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"not ready for the 1st team and leaves with our blessing" What a crock of s****. He may not have been ready but I would much rather him coming off the bench than Walcott, Elyuseless, Adam Armstrong, etc. Likewise Ballard has to be a better option off the bench than many of our squad.

Absolutely brilliant this one. couldn't stop laughing while reading it!

I would happily take Adkins to the end of the season. Bring some much needed positivity and unite the club. We are already down. SR are terrible owners. Oh so smart and ignoring the Academy which is starting to flourish. I am ashamed of our club

get this clown out of our club NOW. Sports Republic - you made a catastrophic mistake. own it. Terrible team selections, no discernible tactics. He offers nothing

Surely he has to go - awful tactics, team selections and the players play like they are complete strangers. What a damp squib of a way to lose a semi-final. This is a pathetic team, manager, owners and club. No wonder Academy players want out (allegedly)

100% agree - I cannot for the life of me think why we stick with the "tried and failed" 'experienced' player approach when we have these young, hungry players who cannot get a look in. The pathway seems to have disappeared completely and Nathan Jones' and SR 'spray pray' approach to signings means it will only be harder for these youngsters to get any time. And, ironically, we will need them next year in the Championship.

We have a lot of crap on the bench - and only Ballard from the U23s. Would have liked to have seen Doyle and Dibling on the bench with Payne starting. he looked decent against Cambridge

What a f***** mess that is. And no Prowsey. What a sh*t team and a s**t club we now have

Pretty sure none of them will - the pathway is blocked for our youngsters these days. No wonder some are looking to leave. We'll buy a load of dross and play them ahead of our own youngsters. Ballard scores for fun at all levels and yet cannot even get on the bench for the 1st team. I hope in the Championship our youngsters actually get a chance to play.

What a bunch of completely wet fannies on here. Using any reason to give stick to Jones (without knowing the context rather than 1 line) - yesterday we played OK and are much tighter at the back. Everyone knows we need a striker - and needed one last summer and last season - but good strikers do not grow on trees. It's shame it may be a season too early for the likes of Morgan and Ballard - but we will likely need them in the Championship next year. For the last 18 months this club has been in dire straits and those berating Jones for 1 win in 6: how many did we win previously? It won't get turned round overnight (or at all unless we find a good goal scorer). But even then, we just don't create many chances and this is where the real problem lies. For me, Tella would be a far better option than Edozie. We tried to be too cute in the summer re. signings and did not get the balance between experience and promise right.

Agreed, as I was also have Benali in there!

Well, what a difference a week makes. I, amongst the majority, was keen for Jones to go, out of his depth, etc. Maybe, just maybe, the club was in a worse condition than any of us really knew. Since Forest he has us playing as a team, some nice football, some bite and a togetherness not seen for a very, very long time. Although it is still early days, I am prepared to eat crow. As bad as things were after Forest, I have had to pinch myself since! I believe I was wrong - Jones could actually be a good fit. PLay like we have the last 3 games and we won;t be going down.

This is insane - 5 at the back hoof ball with a bunch of midgets. Jones has to go and go now. Never, ever is this going to work - and wtf with Ely, A Armstrong et al all continuing to play when we have youngsters from the Academy that could not do any worse whatsoever. This club is rotten to the core

Get Jones out tonight and bring in our Nige for the rest of the season. Better chance of working than this idiot being in place and will bring back some positivity. Anything but this for the rest of the season.

JONES OUT! Hopeless - looks like a little boy lost on the sidelines and playing 5 at the back with Lyanco as a lynchpin? So far out of his depth - SR are turning out to be terrible owners

The idiots running this club will likely bring him back and continue playing Eli and Djeneppo and Walcott ahead of him. Unfortunately Jones is feeling like a Branfoot v2 - he wants experience and his tactics seem to consist of hoofing it at the earliest opportunity. Burnley are playing fast flowing, attractive football. Tella's pace alone would be an asset.

Its now just laughable. Lyanco ahead of ABK? The same useless t**s selected week after week and now a manager so far out of his depth its untrue. SR are off to a terrible start and do not look good owners. Losing Crocker should have been a warning sign. Who on earth thought Jones would be a good fit? Terrible hoof ball manager

Well if that is an indication of our 'brave new world' I think I'll watch paint dry over watching Saints. Utter garbage, not a youngster in sight and same old failing players continuing to fail. What on earth was our manager doing playing 5 at the back against L1 opposition?

Not impressed with SR so far - Crocker appeared to be making a significant difference and the youth/academy teams were getting stronger. And our failure to get a striker in the summer was criminal.

Still feeling completely underwhelmed by this appointment - hope he's a major success but right now I am not very hopeful about the remainder of the season. Hope I am completely wrong. Certainly not expecting attractive football from this manager.

I really hope some of these really talented youngsters get an opportunity soon. I'd much rather see Morgan or Ballard than the waste of spaces Armstrong and Adams up top.

Don;t know where you were but I can assure you they (americans) do care about the World Cup. People who might not ordinarily follow soccer are very engaged with the World Cup and are right behind their team. Pretty much every game is on prime time TV and well watched (the England game had 15 million viewers on English speaking channels, so more if you include Spanish speaking channels) and the bar we watched it in was packed with both American and English fans.

Morgan must be close to a 1st team start despite only being 16. What a crop of attacking players we have in this group: Ballard, Doyle, Dibling, Morgan, Edwards, Pearce

Read the full article for context. What a bunch of hysterical wet blankets that exist on this board.

No question - he's only 20 but better than McCarthy and as he learns he will be a beast. Some of the posters here have not got a clue