He said pre match that strengthening was "vital".

I don't know enough about said players to say if they're better than what we've already got chaddy. What I do know for certain is that those Clubs have identified areas they think they need to strengthen in, have got their ducks in a row and have moved early in the window. I.e. whether said players come off or not at least their Club's are trying their best. We on the other hand have known about the desperate need for reinforcements for ages yet nothing has happened yet and there are no real links either. I suppose that old chestnut "Let's not judge it until after the end of the window" will be wheeled out soon. Which is fair up to a point but there are a lot of points to be won (and lost) in January.

Res Ipsa Loquitur We're certainly not flying up it with him in and Travis out.

How far do you want to go back? We regained possession AFTER ACD was tackled and gave it away again.

If Tronstad doesn't give the ball away initially they don't score. If Hyam gets a clean header on the ball they don't score. If Tronstad remains alert when the ball comes back in they probably don't score. You can't pin that on ACD at all. Well you can but it's completely unfair.

ACD didn't have a great game apart from one brilliant cross but the goal was nothing whatsoever to do with him. After he lost possession Tronstad picked up the ball but made a poor clearance straight to Cullen. The ball was then recycled out to their left via a miscued header from Hyam. The ball came back in and Tronstad not for the first time recently was caught ball watching on the edge of his own area allowing his opponent to come in behind him and score unopposed. Nothing to do with ACD. Did he have a good enough game though? No.

What a surprise! Lol. Keep the faith chaddy. Someone has to.

Safe journey back - my sympathies- wasn't much of a spectacle to justify a 9hr. round trip.

I don't think you've mentioned that before.......Lol. He hasn't been fit in much of either of the last 2 seasons now, apparently went off injured AGAIN at HT today and has a grand total of 3 last season and one this season, - exactly the same as Gueye.

He's at Stoke.

Travis to an extent in terms of keeping us in a game if not the moments of individual brilliance. I thought Cantwell was going to be the player you mention above. Sadly not.

I don't think Gueye was anywhere near as bad as you say today but there's no point rehashing the well worn Gallagher/Gueye debate again here. Regardless of how he did or didnt play he doesn't score enough and I agree with the rest of your post 100%.

That would probably be quite convenient for Waggott/Pasha. With no head coach or head of recruitment there'll be no-one to give them any real grief over lack of new signings. Leave replacements until Feb when it's too late to make any real difference and announce in John Williams style that January is a difficult window and we're keeping our (non existent) powder dry until summer. Nice bit of compo for Eustace, the season fizzles out and they receive additional bonuses for exceeding their financial targets. Happy Days.

I was only ribbing - but at what point would alarm bells start ringing for you - another 3/4/5 without a win? We certainly can't seem to perform without Travis in this side. Stayed up on the last day last season and two points from four games whilst he's been out this.

We have a considerable amount of FFP leeway (I think) due to all the sales over the last 12-18 months.

I thought Beck had an excellent game. He's light years ahead of Pickering. You'll notice the difference when he goes back to Liverpool.

"Death spiral" still on then Forever?

He would still score an absolute shitload as prior to his first injury he could do it all on his own. That's an irrelevant comparison though, we're never likely to find another Shearer even if we had unlimited money to spend. We do need at least one and probably two viable attacking options.

He was the nearest player and should have been picking him up. Not switched on to the situation and was marking space Did the EXACT same thing for Sunderland's first at Ewood.

Not way off but he was just off. Again in that sort of situation you have to be alert and time your run perfectly.

I agree. I had no beef with the starting line up, thought it was quite positive from Eustace. It wasn't as though they over-ran us as a result. As for subbing Gueye and ACD off and bringing on players like Weimann, Hedges and JRC when we're losing - I think it makes us less likely to score. Highlights the desperate need for reinforcements.

Tronstad turned off for the goal. That was the only real difference between the two sides today and apart from that everyone would probably have been relatively happy with the result had it finished 0-0 irrespective of the rather obvious deficiencies in our performance. I've no idea how you get this lot scoring though. Eustace has worked miracles to get us where we are as it is.

Wilsden! Wash your mouth out with soap and water! Lol.

100% Den.

They don't need one. They won.