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Maybe in terms of point accumulation. In terms of performance levels on the pitch, less so - our passing is still excruciatingly poor and something we must improve on.

The nonsense of Xg laid bare - how do you score 0.74 of a goal. They could at least round their figures up or down as appropriate.

Not being in a good position to chase promotion is not a strong reason not to do business in this or any other window. Transfer windows should be used to trim and strengthen the squad. Ours has clearly not been good enough to sustain a promotion attempt and needs work so, if the right deals are unearthed, we should do some business. As previously said the big caveat is that most of us have no faith in SR, Spors/Ankersen to get it right.

You make a fair point and clearly no club gets all their signings right and everyone wastes money on some who don't work out for whatever reason. My only counter is that we don't unearth enough nuggets of gold and I'm convinced the reason is the set up at the football club.

The problem is we have little or no momentum. We do not look like a side ready to go on a run of victories. Our football just isn't sharp enough and we continually give the ball away far too cheaply. Also we are not clinical enough with our big chances in games which was the case on Sunday and even in the win against Sheff Utd.

These kind of goals are becoming more and more common. If a team crowds the six yard box and surrounds the keeper a good delivery into the right area causes mayhem. We should be practicing both defending such corners and utilising them ourselves. It's becoming increasingly difficult for even the elite keepers to get to the ball - Peretz managed to punch away a few on Sunday and I wouldn't criticise him too much for their goal.

Probably not and anyone who does come in will likely be underwhelming. For me every transfer window is an opportunity to reassess the squad, to get rid of those who are surplus to requirement (not always easy if they don't want to go and are on contract) and to bring in a few players who are better than we have. I get that January is not the easiest time to do this but there are always deals to be done and players off the radar to be identified - other clubs seem able to sign players none of us have heard of who go on to do well. My overarching point is that no window is unimportant and none should be wasted because we only have two chances a year to improve the squad. Unfortunately, along with most I have zero faith in SR and Spors/Ankersen acting like a grown-up football club because they are more intent on being clever and re-inventing the wheel.

If true that's a surprise said no one.

Tough game. Start Stewart up top and play more like we did against Sheff Utd. Leo could be out and he'll obviously be a big miss. Edozie hasn't featured so probably won't be considered. Robinson has some ok moments but needs to bulk up a bit as he gets knocked off the ball far too easily. Maybe play AA on the left if Leo isn't fit. I'd go with; Peretz Bree Stephens THB Wellington Fellows Charles Downes Leo (or AA) Azaz Stewart Downes needs to maintain the fight he put in today and I'd try Charles in place of Jander just to add more height and physicality in the middle. Still think Jander is going to be a top player in the long term.

There are - it's simple and is called pass and move.

We didn't play a nice passing game for the most part. We mainly gave the ball away under little or no pressure. It's why we struggle to beat these teams. We can't pass the fucking ball to our own players for 90% of the match.

Is this true? Was Carrick ever interviewed? If so was he offered the job? If yes did he accept or turn it down. If the former why is Eckert our coach today? Answers needed from Spors and SR.

With the defence looking better now we need to bring in a good all rounder in midfield with power and strength plus a big centre forward. Loans from Prem clubs might be the way to go.

He's possibly suffering from having team mates who are not the cleverest footballers. Must be frustrating for him I should imagine. His football brain is the sharpest we've got and the fact that the rest are not on his wavelength is hardly his fault.

He also set up AA who should have scored from his perfect through ball.