JED

Best time of the year. Definitely better than when the football restarts on the evidence of the last 30 years!

The point being we all like to comment on the strength or otherwise of the squad and expect the owners to continue to cough up. If I was Frank I would be seeing season ticket sales as one of the indicators of the strength of support and MAY influence the budget, and we therefore should be willing to contribute ourselves where possible - accepting that for various reasons a season ticket is not suitable for all supporters.

Be good to see those NOT committing keeping quiet when there are questions being asked about the cost of the squad next season. Those buying a season ticket are contributing to the running of the club and backing Frank and co, and ‘buy’ the right to comment.

Gardner the only one making any effort in that second half. Hudson unable to pass to a blue shirt, Sheron (who I’ve previously defended for his hard work) gives the ball away every single time. Conlon a massive disappointment again. A lot to sort out in the summer.

Sheron. Unbelievable!

You obviously missed the Aldershot debacle then. This is bad, that was worse. Mind you the opposition were better a couple of weeks ago.

Pitch looks fine. No excuses there.

Surely it was 2 of Mellon’s signings starting today - Dallas and Conlon??

Hudson cannot be included with the rest of them today - he kept us in the game and while his distribution isn’t the best he’s a better keeper than most of that team deserve! Maybe the only positive from Unsworth? Hobson is going backwards after seemingly being a cracking signing, and Norwood has to start unless there’s a fitness issue. We are so lacking in width that even with Norwood on the pitch we are incapable of creating anything. Very depressing!!

Before the match the strikers of both teams were ‘practicing’. The Aldershot players were all striking the ball as if they meant it, had the majority on target, and the majority of those went in. The Latics lot were half hearted, missed the target on every single shot except one. One team were up for this and one weren’t.

This is a decent result - if we beat Kidderminster on Saturday.

Amateur error Dave. I’ve been avoiding play-off final dates for the last 30 years, just in case .

Not today though.

Clutching at straws, and I wasn’t there today, but surely the quick turnaround after 2 long away trips has an impact on the tiredness being referred to? We should of course be winning games like this but the opposition had an extra day rest after 2 home games.

Provided Freeman is fit enough, three of the back four are sorted. Then perm one more from Hogan, Raglan, McGahey, Sutton……. Raglan must have expected to step in today, but he is considering his future now surely? I’d have been happy to see him and Hobson today, but he’s obviously not impressed the manager yet!

Very good summary, agree with all of this. Lundstram was largely anonymous, but I think it was him that worked hard to retain and create in the build up to the first goal? The thing for me is that the manager has so few options despite our large squad - Gardner would probably be useful, but other than him I can’t see how he could have improved on the starting lineup or changed it in-game.

Can’t say we controlled the game, especially after only getting a draw, but we were definitely the better team today. Mind you, my previous games this season were Southend, Chesterfield, Bromley and Wealdstone, where we were easily second best in all four, so maybe I’m just seeing things in comparison to that!

We were the better team by far, and Nathan Sheron deserved MOM. But we are SO ponderous and lacking incisiveness. Green probably has to play as we have no alternative, but especially in the first half he was given and wasted at least three decent opportunities. A draw at home will never be a good result, but that penalty decision was a joke and with a better outlet from the wing we would have won today.

I started a new job the following Monday, and found my new boss was a Leeds fan . Tommy Wright, Andy Ritchie (3), John Sheridan and Andy Lineghan scored their goals- I wonder what happened to them afterwards?

Did the club get any sanctions after Chesterfield? Whether or not, this is surely accumulating against the club, and ultimately the true supporters. After a win at Fylde the next thing I’d love to hear this week is that there has been success in identifying these louts and action taken against them.

I wasn’t there today either, though I was at Chesterfield and that was no doubt the same individuals. I did listen to the BBC radio Manchester commentary though and I was ashamed to be associated with this behaviour. Do you remember when we were everyone’s second favourite team? As for the commentary, for a local derby (and therefore responsible for BOTH teams), they did seem to have sympathies and enthusiasm for the home team!

This is not the 1980s - with all the technology available today surely these moronic cretins who claim to support our club in such a negative and embarrassing fashion can be identified and prevented from attending another game until they can behave (ie, ever!). These are likely the same idiots that will be calling out the players and manager as soon as we don’t win a game. If the police and club cannot pick them out then they need to be ‘outed’ by genuine supporters who know who they are - before we all suffer the consequences!

Clyde Wijnhard??

Shefki Kuqi

Maybe Mellon doesn’t want Nuttall cup-tied if he plans to offload?