Absolutely abysmal. Pathetic performance from the gutless twats. Really surprised and disappointed with that and it’s so below the level we are capable of. What is it with these players?

Ince needs to take huge blame for this, how has he not made the change earlier? How did Ince stay on the pitch? The selection confused me, was Holmes injured? Why move Rino to RB where he won’t be as effective, after being so influential in the Birmingham win. Why move Yids to LB where he’s looked so poor prior (though admittedly was probably the best of the bunch today). Midfield was atrocious, TDB was useless, ditto DD. Defence not even League One standard performances, Tmac and Morro crap. Swift deserved to be hooked at half time, a couple of decent bits of quality but by and large awful. Slowed things down way too much, doesn’t know when to shoot, indecisive. Southwood showing why he was dropped, one good save (straight at him) but was poor at commanding his box.

I lost count how many times we fcuked up decent opportunities, ignored runs, poor passes, being too indecisive. Our decision making as a team is laughably bad. Attitude today sucked, lack of urgency and lack of fight.

Only positive is Ejaria looked promising. Lots of work to do.

Capitulated again didn't we? Two late goals. Are we just knackered?

Not trying to make excuses, but Rhino played at right back.

We have only had two senior fullbacks all season yet our recent focus has been on signing two wingers, It’s as if we want to be relegated.
So with Rahman and Holmes out Ince had no choice than to play Rino at right back.
I suppose he could have brought in Abrefa.

As for T Ince he has been poor and I worry he will be preferred to the likes of Meite and Ejaria going forward.

We were decent in spells, had a few chances of our own…and certainly at 1-1 and 2-1, the game was very much in the balance…but our usual defensive frailties allowed them to score two cheap ones to round off the hammering. In truth, it did flatter Blackpool…BUT somehow it needs to stop happening. Our complete inability to defend is going to see us relegated.

On another note, Over the last few games I was very critical of Hein for flapping at crosses and poor kicking, just giving the ball straight back to the opposition. Well, Southwood did exactly the same thing today. Furthermore, at least two of the goals were on him…and he didn’t cover himself in glory for the others. Just like the defence needs to step up, so does he!

A laughable comment.

Can't disagree with much of that.

I'm all up for PInce to take the job permanently but he's going to have to do an awful lot better kicking the guys into shape than that.

Let's see what a full week on the training ground does. Good luck to them they'll need it!

And I bloody hope Dai is putting feelers out for a manager in case. Took him so long to get rid of Pauno, we don't want to be 6 games in and he starts thinking about calling players' parents for help.

Hell to the no for Ince permenant. Left the subs about 20 minutes too late and even then took off the wrong player. No idea how Ince Jr stayed on the pi… oh wait nvm.

We have only had two senior fullbacks all season yet our recent focus has been on signing two wingers, It’s as if we want to be relegated.
So with Rahman and Holmes out Ince had no choice than to play Rino at right back.
I suppose he could have brought in Abrefa.

As for T Ince he has been poor and I worry he will be preferred to the likes of Meite and Ejaria going forward.

It’s absolutely mind-boggling.

The first 2 goals we conceded were embarrassing. Really really poor. Blackpool were ok, nothing special but turned us over easily

And how many times have we said that this season….we are just so easy to get at.

As someone unable to attend matches, genuine thanks to CountyRoyal for a really heartfelt and interesting report from a clearly deeply frustrated fan. But, blimey, while I believe him/her I didn't realise we are that atrocious.

The scoreline definitely flattered pool. 2-1 was about right, 3-1 ok. 4-1 just doesn’t reflect the balance of play.

Most of the game we were one good moment from getting points.

I can only comment on the highlights shown on Sky .
First 2 goals , headers within 4 yards of goal line . Weak goalkeeping , this is his area . Third goal , where were the defenders , nowhere near the attacker who has a direct path to goal , why isn’t he marked , when two of them get to him , they challenge like bloody schoolgirls ! Fourth goal , more schoolgirl defending , no strength of purpose in our box .
Whenever Southwood is in goal he is going to be pressured and bullied by attackers , this is a major problem .

This. At 2-1, even the Blackpool boss has said they looked shakey until the third. We had enough decent chances to grab a goal during that period. Sadly, comedy defending (and keeping) let us down yet again.

We have only had two senior fullbacks all season yet our recent focus has been on signing two wingers, It’s as if we want to be relegated.
So with Rahman and Holmes out Ince had no choice than to play Rino at right back.
I suppose he could have brought in Abrefa.

As for T Ince he has been poor and I worry he will be preferred to the likes of Meite and Ejaria going forward.

I’m presuming Ashcroft and Bristow are also injured? Given that would agree that PInce pretty much had the defence chosen for him with the only other option being Abrefa into central defence allowing McIntyre to cover left back and then Yiadom and Rinomhota moving to their regular positions - and how many of us would have done that?

Southwood seemed to be caught in two minds for the first and ended up in no man’s land. He has to take some responsibility for that but the marking was non existent.
For the second surely Morrison is mainly culpable. What on earth was he doing not jumping? Our centre backs have all been dismal this season bar Dann who has been at best average.

Why am I the only one that thought the second goal was a foul? Morrison could not jump because the guy was climbing all over him and holding him down.

It may well have been a foul but Morrison didn’t appeal. He has to be much stronger there though.

The second goal was headed in 3 yards from the goal line , the keeper can use his hands and can outreach any defender or attacker , Southwood is standing on his line , he must be commanding this area , he actually finishes behind the line , in the net . He must boss this area .
Admittedly our defenders should command their own box ( Sonko , style ) but I’ve not seen that for a few seasons . That close to goal is the keepers .

It may well have been a foul but Morrison didn’t appeal. He has to be much stronger there though.

I’ve only watched it once but it looked like he was climbed all over. We are too nice sometimes - should have been all over the ref after that - like the kiddy second goal in the cup

Yes agree, he needs to be much stronger and clear everything out.

Orite. So it wasn't the manager after all?

Southwood seemed to be caught in two minds for the first and ended up in no man’s land. He has to take some responsibility for that but the marking was non existent.
For the second surely Morrison is mainly culpable. What on earth was he doing not jumping? Our centre backs have all been dismal this season bar Dann who has been at best average.
Only thing you can say on the second for Southwood is he slips as he's recovering from his initial move towards the near post, which hampers him.

First, I don't think he has a chance of getting there first, but he does seem to flap in the wrong place to try to save.

No worse on any of the goals than Hein has been.

Southwood seemed to be caught in two minds for the first and ended up in no man’s land. He has to take some responsibility for that but the marking was non existent.
For the second surely Morrison is mainly culpable. What on earth was he doing not jumping? Our centre backs have all been dismal this season bar Dann who has been at best average.
Only thing you can say on the second for Southwood is he slips as he's recovering from his initial move towards the near post, which hampers him.

First, I don't think he has a chance of getting there first, but he does seem to flap in the wrong place to try to save.

No worse on any of the goals than Hein has been.

Really?? IMO, far too many people wearing 'he's one of our own' rose-tinted glasses. Hein head and shoulders (not just literally) above him at this stage in their respective careers. Unfortunately we now have to make do with Southwood for the rest of the season, due to Hein inexplicably managing to injure himself in an accident at home!

I think yesterday answered the question once and for all about Southwood being our number 1 next season, he's just not quite at Championship level. He lacks command of the 18 yard box and a lack of size means he's vulnerable on set pieces. Being a smaller keeper is fine provided you're playing with a decent defence in front of you but we don't have that luxury.

Would like to see us bringing in an experienced and proven number 1 in the summer, Southwood as back up.

Given the number of players out of contract, don’t we have bigger fish to fry than a goalkeeper.
Particularly if the worst happens and we’re in League One

Only thing you can say on the second for Southwood is he slips as he's recovering from his initial move towards the near post, which hampers him.

First, I don't think he has a chance of getting there first, but he does seem to flap in the wrong place to try to save.

No worse on any of the goals than Hein has been.

Really?? IMO, far too many people wearing 'he's one of our own' rose-tinted glasses. Hein head and shoulders (not just literally) above him at this stage in their respective careers. Unfortunately we now have to make do with Southwood for the rest of the season, due to Hein inexplicably managing to injure himself in an accident at home!
Far roo many people who seem to think Hein is great because he comes from PL Arsenal.

He probably is way better than a 19 year old Southwood. But he's not competing with 19 year old Southwood.

Yes we do have bigger fish to fry on so many levels but focussing on the immediate task at hand we need to prevent relegation.

All this Southwood v Hein nonsense has distracted us from the elephant in the room that none of them is near good enough. We don't really have an adequate keeper for this level and definitely not for a relegation fight. A keeper commands the area and organises the defence. Many of our goals are directly or indirectly down to having a mediocre keeper. Any team knows they can pump crosses into the area and we'll make some sort of cockup.

If we could only sign one free transfer I'd say it's got to be either keeper or full back.

Really?? IMO, far too many people wearing 'he's one of our own' rose-tinted glasses. Hein head and shoulders (not just literally) above him at this stage in their respective careers. Unfortunately we now have to make do with Southwood for the rest of the season, due to Hein inexplicably managing to injure himself in an accident at home!
Far roo many people who seem to think Hein is great because he comes from PL Arsenal.

He probably is way better than a 19 year old Southwood. But he's not competing with 19 year old Southwood.

I think he's good because he's shown it. Something acknowledged by pundits who should be able to spot a decent keeper and also by goalkeeping coaches I've spoken to. Until he somehow managed to injure himself at home he was also outperforming a 24 year old Luke Southwood. Any suggestion that he's not better at commanding his area and gathering high balls is ludicrous IMO. He may not have been the ideal solution but he was better than we previously had available. Now, if the rules permit, we need to find someone even better.

Far roo many people who seem to think Hein is great because he comes from PL Arsenal.

He probably is way better than a 19 year old Southwood. But he's not competing with 19 year old Southwood.

I think he's good because he's shown it. Something acknowledged by pundits who should be able to spot a decent keeper and also by goalkeeping coaches I've spoken to. Until he somehow managed to injure himself at home he was also outperforming a 24 year old Luke Southwood. Any suggestion that he's not better at commanding his area and gathering high balls is ludicrous IMO. He may not have been the ideal solution but he was better than we previously had available. Now, if the rules permit, we need to find someone even better.
Lol. Omg you think some pundits agree with you, so you must be right.