Forest Vs Bolton

In any other manager I’d be heading into the Burton and Cardiff Home fixtures expecting 4 points but after today we’ll be lucky to get 1 for when we visit Middlesboro
PP scares me, he really does.

Fixtures next up
Birmingham v QPR
Sunderland v Fulham
Sunderland v Birmingham
Sheff Utd v Sunderland
Birmingham Norwich
Bolton v Burton
Reading v Burton
Burton v Leeds

With the right man in charge, we could really stay up with the players we have, bit not with the system and tactics from our esteemed leader

Whilst Ifully agree with you on Alf Chip, I think given his complete absence from the squad today means we won't see him on the field again. I'm afraid I've already completely lost patience with Parkinson and his negative attitude. When we conceded that second goal, surely he should have added a second striker not take one off. Buckley seemed to be doing well so surely adding Armstrong should have been the thing to do but then what do I know? I still think we'll be bottom at Christmas because we just don't seem to go into any match with a let's win mentality. So disappointing.

Two defensive errors and a managerial howler lost us the game.

Robinson was too easily turned too far up the field and we went behind. Our first half tactics seemed to consist of hoof it into their half and pen them in. It worked quite well and in the end we got round just enough for our best player on the day Buckley to steal in and equalise.

We began the second half on top and Buckley was a serious threat. We forced a corner or two and Vela got under An easy heading chance. 

Little made a hash of a clearance nodding tamely to an unmarked opponent who rifled the sudden chance through Alnwick

Thereafter things fizzled out. The clock struck 70 mins so of course Buckley had to make way for Armstrong. Mistake. Pratley was taken off ( no mistake there other than tardiness) then Noone put on the left wing. Mistake. Then Little was taken off for Wilbraham. Mistake. An immediate goal on Little's side.

Wilbraham did well really and helped to force an own goal and all but snatched an equaliser.

A game we should have won but the bottom line for me is that playing as we do with Madine upfront, no strikers and no midfield we are going to get relegated. Madine himself had one of his better games but the tactics he requires are soul destroying. A really bad managerial game

Alnwick 6 Little 6 Burke 6 Beevers 5 Robinson 4 Henry 5 Pratley 3 Vela 5 Buckley 8 Madine 6 Ameobi 5. Armstrong 0 Noone 0 Wilbraham ( on too briefly to mark but very good and all but saved the game in extra time. Really should be paired with Madine more.)

Yes and the only one who can't or won't see that is our deluded owner.

******“Alfie, for the first time since he has been available, hasn’t made the squad. But we’ve got to make decisions. *****
Really need to know whats going on with Alfie ,seems to be going down the pecking order without being given a chance
Parkinsons man management skills = ZERO !

Answering your questions chip I think we will be relegated because I think we're the worst side in this league by a long way. I don't think the players can string 4 passes together and the hoof ball just shows the lack of confidence.

If we got rid of Parky and brought in a coach then we may have a chance because I think there is a foundation there that can be built on. I mean Parkinson is a defensive coach and yet we are shipping in 3 against Sunderland, forest, Brentford mailings at Wolves, hull and Boro.

Next season will this squad have the stomach for a promotion. I'm guessing we'd be without Wheater, Beevers, Vela, Ameobi, Morais, ALF, Burke and Cullen.

Has Parky done enough to avoid the sack? Yeah in truth he's on par (or one over) and in that sense he should be given more time however Kens battle is not just football related. He has 10,000 empty seats to fill plus sponsorship deals to tie down. This "anti football" won't cut it.

What we need is King, Earing and Hall to get games because next season it will be down to them.

Well let's face it OM, for Parky to keep his job KA has had to set the bar extremely low and even then I don't think it's low enough. I mean it really should be clear to everybody by now that Parky's way out of his depth at this level. Anderson must know he made a major mistake extending his contract and must by now feel badly let down after everything he's done to keep the club afloat. Sadly he has no choice but to stick with him and we're in the same boat. However much we think he should go and however bad it gets, we know he'll still be here. That to me means certain relegation because the current team Parky plays just isn't good enough to keep us up. After Burton, and I'm not even sure we'll beat them, we play a run of teams who can batter us and they probably will. If that happens the players confidence will be at an all time low. We have no money for signings in January and it's clear at least Vela will go and possibly even Madine and Alf. I don't think I've ever been more depressed than I am now because I believe it's all so avoidable if Parky dropped the hoof, played our more positive players and set up to go for wins instead of just not losing. He won't so basically we will be back in Div 1 and unless a buyer comes in, still stuck with Parkinson.