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Clutton Caveman

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  1. I start to hark back to the "what a load of rubbish" chants that were common in the 80's. Can't be far off when the full back faced with 5 miles of space passes inside to Vyner or we win the ball on the edge of their box and end up with Max after keeping possession for 32 passes. It really is time that the fan base really make their dissatisfaction with our direction clear. If we just put up with it and don't get relegated we are in for another season of boring ball.
  2. All very interesting statistics BUT, we are losing and it is very very boring
  3. If the clubs get another £5 million per year, the players will know and demand yet higher wages not remotely tied to performance. The clubs will panic and give in and we will be back to square 1. For me the only way to fix the wage inflation in Prem and Championship is to create a set of conditions that must be included in every players contract. These conditions would include a certain percentages tied to: to league position and appearances and a compulsory 50% reduction if the club is relegated. This would allow parachute payments to be abolished with this money evenly distributed between all championship clubs, it would prevent players being happy to sit in the reserves for years and refusing to go. I don't think this would lead to an exodus of players as the prem pays better than most leagues.
  4. Only Southgate could fail at the Euros with this squad. For god sake, take the brakes off man and grow some balls. I think he never got over that penalty miss
  5. Why don't we play exciting front foot football to increase attendances. Just a thought
  6. Our trendy set have moved to Rugger where they can take their beer to their seat compare tweed caps and Barbour jackets with your mate and feel that you are just a bit better than those football people.
  7. I think many people only renew because they enjoy the twice per month meet up up with mates, a couple of beers and a pie. I wonder if a large pub chain was able to show all home games with a yearly pass costing say £150 how many season ticket holders would take that option.
  8. Not on his current form unless with the coaching from LM he can do a job in defence
  9. Can you imagine the job advertisement Wanted Championship Level Head Coach No experience or track record needed Must be prepared to work with almost no budget and to sell any player that can attract a fee over £3 million. Must never disagree with the Director or Sport or the owners son and must take 100% of the flack when things go wrong. Must be prepared to accept that what ever squad you get is "play off ready" and must not ask for a decent striker because Arsenal manage without one. Must be a master of bulls**t and deflection and must accept that after failing at BCFC you will probably only get a job in League 1 or 2 or Scotland. This should not be a concern because you are probably best at that level anyway. Must be able to talk about promotion whilst keeping a straight face and most importantly must not give a s**t what the fans think.
  10. The only things that will prompt a change are Very low gates for remaining games with those that do attend showing their dissatisfaction. A close brush with relegation Very low season ticket sales Players asking to leave. Our board are very happy to survive in the Championship and try to get as close to break even as possible. Nothing good can happen until SL understands that nobody wants to buy his Bristol Sport business and he breaks it up into saleable entities.
  11. No decent manager will work under the current set up.
  12. Wish he would give the same message to LM
  13. We could sign Harry Kane and LM would turn off the goals but make him a better defender like Conway
  14. I am fully aware that some teams attack and some sit back and defend and this impacts our success HOWEVER, what I cannot understand is when we have a home local derby our players showed no energy, drive, passion, and generally looked like they would rather be anywhere else. Fast forward the make the long trip to Ipswich where we have a modest away following and transformed into an aggressive, together, hungry and motivated group. Tackles were flying in and the speed of passing and movement off the ball was great. So next we have Swansea at home and I have absolutely no feeling about which team will turn up.
  15. Don't agree, when Wes was skinning Cam changes were needed and they didn't come
  16. How can we play like that last night considering the Cardiff performance. Forget how Cardiff or Ipswich play, the huge contrast was intensity, speed of passing, closing down and general effort. It is impossible to understand how the level of performance last night cannot be brought out consistently
  17. Says it all when Tommy says he is not worried about scoring less goals than last year because he has become a better defender.
  18. Its all about credibility, relegation at MK Dons, and a short spell in L1 with Oxford plus no playing career and it appears just about zero charisma why would he have any credibility particularly to players like James and King
  19. Same for Whitehead Brolly and Skirton
  20. What has happened to wingers in the Prem and Championship. They get the ball and if the fullback is within 10 yards they play inside or backwards. A good winger, if he is not tackled before getting the ball under control should be able to take on and beat his man 40% of the time when he only has 1 marker. Even if he gets a throw further up the pitch it's OK. A lot of the excitement used to come from these unpredictable tricksters. It seems now that is totally coached out of them and unless they get the ball with 25 yards of space in front of them they play it safe. The best way to disrupt a well organised defence is to beat 1 player and run at the defence. One thing of beauty was to watch Alex Scott receive the ball under pressure and simple breeze past his marker. How many free kicks did we get and chances came about due to the chaos it caused. I just find our style of play so b***dy boring.
  21. Liam saw it on match of the day so he had to adopt it.
  22. Can we clone him and give the clone the number 9 shirt
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