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So we’re financially competitive then and do in fact have money?

He should go to Brighton. Nice place.

Do you think Eoin Doyle and Jack Byrne were cheap?

I still favour Rochdale to stay up over us. Charlton are a better side than Northampton obviously but Rochdale have scored in 8 of their last 9 games. We've failed to score in 6 of the last 10 Without looking into it I’d have thought defensive heroics on the last day are quite commonplace, and despite losing the other day I reckon Rochdale will go into their match with more confidence than our shattered side

Why? Why him over the rest of the unemployed managers?

Better or worse that they’re virtually down?

I’m never in favour of hiring a caretaker manager. It’s impossible to isolate the reasons for an upturn in form when a manager is sacked, and certainly can not be wholly attributed to the new man in charge’s tactical astuteness

Football League won’t like that if Accy Stanley are anything to go by

What’s worst is that the chronic mismanagement and lack of investment over the past 10 years render it a total non-story. It’s been a waiting game which has been realised this season.

I think we’d have picked up more points than we have with Nepo and Holloway as regular starters

He has a decent cross as well I thought

Next instalment in ‘biggest game of ...’ How does Wellens pull this side together? Proper wingers possibly and Nepo out of the exile. Byrne central surely. Holloway from the start? Drop Fane and go for it? Does Nazon keep his place? Do we reduce prices to a fiver to get to get a crowd in? Appeal to fans to create a din which we reserve for away matches and the FA Cup? Part of me thinks we’re done for either way, given how poorly we’ve utilised some really talented players, but we may only need one flukey victory to stay up

You're not wrong and I agree with many points about selection errors, but a side who misses as many chances as we did tonight and plays the way we did in a clutch local derby definitely isn’t all right. That’s not to say they aren’t bothered. In past seasons Shez has extracted a lot from a little, and must’ve created a resolute mentality within the squad. Wellens has been unable to do that and it’s demonstrated by all the nearly results we’ve had in the latest run of draws - under Shez we’d have won half of them and been safe by virtue of that mentality he breeds.

I'd look elsewhere even if we manage to contrive a way to survive. To extract so little from this side shows Wellens isn't ready yet, and the approach against Rochdale was so far off what I expect to see from a Latics side. Perhaps a position underneath somebody with more experience is what is required at the moment for him.

You'd struggle to put out a passionate case for any at present. Doyle and Byrne are first names on the team sheet for me, defence and centre mid picks itself because we have no others. Holloway in for Davies, who was awful tonight, then take your pick from the rest Unfortunately however it's a character issue, and I'm not sure selection decisions can fix that at this point

He layed it on a plate for the strikers on numerous occasions... He’s there to create chances and he did that enough times. The players who couldn’t hit a barn door are the ones who were shite

He made enough chances for us to equalise tonight. Doyle was shit and should’ve scored 5 but he doesn’t fit the Byrne mould for you to give abuse

Meek. How often have we gone behind and had to chase the game? On the other hand, what has happened to Doyle? 10 clear cut chances at least for the strikers tonight and not one converted. We don’t have it in us do we.

Everybody supports City or United. How would a club market itself as a conglomerate of Tameside?

Unemployment rate in Plymouth must be very high...

Will it be memorable in 10 years time? As long as they use the traditional colours I think that’s the first point that should be considered when designing a strip. It’s not exclusive to us that manufacturers have abandoned that idea over the past few years in favour of very plain, very neutral designs. This season’s Nike template is about as bland as there has ever been

I didn’t even know we were playing tomorrow until now

It’s actually very tempting to make the most of watching the match with a few cans and freedom from being herded around by plod

3 decent attacking players isn’t going for it Plus relative to the players on the bench, would you call Obadeyi an attacking selection? I wouldn’t

Was that Gardner and Fane getting absolutely done for their second? Poor if so. What does Holloway have to do to get a start in this team? Doyle can’t get a goal at the moment and we’re not playing the lad who complements his partnering strikers better than anybody else. We’ve got a couple of kids in defence and all our best players are forwards. Surely we have to go for it a bit more to pick up results. You’ve got to think that just the one win will keep us safe. Perhaps Wellens thinks it will be achieved through a grinding one-goal win...