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1 minute ago, Sheltons Army said:

The Sags ?

I’m not even sure they’d see any use in Jon Lansdown.

9 minutes ago, Super said:

Cardiff away was an embarrassing performance i thought. 

You are aware of the team we put out that day? How was is is ‘embarrassing’?!

An absolute bare bones team with numerous players out of position played out a perfectly even game. 

Bumrah just too good. No shame in that.

Just now, Northern Red said:

I'm hoping that was down to him being bothered by his finger and not thinking he'll be able to hang around for long.

Yeah that’s fair, could well be the case.

Don’t want to criticise, and whatever happens from here they’ve already done much better in this series than I thought they would, but that Root innings was seriously grim. England’s greatest ever batsman really doesn’t need to flail around like a tailender surely, regardless of how aggressive you’re attempting to play.

That Crawley DRS was a bit dodgy mind..

Great post @The turtle

I too, thought it was a complete misuse of the phrase ‘game too far’, and like you that Villa game came to mind as an example of what that phrase actually means. Not when you go into a game having taken three points from the previous five games.

14 minutes ago, Ashton Fete said:

we are moving the ball quicker (mostly)

I bought into Nige 100% but let’s be honest, some of the football was as boring as the days of Pulis, not in style but in fun to watch, shots and creative changes

I remember 2-3 home games in a row last year where we didn’t even have a shot on target

Fair play, claiming we’re moving the ball quicker has given me a good laugh. What a truly preposterous statement. We used to play fast counter attack, moving the ball forward quickly and having runners like Sykes and Bell breaking lines, we now attempt to roll the ball along the back line.

As for going 2/3 homes games in a row without a shot on target, I’d be very interested in which games these were? As it just didn’t happen did it.

Even attempting to compare the football played under Pearson, in any way, with Pulis is just absolute nonsense.

I’m about as unimpressed with the club at the moment as it’s possible to be, but we really don’t need to worry about relegation.

The only way we get relegated is if everyone gets so bored that we actually fail to turn up for any of the rest of our games this season and keep forfeiting.

I'm sorry, but saying we have to compare whats happening now to the same point after Pearson first took over is absolute garbage. A staggeringly ignorant comment.

Anyone with any sort memory should know that Pearson took over an absolute train wreck, Liam Manning took over a perfectly decent, wholly committed, mid table team. 

That is either mindlessly stupid or just pure gaslighting.

Your man Ian Gay pivoting into the clubs official cheerleader and excuse maker is surely one of the stranger turn of events from this season. 

Judging by his appearances on the radio over the years he has absolutely hammered every manager in my lifetime until now.

8 minutes ago, Robbored said:

This type of thread has become dull and repetitive……… Let go and move on - try to get behind Manning.

Fair play, you accusing anyone of being dull and repetitive is great gear.

2 minutes ago, Northern Red said:

The balls that did for Root and Pope were almost unplayable.

I think you can remove the world almost for the Pope dismissal to be honest!

Regardless of what level Sam Bell is or isn’t at, playing him at wing back is genuinely abysmal management.

Fair play, Bumrah is so good.

Nothing more simplistic than the straw man argument of ‘I must have missed all the great football under Pearson’. 
 

Not one person is saying it was anything special, what they are saying, and I completely agree, is that it was better. It was faster, it was more watchable and when we played well it could actually be quite exciting. That’s so much better than the dreary, tedious garbage we now get subjected to.

And much, much more importantly as we’re talking about a sport judged on results, it suited our squad much better.

I’d say disengaged describes my view perfectly.

It’s just all so boring. Nothing to get behind, nothing to believe in and certainly nothing worth watching.

In a way supporting a football club when they’re absolute shit, is actually more enjoyable than when they’re just totally and completely boring. I sat there second half last night with us 1-0 down and there was part of me wishing the time away so I could get out the ground and stop watching that utter rubbish.

Yeah you’re right to be fair, usually football fans are absolutely buzzing at their team taking three points from six games. Just the moaners on OTIB that thinks that’s crap.

Leeds being better than us and beating us is fine and completely understandable. That performance however was pathetic.
 

If that’s all we can muster against the parachute payment teams then I better make sure I don’t bother going to the games against Southampton and Leicester that we still have left to play.

Possession football is absolute fine, in fact I’d say it’s the ‘best’ way of playing if you have the players capable.

What is ******* terrible is attempting to play possession football at walking pace with players not suited to it. Absolute rubbish. Boring, vanilla, tepid.

If our current manager is such a great coach maybe he should get the best of the squad he’s been given rather than attempting to play the football he believes in with a squad that isn’t capable.

2 hours ago, Curr Avon said:

What would you suggest?

That was absolutely ******* dreadful. 

2 hours ago, Big C said:

The club is in a much better position now than under Pearson  shipping out dead wood and getting in players who will only improve

How? 
 

2 hours ago, Big C said:

We are much better with Manning than Pearson

I remember my first beer.

1 hour ago, Big C said:

Yep got rid of a dinosaur of a manager and Weimann, with King and James on their way out and got in decent young players to replace them

Hahahahahahah

Genuinely buzzing for this week’s gaslighting on here about how much better the football is.

What a complete steaming pile of shit. Bored to tears again.

Leeds are better than us, they beat us, that’s fine. But Jesus ******* Christ, that football is pathetic.

Serious player to get as your first test wicket, well in Bash.

A bowling attack of a 41 year old seamer with 183 tests, and 3 spinners aged 24, 20 and 19 with 3 tests between them.

Extraordinary really.

1 minute ago, Back of the Dolman said:

I’d imagine we would class ourselves as a champion of European competition if we won the Europa league though.

Can’t say the thought of that has troubled me to be honest.