If that is the idea, it was a poor use of resources to spend a big chunk of the budget on someone with such a limited use.

A lot of what you say is true but why analyse it if you think the club will cease to exist in the very near future?

I never said that the game plan was wrong. We won the game, obviously it was right. I was just saying that I dont think the performance was as strong as some have claimed. Unsure if you watched and if so what you thought, but I dont think we looked confident and I dont think we were at any point on the front foot. The only real chance we created (bar Dolan's half chance at the end on the counter) was the one for Ohashi which was excellently taken. We had one shot in the whole first half and it was a pot shot from Ohashi into the stands. A lack of confidence from Gueye doesnt forgive poor application or stroppiness on the pitch. But either way, I know you think he has been a good signing, I personally dont. I dont think he is that good full stop, but he certainly doesnt symbolise joined up thinking by Gestede. To have your main 2 strikers that require totally different styles if you change them doesnt make much sense.

I agree with the comments about Gueye's cameo, I thought he was really frustrating and his body language and application was really poor. He has had cameos where most things have stuck to him and hes led the line well but often you see what we saw yesterday. He has been a bit of a strange signing to say the least. He has never felt like a fit with the rest of the squad and I know people will say things like its good to have him as an option but I dont see much logic in signing 2 strikers who are so different because when you change one for the other you have to totally change your style. He seemingly was a Gestede driven signing, I dont know if its just his inexperience showing, recruiting without a particular plan or pattern. Or if hes seen a bit of himself in him, but it feels like if we went forward trying to plan around him, it wouldnt suit anyone else, and if we dont he will be nothing more than an option as a late battering ram. Ohashi has his limitations and has had long spells without a goal but he feels like a player who perhaps wouldnt start every game ideally but who could slip in without having to rework everything around him.

When you say does it matter whether it was back to the walls, of course not. Football as much as modern hipsters try to convince people otherwise is purely a results game. But obviously on here we look at things beyond just the result. The red card of course skews things because especially having the lead its always going to turn into attack v defence and it made the work of the defenders even more impressive. We have been a soft touch under Ismael so defensively it was certainly a step in the right direction. Luton were appalling, so many unforced errors and wild attempts to cross or shoot but the players worked so hard, dealt with what they had to and looked more of a Eustace team in terms of organisation as you said. But before the red card, from an attacking perspective I am just saying that I didnt see a side with any confidence and I didnt see a side "on the front foot." We were passive and in the first half, we only had one shot and that was a speculative one from Ohashi that went nowhere near. The goal was an exception in terms of a fantastic bit of quality from Ohashi to make the finish look easy. The standard of the performance I think has been exaggerated but the key to the win was going back to some of the principles that Eustace so impressively instilled before sadly we made his job untenable. Ismael does deserve some credit for at least going back to basics as it was likely to be a scruffy win to get us another win although its too late for it to mean anything much more than pride.

Pears isnt going to Man United. I only remember one shot on target near the end straight at him. Pears would have also kept a clean sheet, a mixture of Pears is really poor but Toth has not shown enough to suggest that he is "several levels better." He has only played 4 games, against Boro he was fairly untested although did set them up for one chance with a terrible kick, yesterday again fairly untested but did nearly concede by charging out and totally missing the ball on a few occasions, and in the other 2 games v Wolves and Coventry he made terrible mistakes that led to goals.

Come on, I am not having that anyone is disappointed that we won. Understand why people feel so flat. We have won a game long after a significant tumble from being in the play offs to totally out of contention with a number of games left, accelerated by the appointment of Ismael. A win is always satisfying but it does have a feeling of far too little, too late. Regarding the performance, it was very much a smash and grab. It was a back to basics, backs to the wall performance but its fair to suggest that going forward we were very poor in the main but thankfully Ohashi took the one reasonable chance we did create superbly.

Its about patching up the squad with a lorry load of loanees and cheapos each season to make up the numbers and slash costs wherever possible.

Thatll be it, lots of loans and cheap signings. And Nixon doing the propaganda.

I dont think we were on the front foot nor did we break with purpose. The goal was very much the exception in a game where we sat back in and very rarely got near their goal. We were certainly far more well organised and defensively strong today and the centre backs in particular were outstanding. Was a smash and grab away performance. I also am not having that Dolan is an "exceptional talent." No questions about his work rate or application, no doubts that we probably will end up with worse on our budget today, and not doubting that he will almost certainly get another Championship club when he leaves. But he is a very inconsistent player who has ability and works very hard but still frustrates more often than not. I think in an ideal world we would have him, Kargbo and 2 new signings next season. As it is, it will probably be Kargbo, Hedges and some random loanee.

Is this based on Radio Lancashire audio? "Willing to come for the ball" is a hell of a way to turn a glaring weakness into a positive.

There is confirmation bias here in that you understandably are so desperate to not have Pears in net, as we all are, that you seemingly will give far more grace to anyone else who comes in. Toth barely had anything of note to do because Luton in attack were so poor but he was flying out for routine crosses and getting nowhere near them. When he has played he has looked nowhere near good enough. He isnt the answer. We need to get rid of both but will likely get rid of neither.

Not felt as flat after a win for as long as I can remember. Feels totally worthless but still at least we won and showed good character to hang on. Going forward we played as if we had no game plan and barely mustered a shot on goal, one of the very few was put away expertly by Ohashi. Defensively much better, Hyam and Batth both outstanding and dealt with everything and Tronstad was much better too. Toth is an absolute bomb scare, constantly flapping and missing. Gueye coming on didnt help us at all, his body language was very poor losing the ball a few times and stropping. Harsh red card but Montgomery looks like a young midfielder playing at right back unfortunately. Luton are absysmal, how many times did they randomly slash the ball out of play? Bell hasnt improved either, very poor. They seem destined for League 1.

This has again been absolutely painful to watch. The standard from both teams in a supposedly good league is horrendous, youd find better quality games down at Pleasington. We are absolutely dire. No sign of any supposed game plan so a poor set of players is somehow made to look even worse than they actually are. No pressing, no pace, no skill, one solitary shot which was barely a half chance put into row Z.

What a frightening squad that is.

When we dont sign "2 or 3 before pre season" it will be be patient FFS other teams havent signed anyone either. When it becomes clear we wont be spending much it will be well you can still sign quality on frees and loans. When we give sub par players an extra year it will be that they wont be playing every week but they can give good depth to the squad. Groundhog day.

Went into this season still needing "a new number 1." Failed specactularly with another no mark from abroad deemed to be even worse than calamity Pears. Still need a new keeper. Went into this season needing a striker who can score goals. Signed 2, one has 7 league goals, the other has 6. Neither get into most teams in the league. Still need one. Went into this season needing "pacy wingers" and also still need some of them. Also going into this summer needing a lorry load of signings with many of the squad either on loan, on short term deals soon to expire or going into the last year of their deals. If this season has been good recruitment then imagine what bad recruitment looks like.

Lets hope things go as brilliantly as they have before then.

"We got that amount this season" shows you do indeed trust the words from Suhail.

You yourself have discussed the players that Eustace wanted but he was not allowed to bring in. Thomas Asante, Dembele etc. Im guessing the likes of Toth and Gueye werent his idea. Point being, he clearly wasnt happy with the recruitment or the way the club was run hence why he couldnt leave soon enough. And I am sure you will go on to say I didnt personally rate those individual players that much, especially Dembele. Irrelevant to the point I am making about the fact that a director of football structure can lead to disagreements which are much more likely at a dysfunctional club like ours. Recruitment has not worked for a number of years. The squad is full of loans and short term contracts and it will be another summer of trying to cobble together a new team on pennies. Having two different people in a director of football role has not improved anything here, its caused more problems if anything.

Well obviously, crap is relative as we have been over before.

The transfer recruitment across the season has been poor. Doesnt mean that every player signed has been poor. But I think it says a lot that the 3 biggest successes are players that were brought in too boost the squad rather than the main areas we needed to strengthen. Both Batth and Weimann have been very useful members of the squad who we had to rely too much on and due to age, both of their bodies broke down and saw them miss big chunks of the season. The same happened with Beck who was brought in to add competition at left back. We needed a goalscorer in the summer. Ohashi has 7 goals and Gueye only 6 and you are calling for another striker in the summer. If you truly believed they were as good as you keep saying, you wouldnt think we needed another. I think we have a fair idea what this window will be like. We wont even have the crumbs of any sales to spend. We constantly get small budgets, why would we get £4-5m? We have a novice overseeing recruitment, why would we have a good window? Do you have faith that it will be one of good recruitment and a decent budget or are you just saying you dont know either way?

To be fair regarding King, we had 2 20 goal strikers ahead of him and when he did play, he underwhelmed bar those 2 cup games, and he was often injured. Not saying for one minute though that Bowyer was a good manager.

Some do bizarelly. Like a cult of followers who will soon pay for the privelidge of pestering him all summer feeding his ego.

Why would any respectable head coach want players thrust upon him that he doesnt want and/or are crap?