And Its Smith

I’m not sure Weimann up front on his own has ever worked has it? He’s scored a ton this season but not from that position

I don’t care about Celtic. I only support one team. I don’t like Rangers though

Rangers fan has thrown a glass bottle at Joe Hart. Shards of glass now in the box.

Get in.

They need an over soon where they score 20 odd

And that’s the game. Sciver will need to score 200 not out here which won’t happen. No shame in losing to this Aussie team in a final though

I’d love to the know how many goals we have scored this season when Pearson has put 4 strikers on the pitch. Can’t remember any but must be some as he always does it

Not if they didn’t have points deducted. Derby would be above us and Reading would be a few points behind us. When you are building I would hope to see more progress than this

I’ve not seen how Reading and Derby managed it away to Bournemouth but if other teams can do it then I don’t know why we can’t. I’m not expecting the 52% they had but 28% is a joke with a 62% pass success rate.

I think it’s the last point you make that worries me massively about next season. We aren’t even average in possession, we are terrible. A long way to go to even be average.

Yes they are better than us. In football, one team is usually better than the other but I would expect better than this. Why can other teams go there and play well and keep the ball? We can’t even make 4 consecutive passes. It’s that which annoys me. I don’t mind losing to Bournemouth away but I mind how we lose!

Exactly. It’s so sad that some fans expectations are so low nowadays.

Expectation has sunk so low hasn’t it. You are happy with 22% possession it seems. Amazing that other teams below us in the table can go there and have the ball half of the time, isn’t it. Quick, text about parachute payments…

He’s the manager mate. I’m assuming you think the manager is responsible for his team. Baffling reply

2-1. Was always coming. Shocking from city

No lynch Pearson but it would be amazing to see us string more than 5 passes together. Pearson shouldn’t be free of scrutiny

21% possession and one shot. Pearsonball

Jaidon Anthony will have a lot of fun today down our right hand side.

Come back LJ

Once you get to the quarters you are going to play a good team so I wouldn’t stress too much about it!

I would say, just don’t mention expected sales at all. It makes them look out of touch

How do you know how many fans are wavering? I’ve seen fans on here, twitter and my WhatsApp groups thinking about all areas of finances right now. It’s common sense really. Cost of living has gone through the roof and hasn’t peaked yet. It will be down to people to prioritise I guess but there will certainly be a reduction in sales. The club have said they expect sales to increase. I think that’s extremely naive and their belief is completely baseless. If you accept that season ticket sales will reduce then you must accept that there are fans deliberating over buying/renewing. Anyone not going through their incomings and outgoings with a fine tooth comb right now must have a lot of disposable income.

Counter argument to that is that to grow season ticket sales by 38% you would have to reduce cost per game from £13.10 to £8.70 if you take the £3.6m as the end revenue for both 18k and 13k. That would mean that POTD prices would have to come down or the gap is too big. If it didn’t come down you wouldn’t get many POTD fans at all as anyone thinking they will spend £35 on a ticket a few times a season would just have bought a season ticket as well. Not sure I’ve explained that very well but can’t be bothered to re type!!

@Super guessed 10k, which would be disaster. I am going to guess 11k which is about a 15% drop. 11k would be bad as well. I cannot for the life of me honestly believe that the club think they will increase on 13k. Its pretty much impossible. Even when typing this out I think maybe Super is closer than me! It must just be positive spin when they say it will increase.

Absolutely. I know a fair few who will do the same. I wonder what the clubs estimates are on season ticket sales. Wouldn’t be surprised if they were 10-15% down on last year