Gas v Hatter's match day thread courtesy of BG.

What are the other options, Jakubiak and Reilly are even worse

I don't think Jak is the answer and we shouldn't try and keep him beyond his loan.. Reilly is worth persevering with and I feel that even if Nicholls is still under contract we should cut our losses and let him go. He always tries hard, has some decent touches and passing ability, but he just never looks like scoring. I have wanted so much for him to come good, but he just can't do what he's here for. Sometimes it just doesn't work out I'm sure he would leave with genuine best wishes from the fans.

In his post match GC stated he knew exactly what he wanted for next season. When pressed on this he quite rightly refuses to elaborate but I'm hopeful he does know exactly who we need and, provided we stay up, the board must support him in this. You can stay up by the skin of your teeth for one season, but to leave us in a perilous position for next season would invite, almost guarantee disaster.

Having got to League 1 we mustn't relinquish it, I've said on many occasions that because of the foreign talent in the Prem and Championship, this is at least the equivalent of the old Football League Division 2, and we should strive to make this our base line position. Anything higher will, I'm afraid, require a new stadium and monied owners. Not a distant foreign banking family who at the moment seem more interested in fighting amongst each other whilst the club slip slowly away.

I Accept GC has delivered results that have kept us in with a chance and in most other seasons the opposition below us would have collapsed. However the football is dross and performance of the majority woeful. Some of the worse performances seen for many a year. I am not conviced by GC and his motivational ability or tactical nounce. We are now simply being carried by a centreforward plucked from Coventry reserves with a point to prove. JCH has almost singlehandedly saved the day, what a star. A few others are digging in, notably Craig and Lockyer, Ogogo and Bonham (bar Doncaster) beyond this not much fight being shown. The buck stops with GC.

I recognise I am out of kilter with the majority on this forum as again yesterday I watch a game where James Clarke is beaten at will, rarely cuts out a cross, loses his man on the first goal and yet he is voted our best defender.

Nicholls was not good he seems to have dropped back a level but Jakubiak and Reilly are not good enough at this level perhaps push Sercombe up top?

If lines is fit he may be worth a shout but can GC get the best out of him, i doubt it. Great player but needs to be managed to get him playing in a positive way.

Do we have fullbacks that can attack and offer width but also defend. TDH was outstanding against Sunderland but poor at Doncaster, Partington or Leadbetter. Perhaps away play 5 at the back and push the fullbacks on.

Juat a few games for someone to step up and be a hero. JCH cannot be our only hope.

Usually Nichols creates a few opportunities and is involved in the link up play, yesterday against better quality opposition he was abysmal. Not sure how people can continue to have faith in him coming good. For me if we continue with this formation we have to try him in Sercombe’s position. In a relegation battle you can’t persist with a striker who doesn’t look like scoring, Jak and JHC have to be first choice with Reilly off the bench.

Tom Nichols has 1 league goal (a penalty) and 7 assists in 39 appearances, combined that's involved in 8 goals. That's fewer than Jonson Clarke-Harris has scored in 11 appearances, it's little wonder we are where we are in the table playing "strikers" like Nichols week in week out 😂

How many times have one of this asked the same question but posters moaning about TN can never answer the question? You'd think after the shocker at Donny w/o TN posters would let it rest until the end of the season. If we're still in Div 1 next season it will be interesting to see how we line up for our first league game.