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Yep...mid fifties Bob

Dont get me wrong, I am City to the core and will always support them but whereas I used to get a buzz and real feeling of excitement a couple of days before a match, at the moment it aint happening. I just can't get enthused any more. Infact, the way we are playing, I now get worried rather than excited before every match and the games feel like a chore rather than a great experience at the moment. I really hope this changes quickly coz its not fun any more.

Some players may have improved but also some have regressed and the team as a whole has now definitely hit the buffers.

Er...because I have watched them over the whole season

Surely Lee, Steve Lansdown, the rest of the board and us fans whether in the in or out camp must be starting to get frustrated and concerned that Lee had been given time and money to create his own team and its just not happening. I think all the above parties must have been excited about the new signings and really thought that things would improve but alas our excitement and expectation has soon gone flat. I am at a total loss as to what Lee can do over and above what he has already done to turn things around. Regarding Lansdowns backing of Lee, on a personal level I am sure he would support him through the poorest of times and indeed he has. But when it comes to Lee spending millions of Steve's money and getting no return, I think that puts a different perspective on it and I wonder how long it can go on. Lets be honest, the team does not look like improving any time soon.

I am sorry to say that I find Hunt and De Silva both great going forward but really lacking defensively. The amount of space that oppo wide men have is really worrying and this is backed up by the number of crosses which are fired in from each flank or just general attacks coming in from the wings. They keep going missing or are out of position and its frustrating.

Needs to change it now....not wait till half time or 15 mins to go...NOW!

I dont rate him defensively

Oh ok......."why not?"

Not a good defensive one

Sorry uf already mentioned but am sure the Parkenders used to come in the East end if they got wind of an away team mob going to take the East End. The Parkenders used to group high up just after the entrance and pile into any away fans. Think this is what happened when Spurs came into the East End....that ended up in carnage!

I got the impression that the Parkenders we a bit 'arder than the Eastenders and also a bit more dapper on the fashion front.

A few of the young uns on here wont remember the good old days when both ends were standing with the Open or Park End completely uncovered. Each had thier own 'firm' with the Park End firm coming much later. I was an Eastender and stood right in the middle of it all. There was a real mixture of ages and social variations in there. Some we clearly up for a bit of aggro and some just liked to buzz and the singing....I was in the latter camp. I have feeling that the Park Enders were a split off from the East Enders and consisted of some of the harder members of our fan base who clearly were up for it! Just interested to hear others memories and experiences of any of those two groups.

I think him and De Silva are good going forward but both are a bit dodgy defensively. Always seems to be lots of space for the oppo wide men on those flanks.

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