hypochondriac

I think a little of column A and a little of column B. They didn't just want promotion, they wanted a marketable identity and they wanted promotion so it isn't necessarily just the person who is most likely to get us promoted, they want us to go up in a particular way.

P.S. Stick to getting sucked off in your own alehouse bogs. We don't need some Stoke fans muscling in on the action down South.

Smallbone is the definition of mid in our team. Has a few games where he looks alright but is largely just an average championship player.

Absolutely agree. We know these players are capable of putting together three performances that can win us promotion but they need to forget all the disappointment and poor performances of the last few weeks and just go out and perform to their potential. Martin says a lot of nice words but then the players don't show any reaction to what has gone before.

I'm up to Leeds on Friday. Let's hope the team has a couple of days away too over that period and then we might look a little less lethargic during the games that actually matter.

At least it means Leeds will be putting a lot of exertion into our game. Hopefully it gives them a few injuries and then they get playoffs anyway.

Can the club do some sort of reset before the playoffs? I know we have been up and down this year but it feels like the season has taken its toll on everyone. We need to find a way to draw a line under it and move into the playoffs with no hangover. A couple of days away or something? No idea what could work but it's psychological as well as physical. It looks to me like Martin doesn't really know what to do (he has Ralph vibes towards the end of his tenure.) I'm not sure he has the required fortitude for another season if we don't go up.

Hopefully that's the last time we ever see Mara at St Mary's. Brooks too to be honest. Quite a few have been average to poor this year.

Not too much of an exaggeration to say that couldn't have gone a lot worse. Really need some positives to take for the playoffs. Hoping someone stands out a bit.

A spirited defeat against a mostly crap team isn't really doing better than expected.

Sue's been on the vino again. Nurse...

It would be difficult for you to make a case that our style of football has not contributed to the volume of goals we concede. It was largely the same with Swansea.

Yep. It's propaganda football where you have 60+% possession and lose 5-0

Success is getting promoted. You can enjoy some of the journey but rather like when we got promoted in league one, no one gives a shiny shite about Huddersfield going on that mega unbeaten run over that period. What matters was that we got promoted.

Lets remember how full of it you were during the unbeaten run and how we should enjoy it and how amazing it was. I replied at the time saying it was completely meaningless if we don't go up. I'd say it's more likely than not now that we don't get promoted.