Why didn't we choose that path? We have what, 11, 12 players leaving in the summer, along with players in their final year of their contract. Far too much short term thinking and leaving us with a summer rebuild, followed by the loss of several key first teamers the following summer. All off the back of raking in £40m in transfers. It's been a poor January once again and now it looks like our manager is set to leave us for a relegation battle.

Now they leapfrog us and go 5th. Boro have a game in hand on us also.

It would be very interesting to see how our happy clapping fans explain JE to Derby. There isn't really much of an argument beyond him being a former player to make. If he does go to them, the owners and hierarchy need hounding out of the club ASAP.

Ironically our saving grace here is that Venkys are highly unlikely to let him leave and will just hold him to his contract. Although we'd be left, once again, with a manager who doesn't want to be here and is just going through the motions. If he does want to leave us for Derby, that's one huge statement about our current shit show.

What's the craic with Derby these days? They were a mess at one point but obviously managed promotion to the Championship. If they have owners with money and ambition, he'll probably sack us off for them in a heartbeat.

I imagine we'll be giving him away. Gestede will be hawking him around on a free to anyone and everyone just to free up the wages.

I can see why people would want to concentrate on the league but gotta love a cup run. Beating a premier league team is always great (even if they are struggling) Deffo make changes for this and start all 3 new lads. If they reckon Trav can do Sun, Wed, Sat then he needs to start but agree that he's only just got back, so could be worth a rest.

Obviously he won't be missed as he spends 80% of his time in the treatment room. Must be a bit more to it though, as Pickering has been included despite being injured for a lot of the remaining season and having 2 left backs already in the squad, who are fit and ready to play. Real shame about Sigurdsson generally though, there was a good amount of expectation that came with his signing.

As in, subbing off the 3 players who are supposed to save our season? 🤪

We've lost too many games (12), at least twice as many than anyone else in the top 6, WBA with the next highest amount of losses (6). Unless we can start turning some of those losses into draws, it seems inevitable that we will slide down the table. Won't be a shock to discover that we've conceded the most goals and scored the fewest of all the teams in the top 6. We've pissed away a good number of fixtures now that we could have got points from, so unless the new boys really bring something good to the table, it's a midtable finish for us.

He's just rinsed 2 QPR players down the wing. Finally some pace.

The boy looks fast tbf!

AK47 on for the equaliser!

Really poor defending that.

Dogshit to a man. Some less shit than others but overall, horrific stuff.

He's absolutely tearing us a new arsehole.

Dreadful stuff, we're getting hammered. Absolute state of this pitch as well.

Gueye injured?

We had a good 5mins and now we are shite again

QPR look proper suspect at the back. Really should be punishing them.

Beck hits the bar! Dolan also goes close!

Well, we've been totally shite for the first 10mins.

Dolan with a shite challenge, giving away a free kick and then we're punished.

As per @Neal, unchanged

Looks that way. AK47 😂