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Nick's avatar

Thanks for the swift update, Mike.

It;'s a crying shame that it's all gone pear-shaped since Xmas. Most fans would argue the situation we are now in was, sadly, entirely forseeable, with an injury backlog and no proven strikers signed in January. And that's what so depressing about it all. In all cases, we needed to act much earlier than we have done - a case in point being what happened last night - but we are where we are and still, just about, in with a glimmer of light. Let's hope we can take it down to the wire and - more importantly - have learned lessons from the past 18 months that will not get repeated.

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I for one am not surprise at the departure of Flitcroft. As I’ve said before and due diligence done on him would have shown up a pretty unpopular person with not a great CV. We can credit it him for the academy players, but the point is he brought in the team that developed them, he didn’t develop them himself, so for me it’s Will and his team that deserves the credit. No one can defend the poor transfer windows over the last few seasons, and as he is responsibly for on the pitch then the blame does fall at his feet. There is no buttering this all up, it’s a poor squad that probably deserves to go down with the performances that they have put in recently.

I didn’t go to the meeting on Thursday, but I’m sure Matt Hancock left with his head spinning and he was put in a very difficult position. As always it seems he handled himself well. So where do we go from here? Will a new DOF come in to assist the owners on the football side. Who knows, I would imagine that is what they would want. But it’s essential that they appoint the right person this time. It would be a miracle if we stayed up, and it appears that the club is almost admitting we will be in a lower league next season. But while it’s not over till the fat lady sings, let’s back the lads and see where it takes us.

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