[BaggieSteve]

The anger / disappointment is raw at the moment, we the fans feel it the most and at times like these our emotions can get the better of us. But where we might not agree on the finer details of the way the club is run now or the financial details, we do all agree that the playing appointments (coaches, playing staff) have been appalling. That is what needs to be addressed ASAP. Most of us can accept losing if the desire, commitment, fight is there, we just won’t accept this rolling over and dying.

100% agree Baggietrousers

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I think what we've been really short of since Bilkul took over is someone on the footballing side who can identify a good player and what areas need strengthening...

And until that changes, I can't see us doing any good, at any level.

Torbjørn Heggem was a gem at £500k. But if you look at the signings on the whole, they've been dreadful.

When we signed Alfie Gilchrist for £1.5m, I looked on the Sheffield United forums to see what their fans thought of him. They unanimously said he was awful. And from my experience, although we all have differing opinions on the beautiful game, if you have a player who every fan thinks is good or terrible, they are usually right. And it makes you wonder, if I can find out he's probably awful from looking online for 5 mins, who on earth is sanctioning the move?

Tammer Bany reportedly cost £3m and I'm convinced he'll be the next Gianluca Frabotta and never play for us.

As for areas that need strengthening, they really don't have a clue...

I mean, we knew after Alex Palmer was sold in Jan last year that we needed a new goalkeeper. Everyone in the stands could see it. Yet, we had a whole summer window and didn't get one in.

That cost us a lot of points at the start of the season when we were playing okay. And it's bizarre, because for me, a steady old head in goal is such an easy recruitment job.

Likewise, we lost lots of creativity in the summer. Swift, Grady, Fellows. That's a lot of assists. And the only attacking midfielder we got in was Illing-Junior.

It's all good spending big on Heggebo, but a striker is only as good as his service. You can't lose the likes of Fellows and Grady and not replace them.

And the downfall of losing good players and not replacing them started a couple of years back with Yokuslu and Kipre. Replacing Yokuslu with Diakiate is laughable. Diakite couldn't lace his boots.

The fact Wallace is still in our first 11 now sums us up. He's miles past his best but we have no other options as we simply haven't recruited attacking midfielders, despite being desperate for them.

Spot on, Slick, we have replaced good players but hugely substandard players. Your comparison of Yukuslu and Diakite is particularly painful, they are night and day