Neil

Honestly while our defending has been as per shocking, we've not been that bad today. Absolutely gifted Palace their goals. Still shite mind.

With most teams you need to build up some sort of pressure and then you'll score. With us just get the ball into the final third and blind panic will settle in. You simply don't need to work hard to score against us, and is why we are still in massive, massive trouble.

Oh don't get me wrong, like I've already said we are still unequivocally shit and will end up conceding a couple more because as soon as anything goes against us we give up.

Weird to use this game as an example mind. We've actually played quite well.

A bit of a pickle is a very generous way of describing the deep hole of financial mismanagement and negligence we are in, but yes.

Needs time which we currently don't have. Speaks extremely well and in time I think will make a good, even a very good manager. Still very naive (Spurs away was top class banter) but if we stay up and if we can clear a decent chunk of the deadwood, I'd be optimistic we can make some kind of progress next season. The first bit is still however a big if, the latter part even moreso.

honestly mate fuck this season, someone running on to lamp that protester nonce was the best thing that's happened to us in about 5 months.

I wouldn't really be hard on yourselves too much. You were shit for the first time in about 2 months, and still comfortably the better team in the first half. We were, and still are shit, just took our most presentable chance for once. The fact it became an appallingly bad game suited us better in the end. We're by no means suddenly now safe, we need at least 3 more wins and I'm still not sure where they're coming from. Can only hope we build on this but we should have built on beating Leeds then proceeded to lose 5 in a row, so yeah.

Annoyed they're getting rid, because they're going down with him.

At home there's been a big improvement. Unfortunately we're still a pathetic non entity away from home.

50/50. In a game we couldn't lose, you won comfortably. 2nd half was as close to a surrender as you'll see. Not even remotely close to acceptable but just gets added to an increasingly long list of spineless surrenders this season.

Pretty happy with that.

As I say. So bad it's good.

Not gonna lie, buzzing that Bruno isn't starting. That said we have no left back - whoevers there, I'd be getting ASM at them all night. For once we have some legitimate options to change things from the bench. We can't defend so I've no doubt you'll score, could be one of those games where both teams are so bad it's actually good.

Alli, DVB, DCL on the bench. Also main news is Alli has lost the dreadlocks. Good luck.

Fiorentina Lazio with Orsato in charge - but the bookies are sadly well aware.

Be shocked if you go down now. 4 very solid signings and an utterly absurd one. Might not score loads but you'll have plenty enough to steer clear.

Unsure on details. 10m after 20 games, the rest is unclear. All seems to be performance and appearance based which I'm perfectly fine with.

I'll cut the nicely nicely approach - absolutely absurd signing and no idea why no one else seems to be in for him at that price. Mental. He's no Tom Davies, anyway.

ITK. I never put a deadline on it.

Finally some great news.

Madness.

I can't exaggerate how tragically bad we are at the moment. The only question mark is if the break does us any good.

Yup. Certainly was. He has also massively contributed to our pathetic performance.

Tbh I think we're on the same side here. It's absolute madness to say he's been the reason alone but fuck me he has been shite.