Will we or won't we?

A very tall order has become significantly taller with the paltry points haul under the new playing management. Unfortunately the non-playing management remain wholly unapologetic in regard to the ridiculous maintenance of McCarthy for so long. In my opinion I feel that the horse has long since bolted and the stable door needs replacing anyway. Love to be proved wrong though.
Pretty obvious Maguire has narcissistic tendencies which will ultimately prove to be detrimental to the club. Unfortunately he has sufficient believers and protectors who are all too ready to shout down his critics. Many of these also hail Ryan Astles in a Godlike manner. He remains overweight, one paced, and subject to costly basic mistakes. The most basic of instructions at schoolboy level is to insist defenders stay "goal side" at corners and free kicks. He didn't do this last night and we lost the match as the consequence.

I do fear the worst now. One point from the last three games and we have the look of a relegation side. Ultimately it's the lack of goals that will send us down unless one of the forwards can go on a scoring run. We don't seem capable of nicking 1-0s and playing well and losing counts for nothing. Also think it's time to stop harping on about McCarthy all the time and focus on the now - why for example is Kingsley James being played on the right when he is better scrapping in the middle? Chappell is much maligned but I'd also like to see him on the bench to offer something different in the last part of the game. We look a bit one dimensional and ponderous. I've given up on Mahon. For once we need a decent set of results over Christmas/New Year.

Jeez what is it about the glass half full mentality of some of our fans, pass me the mogadon! The fact is we have a great manager who has shown that he knows how to get the best out of a very limited squad, but that also that he can bring in some very good players at very little cost. It isn't ideal having to rely on the loan market, but we'll be fine. Considering we had no defenders avaailble on the bench last night and then one injured after 20 mins to only let in one goal was a minor miracle in itself.

Jesus Christ. There is over half the season remaining,
One point, last night would have taken us out of the relegation zone and if Wrexham, are top. it says a lot about the quality of the teams, in this league.
Its really simple. We need 4 teams to be worse than us and to beat the teams around us.

Me too ... I've just booked B & B in Ilford for our game at Leyton Orient. That is a game that we should really be looking to win.

If Bignot stays we are down. It is as simple as that.

Jesus this thread is embarrassing. It’s like we’re rock bottom 22 points from safety with two months left or something. Are we? No, we’re one win from staying up and going further up the league and it’s not even December yet..

Are we that bad do you think? Yes we do have weaknesses, lack of defensive cover, an offensive central midfielder and without Mahon any natural width but in November should it be a big ask? The improvement under Bignot has been significant even if on paper we haven't picked up the points we deserved. I'm encouraged enough to think it shouldn't be a big ask to stay up this year in a league that's much of a muchness. Take more of our opportunities in front of goal and cut out the individual mistakes and we will be fine. I do think its a huge blow to lose our loan fullback with his hamstring injury, the guy is quality and within our squad we don't  have an adequate replacement, Kingsley isn't a fullback or wingback. The Ryan Astles debate also intrigues me and i can see it from both sides of the fence, yes weightwise it looks to me as if he's carrying excess weight, whether that's down to his diet or his off the field habits i dont know but for a 23 year old training 4
days a week it has to be a concern. On the plus side the guy loves the club,  you can never doubt his commitment and  he would run through a brick wall for the cause. Let's try and keep positive, I'm no "happy clapper" but let's see what the situation is like after the 2 away games at Bromley and Leyton Orient.

I agree with you Hannibal. We have improved and there's no one happier than me that JM is gone, but we aren't picking up enough points. There's no point in us consoling ourselves that we were the better team, the ref was poor, it was just one mistake. None of that will matter at the end of the season. The only thing at will save us is points!  And, at the moment, we're not accumulating enough.

We will stay up end of - Because we have appointed thank goodness the correct Manager

When you say got found out in League 2 what do you mean ? They were 12th when they sacked him and had just beaten Blackpool away - they haven't progressed since and the development of Omar  Bogel and reaped dividends for them

I honestly don't think we would be calling for his head, with the exception of Whopper. Most of us are in the mindset that McCarthy has made his job very tough by wasting the budget and starting poorly, and that it may be too much for him to do to keep us up.

Your username is tremendously accurate.