The cupboard is bare

Macaulay Bonne will be out for a few weeks with a hamstring injury and stunned supremo Lee Bowyer faces a selection crisis for the trip to Dinas Abertawe (Swansea City): No injured players back for Swansea

Bowyer said: 'It’s good for the football club because the young lads get unbelievable experience. But it makes it more difficult for us to win games – that’s a fact.' ('Anodd i ni ennill gemau').

Moaners have been coming out from under the stones, with Ben Purrington, a new target. It was a poor display last night, but I wonder what they would do if they were managers.

Jonathan Acworth-Waldegrave has suggested 'get them in at 5am start doing a 10 mile run and sack Johnnie Jackson we need a experienced number 2 at this current time Jackson is clearly not doing it at this level we need an older head someone like a Lennie would do nicely or big Sam.' Kevin Crout points out that a 10 mile run would do knackered players at all. Any idea how I can stop Acworth sending me messages?

Thanks to our benefactor Roland we have a thin squad, much of it of League One standard or worse. Clearly there need to be signings in January, but it is often difficult to get value in that window. Even if the takeover is approved in time, I would expect the new owners to be prudent in their spending. The priority is in defence because we cannot get a clean sheet.

Unfortunately, it is not a truth universally acknowledged that to avoid relegation you need to have three teams worse than you. There are limits to what you can learn by Quest EFL but Stoke City fans fear they are another Sunderland. Wigan look poor to me, as do Luton, and Barnsley's recovery is faltering.