I'm trying to be rational and reasonable about the situation, but I'm ending up more concerned than ever. I'm taking it as a given that Dyche and his coaching team are not stupid, they know football, and they know what they're doing. They have all week on the training pitch to try out various tactical formations and team selections. Having tried out the various possibilities they come up with what's worked best during their many hours down Gawthorpe, and go with those players, tactics and formations in the next game.

Those players, tactics and formations are the best our coaches can come up with after many hours on the training pitch, but in a match situation it's nowhere near good enough, nowhere near. But every other option they thought of and tried during the week must have been worse. So where does that leave us ?