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Scott and O'Dowda arnt fullbacks we are letting to many crosses come in from the wings this needs sorting The midfield looks weak again and we miss Williams and James so much as for up front we are not giving them any service so might as well get them bot off and bring Wells and Semeyno on and try something different

They are very street wise a City player has only got to touch one of them and they fall to the floor and the ref is so poor hes falling for it

Glen Murray in the studio banging on about Stoke should have had a defo penalty he doesn't notice that Massengo is having his hair pulled by the stoke player so if anything its a freekick to us 

2 minutes ago, Jerseybean said:

Funny old game ain’t it? We have been totally outplayed for 45 minutes and go in one up

I wouldnt say outplayed for 45 mins we had a good 10 mins at the end of the half (you dont work for Sky do you ?)

These commentators love Stoke dont they. Just before scoring they said Stoke have the better players and cant see us wiining :laugh:

Just now, petehinton said:

Is that Martin who got a goal and an assist in the last game…..?

Yes thats the one Pete

Wells has done more in the 10 mins he's been on than Martin has done in the last 3 games

Has O'Dowda gone off ?

Its nice to bully other teams for a change. What a difference Baker and Williams make we dont look so powder puff today

Today just proves we cannot survive injuries working with a smaller squad this season This is a very weak side today

7 minutes ago, The Dolman Pragmatist said:

He could have signed a striker in the summer, but he chose not to.

This is his squad.  He inherited some players, he signed others.  His squad.  I’m so fed up with the ‘emperor’s new clothes’ refusal to acknowledge what is right in front of our noses.  He is not delivering as our manager, and the way we are performing under him is unacceptable.  Nothing to do with Ashton, Johnson, Holden or anyone else.  This is about Pearson.

Well it isn't his squad is it ! How many players was he responsible for bringing in ? 5 isn't it, so you cannot really blame NP until they are all his players and i would give him at leat another 2 transfer windows to get rid of the players who are letting us down and bring in new blood 

Our current squad just isn't good enough and NP is now taking the brunt of the frustrated fans for a the majority of the squad assembled before his tenure

You can break the squad into 3 categories

Not good enough yet but has potential so keep and loan out:

Bakinson

Bell

Conway

Scott

Cundy

Janneh

Benarous

Had plenty of chances time to ditch

COD

JD

Martin

Palmer

Vyner

Simpson

Keep

Bentley

MOL

Kalas

Baker

Wells

Weimann

Massengo

King (Havent seen enough of yet ? )

James

Williams

Semenyo

Pring

Tanner

Atkinson

1 hour ago, JonDolman said:

Martin is the one criticised most but I think he's been our best striker this season, by some distance. Though of course little to go on with Wells.

Derby fans said 3 seasons ago that Martin is quality but lacks pace never looks fit and cannot play 2 games a week we are flogging the guy this season i would just use him as an impact sub as and when needed

Until he is allowed to bring in his own players we will struggle. Half of our first team squad are not good enough for championship football and we cannot expect to compete using players from our academy all the time, perhaps we need to bring in a quality head of recruitment who can beg borrow and steal players to join us.  

Tonight just goes to show how poor our squad is half our bench wouldnt get in another championship side. Our defence, midfield and attack are all poor and need strenghtening in the Jan window or we are in trouble of going down  The commentator highlighted we have no width in the team why cant NP see this God we are missing Baker Williams and Semenyo...

Rant Over

I just cant see what Martin brings to the team

1 minute ago, Ska Junkie said:

Where's Downsy? Not on Robins TV anymore?

He works as stadium announcer for home games and only does the away fixtures on Robins TV 

Barnsley fans must feel hard done by, today was all about the result not the performance The main thing is a Home Win the monkeys off our back now.

Hopefully we can get a few players back from injury soon Semenyo Baker King Williams etc and push on from here.

This Ref is missing so much for both sides

2 minutes ago, bexhill reds said:

Changed your mind?

I knew this would happen :laugh: up to that point they had both been awful but hey ho i'm glad they've both woken up now

Might as well take Wiemann and Martin off give Bell and Benarous a go couldnt be any worse

My god this is awful to watch again no width no shape no attack

Dear Steve its time for you to come out and either back NP or sack him.

In January we need to bring in at least 5 championship quality players two strikers two wingers and a Tough tackling midfielder.

We could get rid of Martin, JD, Palmer, COD, Vyner and Simpson who offer us little to maybe help to fund the signings

If NP is not allowed to shape his own squad then you might as well sack him but to find a manager with his experience who would come to BS3 is unlikely so please Steve put your hand in your deep pockets

I know we've been really poor and beaten by a far better team but the Ref is such a homer its a joke

JD Martin HNM all awful today

Unlucky to lose Baker after colliding with Bents

Wow we need a player like Hugill