A shameful performance worthy of relegation to the abyss.

I can't be doing with Board bashing at this time. I'd have stuck with Ling, others would've stuck with Knill. So be it. Each time the Board made their decisions, they had to fork out a fair bit of cash. And I can't blame them for replacing a grandstand that was condemned or trying to get us decent training facilities either. The person quite a few like to single out for criticism on the Board is Bill Phillips, I believe. Some of them have claimed he has put nothing in. Jon has discredited that with a previous screenshot of accounting information as I recall. I know nothing about the man. But his role in our current League position is probably as minimal as my own in the grand scheme of things.

Looking to matters on the pitch and continuing to put faith in Mansell is just one example of other factors determining our league position this season. Where do finger pointing exercises in the direction of the Board sit with that? They backed their Manager and signings were made at the beginning of this season. Pearce aside, and Harding injury permitting, things haven't worked out.

I have read on many occasions that Knill had his budget rug pulled, but never anything official. Well, he certainly managed a fair few signings if that did happen. And as the only named person he had to miss out on was Shaun Cooper, do we really think that would have been the missing piece in the jigsaw of a play off campaign? I doubt it. Though it might have stopped some of the left back targetting that happens every time Nicholson is picked, I suppose. Maybe a few points saved, but not a massive game changer.

Anyway, I think I'll bring an abrupt end to this post as I'll only start banging on along the lines of 'we should never have got rid of Ling' if I do.

goodwin has done well for us,as infact all the loanees have,its the permanent players who have let us down so badly.Expecting rookie youngsters to come in and save our league status is lunacy and shows the direction this club is going and it isnt upwards

Agreed Si things can change quickly with a couple of three pointers but in all honesty if you had had the misfortune to witness the last two home matches where we surrendered with little fight or passion yesterday in particular you would soon be changing your viewpoint. After yesterday I would be surprised if we win another game the confidence is totally shot through and we only have a group of strangers to select from.
Admire your upbeat optimism though.

I'm a big fan of Shamire he works hard and was one of the few players who I felt really wanted it yesterday, he kept going even when things didn't come off..
I hope this downbeat experience doesn't put him off or affect his game in any way.