There were times when Brereton had the ball and simply gave it up because he didn't want to get kicked. Anyone notice that? He'd have been battling earlier in the season. Massively disappointed in Brereton, but even more so the club.

Agree with all of that apart from Dack who I think has been in good form recently. He's got such dross around him, it's limiting his game but at least he's trying to make things happen. As for the transfer window, even if they'd brought in a midfielder and a striker it would have been an improvement, and may have enhanced the players around them. Even lower league clubs manage to bring players in, we'll be competing with them if this "frugality" carries on.

I do. I think we have 7 or 8 players in the squad worth keeping. If we’d have added a decent midfielder and a striker, then that’s better. Add a couple of fullbacks and we’ve got a decent team. I just don’t believe anyone could get a tune out of that team for an entire season. Every week we start with ten players, sometimes less.

Not sure what that means but okay. If only we had players of the quality and dependability of Chris Samba...

Gallagher and BBD would be just as terrible. Any combination of those players isn’t suddenly going to turn Sam Gallagher into a player, or Vale, or make Brereton play like we know he can. Brereton was clearly elsewhere last night. He’s definitely avoiding injury too. Last night we had three defenders injured.

So childish that you wrote a lot of words without addressing any of mine. So I’ll boil it down to a simple question. Who scores the goals in that squad?

I see you’ve forgotten about the beginning of last season and the second half of last season which saw some records being broken for the wrong reason. But it was also a season where we had Diaz at his best for half a season. A season where we had a more settled team. A season where the manager got more then one player through the door in January. Yes let’s compare it to that.

I'm saying that even if we played differently we'd still be lacking in goals, still concede goals and still play poorly. It's a very poor squad with some decent players, and our only player capable of being a prolific goalscorer isn't giving it 100%. Who scores enough goals for us to be significantly better?

We'll have Gallagher or Vale dolloping about up front and Brereton daydreaming, all whilst the likes of Dack and Thomas bust a gut to make something happen. 4-0.

It was incredibly stupid of Gregg Broughton to bring JDT in, if he wants to play a specific way and there was no way of backing him.

Diaz would be just as disinterested as he was last night, and Dolan/Hedges would just be as inconsistent. Diaz had the best opportunity of the night and squandered it.

He can't change things with that underfunded shambles of a squad.

We had several chances, but you were probably painting your JDT out sign at the time so missed them. But okay, I'll play your game. We had one proper one, and didn't score it. We do and it's 1-0, we take three points. I'll probably invoke the Worlds angriest Burnley supporter from the Dingles thread with this one, but as I've said on there, I've watched Burnley look ordinary this season. They've had one late surge forward, had a chance and taken it, and 3 points. The best teams do that. When we won the Premier League we could do that. JDT is expected to nick a goal with a desperate forward line including a disinterested half Chilean, a man who would be better plying his trade as a hod carrier, and a young lad who is completely out of his depth. He's had no help from above to improve this, and I expect more of the same in Summer.

Will they give him respect due to his history in the game? Doubt it. Their respect for the clubs history is in the toilet.

Said O'Brien was an excellent player but we let go Hirst and Markanday go, two forwards, and the answer from recruitment was to sign a midfielder. Rovers have cut that part of his interview that they've published. His usual smile was missing.

The start of last season, and the second half of last season were absolutely appalling, mirroring the managers attitude. Let's not forget he gave Gallagher a new contract whilst deciding we didn't play with strikers. Hence the situation we're in now of struggling to score goals.

Course there is an excuse. Now that Brereton is daydreaming about pastures new, we don't have any goalscorers. This was always going to happen. Some of us told you this last January. None of those players will do what you want, which is score goals. You're the manager, what do you do? You either play shit player A, shit player B. Gallagher - shit. Vale - shit. Dolan - Mr inconsistent, too small to be a target man. He'd be my reluctant pick as he does chip in with the goals. Brereton - shit. Yes he was absolutely dog shit, and has been for a number of games now. Even if we could sell him no one would want him. Play Leonard - I'd be up for that, he can't be any worse. I think he's scored something like 6 goals in 10 matches in the under 21s. Will that translate to Championship football? We shouldn't be relying on a 19 year old newcomer for goals but that's where Swagg, Gregg and co have left us. That squad won't improve. You can't improve players that are clearly hopeless. You can't improve a squad with our useless bunch behind the scenes. I can't blame the manager for the state of the squad and the abject dross he's been left to work with. We score our chances tonight and we win. It was the same against Boro and Bristol.

BBD has been poor for several games now. He was awful today and either is distracted by his newborn or he's daydreaming about Spain. Another option, play Gallagher - shit. The only other option is Dolan, who is also hit and miss and too short to bang in crosses into. They are all shit options, why do people keep thinking they'll get any better?

We score our chances we win, again. This isn't new, it's a hangover from last season. It's an underfunded squad. When the season kicked off what did you expect? When we didn't strengthen in January, what did you expect? Who else does he play? He asked for a better striker, didn't get one. Not his choice. Genuinely interested in your answers given you give reasonable responses usually, and I'm seeing some nonsensical hysteria on social media echoing your statements which just don't compute.

Not my point, but so would I!

We should do. We play Morton every week and he's only a year older. We have no such qualms with throwing in Garrett in the biggest away derby, and he's the same age. And find a freebie somewhere. Jo Inge Berget may be able to do a job, and at least show some spirit.

He'd want that, but then end up with a 24 year old who'd scored 4 goals for Port Vale 2 years ago.

He also looked a long way away from a man who couldn't care less about winning - as others have said on this thread. He clearly does care and throwing his bosses under the bus was something a Venky Rovers manager hasn't dared to do since Lambert, and was much appreciated.

There was clearly a transfer roadmap of, we'll replace the defenders and attacking midfielder that have left the club. And in January we'll bring in a few loans to bolster the midfield and attack. And that was the promise to JDT. JDT agrees as it gives him a chance to get used to the players he's been given. JDT then smiles his way through post match interviews whether win or lose, thinking things will get better. Then the great January transfer disaster of 2023 happens, JDT feels like a right dick for believing the project was real. Mask slips. No smiles tonight.

He'd never come here. He's got some decent forwards at Luton of the quality that we aren't ever likely to see, thanks to our recruitment policy, or lack of. Can we swap Vale and Gallagher for Morris and Adebayo?