Major Isewater

Liam Manning talks about keeping emotions in check , not getting too high or too low during a game whilst I don’t want to see a team of hotheads I do however want ‘ emotion ‘ in my players. Emotion is what gives an athlete that extra yard or the desire to stop an opponent at all costs. Emotion is what fires up a crowd and binds them to the human beings representing their club. Emotion feeds dreams and visions. Have we lost something in football as coaches and administrators sap the joy out of the game. We used to go to games to let off steam. We shared the highs and lows, the beer breath , woodbines and a good sing song. Now we are customers who must sit down, mind your language and conform to the modern image of the sport. I fear that Mr Manning has reduced our squad with his coaching as our lads are not world beaters but good honest players who bought into the spirit generated by the previous manager. He needs to be freer and more spontaneous to release the creativity in the team. IMHO.

Then, you Sir, are not Jon Lansdown nor Brian Tinnion.

We’ve all been there haven’t we chaps?

Damaged goods, perhaps Burnley will let him go on the cheap now. Good work City .

Let’s have our revenge, without emotion of course.

Yes it’s important to them which makes it amusing to call them Notts Forest.

Windolene should get that off.

Or they blow their horn. If you have time to blow your horn then you didn’t need to do it. People who dash out from a junction in front of you and then poodle along at speeds lower than necessary.

I don’t mind watching from the outside.

We had Scott last year , a player who you believed could turn a match. When big Flinty took to the pitch you sensed that he would not very often be on the losing side. Bob Taylor, Shaun Goater , Mickey Bell , Alan Walsh , all were talisman ( men ? ) but who do we have today who fills you with confidence that we will come out on top when he takes to the pitch?

A Madden header from a corner and an own goal, but it is playmaker Connor Lemonheigh-Evans who ran the show, and he got the third.

He can’t even get his name right on OTIB. Downys out.

He was very good last night, positive, agressive and smart. Let’s hope he can maintain the level and improve . I thought we suffered when he went off. High hopes for the lad.

This is somewhat of an outlier. We cannot say ,after what seems every match, that we just didn’t tuck the chances away. At our level the margins are wafer thin but how many times have we looked like tonking anybody? Still lots to work on.

I am ok for the team to be built on a solid defence, all good coaches drill their players to keep the ball out of the net. That is perhaps the less glamorous facet of a team but gives a platform to build on. It appears that the period of transition is largely over and the defence has improved steadily. The next bit,creativity, is the hardest . We just need a top striker and midfielder and the Prem calls.

Just lacking that quality striker .

Amici’s not so happy.

You can always count on OTIB.

And what colour do you associate with Robins ?

Kids for a quid .

Come on lads and lasses what were his first words after extending his stay at the Mem? I am thinking , ‘ has my career really come to this? ‘

Who will he be playing for?