aletheia

Did you outline how you indend to get there?

You working hard tricky. 🙂 We've had plenty of managers who expect things to happen.

Incidentally, is the squad better now than last year?

You worried about your job?

O’Riodan was poor today in all respects.

Agreed. Saved us a few times within the first 30 mins or so.

Disagree totally. The tactics first half were woeful and it should have been out of sight for them withing 30 mins. They showed us how to play -the ball up to their centre forward and his good touch to bring in others was way beyond us. Still, one corner, one goal from Miller and it was game on. Footy eh? (Let's not get into the miss from the best move of the game where their lad shot into row zz+ in the Blackburn end 😉 )

Just nonsense. Because the numpties in charge decimated the team it means that the dross left on the pitch (that constantly changes) can do very little to provide so that Yuki is worked to death with no assistance beside him and forced to chase crap into the channels from MacLaughlin (that's if it doesn't go straight into touch). Not saying he is a world beater by any means (and never was) but given the quality of the squad is considerably weaker this season so he is struggling too - if he wasn't so a abused as a workhorse and could do his work in the box he would get more -though as I say would still never be top drawer. Take him out and replace with Gud would be interesting.

You'd be sent off within 5 minutes for an old fashioned reducer and for moaning at the ref.

:-))

Toth beaten at near post. Bring back Pears.

Maybe Swansea will contrive to give us another by playing out from the back 🙂

Own goal.

Exactly. Knackered from chasing shit from other players. Gud does about 10 times less running.

Have we had enough time to make a judgement on whether the summer transfer dealings/clearout have improved the team?

And the penalty?

Utter dreamland.

Right agency, aligned, Suhail's puppet and fall guy.

Rudy picking the team based on cost?

McLaughlin.

Reduce costs further and tighten deadly duo control?

Too far on the bus?

Would we beat Macclesfield?

Such a sad thread and the feelings expressed are so true. I wish all those who have posted at least keep in touch on these boards. Could I add a couple of things? First, the exhaustion, despair, alienation is utterly understandable. But even more sadly maybe, will the Raos/agents/hierarchy care? What worries me is that they will simply think it is going to make their lives easier. Second, the Raos and underlings are certainly responsible for feelings of despair amongst long-standing fans but it is coupled with a change in how fans perceive the game now. Long gone are the days when working class young men (mainly) and their elders would religiously go to the match and once a team had been chosen it would last for life. So many other things now: kids have other options than footy vying for their attention and money; other ways to consume- screens, streaming; gentrification pricing out certain groups etc etc. As said, it’s not easy to get an audience now (winning and team on the up with owners who are present and care helps) and a regime like the Raos and underlings makes it doubly hard: a lost generation indeed.