Daft Kerplunk

A good win ruined by the match day DJ playing dog shit music 😂

Thank goodness for that. Downes has at least got bottle

Nobody wants to do anything with the ball. The fear of losing possession makes them fear trying to do something to actually win. Pathetic really.

The tendency now is for every manager/coach to have to overthink/over okay everything. Working day and night to fix things. Why? Is no-one efficient and effective any more? Working long hours is going to lead to overthinking and mistakes. It's a simple game overcomplicated by xG, duels, low blocks and other total bollocks. On another note, was watching a bit of Wolsfburg v Mönchengladbach and they were saying how Wolfsburg had really dropped a level in the second half, and looked unlikely to score whilst BM equalised and ended up winning 1-3. Ralph up to Ralph things. Another manager who worked long hours and was a tinkerer.

If by brave you mean hiding behind the sofa when the wicked witch comes on screen, then yes.

One benefit of this powder puff piss poor end to the attempt to get promoted is that we will get to play our local rivals twice in a year. Scarily, they’ll be fired up after being promoted and we will be stripped of talent off the back of a disappointing non-promotion season that for awhile looked promising.

Play offs will be tough going for 2 matches.

Staplewood’s pavillion building is a small space and the manager’s office is pretty much next to where Wilcox would’ve been, and the management and players eating area is also where the leadership eats. The idea that there be a close working relationship between manager, coaches and JW isn’t far fetched, and that Wilcox would have been around the players too and they are feeling the potential loss isn’t hard to imagine. Players are paid well but they are human and they’ll know that change is coming and that’s unsettling. It’s a big shame.

Probably because sport is quite different from business.

I like the idea of flat earthers living around the other side of the tea tray they imagine the world to be. Do fine people live on both sides of the flat surface? Would it be easier if it was a globe with a central gravity force keeping us all stuck down? Funny how the earth was always flat before people starting sailing around it. Makes you think 🤔

I wonder how many people are burned by seeing Mane turn into a world class player after slating him early on. The big difference with Mane for me was that he was still very capable, and showed it sporadically early on, and contributed in the Premier League. At the time, people wanted the finished article straight away. With Kamaldeen, people are being more patient but he should really be tearing it up in the Championship by now. He isn’t yet and that’s not a sign that he will one day be a world beater. Fingers crossed he does though but that’s out of hope, not expectation.

This is one of those situations where a change is very much needed, and the thinking behind how it is now wasn’t the best. Apart from the clear fact that it will be annoying for some, and change routines for a chunk of people, most objections can be overcome, and actually could be better. For one thing, it’ll much easier to contain fans in those rare cases where it is required along Melbourne Street. This is for the benefit of the bigger picture. We need to have our fans at both ends for the majority of games. It’s about what will be created, not what exists now.

Me, and him, and them.

Very positive that this is happening. Away fans should not be in the ends and the side is appropriate. This should in theory greatly improve atmosphere as there will be a standing end, and then some will move next to the away fans and it’ll liven up those who think going to football is for sitting on your hands and being near silent. As for safety, it doesn’t matter where away fans are at St Mary’s because isolation can happen either side if necessary. Coaches can park in the trading estate and roads can be closed off either side to allow traffic to exit. In a way, being at the other end may lead to less confrontation as away fans will be sent on a longer walk away from the stadium and Britannia Road can be used by home fans. The current set up is just what people are used to and change will be fine. For those old enough, away fans moved from the end to the side at the Dell, and two whole ends for home fans made it much better in terms of atmosphere when it was all seater.

That is quite the line up of strong performing boats 😂