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Massively underwhelming but what can you expect given the backing he will receive?

So is it tactics or players, defensively. And is it just the defenders who are at fault, or also our midfielders? We need to ship out a few, for sure, including Stephens(!) Ultimately I feel we need to bring in a strong defensive midfielder to give Romeu a contest and ultimately try and edge him out. We also need a reliable centre back! Our centre backs have some brilliant positives about them, but are far too prone to lapses in concentration; a seriously problematic trait in their role!! Don't even get me started on our strikers! Long is so hot and cold he beggars belief and Ings isn't up to much. Austin runs in treacle and Gallagher isn't doing enough to earn even a few minutes on the pitch.... I really hope we see some determined action in the summer as our squad is bereft of quality

The club will do their best to invest tentatively and with little impact. And by invest I mean still get net profit

The latter would be running in treacle, as ever, not great for a team looking to counter. Not sure what Ings would offer with the game as it was.

They must be ****ting it

That finishing, end product and final decision making is why we are where we are.

Not sure! Looks a bit weak in the knees...

So 3 clubs in 19 years?

Sky have softened the game and softened the fans.

Anything from this is a bonus - prepared for a spanking !

We used to be quick and relatively witty with our chants, I agree! Be good to see some (dark) humour to rattle the bin dippers.

I'll go with you if you buy two and pay a bit more if you like?

In the same way that many in the crowd are passive and apathetic to singing, there are a massive majority that will unfortunately not call out this sort of behaviour and challenge (I mean properly challenge) the culprits. The by-stander is facilitating this sort of abuse by not challenging it. Awful stuff that is completely callous, ignorant and offensive.

4-0 to United I reckon, two of which will be absolute gifts early in each half. We'll hit the crossbar once and the post once, adding to our frustration.

Panic buys haven't exactly worked that well previously in January. Carrillo springs to mind! I think it prudent to trim the squad in anticipation for a renovation in the summer. We don't need squad players, we need quality - hard to come by in January.

What was the table like when Ralph joined?

Just reading some of the comments - opinions on the lad seem very polarized!! An encouraging start being thrown into the deep end against top PL clubs. He's a good prospect, certainly.

Difference is they're just sniffing. If they want him, they'll get him. Sad truth for clubs like us and Bournemouth.

Thanos.

The expectation never really went away, it was replaced with an expectation of disappointment!

Telegraph journo is club fed, this story makes us seem a bit more savvy and ambitious aiming for this sort of manager... For us only to be denied despite our "best efforts" leading to Flores... Almost Third Reich levels of propaganda?

Thanks for the update Guan

Let's not forget the in the knows have said it's Flores.

Something is seriously wrong isn't it? We're acting like paupers, but seeing no financial rewards for our "prudency" and austerity - by all accounts we seem to be acting worse off than we have been since returning to the Premier League....

Wings of a sparrow is an absolute Bobby dazzler of a chant.