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Think Baz might save the second because those are the ones he can deal with. However, the first low to his left - no chance.

I totally agree on leaving Fraser or another player upfield for defensive corners. I suspect the stats show that teams concede less goals from corners with all ten outfield players back.

Possibly because he has always championed Baz so why would the club look for a better quality alternative?

If we can beat Preston it's on to Cardiff who have a mixed home record. Beat Cardiff and the then Leicester game next Tuesday becomes massive.

Probably not plus it would actually be a seven match winning streak because we've won our last 2 and have 5 to play.

The fact that we have to rack our brains to recall his decent saves speaks volumes. He should be pulling off great saves in most games.

To be a decent professional goalkeeper surely you have to demonstrate an elite ability to regularly make incredible saves that defy logic. We see this time and time again with keepers even in the Championship. Unfortunately we rarely, if ever see, it from Baz. A shot towards the corner is inevitably a goal. This often makes it hard to win matches and we drop points that we shouldn't. We've had a mixed bag of keepers but every one of them was capable of pulling off worldie saves on a fairly regular basis even if some let in too many howlers. Surely the coaches at the club can see the glaring weakness in Baz when it comes to saving the ball. He seems a great lad and has some attributes but shot-stopping is not one of them. Strange for a goalkeeper making his living at a high level.

Why are some claiming Downes handled the ball before scoring? I've watched replays and it seems clear to me that the ball brushes his chest before he bundles it home.

I totally agree with your rant about the lack of ingame management and RM not reacting to periods when we are under the cosh and have been banging on about this myself. If he was sensible enough to include this single aspect I feel we'd have been nailed-on for automatic promotion. It is a glaring tactical weakness.

We are still just about in the chase for automatics so it's going to be exciting. If we were totally outplaying sides I'd be a bit more confident about our chances but, with how we are scraping wins, it seems likely we'll not quite get over the line but at least it keeps the interest alive for another few games.

Not sure - looks as though it brushes off someone's head before Downes bundles it in.

Timed to perfection. Well done Russ. Is it back on?

For the last time, nobody hates Baz. Many don't rate him which is a different thing entirely.

When will Baz make a brilliant save?

Play-offs it is then. Should really be winning comfortably when 2 nil up.