brittaniaman 6 days or 66 days we will still not have the players needed unfortunately.Yet again any cause for optimism gets wiped out by a nightmare display.Weve been there so many times it has become par for the course now.PJ said before match he hoped we would take over at top ,! it certainly makes you wonder about his perception.He said after the match, we had as much of the ball as them but didnt do anything with it ! something is very wrong ,has been for ages. Chopra reckoned he would get 30 goals this season ,another person who is deluded it seems .I dont see this season being any different from the last , no money and a manager who bumbles and mumbles his way through season week by week .

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fewer reports than usual ! is that because it was a c#'p result or because it seems twice as hard to use this revamped site [ said scratching head ]

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The dust has now settled and it doesn't get any better. My knee jerk response to this game wouldn't have been vastly different to my thoughts and opinion now. I missed the 6th goal as I had just left the ground when the cheers went up... this, the first time I have ever left a ground before the final whistle.

At half time we hoped we could come back maybe grind out a 2 all draw... how wrong we were. The first goal was a major error by Loach (who should have claimed the ball) and Cresswell (who was under no pressure) - I still can't understand why they did what they did. The 2nd goal, poor defending basically, although it was a good finish.

The second half was shocking. We looked vulnerable each time Blackpool went forward. Ince looks a decent player and there was some good finishing, but we allowed it to happen, didn't get a foot in, didn't get tight enough and sat too deep. When we did have the odd attack, it rarely created a chance and we failed to pick up any second balls that came from the Blackpool back-line as our midfield were on the halfway line with our defenders sat even deeper. We night as well have squeezed up the pitch and competed better than we did. If we lost 7 or 8, so what? We were inviting them onto us at the end. They kept the ball well, but we didn't harry, close down or - more importantly - tackle.

Onto performances, oh dear - where do I start: Luongo looks like a player and fought for the ball and looked lively - why he was taken off I do not know. Hyam - poor. Goes sideways or backwards and defended very poorly, adds nothing to attacking play. Cresswell - is it me, or can he not defend / tackle? £5m from Villa - take it. Chambers - ordinary; Smith - ditto. Edwards tried hard, did okay, but lost the ball once or twice needlessly. Loach - made one or two decent saves, kicking / distribution - must improve and he should have took responsibility and claimed that ball that came across for the OG.

JET - no brain. Drury - does his best, worked hard. Chopra - very poor. Martin - okay.

The subs... Murray - out of his depth; Scotland - ok, didn't get the service that suits him. Carson - not convinced.

We had very little in the way of ideas, were predictable (not sure what plan A was never mind plan B) and lacked movement or options when we did have the ball. Attacks, such that they were broke down too easily. It was embarrassing to be honest.

We do have a young inexperienced squad - good for the future IF these guys progress. But the future is now and we don't want to be celebrating the coming good of these kids when we are in league 2 (or do we?)

At the moment, the Hyams and the Carsons simply aren't good enough and it seems to me that they are only playing because we have low numbers and little option. I'd rather have seen, for example, a Colin Healy on Saturday than Hyam and Carson - sad but true I'm afraid. N'Daw might add some must needed bottle / strength / tackling in midfield, good Lord we need it. I'm all for young players coming through but they cannot do so in a struggling side. They cannot be carried. We need folks to be as good as they can be and give 100% every game. There is no room for us to develop players, unless they are already there or thereabouts good enough and none of ours are, or we are blasting sides away and bringing these kids on.

I don't know what PJ and his bench do during games. Holloway was screaming orders, despite being 4 or 5 up, and looking bothered. PJ just looked glum. He MUST have seen what we were watching but didn't seem to want to try to change things. It was obvious what was going wrong and what the team needed to do from my seat - why not from the bench?

He does need to bring players in - that is clear. I am not a guy who seeks for managers to succeed quickly or face the sack, and PJ does seem to have the backing of the board and owner, but he seems to have had two cracks at this - one: with experienced (has been) players, and now with kids for the future... or so it seems. Clearly, you need a balance, you need players who are good enough irrespective of age and that can fit in to what formation you want to play. Holloway has a strategy, a way to play football - simple and effective, the basics done very well. Not sure PJ has that vision or the ability to implement similar...

I will however be at Carlisle tonight...

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