Official Match Thread: Wycombe Wanderes V Preston North End

....so does Darnell

AN is not going anywhere until he is good and ready, TH would have to pay up his contract if he wants to sack him, that is not going to happen .

Not sure how AN is to blame? He gets the blame for not picking certain players. Picks those players and they play rubbish. Who’s at fault there???

It seems from his comments AN picked that team to fail if he new that they were not good enough the easy way to prove your point is deliberately pick them all together believe me you could have put any one player you like from the premier league in that side today and they would have looked rubbish I dislike the useless bloke even more now it shows what he is really like

When we lose 5 on the spin, then question the manager.

We’ve just come off a 3 win streak with 3 clean sheets. Who’s fault was that? The players or the manager?

People need to be abit more level headed when we lose a game. And it was an FA cup game.

It was a rhetorical question👍

We’ve had 12 months of absolute garbage. If people are happy with that and some of the performances then fair enough.

It was the FA cup, he fielded players that are 2nd string, Wycombe didn't, we lost

Just shows are 2nd string ain't good enough. It was the FA cup, not ar53d

Earl was shocking today, AN's fault?

Well said g 👍


The voice of reason 😁

Night all, stay safe

We shouldn't send any team out not aiming to win the game. AN is at fault, he signed them and he picked them. If they are not good enough that's his fault for signing them.

What a shambles of a club. Was there ever such an embarrasing week?

- recruitment that is only likely to offend many people, esp. women, and commercial sponsors, never mind being good enough from a footballing perspective
- a manager who picks a team to lose, and then blames the players after an abysmal performance against the side propping up the Champ

How can you say 'move on?' The club has thrown away a great deal of goodwill and potential revenue.

This is going to carry on as long as the same people are at the club...it's the third year in a row that Neil has thrown a 3rd round FA Cup tie....a complete disgrace. If we were challenging for a play off place he may have a case...but with the defenders the club is saddled with there's no prospect whatsoever of this happening. Look at Ainsworth...bottom of the division but he still shows a determination to do well in the Cup and put out his best side. Well done Gareth Ainsworth.....you make look like Lilly Savage's cousin but you've outsmarted Neil yet again even if a Subbutteo team would have stuffed that North End team yesterday.

For how much longer do we have to put with Neil's mismanagement and drivel?

Ainsworth: "I'm really proud of the performance today, some of the boys who haven't been playing came in and showed me what they can do so it's a team selection headache for the next game and that's what I want as manager."

Neil: "The simple fact is we gave opportunities to players who haven't been playing of late, and people ask why they haven't been playing, and I think it was quite clear today. They shouldn't have any complaints if they're not in the team for a long time

For how much longer do we have to put up with Ridsdale's mismanagement of the club, no player development, poor recruitment, unaffordable wage bill with contracts handed out to players who should not be there (and whom the club can not get rid of)?

For how much longer do we have to put uo with sub-standard recruitment practices?

What's the point in bringing in younger players (some for signiifcant fees) if you do not runa an U23 side giving them the opportunity to play regularly and develop, so you end up with the shambles we saw yesterday?

What size gates would we be getting if fans were allowed in?..9,000 at the top my guess, and a lot of those only because they are ST holders.

Yes....over 60 years a supporter and I still care about performances, results and the club's well-being, although why I should care when a manager doesn't give a toss over the FA Cup is another matter.

How on earth can the club ever generate sufficent support to move on given the people running the place? Why should |I continue to bother?

Neil needs some of my passion for the club because I don't think he has any.

dawsonsjs, we all agree that Earl had a stinker but can you explain why you say he was at fault with the 3rd goal. If you’re having a go at someone at least have the decency to be factual about things.

He desperately needs coaching if he’s to continue his career at left back as he struggles against pace and skill. There are ways to defend against pace and the coaching staff need to have a look at themselves as they see him each day in training and don’t seem to be doing anything about his deficiencies. It’s not an excuse and doesn’t change the fact that it was rank bad defending, but in my opinion it was never a penalty as Earl didn’t commit a foul when inside the box

I think there’s a very good footballer in there and I wouldn’t be surprised to see him playing in the centre of defence long term.

And Outed