Kingswood Robin

I agree he got what he deserved for taking the mick, and I'd like to see referees let more of this go. However, for 40 years at least, any sort of contact with a keeper is given as a foul. Sometimes just jumping in the air next to the keeper at a corner is a foul apparently. Given this, I am surprised the goal was allowed to stand.

The ground was crap but the atmosphere when away fans were in that old wooden stand at Fellows Park Walsall was always very good back in the 80's, even if the results weren't. I remember it being particularly mental in there when Trevor Morgan scored with a late header.

Saw him driving a minibus on North Street yesterday before the match, so still around. Always seems to work hard and has the club at heart.

15/15 Cardiff and Schalke were guesses mind

Other teams will face justice,......... one step at a time Michael

It's true that people pay their money and take their choice. I just wish people that can't sit still for 5 minutes would try and sit on the ends of blocks rather than in the middle. There's a bunch next to us, always late, leave early and for everything in between take it in turns to go somewhere. It's literally every 5 minutes. I appreciate the beer swilling slack bladders have paid their money, but so have the rest of us.

Ralph Milnes Left Foot might know the answer to that.

If it stops people in privileged positions trying to manipulate the situation, maybe there could be something like a 2 week bar on posting after signing up.

Maybe he's yet to reach his peak.

Are you having a bad day?

Fair enough, I see where you're coming from.

I go along with nearly all of that. The only thing I'd disagree on is NP being old school. I think that's the perception, but I found what he said to be very progressive. He cut through the crap and was brutally honest about what's needed for a high performance culture. The most successful organisations are the ones that encourage people to be honest about what's wrong and speak out, no such thing as a stupid question and so on. That's the impression I got on how Nige ran things. I hope we don't find ourselves in a position where everyone's afraid to give the king bad news.

No, but I think I know what you're getting at. Lampard's got his own thread and he's not coming here. Why lump everyone together in one thread, what else is worth talking about ?

What rules?

You know what I mean !

I was in Darmstadt Germany earlier this year. They had just achieved exactly what we're trying to do by getting promoted to the top flight in Germany. A few years back he also guided Eintracht Braunschweig to a couple of promotions and then a return to the Bundesliga for the first time in 28 years. No inside information and I know very little about him, but he seems to be able to do the one thing we can't do.

No no No no no no No no no no No more Lansdown !

They'll have to step out of the bubble at some point. This in-house stuff just isn't good enough.

Possibly Mr Mackay, more likely Mr Barraclough

I'm inclined to agree with this. We need someone that can change things during games, not just stand there looking desperate on the sideline. As you say, he did well in a specific role, surrounded by great players. Deviate away from that and I'm not sure he's got it.

About right.

I hope they come out all guns blazing. If we go 1 nil down with an already none too pleased bunch of fans, it could fall apart badly.

The best thing they can do is sell up. A reputation is hard to build but easily destroyed. I'm not just a bit disappointed, I feel like I've been lied to and generally been fobbed off with a steady flow of old flannel. Their reputation is in the bin. Finished.

The Thick of It springs to mind

Well, if you want someone bionic implants, you've got to pay the money