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They haven't become bad players all of a sudden, the buck has to stop at the coaching & selection process and that's down to Irvine who's the head of all coaching and selection.

While you say you're not convinced by what you've seen of Gamboa, are you any more convinced what you've seen of Baird?

But were they good players to begin with? The player to compare Baird to is surely Jason Davidson, and frankly, the idea of him back in the side after getting mauled at Swansea and even looking out of his depth against Oxford is terrifying. Again, our summer recruitment needs scrutiny. If Wisdom's being shifted to LB because Davidson isn't good enough, then why did we sign the bloke?

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At the moment, I'm just praying that Varela's going to hit the ground running for us, because if he doesn't, there's a big, big struggle on.