Perfect storm

[LeytonOstone]

The 2 best wide players most likely out for the rest of the season.
Loan players, in most cases, not up to the task.
Manager who can't seem to get his substitutions right, won't admit to mistakes and looks increasingly deluded.
The most influential midfielder not properly replaced.
Key midfielder now nearly 40 years old.
Team still unable to adequately deal with set pieces.
Forwards struggling to hit the back of the net.
Squad strength weak - some (many?) not up to league 1 standard.
Coaching team seemingly struggling to improve things.
There's probably other things but add all that together and it doesn't look promising...

[Long slender neck]

Add
The money has dried up
Flakey goalkeepers

[PKM]

Some good points, but Ritchie is part of the solution, not the problem.
He is a very capable manager and if anyone can get us out of the shi5te it’s Ritchie. He deserves our support.

[Orient Punxx]

Signing Hemming - totally different season if we’d have beaten Bolton and/or Brum.

[George M]

The 2 best wide players most likely out for the rest of the season.
Loan players, in most cases, not up to the task.
Manager who can't seem to get his substitutions right, won't admit to mistakes and looks increasingly deluded.
The most influential midfielder not properly replaced.
Key midfielder now nearly 40 years old.
Team still unable to adequately deal with set pieces.
Forwards struggling to hit the back of the net.
Squad strength weak - some (many?) not up to league 1 standard.
Coaching team seemingly struggling to improve things.
There's probably other things but add all that together and it doesn't look promising...

The two best wide players will not play in an Os shirt again. Move on.

[LeytonOstone]

The two best wide players will not play in an Os shirt again. Move on.
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Agreed, but was trying to retain a modicum of positivity (cos there's little to be had generally at the moment).

[Give it to Jabo]

A good cup run is what is required to boost morale in the confines of E10…

[Cheshunto]

A good cup run is what is required to boost morale in the confines of E10…

Yes, agreed, a win tomorrow and then drawing Man Utd away in R3 would help the financial situation.
Not that tomorrow is gonna be easy, they are in 4th and won 4-0 on Tuesday.

[banqo]

Tomorrow is worth £75000 in prize money, plus the chance of a draw against a big team in round three. From the money angle probably our biggest game of the season.

[EliotNes]

Tomorrow is worth £75000 in prize money, plus the chance of a draw against a big team in round three. From the money angle probably our biggest game of the season.

This

[North Stand Dave]

LeytonOstone, I bet your fun at parties, you sound like that character Ted Straker in that Airplane film...got a match & some gasoline
Anything positive to add

[Bandy Legs]

The 2 best wide players most likely out for the rest of the season.
Loan players, in most cases, not up to the task.
Manager who can't seem to get his substitutions right, won't admit to mistakes and looks increasingly deluded.
The most influential midfielder not properly replaced.
Key midfielder now nearly 40 years old.
Team still unable to adequately deal with set pieces.
Forwards struggling to hit the back of the net.
Squad strength weak - some (many?) not up to league 1 standard.
Coaching team seemingly struggling to improve things.
There's probably other things but add all that together and it doesn't look promising...