Our last three away games were all v teams in play-off places. We were toe-to-toe in two of them, with a large number of first choice players out. With a fully fit squad, we'd likely have a few more points on the board - but them's the breaks. No Ogs is the biggest problem, followed by Tilley and Stevens. We need our CBs all fit, so Johnson can be rested as he has looked rocky all season so far.

BTW if the investors bought all the DT shares they would not be able to invest a single penny in the squad above the cap set by our revenue. However if they bought newly created shares then they could - so the DT selling out does not allow that.

In terms of strikers there is a bigger problem: Stevens, Browne, Cornick, Tilley, Richards and McNeilly have all missed games to injury this season. If you add in the fact that McCoy-Splatt, Sweeney and Ogundere are also injured and the injuries we had at the tail of last season there is a clear problem that needs to be fixed.

Morning all. SW19 on getting gubbed at Sheffield Wednesday now up - [Link]

TNT or YouTube yom for fa cup draw 530 I think

I understand your point :) I’d just prefer people to be asking proper questions about the investors, their plans and the risks rather than saying “can you buy us a defence in January?”

Maybe it isn't dreadful if the mood is a little bad on Wednesday but a win on Tuesday would be good anyway.

Need a positive result and performance on Tuesday so that the mood in the investor presentation is not bad.

The second goal is the one that kills the game, and that’s just a slip. Niche reference but Yiadom is the new Chris Willmott. But yes midfield continues to be the main problem as we have no-one defensively competent in there. We can set up well defensively as a team as we did for half an hour yesterday, but when games open up we’re in trouble. We also don’t keep the ball for any spell of time and that just adds to the pressure.

So why is it our defence looked so inept yesterday? Also, did we have any midfield?

Keefy- very true- I suspect that this comes down to budget, in that good strikers are easily identified and tend to be highly valued (ie high wages and transfer fees) and hence we can’t afford them ( and even if we are lucky/shrewd enough to pick up a good striker, AAH being the obvious example, they are first on the list to be sold, as they bring the most cash). A side in our financial position will always have to rely on good defence and good organisation as we never get/ keep scorers.

Stats showing yesterday that we did not have a shot on target, Apart from Stockley we are thread bare in the striker department, only Wigan have scored less goals so far this season. Been a problem for us for too many years now.

Tuesday must be a contender for "least attractive game of the season" - midweek, against uninspiring opposition and at a point we we typically neither score nor concede goals at home (the average result in our 4 home games is 0.5 - 0). That said, the fact that it has been over a month since the last home league game should help te crowd numbers.

Mansfield last season was one of the worst games I've ever been too. Dont think there were any attempts at goal. Recon a 0-0 again ⛔️🥅 bore

Meadow - yeah, we might even score v Mansfield or perhaps only concede 4. 😀

I can't say I'm overly surprised by the result. As I said at the start of the season, I'm expecting to have our arses tanned against the better teams in this division, but so long as we can keep beating our relegation rivals we might have a chance of staying up, though I'm not holding my breath. I said before a ball was kicked that I thought we'd be lucky not to finish bottom, though I have to admit that I'm pleased and somewhat surprised at how well we've done so far if i'm being honest.

Why would you rewatch the opposition goals having seen them live? I wasn't there but have no interest in watching the "highlights".

What's happened to the £1m for Kingstonians to help buy a new ground when we sold KM? I read there was a clause that they could spend £40k a year of it for ten years on their running costs. If that money had been invested in a tracker fund it could be worth around £2m now even with £40k taken out every year.

We have conceded less home goals than any other EFL/PL club this season.

Just got back and rewatched the goals, that second one is a horror show

Well that’s good to read. Feels like the squad could do with a sports psychologist because when we concede we take it really badly.

Trigger - but the least at home!

We have conceded more away goals than any other EFL/PL club this season.

Think you might know what I mean 😉

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