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Quoted from mariner91

Fox has been a bit underwhelming but he’s not a bad player. The whole team is significantly worse when Coke is playing. He plods around not breaking up play much out of possession cause he’s just nowhere near mobile enough. In possession he often hides and very rarely gives the defenders an option unless it’s in a position he knows he won’t get shut down quickly. When he does have the ball, it’s slow and ponderous and invariably sideways making our attacking play so much slower. Got away with it to some extent next to Hunt but when Fox is also a grafter we’re so pedestrian and unimaginative in midfield it’s embarrassing.

Sorting out the middle of the pitch would make a big difference to the team. However he’s signed one player who he’s barely played and didn’t re-sign Hunt which worryingly makes it seem like he doesn’t recognise how bad Coke is these days.

Quoted from Rodley Mariner

I think there is a softness to us at the moment. We're not getting outplayed or well beaten, just continually finding ways to lose tight games typically in the lqst 15-20 minutes. I think that's probably why he keeps returning to Coke but we clearly need more in there.

Quoted from drew peacock

Coke's reaction at the end of the game said a lot - he was down on his knees with his head in his hands for at least a minute and nobody went near him. I feel for him in a way, he wasn't solely responsible for how yesterday panned out but until he's replaced we are going to struggle, what was more worrying to me was that the manager couldn't see he was physically struggling in the last 20 minutes and took Fox off instead.