[WakeyTerrier]

Town need to win this at all costs, i fear defeat will see the Town support turn on the club.

Phil never has had a lot of support and the screw is definitely turning on his leadership.

Questions have been asked about CC's tactics as well.

[jjamez]

I don't think questions should be asked of cc and his tactics, if we want to play the way that this squad has to then it's back to the crisp owl era, the questions have to be asked of pH and devlin, for saying Carlos will be backed and then criminally underbacking him in 2 windows to the extent that I think the only players that have come in that he wants are eiting, pipa and vallejo.

The style of football is fine in the large part, but we needed better suited players on the whole.

I'd say pipa, toffolo, bacuna, obrien and pritch at the start of the season were the players who should have been ideally suited to the style, due to the fast pace, overlapping fullbacks and creation of space. With schindler if it was promotion season, maybe 1st prem season being good enough at cb with a few reservations over sarr.

Of those Pritchard has been the usual, bacuna indifferent, obrien yet to reach pre covid levels, schindler a bit iffy and sarr definitely iffy, whilst we've been surprised by hogg and Koroma.

I'd say that there's possibly a core squad that's good enough, with a few good back ups, but we needed investment, we're not far off. Stay up this season cut the high earners and invest properly and actually back the manager with cold hard cash, not hollow words and we could be onto something.

Schofield is still a back up or in need of a loan

Pipa is a core member without adequate back up

Schindler, sarr, keogh, Stearman, elph, green and Crich. I think one of the oldies stay, sentimentality says schinds, the others go, Crich goes on loan, sarr will be around, so we definitely need another cb that can play the system.

Toffs is a core member and I'm hoping brown is a good enough backup

Hogg and vallejo are fine with high and Austerfield being good back up, we're fine in the dm section

Cm we need someone in there, I like mpanzu at Luton, I reckon we might lose one or both of bacuna and lob so it needs proper strengthening

Wings have the potential with jk and Aarons, but still need depth

Up top we need a new starting striker, ward and Campbell are probably decent back ups, but no way we should be trying to get through a campaign with them 2 as the main men

[Lord Snooty]

Lose this and Carlos could be sacked. Wouldn't surprise me at all after what he did with Mrs Cowley's lads.
I bet Phil's got the next one lined up ready.

[jjamez]

I don't think so snoots, no one else around.

But if he did I reckon Phil would be hounded out of the club. Any support he has would go, good luck getting people supporting next season

[Lord Snooty]

Roly Aarons out injured now. Hamstrung for the next few weeks. Schindler needs to see a specialist. Ward, Stearman, Edmundo-Green not back yet.

Jaden Broon still on concussion control, so Lewis O'Brien will be at left back.

[Amelia Chaffinch]

CC's press conference posted above. None from Gareth Ainsworth but their site says they have no new injury concerns now that Dominic Gape is back in full training and Joe Jacobson was on the bench v Sheff Weds. However, the team news does give us a "played for both" as Rolando Aarons was on loan there last season.

[theo_luddite]

I know Schindler and Koroma were pretty much injured in situations that were somewhat unusual, in both cases their studs/cleats (whatever) caught in the turf; the other injuries we've picked up this season however would barely have been on the radar not so long ago. How well is this guy warming them up before training, let alone having them playing? We seem to have had more out with pulled hamstrings this season than a (ahem) "Gentlemen's Club" has pulled G strings.

[jjamez]

I'd say Stearman too, he pulled up whilst running but had over stretched by a fair way just before.

The worrying one for me isn't ward, but young reg, he keeps getting little niggles now, at what point is he going to do major damage

[Lord Snooty]

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[Amelia Chaffinch]

2-1 at halftime. We may be trying to snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory.