Barrow v Crawley Town, match thread

[blue nige]

He does to me. And yes I can see the lines on the pitch. Not sure why crying laughing emojis are appropriate, there's no way you can prove he wasn't offside with that screen shot.

I was congratulating you !

[Suffolk Blue]

Cripes! I was thinking that very thing myself yesterday morning, l even looked up his last posting which was in October of last year. So dear SB where are thee?

Probably in a dark room with his head in his hands …although he was also in the pub at Wigan with a drink in his hands!

Ah yes. I had several pints in my hand during our time in the Swan & Railway. It was a great choice though the pies were a little disappointing. As you can see I'm very much still here. And thanks for asking. However due to a lot of "stuff" elsewhere I've been taking a bit of a sabbatical. My carefully planned schedule has also been trashed meaning I've not been able to get to be in the right place to get to games. May get to Shrewsbury if I'm lucky.

Am not sure any pearls of wisdom from me would have mattered much anyway. Everything that needs to be said on the forum has been said (plus plenty more). After so many years supporting the Bluebirds I have learned to trust my gut and my gut told me right from the beginning of this season that it was going to be a battle. Whilst we've come a long way in the last five years, there is something about us currently that reminds me of that first season under David Dunn. Squad changing repeatedly and still with holes in it whoever or whatever formation we play. Lack of firepower. Repeated defensive lapses. Points lost at the death. And we find ourselves again with a young and inexperienced management team.

The only issue for me at the moment is whether we can find enough traction to avoid the drop. For me this is not about building a squad anymore. It's just about whether we can do just enough with what we've got. Hope so.

[Jonty]

Probably in a dark room with his head in his hands …although he was also in the pub at Wigan with a drink in his hands!

Ah yes. I had several pints in my hand during our time in the Swan & Railway. It was a great choice though the pies were a little disappointing. As you can see I'm very much still here. And thanks for asking. However due to a lot of "stuff" elsewhere I've been taking a bit of a sabbatical. My carefully planned schedule has also been trashed meaning I've not been able to get to be in the right place to get to games. May get to Shrewsbury if I'm lucky.

Am not sure any pearls of wisdom from me would have mattered much anyway. Everything that needs to be said on the forum has been said (plus plenty more). After so many years supporting the Bluebirds I have learned to trust my gut and my gut told me right from the beginning of this season that it was going to be a battle. Whilst we've come a long way in the last five years, there is something about us currently that reminds me of that first season under David Dunn. Squad changing repeatedly and still with holes in it whoever or whatever formation we play. Lack of firepower. Repeated defensive lapses. Points lost at the death. And we find ourselves again with a young and inexperienced management team.

The only issue for me at the moment is whether we can find enough traction to avoid the drop. For me this is not about building a squad anymore. It's just about whether we can do just enough with what we've got. Hope so.

Spot on that SB.

[andyg]

Rob Kelly saved us in that first season back and steadied the ship last autumn - then he went to Reading. As SB stated the managerial team is young and inexperienced - oh for Rob Kelly's guiding hand again. Sadly not to be. It's going to be a rough ride to April.