The nightmare came true yesterday at Bescot as ex-Saddler Michael Ricketts made a scoring return to his former club as Oldham swapped places with us at the bottom with a convincing 3-0 win. The debate has been raging ever since the final whistle on the message board - many views expressed - this is how WFC Rob saw it:

Roper is past it. I don’t like to say it, but he looks a liability every time he steps onto the pitch. We don’t have a defender playing alongside him who is able to carry him through games either. I’ve witnessed him being at fault for 3 goals this season already and I haven’t been to every game. He’s looking more and more like a League 1 version of Bramble/Boumsong with every game. His mistake for Ricketts’ goal was defensive suicide. Plain and simple.

Wrack is by no means a match winner or a brilliant player but he’s our best option in the middle of the park. I thought he made a big difference in the second half. He will carry the ball and his passing is very good but most importantly, he moves when he passes which means that at least the players around him can pass to him rather than look for the long ball into the corner.

Sonko was our best player going forward and got taken off. What was that all about? Oh sorry, his religion meant that he couldn’t complete the 90 minutes despite looking more mobile and up for it than about 7 other players. Pull the other one, Dicky.

Mooney and Butler can’t play together up front. They both want to go for the same balls and therefore rarely link up with eachother. We looked like we were building a style of play in previous games but lacked the pace to make the most of it. This partnership isn’t going to help things.

The most natural goalscorer we’ve had at the club since Fryatt gets brought on in the middle of midfield. Not as an attacking midfielder either, but as a sitter in front of the defence. He told the manager that he was up for playing there though, so he got the nod. How many 19 year old ex-bricklayers are going to turn down the chance to play out of position for a league one club? Really feel sorry for the lad today - he wasn’t able to do himself any justice because of poor management.

I’m not going to call for the managers head just yet, but he’s really got me baffled and concerned. Which 11 players names will be pulled out of the hat next weekend?

Never before has relegation looked so likely so early on in the season.