Merrick's Marvels

Praying for forgiveness, presumably?

You do remember krekly, just looked up that attendance at Eastville - 19,337. But given there were probably 10,000 manure fans there... A creditable 1-1 draw for the crapkit buffoons though, as they struggled to avoid relegation.

" Ritchie's stirring display reduces United to a state of panic, though it is Emmanuel who secures the points by firing in as Fear's shot is cleared off the line. Tommy Docherty is surely joking with is comment that "City were the most defensive home side we have played this season" " 1 nil, Tommy. 1 nil. (Attendance 28,104. United remained top despite defeat, City are 4th.) "A first half bomb warning adds to the frenzied atmosphere of this clash. The closest United come to a goal is an early 30-yarder from Steve James that hits the crossbar but for City Gillies hooks the ball low into the Stretford End net in the third minute of injury time to clinch victory" That's 2 nil now, Tommy. Y'gobshite. (Attendance 47,118. United still top, City 5th.) Just to bring it back the the blue few gAssholes - a month prior to our win at Old Trafford we'd taken the piss at Eastville, winning 4-1 (Fear 2, Mann, Tainton). Great days.

They didn't field any first team players against us - it was a reserve team at best.

Andy King is not. Not over 90 minutes week in week out. James needs legs alongside him, not a 32yo.

Well done Andy King. Living our dream, right there.

Careful. With logic like that you'll be branded an anti-NP moaner.

How could you tell?? (Still not optimistic though)

F.F.S. F.F.P.

Janneh, Kalas, Wells, Massengo/Nagy

No I'm not optimistic, with that team against this opposition. And where did I say we are "shit"? I was offering a different opinion to the one that said we've chosen a good counter attacking line-up.

That's the plan! ? And it's the best one we've got just at the minute.

Oh yeah, when was that then? You expecting us to pass Boro off the pitch then? To do so you still need to move quickly - who's that then? - as well as pass accurately, multiple times - again, who's been doing that any time of late? Full marks for optimism, I'll give you that.

In what way? Probably the slowest team we've put out in years.

Christ, even Andy Shitehausen wasn't this much of a shitehouse. Love it.

Did Richard Latham tell TC or Bug Joe what formation they should be picking? Or Peter Godsiff pontificate to Fred Ford or Alan Dicks?? Generating clicks on his employer's garbage website is one thing but this smacks of a death wish. Funny, though.

Allegedly we're trying to get to the Premier League. So were Brentford. In the process of working out how to do that, they got rid of Bentley. For a reason. Ditto Fulham and Kalas. Dasilva? Think we got the wrong brother there. James will be of use, in the short term, but will need someone to do his running as covering ground at pace ain't his thing. Ditto Martin. King is past his sell by date and made no impression on any of his last 3 clubs. Just because Weimann's played for some "big clubs" we've all heard of doesn't make him God's gift. Baker? He left in the summer, then came back with his tail between his legs when no-one else was interested. Wells? What amazing achievements have I missed? Massengo has much to learn. Nearly all of them are being paid eye watering amounts that we can't, in reality, afford. That would be OK if they were delivering scintillating football or even, you know, that pie in the sky promotion to the Premier League we're told is the aim. But they're not delivering. Bang average and vastly over paid sounds about right to me.

His kind of opposition

Being left out for a 32 year old who hasn't played any serious Championship football for years??

For the last time. F. F. P.

He appears to be channeling Gerry Gow

Because he's made of chocolate. If you're not made of the right stuff to start with it doesn't matter who the physio or fitness coaches are

No. Buzzing for Alex Scott. Go smash it, young man.

Hear, hear. Going to stand outside and applaud TC but not interested in being inside with 20,000 other people at present.

I always enjoy learning new insults, so thanks for this. Bellwhiff, indeed.