Dman

They were all the chairmans fault, not his.

To be fair, I wouldn't disagree with any of those from a manager point of view, other than perhaps the fella at Boro - all punching above their weight being in the top 6. Nailed on for Lampard, but Neil and the geezer at Hull have done a brilliant job.

I don't disagree at all and tried to call that out in my final sentance. We were always going to fail in the PL under Martin which made the contract extension even werider (can only assume it was something previously agreed). With a couple of smart additions at LB, CB, right wing, CF - we'd have more than enough to compete to stay up.

Tough game. They're a decent, well coached side. As Blackburn will be on tuesday as well. However its worth pointing out that Derby have a few injuries, most recently confirmed Agyemang and will be without BBD, so it'll be a bit of a make shift forward line. That being said, we've played sides ravenged with injury before and it didn't work in our favour. The next 2 will be make or break if we want to make top 2.

The problem is, it'll be a total rebuild if we fail to go up. I'd still want to see how he performs for the first half of next season, whether that is in the PL or Championship. Both will present different, but equally as difficult challenges. We rushed in to giving Martin an extension and it came back to bite us on the arse. I would however say that I think Tonda would be much, more suited to the PL than we ever were under Martin and you'd like to think SR have learned how to build a PL side and wont make the same mistakes again.

If Sky Sports Plus - does that mean that its the god awful comms where they're not actually in the ground?

Other than Peretz, THB, Bree, Azaz & Scienza we can swap out anyone and be equally as strong - which given the fixture pile up, we'll have to do. Downes and Charles as a pair in the middle for me tonight. I'd probably start Larin, Fellows deserves another game. Scienza has to start, but we only tend to get 60 minutes from him anyway. Its then a toss up of Stephens or Wood, Manning or Wellington?

Its been an almost perfect easter weekend of us, so no doubt we'll lose this one. Wrexham are a strange team - Doyle and Moore aside, I don't think I'd pick any of their squad to get into ours, but they are a proper football leauge outfit. Still in with a sniff of the top 2, remarkably, but will need to essentially win all of our remaning games which is a tough ask - our run in isn't the easiest.

I do wonder how Still would have done if we'd started the season with Larin and Stewart as our 2 options up top. I do susepect it would have been better. He was given a duff hand with Downes and he simply couldn't adapt to having Armstrong as a lone number 9.

Comfortably, pound for pound given resources and expectations, the worst manager we have ever had - at least in my living memory anyway.

Sulemana would have been on the radar for the top clubs by now if he'd signed for a decent, solid and stable club like Brighton or Brentford (instead of teh basket case that is Southampton FC).

Should be a game in which we dominate possession and can play a slighlty more attacking side, whilst giving a bit of a rest the starters who've played consistently for the past few weeks.. i.e Bree and Downes. Pertez Jelert THB Stephens Manning Charles Jander Matsuki Azaz Scizena Larin

Momentum and consistenty also plays a hugh part. Wrexham are a club on the rise with a consistent baord and management structure. We couldn't be further from that if we tried.

Based on last season, Burnley and Leeds won c. 60% of their games. No unfeasible that Tonda could finish the season with a similar record. Lets also not forget that good manager that Leeds have needed 2 bites of the cherry (as was beaten by a Russell Martin side 3 times in one season). I'm not convinced Tonda is the right man for us long term. I suspect we'll have a new man in the dug out this time next season, but to rubbish his record, when he came in when we were looking more likley to go down than fight for play-offs is nonsense.

Probably an agency.