Sheaf Saint

Mentioned it on the match thread but it's worth repeating here. The very first thing he did after coming on last night was to deliberately run away from a ball into the box from a FK. It's one thing to fail to challenge for a ball, but to actively avoid it is indefensible. I've no idea what's going on in his head, but for a young lad with an obvious point to prove to do that is just mind-boggling. And for whatever improvement there might have been last night, he still doesn't look even remotely like a Championship player to me.

I saw zero evidence of that last night.

The sensible thing to do would be to revert to a back four and play Stephens at LB, where he has played in the past to an OK degree. At least he would try and occasionally stop a cross, unlike Manning.

If I had to choose between McCarthy staying in the 6 yard box and trusting himself to save a one on one from a tight angle and Baz making a total pigs ear of it and gifting a free shot on an open goal, well it's not even a choice is it.

Not me. He should have anticipated that he wouldn't get there before the striker and positioned himself better to save any shot. The fact he came out for a ball he was never going to get, and then just threw a pathetic flappy hand at it while standing still and allowing him a free shot at goal is why he's rightly getting pelters for it.

Yeah there was very little power in that header. He often makes easy saves look harder than they actually are. The one against Wrexham on the opening day right before we equalised is a prime example. Plenty of people were getting excited that his goalkeeping had actually improved since he last played for us and pointed to that as evidence that he would be perfectly ok this season. But if you watch it back, you realise that it was actually a very poorly hit shot, and Baz only just did enough to turn it onto the post. He's an utterly gash keeper that wouldn't get a start for a single other team in this league. I can't believe there are still people on here defending him. Watching him always reminds me of that time we had to put Dexter Blackstock in goal against Newcastle, so little does he resemble a professional keeper.

He doesn't. We've only won two games with him in goal - Wrexham on opening day and tonight. We've drawn three though, so that's where the 9 point stat comes from. He and Macca have played 7 games each, and while we haven't got as many points with Macca in goal, I've seen him make plenty of saves in those games that Bazunu is incapable of. The points argument is a smokescreen - Macca is and always will be a less shit keeper.

All smiles and back slapping on the bench at FT. Despite winning, there's very little there to be happy or excited about. That was one of our all time worst performances. I'm terrified that Spors is going to give Eckert the gig now.

Maybe we need to start including a basic IQ test as part of our recruitment process. We've got a team full of brainless twats.

Oh Manning FFS.

Yeah he was just making sure there was a good excuse for him not even connecting with the ball.

The fuck was that from Azaz?

So did he.