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Gah, can someone please put this terrible season out of it's misery; if it was a race horse it would have been shot ages ago, if it was a car it would be on the scrap heap, if it was a pop star it would be, er, David Sneddon (left).

I'm sure that's enough similies to convey my displeasure at having to witness another dire display against opposition who we would have beaten comfortably in the good old days. The performance wasn't quite as bad as that game against Chester before Christmas, but it was still pretty crap, and suffice to say I'm not particularly looking forward to having to endure another 90 minutes on Tuesday night.

I'd like to blame our young, unfamiliar, back four, but you couldn't really fault any of them. In fact the two debutants - Hudson and Palmer - were probably our outstanding players. Hudson looks a real prospect, and paired with a senior partner I think he could be a first team regular next season. Meanwhile Palmer was pretty solid and put over a number of useful crosses, although my only slight worry about him would be that he got caught upfield on a number of occasions.

Our problem was the front six, none of whom covered themselves in glory against part time opposition. Fair play to Eastbourne, who defended in numbers, but we really should have put them under more pressure. There were too many channel balls up to Crow and Holroyd, and when we did get into crossing positions, more often than not the opportunity to test Danny Knowles in the Sports goal was squandered. A note, too, on our set pieces, which were uniformly dreadful. Why are none of our players capable of whipping in a cross with height and pace ala someone like Gareth Gwillim? The tame, floated, deliveries Willmott and co persist with are never going to test any centre back worth his salt.

It's getting to the stage where I really don't care if any members of our underperforming squad leave, and that includes Holroyd, heavily linked with Brighton in the papers this morning. We're not going to get promoted, and due to the amount of shit in the division we're in no danger of being relegated either, so really the whole campaign is a total write off. I suggest we withdraw from all remaining league games and let the pools panel decide the results, we might pick up a few more points that way.