Jim Smith

Best I’ve seen us play for ages. Ok Cardiff were poor but they couldn’t get beat us for most of the 90 minutes. We seem to be peaking at a good time with most players back in form and some good midfield partnerships developing. Must not drop Nunez again.

He seems to be getting to grips with things and coming into some form at the right time. Certainly has an instinct for scoring a few. Not a natural wide player in my view due to lack of pace but a useful option to come on anywhere across the front 4 or 5.

Agree with this, both the three in midfield against better teams and Kenny at CB. I still don’t like the formation we played today against stronger sides but it works better with Kenny at CB due to his composure and ability to bring the ball out of defence into midfield.

Agreed. Dropping Nunez for recent games was ridiculous. He makes us tick. He was MOTM by miles today in my view. He must not be dropped again. Kenny, Nunez, Sara, Sainz. Get them all in the team and get them on the ball, hurting teams, not chasing shadows in a low block.

Results have improved but he’s still regularly making poor selections snd iffy subs. Happy to back the team today and hope that there is something of a reset in the atmosphere. But I won’t be singing Wagners name any time soon as I don’t think he should be there.

They probably include the old private jet in the “away travel costs” part of the accounts which leads to a loss! I’ve always wondered who picks up the bill for that little luxury.

It should not be run on that type of thinking. What you are saying is that they will/should only reconsider if lots of fans are priced out of attending. Really? Many fans will dig very deep before giving up something like their season tickets. Did anyone on the panel point out at any stage that we already have the pretty much the most expensive cheapest season tickets in the top two divisions and that with fan sentiment as it is, a price rise is not really fair or sensible?

The prices are too high already. It’s greed. Football is not like other businesses. This price rise will generate a maximum of £200k. We earnt more than that from winning our replay at Bristol Rovers. It’s neither here nor there when it comes to the clubs budget. But it just hits fans a little bit more. And now they want to establish the principle of doing it every year. It stinks - why does the panel not stand up for the supporters more?

I would hope, and I don’t mean this to sound callous, that he finds the 90 minutes on the pitch each week something of a release given what he has been going through off it. I agree he deserves a special ovation on Saturday. He’s not always been my favourite in the last couple of seasons due to his ability to dwell on the ball a bit too long meaning we get penned in but to be fair that’s as much about our tactical set up than (and flaws thereof) than him and he’s been pretty good this season. Have never been able to fault his attitude or commitment. Perhaps a good way to start a “reset” with the players on Saturday for the run in!

I bet the club wants us to factor in small price rises each year! So kind of them to want to rid us of the uncertainty. That are so, unashamedly, money grabbing.

I can’t imagine it costs “that” much either. They just appear to stick a few rails in! Not even sure they change the seats!

I assume what will happen with this is some people in the Barclay and snake pit who want to sit will move out and will be replaced by favs who want to stand but currently can’t get tickets in there. Should help the atmosphere. Good thing in my view.

As always it flows from the top and the Stowmarket 2 manufacturing the slowest takeover known to mankind has not helped. We haven’t even had a morale boost from that. Only club I can ever think of where a takeover by someone like MA becomes a source of frustration rather than optimism. Add to that the leadership vacuum and the ghost of Webber still hovering over everything and it doesn’t really feel like we’ve moved on as much as I think most fans would like. If Knapper arriving had been accompanied by a new coach then results may not have been markedly better (as they have been ok since then) but the feeling of the club moving to a new chapter would have felt stronger. As it is we are still essentially saddled with the same owners under whom we’ve consistently been unable to compete at prem level and a coach that most fans do not see as the man to take us forward.

Agreed. The club could have prevented this or at least gone some way toward it had communications been better and more conciliatory. Instead they have doubled down by not engaging. I don’t think Wagner is a good coach or that he’s doing more than the minimum I would expect but he’s been left to the Wolves by the club and it’s perhaps surprising that this is the first time he’s bitten back.

No because we started with Nunez v Cov and we only regained control last night once Wagner brought him on. Ironically the substitution that caused all the booing was one I had less of an issue with than some because we should have been playing that formation from the outset. Fundamentally I do not like Wagners 4-4-2 formation. Ok we score goals and still have enough to see off the lesser sides. But it just gives us no control over games and leads to spells like the middle third of last nights game where we can’t keep the ball and put ourselves under pressure. Every game becomes an end to end slug fest. Each to their own and it brings entertaining moments but I don’t like the lack of ability to control games.

I agree. I also think that despite the defeat, the Leeds game was the best we have played for a long time. I have found the reversion to the 4-4-2 very frustrating.

Not everyone disillusioned will boo. Many more are disillusioned than that.

The 20% figure is a massive, massive underestimate. It was intended to represent the section of the fan base that are disillusioned. It’s way over 20%

I don’t think that correct. He’s generally been respected for being a good guy and yes it’s true the players are playing for him but it’s also the case that we’ve seen enough of his football now to realise he’s really not very good and that his decision making is highly questionable. Ironically I actually didn’t mind the subs last night in the sense that he was shifting us into the formation we should have played from the start and yet he refuses to put us out in. They came at the end of a very, very poor 25 minutes of play where we nearly managed to throw the game away. Ultimately this situation became inevitable when they took the cowardly decision not to sack him and decided to limp on til the summer. Nobody expects him to be there next season. Very few seem to want him there next season. We are treading water and a very large chunk of the fanbase has no faith in his judgment so situations like last night will occur. im not sure telling 5000 people to stay away in the eve of season ticket price rises being announced is ideal.

The club has created this situation by refusing to remove a coach that the fans have zero faith or confidence in when they should have done. Wagner is a squatter in most fans eyes and supporters are fed up with his ropey selections and tactics and iffy performances.

Completely. It’s so unbelievably obvious the only conclusion is he sees it but ignores it. We should have been playing an extra man in midfield for weeks now. Although we lost, the Leeds game was actually our best performance for some time from a control perspective.

When you can’t control the midfield and look after the ball well enough it’s hard to sit on a lead.

Should be 2-2. How when you have 10 players back do runners still get left in acres of space or players not marked. we may scrape a result tonight against a very poor side but it’s not good enough.

Playing pretty well. Shocked at how poor/lacklustre Watford are. Could get a few here.

Exactly. With him playing next to Kenny and Sara in a three man midfield we finally had some control and Nunez was really starting to perform. He’s now been unceremoniously dropped to re-establish the same midfield combo that was way too easy to play through earlier in the season. I find it so frustrating.