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6am on a Friday, a few days after the season's end, and you're on here talking about relegation next season. I can only applaud the commitment to the bit, to be honest.

Ah, thought he was coming up to his option year, missed that. Tbf he's someone who is probably worth a punt as cover, if played in his right position occasionally. Not going to lose any sleep over him leaving, anyway.

He has been poor all season and was rightfully dropped when it became clear we desperately needed to start picking up points and consecutive wins over the past few weeks. I actually think he could be good backup in a DM position, like others have stated, but we should bite the hand off anyone...

P'borough (2-1 v Bolton in the final)

Norburn coming on 😂😂😂😂😂😂

There would be nothing ironic about it, it would be completely consequential.

Only just seen this as I haven't been on much, but: We play 5-3-2 and they're both wide players. CJ was recently given a multiple year contract; you really don't think they'll be competing for a space on the teamsheet next year? I can see you've said he'll 'play the Dembele role', too. Do you...

Going out on a limb here, but it might, just might be the fact he had a 23-goal season for us in a promotion year, worked his arse of and had a really good rapport with the fans. Also bagged quite a few in a side that were stinking out the Championship in a relegation season, while still giving...

Getting Byers was a real steal for us; I said it at the time on here, too. He was underutilised to begin with and then struggled in parts playing next to Norburn, who so often slows the game down or doesn't move the ball on/forward quick enough. He's absolutely a Top 6 midfielder for League...

Yeah, switch your firestick off and hit the club where it really hurts.

...and I'd imagine Hamilton will still be ahead of him in the pecking order next season, under NC.

My comment was in reply to you saying 'he could put Morgan there'. That would be daft IMO. He has played higher than Norburn in all of his appearances and for good reason.

Morgan has played as an 8 (maybe occasionally a 10) all season. He hasn't been a 6, like Norburn (to use the kids' parlance). Asking Morgan to play that role in a 5-3-2 is mental and completely counterintuitive IMO. He's not that player. Norburn is okay... an okay player in a system that is...

Norburn has been a painful watch for the umpteenth time over the last few months

Thing is, I think he can work in this system with Byers pushing on more, like he is today. Norburn just needs to be more confident moving things forward. He seems far too reliant on the safe option but it stifles our play so often

Really not enjoying watching Norburn currently. Needs to want the ball more, find space quicker and stop slowing things down. Been a number of times where Byers or Dembele are in space and he holds it up and looks backwards.

The Gabriel decision is baffling, if that's the case. One of the few players who genuinely always seems bang up for it and has a connection with the fans is being stunted by Critchley. Not to mention being our best player in that position. Being sat in line with our 18-yard line and seeing...

That's the last game I go to this season. Utterly embarrassing.

You weren't far wrong...

Don't you love hyperbole/purple prose? 😉 Besides, he's saying we shouldn't have thrown the kitchen sink at it and we - very much - did not.