Greg Ford

Hard to know what to say after the carnage of last night. Firstly it’s time to say goodbye to the manager, anyone watching yesterday can see that the players have stopped playing for him, they looked devoid of both structure and, even more shockingly, effort. In a progressive and ambitious organisation the manager would have been replaced after we were thrashed at QPR in the middle of October, as it was clear then that the team was in a serious mess. Now, moving on to the off field positions. How is the CEO still in place? He’s nowhere to be seen except when the club makes an occasional high profile signing and never fronts up in difficult times. He’s had an extremely long time to lead the club, and we are clearly going backwards. The Category 1 Academy is producing no talent which is deemed good enough for the first team, albeit that could be on the current manager and his aversion to selecting young players. Would the money spent on the Academy be better spent on signing better players? Fitness and injuries. This is almost a sick joke now. How can a club suffer so many injuries, many more than other clubs? Who is responsible for whatever regime is in place and what is being done to investigate, and change, the processes? Why do our players all look less fit than the opposition, there has to be a root and branch investigation into what is going on here. Recruitment - there appears to be a two tier strategy here, with the club and its sub contract head of recruitment signing lesser known younger players from abroad, while the manager signs very old and past it players to fill the bench, and largely refuses to select the club signings - it goes without saying that this is completely unsustainable and cannot be allowed to continue. Folks, we are in a real mess here, this is a crisis, make no mistake on that. #DCFC #dcfcfans