Dark Munster

Ralph's a very good manager, but this is mental.

Wasn't it? If Gabbi and Cedric were sold with his approval then he must take his share of the blame.

It's worse than that. We sold.

The common term "6 pointer" is used for good reason.

We replaced Gabbi with our new striker: Nobody. Unfortunately, Nobody is as bad as Long.

It would've been a disappointing window if we had kept Gabbi and Cedric and failed to add a goal-scoring frontman. But selling Gabbi (for the price of half a donkey) and loaning out Cedric (who'll probably be back in June), without bringing in anyone to replace them, was utter madness. Suicidal.

It would've been a completely different game, Gabbi wouldn't be standing (or falling over) where Long was all match. The butterfly effect (or more accurately, the lack-of-Long effect). And no, it doesn't make me feel better, it makes me pissed off that our suicidal transfer window was so avoidable.

Keep telling yourself that if it makes you feel better. I think if Gabbi had played we would've got at least a point (which could well be the difference between 17th and 18th at the end of the season). Most of us would have Gabbi up front instead of the useless Long. Valery was good today, but if he gets injured/suspended Cedric would've been a solid back up.

The root cause of this, going all the way back to when Gabbi got injured in the latter part of Puels' season, is a lack of a goal-scoring front man.

Indeed. And at the very least, not ****ing selling our only one who was capable of scoring goals and not crocked.

Spot on. Thanks for saving me having to type basically the same thing.

I've been furious since the January window closed.

I’ve been trying to come up with a word to describe our window. Suicidal fits perfectly.

I'd say our improved results have coincided with Ralph becoming manager.

Depends how many G&Ts he had. Anyway, looks like Ralph is keeping the same back 3. After Vestergaard's howler against Cardiff, Ralph kept him in and the player responded with good performances. Looks like he's going to do the same thing with Stephens (although Stephens didn't do such a howler).

In fairness to the club, who could've predicted Ings would get injured?

Even more, for me. Spurs

Doesn't an unsuccessful appeal risk being considered frivolous with an extra match ban?

His last game was half way across the globe. The current back three have been doing ok recently, so I'd ease Yoshi back in after this match.

More likely it's because the previous two managers stuck him out on the left. Now he's got more license to roam to the middle or the right I'm sure he'll continue to do well if/when Bertie comes back.

I recall him looking at his runners-up medal with a "WTF is this?" expression on his face.

Gallagher instead of Long definitely. But I'd have Yoshi on the bench, he's probably still a bit knackered.

Our recent record, a donkey and a crock, suggests otherwise.

Thanks for saving me typing that out.

JWP in Slattery's place, and Cedric in JWP's RB place. Also, Gabbi in Long's place.