[Slick_Footwork]

Yokuslu and Maitland-Niles have given us a huge boost defensively and as a result, our defence doesn't look half bad.

The former is exactly what you want from a midfielder IMO. Combative, calm on the ball, always plays to his colleague's best foot. Simple stuff that we're desperately short of. He's our best player by a million miles game in and game out.

Had we had him all season, maybe we'd be in a position to accept drawing a blank against a side who come with the intention of simply shutting up shop... But we've found ourselves desperate, so we really needed that Phillips chance to go in...

Unfortunately, going forward we're still largely reliant on what we had last season. While Gallagher is always looking drive forward while Daigne is a good focal point, the "creatives" aren't imposing themselves on the game at all. Our full backs often find themselves as the spare men and lack quality. In Phillips and Pereira we have two players don't really have the pace to influence the game. Phillips tried hard, but the days of him beating his full back are long gone. Pereira slows the game down and looks ponderous. Personally I'm sick of watching him, I'd rather watch players who look interested and he doesn't...

Grant came on and his first touch to control the ball was to loft it head height. Just about sums up the quality we invested in. Lord help us next season.

And that's the scary thing for me, our only proper players are the loanees brought in Big Sam. What we're left with at the end of the season is a bunch of half arsed, carefree players. The one player who has developed massively under Sam - Kyle Bartley - will be off on a free if I remember rightly. All we're going to be left with is a bunch of half arsed players who don't have a 2nd gear. While they might light the Championship up, I have my doubts based on what we saw at the end of last season.

I can see freefall coming, unless someone takes over with a few quid...