Boingy, I have always admired your optimism and positive approach in the past and have more often than not agreed with your sentiments. However, I cannot go along with you regarding our present situation.

I have been a season ticket holder for a long time now but as I've said previously, due to Covid, I didn't renew this year. I've seen the majority of our games via the TV and am so glad at my decision. Why would I make a hundred mile round trip to watch the appalling football that we are producing. I'm not a 'fair weather' supporter as in my seventy years as an Albion fan I've obviously witnessed 'the good, the bad and the ugly'. This has got to be the ugliest and no, I haven't forgotten our third tier days either. The players may have been limited and the football, not the best. Was the football worse than this though? I don't think that it was! Last night's performance, no matter how you look at it, was absolutely shocking in all aspects of the game.

In my opinion, this cannot be allowed to continue. Ismael is not going to alter. He's a 'one trick pony' and what happened to Barnsley last season was a once in a lifetime event, a bit like Leicester City winning the Premiership. That's not a reflection on Leicester by the way because they fully deserved their success, but again, a once in a lifetime achievement. There is only one option open to us and sadly it means sacking the manager before it's too late to save the season.