Whale Eye Beef Hooked

During the recruitment stage , the last 2 times, 2 of the board wanted mark robins but he has signed a contract with cov so it could be Michael Beale who was brilliant at qpr or the Plymouth manager who has also done a cracking job if you forget the game against us at the gate 

I’ve never understood this one… I think he is in the top 5 at the club for important players and he is on 14k apparently, which is less than wells, weinman James kalas etc and not that high for a quality championship keeper.   Something has always smelt not quite right with him coming out of the team and almost forcing him out… I’m thinking there is a clause in his contract giving him a substantial pay rise after a certain number of games … that is the only thing that would make sense of this situ 

He’s off in January. Get over him.  If we play him and he gets injured then whatever interest/agreement is in place goes… and we have to pay him 200k in wages until the end of his contract 

Or 

                    O’Leary 

tanner.     King.        Naysmith.   Pring

              James.       Williams

                        Scott 

 weinman.      Conway.        Wells.   

It’s just typical of todays world    People ignore the rules    Yes it was only running into a pitch but we saw what happened in the euros final at Wembley. People just think they can do what they want and it’s mostly young/mid age adults so the kids will only get worse 

cringey and embarrassing 

A football fan is never happy.   Even Brighton fans booing yesterday and they were 8th in the prem 

either sit on and enjoy the rollercoaster or get the hell off and don’t experience the highs and lows 

2 hours ago, Redrascal2 said:

Why would he join  City. Unless he is losing his sanity. Nothing that has happened or will probably happen would  attract someone who has been in the Premier League. And Lansdown wouldn't pay the necessary money to get him. He is  leaving it all to Pearson and Gould and his son and showing little  interest in what is happening and our slide in to league 1.

You started so well then ended with a comment based on what ?   Of course he cares , it’s his business but he pays others to manage the day to day running  of it.   What would you rather… that or a madcap owner that bumbles into the dressing room demanding that the manager plays certain players 

7 minutes ago, Keepers Ball said:

And we sat back. Period. We tackled and battled,protecting Bentley against an average Forest side.
we hardly kept possession. The stats backs that up. We were at home and sat back hoping to hit on a break AGAIN

It’s what happens when the confidence isn’t there.  It’s like a boxer being afraid to take a punch, they naturally retreat and cover up then get their ass kicked.  It’s all about mental strength 

8 minutes ago, Keepers Ball said:

Really?

Preston. Luton Fulham Bournemouth. We never looked like winning whereas tonight I thought we looked a lot better.  The stats may not back me up but we had more chances than our previous home games and Bentley was a lot quieter tonight

2 minutes ago, Keepers Ball said:

We sat back against an average side. Yeah brilliant. For the majority we defended solidly.

We were at HOME!

No, we attacked more than we have done in the last 10 home games … Scott missed an open goal and we should have had a pen. We could have won that 3-0   We haven’t looked like winning 3-0 at home for bloody ages so for me we played well    Forest have won the last 3 so they are hardly mugs.   Tonight is really frustrating but I’ve seen a lot of positives over the 90 mins

I thought we played well tonight. We won nearly every long ball header and managed to pick up the second balls well. We Finally played a formation that suits.  I would have made the same subs,  odowda to stretch the defence with his fresh legs was the right thing to do.   Massengo should have called for the pass but baker panicked and lumped it out and the rest is history.  Baker had to attempt a challenge but it was a tired poor one   We are just mentally weak 

8 minutes ago, Numero Uno said:

Missing Fielding? That’s a matter of opinion I suppose. I like the new keeper and as others have said without Flint his willingness to come for a cross will help us right out.

I prefer this keeper as well.  My point was about new players bedding in

7 minutes ago, Nibor said:

Imagine how well we could have done if he had picked a decent side.

Fair play we got a result but it's still a concerning start to the season.

He picked a side he thought would win them the game and they did

of course it’s worrying, we’ve got 5 new players that need to bed in and we are missing fielding,  baker, smith, Diedhiou amongst others , all this on top of losing 3 quality players it’s bound to be a struggle for a while    

1 hour ago, Nibor said:

Pisano must have looked like Maldini and Taylor imitated Ronaldo up at Failand for them to get picked after their last few performances. 

At some point you have to stop making excuses for continual, obvious mistakes and acknowledge he's getting it wrong. 

This is a stupid selection and the performance is proving it, there were better choices and they were very clear.  

Ummmm not so much of a stupid selection. As I said he picked the best he had  so why would I acknowledge that he is getting it wrong

o and a clean sheet.  Not a bad shout playing Pisano and Kelly where he did 

#sorryforthesmugness

9 minutes ago, Nibor said:

Da Silva the loanee is a left back.  

Mind you that Taylor is alright... 

He is a kid. When he settles in he will be a good player but to play him alongside a very young left back playing centrehalf is stupid so like I said.... I think LJ got it right IMO.  

3 minutes ago, Nibor said:

Pisano must have looked like Maldini and Taylor imitated Ronaldo up at Failand for them to get picked after their last few performances. 

At some point you have to stop making excuses for continual, obvious mistakes and acknowledge he's getting it wrong. 

This is a stupid selection and the performance is proving it, there were better choices and they were very clear.  

To be fair. Pisano is doing ok and Kelly gives us more going forward and looked slightly out of his depth on Saturday at CH so imo he has got it right or shall I say I can’t see many other options at the back 

25 minutes ago, Nibor said:

I can't imagine what LJ's been smoking with that lineup but it must have been grown under some intense UV lights.

Hasn't he learned anything from the previous games?

And who's the luddite running the twitter feed who can't figure out how to use an iphone without sticking random characters in and getting hashtags wrong and has no idea how to give us team news with players in a sensible order?

Honestly this season is pissing me off already.

You were at Failand yesterday then were you to see who trained well   Also if everyone was available to LJ then it’s possible there would be 6 or 7 changes to this line up   He hasn’t got a lot of choice at the mo 

13 minutes ago, BobBobSuperBob said:

But then you’re the polar opposite to the same degree

 

I just hate negativity before we even start

15 minutes ago, BobBobSuperBob said:

FANNNNTASTIC GOal

Great cross JB

Great head down FD

and Boooooooom  Great finish On half volley from Bobby

Great stuff

 

LJ lost the plot  jb right back.  No one can cross blah blah blah 

and then this happens.  This is why I get annoyed at idiotic comments on here BEFORE a game

I like it that he changes things when we don’t play well.   So many managers over the years stick with the same   O and joe Bryan can cross as can Brownhill 

15 minutes ago, Major Isewater said:

A horse doing 90 is worthy of a victory . 

The big question is , 

Should we be  concerned that our form has plummeted since the beginning of the year ? 

 

Invariably, form will go up and down over the season.  We struggled after the cup run and adrenaline saw us through some tough games. I believe the late wolves winner and we controlled the game was like a massive punch in the stomach 

ill use a boxing analogy,  if a fighter is in control but then gets hurt and put down they usually struggle to regain momentum and they end up just trying to survive each round   It’s not too dissimilar to us after the wolves result 

to be in and around the top 6 all season and a long successful cup run is s massive achievement and we have punched above our weight whilst struggling with injuries so no it’s not a worry for me   We just need to regain momentum 

personally id go back to a back 3 with Pisano and Bryan as WBs   We looked more solid than we do now   In all fairness Barnsley could have scored 5 or 6 today 

9 minutes ago, Major Isewater said:

Please , please , please , for pity's sake , of course we would but we were second at one stage and have been in the top six for most of the season but are you saying that we should all be happy as we slowly sink down the League ?

Unless something changes dramatically , which it must , we will struggle next season.

 

I watched a horse race today

A horse rated at 90 was out in front after a mile , he tired toward the end and 5 horses all passed him and they were all higher rated horses .  At the start of the race the 90 rated horse was 7th in the betting so overall his trainer said he did well and he knew he wasn’t quite good enough to be able to keep the pace 

if we finish 7th or 8th that will be a good season and it’s looking like the clubs above us are bigger clubs that pay bigger wages etc and we will also finish above bigger clubs so we have over achieved this season.  I don’t care if we were 2nd at some point it doesn’t mean a thing 

5 hours ago, ZiderEyed said:

Yep, here's the slide. Back in to obscurity we go.

clown 

We have changed formation with only a day or so to prepare.  Set piece defending was always going to be shaky.  Nice to see us having a go