Relegation battle

Can not find the stats but didn't Critchley Start really badly at Blackpool? I'm sure I read no wins in the first 7 games, I appriecate we are looking pretty bad right now but we need to give him a few months before we panic.

What worries me is if the gap shortens and the players lose more confidence than they already have 
the goals have dried up,our best player willock is a sub right now,we have injuries to contend with 
its not going our way at all at the moment 
the crowd are going to get on twitchy soon and on the players backs and critchley will be in the spotlight too 
this group of players isnt a bottom 3 side but they look like and are playing like one right now 

agree with Stoatey on the lack of pace in the team

for me it's always about performance, that season under Warbs when we were crap until Austin came in we were still on occasions playing quite well and were a bit unlucky in games, just couldn't score. I don't think we have been unlucky on this run too often.

I'd be making big changes for the weekend, change of system and get a few of the B team lads on the bench, send a message to them get some enthusiasm into the team. We were on similar runs under Holloway and bringing in Manning from nowhere and Paul Smyth helped get a few results through sheer enthusiasm which rubbed off on the team

Yes it is a distinct possibility. And I know a lot of us are shocked by the decline in the team, but this is the same bunch of players that needed bailing out by Charlie and Stef when they arrived, the same team that collapsed last season. So if anything, the collapse this season is totally inline with what we should’ve been expecting from this group of players, who seem to lack character and don’t appear to carry themselves with the respect of hating of losing.

Relegation is a possibility simply because the lack of depth in this squad. Critchley appears snookered in what he can exactly do, and that job will be made even harder should we get hit by a significant injury or two. But at the same time, we need what 13 points? That should be enough. It is though a sad state of affairs when we’re all sat here paranoid whether or not we will actually reach that points total. Thankfully for us there are some bad teams in this division so hopefully there’ll be 3 worse than us. But again, not a great situation to be in or a way to run a club.

Seen a lot of fans talk on the Internet that it’s wrong to compare us to Brentford and Brighton and would she be mineful of the Derby’s and Sheff Wed’s of this world. But they’ve got themselves in trouble through throwing good money after bad. If they had had a coherent strategy rather than just spunking cash and not thinking long-term, then they would be absolutely fine now. I stress the fact that success for teams who aren’t Man City, Newcastle or Chelsea is intelligent strategy’s and sensible trade, and that’s where we’ve gone wrong. It’s the board that have put us in this position and I know that I sound like a broken record but I’ve seen a lot of stuff on the internet giving them some leeway with regards to the current situation.

For me, Dieng should be sold in the Summer and Sabin should be signed from Accrington, who’d cost less than a million. I’d bring in Ronan Curtis from Portsmouth too to play on the wing. I think we’ve missed one in Mehmeti who’s gone to Bristol City.

This is something that every clubs fans must have gone through and we all find it infuriating because our club is our passion whereas for the players its just their job.

Like our owners, most of our players have no real affiliation to the club and to them it's a business and its about the money.

To the fans however, who travel hundreds of miles and who sit or stand on the terraces or even those who watch from their sitting rooms (that tends to be me these days) we've invested ourselves in our club and to watch players laugh and joke after a defeat is infuriating.

Of course as fans it doesnt help that we have no control over what happens but we have to hope that as both a fan and a player that Albert makes his feelings known.

Two of my favourite seasons went we went down to Div 1 (except the Cardiff play off).