Not great quality of opposition though. I dont think anyone fans, management or players gets much confidence from giving away two early goals against poor form league one opposition. In many ways a tight 2-0 win would have been better than an open 5-2 triumph.

I doubt that.... But maybe the coaches have made a decision that the two senior players (Hyam and Szmodics) need to be on all game? Still seems bizarre when the game is won?

My guess is we just keep rotating Leonard, Telalovic and Ennis till someone scores a goal and looks good. Could be for the rest of the season!

Yeah my view exactly

Whats so bizarre is we just come out each week and play the same way but expect a different outcome. Surely we should be setting up each week to not concede a cheap early goal...

Maybe the idea is to practice winning a game from a losing position? Dont think its Leos mistake there, clearing and closing from defenders was horrendous. Also Whartons passing has been poor. Really does feel like late Coyle at the moment. Not learning from mistakes.

Guess one of those who needs the morale boost the most is Leo.

The one really clear thing with Travis going and the Brighton lad coming in is that we are not changing approach, we are doubling down and as far as we can tell JDT is onboard with it. So while we might bring in a bit of experience I think the way we play etc will stay the same. Hopefully we do turn things around, but doubling down when things are going badly is always a risky move.

Might not be the smartest move if we want a player off them in future

Travis not getting game time recently when the squad is exhausted and we are leaking goals for fun is one of the strangest selection things Ive seen in a while. If he wasnt looking to move before I am sure he is now.

I doubt any of that will happen except Gamble on loan. We need more bodies in a small squad, so I dont think we will see anyone leave unless we get a fee and I don't think anyones paying for those.

The huge numbers of goals conceded across the season, inability to beat promoted teams, inability to get any points once going behind etc all add up to other candidates being preferred for roles a step above us. Just my view but I doubt there are many owners / CEOs thinking they need a bit of JDT in their life at the moment. He needs to look like a manager who can setup a defence and get team to perform when its tough.

Not to harp on about it but whats the source for that number? Based on the most recent accounts from @wilsdenrover it looks like we are spending around £20 mill on wages, not the £12M that was shown on a list.

Think hes well past that now, he hasn't got a very long cv and we are at the top of it. He may well walk away but he will do well to get a sideways move. His reputation has taken absolute battering.

Given the tax issues and all the negative press and admin that comes with that it seems possible to me that the delegation is over looking at ways for Venkys the extricate themselves. We can live in hope! Just seems logical as their approach has been to largely ignore us but pay the bills to keep the noise down, but now it's harder to ignore us and to pay the bills so that policy might change?

Yeah and it was from the left, ultimately it was pickering and whoever the midfielder was not closing down.

They have the cash though dont they? They could just write it off?

I would guess the key thing is whatever is being discussed with this delegation from India. Could be anything from an agreement on a new cash infusion to an exercise to generate more funds through sales. The horrendous run we are on will not be helping any conversations around boosting investment.

Out of interest just had a look at what he's up to and he is actually playing regularly for Ross County in the Scottish Premier League. So compared to some of our players who have gone on to disappear he's done reasonably well.

Yeah this is it for me exactly - simple options to get more solid are not taken

On the one hand bringing in JDT and Broughton showed a bit of ambition and a plan. But at the same time slashing the budget and saying the target is staying up undercut it... Organisationally the club is all over the place and thats down to the lack of engagement and clarity from the owners. We ned to get rid of them but that is not happening soon. At the same time this team has a lot of decent players and should not be shipping goals at the crazy rate we are. JDT and coaches can do more defensively with the resources they have. Its not sufficient to just say "we don't have experience".

Thought we played well, scored a couple of good goals, controlled the game completely yet gave away two soft goals, and were lucky to not let in a third. Our big problem is goals conceded - we have now in just over half a season conceded 48 in 26 games. Last season we conceded 54 in 46 games in total. But the way we go out and setup each game its like its not an issue. Its crackers.

I would have picked Ennis until Friday, but thought Telalovic looked more of a handful then and unlucky not to score so will be really surprised if he doesnt get another go.

Good shout! Maybe something for the supporters trust to ask a question on? I guess it may include all the fitness and coaching staff? Edit - just saw the above, so thats not the answer. No idea where the 75 comes from?

Yeah so that list is total nonsense then! Really appreciate the research @wilsdenrover