I struggle to raise much more than a 'meh' on this one either way. If he stays he is a perfectly decent championship striker who will do a job in the squad, if he goes I don't feel like it will be a particularly big blow to our ambitions for next year....

I can't help but think that in a venn diagram with 'People who think Pog is a rubbish footballer' and 'people who don't really understand football', there would be a high degree of crossover.....

2008 for me simply because I really didn't feel we were one of the three worst teams in the division. Had we survived that year, I really feel Coppell had learned a few lessons about his squad, think we would have done what Stoke went on to do and established ourselves for a period of time. That pro...

Not sharing the Pog h8. Indeed, thought he had a very decent game. You could see what an asset he might have been to a side looking to play the ball to his feet today. I too also agree with Royal Lady. Some really positive signs from that game again for me. Karacan, Guthrie and McAnuff also impress...

Church in a more technical side at a younger age would have continued to develop. I think we've basically ruined him with long ball tactics. Maybe he has time to find himself again, but not here. I agree with this, easy to forget Liverpool were keeping tabs on him as a promising youngster at one st...

Some bizzare comments on this thread and, apparently, just as bad on BBCRB. I would assume some on here are just trolling but, sadly. not all. The first thing to say is any criticism of Adkins should be divorced from opinions of Brian and the decision to sack him. It is, currently, comparing apples...

Terrible management by Adkins. Poor team selection and absolutely no attempt to win the game and no substitutions to even try to get out of the hole. Our admittedly very slim chances of survival went out of the window when Brian was sacked. I hope Adkins turns out to be a good choice in the longer ...

Not at all. The point I was making was that in his first two games Adkins swapped around a lot in all positions. But after the Southampton match he left the defence exactly the same whilst still making 4 changes in other positions. That suggest to me he's seen enough about the defenders and has mad...

Last two matches : Back Four vs. Southampton : Gunter, Mariappa, Morrison, Kelly Back Four vs. Liverpool : Gunter, Mariappa, Morrison, Kelly Don't know if your post was trying to be sarcastic or if you'd completely missed the point I'd made. I just don't think it was a valid point. The only establi...

I think it's more a case of NA finding out about his squad in a matchday environment. ^^^^Exactly this. I would have agreed with you, considering that in the past 2 games Adkins has had a look at just about ever striker and midfielder who's a serious contender for the first team - even Carrico! But...

With Adkins only having been here for 3 weeks, the mere thought of him getting us to a level where we'd be able to match Liverpool for 90 minutes playing a style different to what we were playing earlier in the season is pretty laughable. Those using the Liverpool pressure in the last 10 minutes of...

This was exactly the same performance that we delivered away at Swansea earlier in the season. Only on that day it finished 2-2 with an incredible performance from McCarthy. Agree The principle difference surely being that against Swansea we were 2-0 up and didn't take the opportunity to tighten th...

Thought Carrico looked very classy when he came on today. Brought something extra out of Guthrie having another ball player alongside him too.

If we can keep him fit and firing next year will be head and shoulders above other players in the Championship.

TBM Special mention for Carrico today - thought he was superb when he came on - tackling, passing, getting forward

The man will boss the Championship next season

I'll second that, thought he looked great.

Very promising second half performance. Nobody had a bad game really.

Scarface Horrific and embarrassing signing

Make that judgement when and if he gets fit surely?

Thought he showed some signs of real promise in his only first team appearance thus far, just way off match fitness.

Saying that, this is HNA where snap judgements are practically demanded....

I will be shocked if we extend our record 8 losses on the bounce in all competitions to 14. I wouldn't be in the slightest. We are the worst team in the division and have been all season, now we are imposing a new style of play on these players, in the short term, making us even more ineffective. W...

:roll: Being a consistent positive influence around the dressing room in training every day of the week and on match day, calmly getting the managers message across to fellow players >>>>>>>>>>>shouting and fist pumping 90 minutes a week. One of only two championship winning captains we have ever ha...

Mariappa-Le Fondre-McAnuff for me Mariappa has been one of the few players this year to look like he belongs at this level on the whole. Le Fondre had one top month where we were briefly given hope. McAnuff continues to work hard on the pitch and be a great ambassador for the club off of it. Jobi ha...

Jeans with a suit jacket for goodness sake, disgraceful. Has Jason Roberts announced his retirement yet or is he going to carry on taking the salary, with not even a remote chance of kicking a ball in anger, until the end of his contract first? Think I just answered my own question! You're having a...

Gorkss-----(enormous distance)-----Legs--Gunter Gorkss was basically a car crash from day one this season, which seems so strange as it isn't as if he was being asked to do anything he wasn't capable of. Can't help but feel his rotten early season form helped in part to shoot the confidence of the e...