When I saw Clarkson play against our U23s last year he didn't stand out (they mentioned he was a Blackburn fan, which is why I noticed him at all). I was flabbergasted when we loaned him in.

Both looked poor in CM for mine. Surely we have better in the Academy?

Yes. I would rather have a fullback, even if he's a left back, come on as a replacement for Nyambe than bring on a very poor CB and switch formation to 3 at the back.

Yes.

Edun is a left back too - surely a better option than Magloire and a formation change.

Huddersfield defender gave the ref a decision to make - dove in. Wouldn't have been a penalty 15 years ago, but often is now.

Book all of the Huddersfield players that are crowding you, ref.

We didn't - we have left back on the bench.

Terrible from Magloire again.

What have you got against Rothwell? We're a much worse team without him.

Personally I think he's been fantastic this half - that's the first poor thing he's done.

Magloire is well off the standard required for this level.

Soft goal that, Kaminsky should save it.

Fingers crossed it rains for the next four days. It's the least this competition deserves.

Not surprising. I thought we could nick the title - obviously Yorkshire (and to a lesser extent Somerset) stuffed us there, but this isn't a particularly strong Lancs team. The conditions are obviously ridiculous as we're playing at the end of September, but I do wonder how up for this meaningless game Lancashire are.

That was his problem on Saturday - he didn't rely on his size. He got drawn into a boxing match - more fool him.

Why wouldn't it be? They've ripped the heart and soul out of the club.

From a friend of a friend who's seen their accounts - I think everyone they've owed money to over the years has had their pound of flesh. I don't think they had much left to put away - and obviously this new ownership deal has them over a barrel financially.

They're going down this year, aren't they? 1 draw and 4 losses to start the season. Ominous times.

So any more rumours about us being bought out by owners that care? https://media4.giphy.com/media/MEtP6XftcuDoA/200.gif

It's almost like the heart and soul has been ripped out of the club and after 10 years people have given up, huh?

Wait are they ruling Brereton's shot as off target? Cos that was a good save.

Also goes to show how much dead weight we were carrying last year. What did we have, 12 pros walk out the door and results have largely remained the same?

Travis and Rothwell were good in midfield. Khadra made a difference when he came on. The back 4 (and Goalkeeper) were, by and large, fine. We were just a little toothless in attack - Brereton had a poor game, so did Dolan, Poveda, Buckley, Edun and Clarkson.

Yeah, maybe if we were playing without a Goalkeeper.