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Comparing the lad with Ivan Toney is an absolute joke. Kone is 21 and still learning. Richard has a bright future but there are many things in his game that need improvement at this stage of his development.

I think when a club has a season as brilliant and unexpected as ours has been (so far) it certainly raises expectations to the point where every mistake and every failure to win seems bigger than it is.

We are going to lose the odd game, Ravs is going to make the odd mistake. We'll go on another run at some point and have fun with it! I remain thrilled at the fantastic season we are having, the odd blip aside.

Amazing,I read another post reckoning we were much better than the last 3 and could easily have taken a point.

I saw it closer to how you saw it.

Come on @DevonBlue , you surely can’t think that performance last night was anywhere near a top team level? Our tactics were terrible, people in wrong positions and lack of understanding throughout the team. The back five didn’t work and playing Leahy as left sided centre back was a disaster. Also, wasting Fred in a wing back position was criminal.

The season Ivan Toney turned 21, he scored 14 goals in 43 games across two loan spells at league one level - 6 in 19 for a poor Shrewsbury side in the first half of the season and then 6 in 15 for a good Scunthorpe side in the second half of the season in the league, plus a goal in the EFL trophy and a goal in the play offs. He scored a goal every 230 minutes that season, across all competitions.

The season Richard Kone turned 21 (he turned 21 in July so I am counting this season) he has scored 16 goals in 33 games across all competitions - 13 in the league, 1 in the FA Cup and 2 in the EFL cup. He is scoring a goal every 120 minutes or so across all competitions.

We have no idea what the future might hold for Richard, but at this stage, he is actually a better player (statistically) than Ivan Toney was at the same age.

We can't fall too much into the whoever isn't playing is the answer, trap.

Butcher has looked well off the pace when he has played this season, so if he's like that in training, it's no surprise others are ahead.

And when you had Morley, Humphreys and Scowen, no surprise at all.

5 games in 13 days...squad depleted by loan return and injuries and still 2nd in the league...what do fans expect???

Blimey - we lost a close game to one of the main promotion candidates after a very tough period and everyone is in despair. We should isolate this result an look at the bigger picture. We are still having a fantastic season and once rested I have confidence our attackers will get back to their earlier form.

Huddersfield had a lot to gain yesterday and fair play- they took it with a classic dig in away performance but the season has a long way to go.

Have to say I do find it amusing reading all the conspiracy posts about Bloomfield not getting on with Rice and not having any say on transfers. All without a shred of evidence apart from perhaps the departure of Scott Mitchell some months ago. Hardly conclusive proof. Where’s your evidence?

Might be an unpopular comment on here as i never really see any negativity towards him, but seriously what does Luke Leahy offer this team? his set plays are awful, rarely beats the first man. He is so flat on the ball in midfield and gets dispossessed rather easily. His passing is average at best, and that's at a push. Whenever he seems to find himself at left back or in the middle of a 3 its aways hopeless aims down the line to no one. I Appreciate that may not be his natural position but my main issue is even in his natural position he is a below par player, so that's not an excuse. What more does Butcher have to do to get a chance? he was a start signing last January, and if Bakinson and Leahy are ahead of you then surely he is nocking on the door wanting out, which would be a real shame.