Merrick's Marvels

Plenty of effort but a complete lack of quality, composure, and control. Dreadful spectacle and a waste of everyone's time.  We go again. 

3 hours ago, Silvio Dante said:

They’ve just signed another one - Sam Morsy. Decent get that.

At last, a player the manager actually asked for!

Look out for a quote from Cook along the lines - "When I write my autobiography, I'll have some stories to tell" (copyright L.Johnson)

Mamma mia. Love it.

Proper job. Well done City. 

27 minutes ago, Moments of Pleasure said:

Man Utd visited Eastville on Good Friday, 1975, so clearly the attendance was less than it might've been what with the Tote End being at mass that afternoon.

Praying for forgiveness, presumably?

9 minutes ago, Moments of Pleasure said:

If I recall kreckly, Man Utd drew 28k at AG that season, and 19k at Eastville. We are the Many, they are The Few.

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.

1 hour ago, harrys said:

We did, 1-0 both games, I think Fear scored up there and Jon Emmanuel at AG, 

" 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. 

4 minutes ago, Alan Dicks said:

How many did we beat Exeter by a few weeks ago?

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

59 minutes ago, ORANGE500 said:

Massengo/Nagy Why? What have they done in the last two seasons apart from being dominated by virtually every midfield they've come up against.  James and King are far better than those two.

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. 

14 minutes ago, bexhill reds said:

Really don’t get the one man up front against any Warnock side, that one man has got to win everything aerially and Martin just isn’t. This is screaming for balls in the channels with speed merchants getting in behind Boro’s centre halves.

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

32 minutes ago, Moments of Pleasure said:

Puppy still playing Old Harry/wrecking yer sleep?

How could you tell??

(Still not optimistic though)

5 minutes ago, Redrascal2 said:

Make do and mend In spite of our billionaire owner. How he could not give funds for a striker I still find hard to believe. Pearson wanted two defenders , two midfielders and a striker. Of the four who joined a fee was paid for one only. Yet still SL will not fund a striker.

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

1 minute ago, The Bard said:

FFS what is the matter with everyone.  Stop wetting the bed over a team selection with, er, one change after we drew 2 games when we conceded right at the end.

Seriously what did you actually expect??

Janneh, Kalas, Wells, Massengo/Nagy

2 minutes ago, Red Army 75 said:

No need to be a sarky. Just my opinion. Obviously the side is lacking. But if you haven’t got a bit of optimism what’s the point. You on here now just to moan and say how shit we are

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. 

4 minutes ago, Fordy62 said:

Amazing how often discontent in a starting XI results in a win. 

That's the plan!

And it's the best one we've got just at the minute. 

4 minutes ago, Red Army 75 said:

In a way we have creative players who can hopefully pass and move the ball at tempo. 

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. 

3 minutes ago, Red Army 75 said:

Good line up to counter attack . 

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

23 minutes ago, Merrick's Marvels said:

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. 

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. 

32 minutes ago, italian dave said:

Bentley,  Kalas, Dasilva, Nagy, James, Martin, King, Weimann, Baker, Wells, Massengo …..pub team players? We’ll just have to disagree. 

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.    

5 minutes ago, DOZZYBCFC said:

Marley Watkins just equalised for Cardiff against Sutton Utd.

His kind of opposition

1 hour ago, pl00peh91 said:

Wonder what his issue is 

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

Just now, BS10 RED said:

Gonna be a long year, we have no pace, no quality, just no nothing absolutely shite. Back the manger for god sake the same way they hid with LJ 

For the last time.

F. F. P. 

4 minutes ago, JonDolman said:

Palmer made 3 superb challenges

 

He appears to be channeling Gerry Gow