JoeP

Putting optimistic hat on, I'm hoping this is because he needs to sort out who's worth keeping and who's not after the recruitment calamity - possibly at the expense of going up this season, but with the idea of having a good go next year with a settled squad. You don't have to have vast football knowledge to know you should play your best team every week. That said, at Newport in the cup, he made a double sub with virtually the last kick of the game with us 2-0 down for no obvious reason at all..

Maybe. There seemed an air of resignation in the crowd yesterday before the players came on the pitch and hammered the theory home.

I think Murray prepared the team for Rochdale, didn't he?

He's out of contract at the end of the season, isn't he? We might have seen the last of him in a Latics shirt..

Yeah, I think the Chesterfield game was a massive red herring. They've lost to Dorking, Halifax and lost to York today. They're on the beach.

Meh, you think about that Dorking home game that we won 3-2 with "terrible" players like Cooper, Tolitt and Hope playing a leading role. Pisses on most of what we've seen this season. Give him the budget Unsworth and Mellon have had and who knows? Wouldn't have him back now, but he certainly wouldn't have done any worse..

I honestly think we'd be in a better position if we'd have stuck with Shez..

First doubts of Mellon creeping in today. How were Fylde more up for it than we were? That keeper handball non-decision is one of the worst pieces of refereeing I've ever seen, but let's have it right - we deserved nothing. There isn't one player I'd keep. The worse thing is - what hope is there for next season??

As culpable as any of them... Nothing smacked of "can't be arsed" more than their second goal..

I mean you could interpret most of it positively - the first line about "getting us into a position to be successful" is a good message, as he's saying we've not given up. It is in our hands, but we'd have to beat Alty and Halifax. Mystified by the "fitness is coming along" one. It's nearly the end of the season! Then they'll lose fitness over the summer. Then they'll have to build it up again!

We need something to hang onto today. If they don't have a right good go, I'd honestly play the kids for the rest of the season.

Promotion at Wembley this season. There were signs of life before the last week of the Great Escape in '93. Beating United, Spurs and fighting to the end against Everton away and QPR. This lot have none of that fire in their bellies...and they've got to win more games.

Has he not argued with the fans a couple of times this season? If he thinks we're pricks now, he'll have seen nothing if he becomes manager!

There's still enough games left for it to turn around as quickly as it went south. No silly bollocks on Friday, though. I'd say we've got to view it as a must win..

2/3 ain't going our way..

I certainly wouldn't be advocating they get the points back. I want to go up, even if it's undeserved, unjustified and needs a dollop of shithousery...

Come on! Let's get into the play-offs on a points deduction!

Why not? Surely it's the manager who should dictate how we play, rather than a "stats department" and "recruitment department" tossing the manager a load of players he might not want and expecting him to turn the team into 70s Brazil...

Nah, the manager's got to be the one choosing which players to sign. The post-sacking load of players that a new manager might not want is just a problem that's occurred since the dawn of time. Well, football.

Spot on. I see both sides. With the money spent, should at be playing better? Yes, probably. Is the fact we're not a reason for James Norwood to get the hump or abuse be directed from the fans at a team in the play-off shake-up after a disappointing performance? No.

No one held a gun to his head to come here.. Is the club a shambles or just in a rebuilding phase?

Sounds like he thinks he's bigger than the club...

I'm not entirely convinced they can play in the National League, let alone L2! Can't be arsed getting into the Norwood debate again and I don't have the time or inclination to research what players have been like elsewhere, but Dallas hasn't even scored yet! And Chesterfield aside he hasn't exactly shined particularly brightly...

Come on... We really are letting that draw against on-the-beach Chesterfield cloud our judgement on the rest of the season...

Or a good midfielder...