As the January Transfer Window approaches we dare to hope that a reshuffling of the squad can bring us better fortune on the field of play.
A bad run of results with three straight defeats has seen us drop down the table, with shocking defending and tactics responsible for us shipping eight goals in those three defeats.
Why are we persisting with our wing backs playing too high up the field and exposing our defenders to the counter-attack, especially our left hand side, from which most of the goals have been conceded recently.
Established players like Fulton and Bidwell have been sidelined as Martin stubbornly perseveres with his set formation and tactics that have been easily rumbled by the opposition.
Maybe this Omicron enforced break from matches will make him see sense. The QPR match is off today due to Covid and Millwall on Boxing Day is likely to go the same way as London clubs bear the brunt of the outbreak so far.
A rumoured 25% of PL/EFL players are unvaccinated, surely they are obligated to protect themselves and take the jab as part of their job?
With further restrictions on attendances at football matches likely in the coming days it’s a nervous time for hospitality venues and any venue for large gatherings.
The transfer window will possibly see us lose many of our players to enable Martin to bring in the reinforcements he thinks will be suitable to play his style of football.
Players in the naughty corner who are likely to depart are Fulton, Bidwell, Dhanda, Whittaker and Walsh, and loanee Rhys Williams returning early to Liverpool.
MK Dons goalkeeper Andy Fisher has been mentioned as our first possible signing with both Hamer and Benda failing badly between the sticks this season.
Leicester are rumoured to have been watching Joel Piroe. If he goes we are in trouble, with back-up Obafemi turning out to be a disaster of a signing and Cullen unable to take his chances we have only Paterson capable of scoring goals.