Hello Dave

I’ve never recognised any players autograph in the 61 years I’ve been on this earth! I take it, it’s from the Mcinnes era?

Anyone interested in this shirt. I did a charity auction and raffle in the summer, for a community defibrillator, but the shirt didn’t go. Obviously , whatever it goes for, will be added to the charity money.

I’ve been saying this for a while now. I think there’s too much football on the telly, which doesn’t help. It’s always on, but I can’t remember the last time I watched the whole game. Also, like you said, this possession football is boring as ****! The aim of the game is to score more goals than the other team, so what’s wrong with putting long balls and crosses into the box and creating goal mouth action ? It’s great watching Man City or Barcelona playing like they do, but there’s an end product. We struggle to get a shot on target!!!

**** me, I’m home straight after the game! My Mrs wants to know why I haven’t had a skin full after the game! I’m not sure if I’m angry or couldn’t give a **** anymore!! You’ve got Weimann , who scored 23 goals 2 seasons ago, playing in a position where he cant affect the game one bit, but play midfielders up front. 5 minutes come up on the board, surely you send your centre half up top, bang balls in the box and put their defence under pressure! It took us 3 and a half minutes of passing the ******* ball around, before we put a ball in the box!! Anyone who goes every week, knows this isn’t a top 6 team, so why is that manual manipulator Jon Lansdown treating us like ******* idiots? I don’t give a **** if we go to the Prem or not, but don’t insult us and say we’re good enough!! If it wasn’t for the social side, I honestly wouldn’t bother anymore!

It was the wine

I think there was some bollocks spouted in the hotel bar after as well

You with him all the time are you?

It’s pathetic isn’t it? Someone always has a conspiracy theory! They’re professional footballers, managers come and go.

So he didn’t need to manage them then? Just sit in a chair and watch them play, piece of piss this management lark! Also, other teams in the league didn’t get better? How many times have we seen teams at the top one year, and nowhere near the next?

You’ve already said that he took Derby to the play off final, but then belittled that feat by saying they were in the play offs the year before. Just because they were top 6 one year, doesn’t give them a devine right to be there the next. So I would say he did well at Derby. You said he was lucky in his first spell at Chelsea., because he had a great academy to choose from. How many Chelsea managers have used that academy ( yes I know he was under a transfer embargo). Players like Mount, James, Abraham any other young players, blossomed under his management. To get 3rd in the league and to the FA Cup Final, after losing your best player and bringing through the kids, to me , is a success. I could understand the logic in his second spell ( if they were gonna get rid of Potter, which was pointless), if they couldn’t get Pottechino at that time, then give it to a safe pair of hands. Unfortunately, the rot had already set in in the dressing room. Everton, we’ll none did well there! Hes just as credible an appointment as anyone else that’s supposedly in the frame.

You really don’t like him, do you?

Who on the list has?

No disrespect, and I know you’re the man for stats, they don’t tell you everything. Just like the stats about O Leary saving the most shots, the stats don’t tell you if they were straight at him.

The thing is, we don’t keep possession very well. We do at the back, then sloppy passes in midfield, give possession away. Even our set pieces., corners etc. invariably ended up with the keeper!

To play pass and move football, players have to move. It sounds simple, but the man on the ball, most of the time has no option. I agree with Spudski that our control is poor, but also that we are not on the half turn when we receive the ball. This means, either the ball goes backwards straight away, or we take too many touches to get it under control and get closed down. One thing that has been glaringly obvious , is the amount of times that players don’t look to play forward. Their first thought is to play sideways or backwards. If you look up and there’s nothing on, fine. But ffs look up first! Does my ******* head in!!!

I take it you didn’t go to the father in laws party??

Was chatting to some West Brom fans after, they thought it was a definite penalty! I thought it was one of the best timed tackles you’ll ever see. Funny how we look at it differently!

Is it segregated though?

Fair comment, but it was more to do with sharing facilities. Do we just shack hands after having a piss?

Think it would be better if they split it down the middle. You’d get a better atmosphere then. Don’t know how that works with away fan allocation mind! Also, we’d probably have to build a new toilet block.

In all fairness, if you can afford to go away, you can find another £20 on top for entrance? Not a problem for you retired people!!

Aren’t they basically owned by one person? Surely all these companies are made up as a tax fiddle? Slag Lansdown off as much as you want, but the bloke ain’t stupid where finances are concerned!

He was terrible that game, just strolled around like he couldn’t be arsed. I remember saying to my mate, “ what a ******* lazy bastard”! As I said it , he picked the ball up and smashed it into the top corner from 30 yards!!!

Not being negative, just asking a genuine question. Does the club ever listen to any proposals from the SC&T? If so, have they ever changed a policy or implemented something raised?

My point is, he didn’t want to sell, the decision was taken out of his hands by those above him. So they generated the money, not him. Bit pedantic maybe I know.