into every game needing a minimum of 2 goals, we won’t win many games. Additionally, the idea is to make use of all 4 strikers over the 90 minutes. If we did try and play 4-2-3-1 again, it wouldn’t surprise me...

They had to moved on, 100% agree. Who has replaced them? The CB department is the exact same as last season minus McFadz. Likewise, the CM department is the exact same barring Kelly. That is a lot of experience and leadership leaving the group of players and the most senior players we have...

Sheaf doesn’t look 100% to me. However, I think it looks structurally weak for different reasons. Eccles and/or Sheaf will stand in advanced positions but when they get the ball there, still hesitate to put the ball in the box (non-crosses) and look to go out wide. Too often, we get it out wide...

Our record after 11 games was 2-4-5 (W-D-L) with 10 points. One point better off than where we are at now. So it is comparable, the only significant difference is that we played more away games at the start of the season because of the postponements. I just believe that the team would be...

If he plays like that consistently, he will be back in the team as a starter in no time. He impressed me with the amount of tackles he got stuck into and as you rightly point out, moved the ball forward quickly. It’s nothing against Eccles or Sheaf, they’re just a bit too similar. They keep the...

We’re roughly where we were in 2022/23 so there’s plenty of time to turn a corner. Personally, I’m not panicking and we’re catastrophising over the performances as we haven’t been as bad as has been made out at times.

We’re just not playing to his strengths. There were moments we tried to use one of the CMs to overlap with him to create overloads in those channels. The best example being Eccles’ superb cross in the second half. I think we want to play 4-2-3-1 still but think we look more defensively balanced...

What an irrational take - got a check where Godden was at when he was 21/22. Simms deserves credit for a decent performance where he improved the team from his introduction. The chances didn’t quite fall tonight. There’s this irrational scapegoating because he didn’t make a reasonably difficult...

How do you know what he can see exactly? There are times, for example, Sheaf looks completely unaware of what’s around him before he turns 2-3 players.

Lati wasn’t at the heart of defence, only from goal kicks for some reason - probably ball progression. The creativity comes from Eccles and Sheaf too. They are too comfortable passing laterally, something they’re both good at. When I comes to making passes forwards in the final third, not so...

Disagree. He’s taking the chance because he backed himself to make the finish. Having looked at the replay, the passing lane wasn’t as open as I thought live. It’s a good thing that he wanted to take ownership, we’ve been far too guilty of players not taking risks when they need to.