Billy the Kidd

Flavio Briatore I think. They never seemed to recover from that era, although they had a few strange owners around that time.

And Wolves weren’t 11th when we played us, we were next to one another when we played.

Yeah I knew this bit just not the outside the box. Was it introduced this season as Bednarek presumably wouldn’t have been sent off this session for his red at Old Trafford last season?

Yeah fair enough, wasn’t aware was only in the box

McGuire challenger no red for me, he made an attempt to get the ball, which in a goal scoring position means it is a yellow, wasn’t wreckless alas Pogba.

Yep, hoping for Utd. I could see that Ronaldo kick being red for a different club.

Not just our club that does that then!

@John B - What’s up John, haven’t heard back from you - you been reading this 😂

Yeah, get that, see my reply above to Minsk, people always spout during the game, i tend to take those posts with a pinch of salt, it is the ones after the whistle I prefer reading and engaging with.

Ok, didnt read back that far as was at the game. So, 1 person used that term. Hardly endemic is it. I agree people do knee jerk during the game, I dont usually post when the game is on, maybe half time and after, as i prefer to watch the actual game. But that is natural for people to spout off during the 90 mins. My point was more about after the match, i think people have been pretty level headed, not really wetting beds.

Not sure ive seen anyone wetting knickers or calling anyone a c*nt. Indictative of the modern day ‘offended by anything, so I will make stuff up’ culture, I guess. People have a right to complain and say things as they see it, doesn’t mean they’re foot stamping - I mean are you happy with one win in nine, or 6 wins in 31 going back to Jan 21?

I’m not sure so many people thought this would be a standard win, I certainly didnt, but the issue presses more our run continues. And I’m talking 1 win in 9 this season, not even thinking about last season. That is unacceptable, which means we needed to be beating Burnley, which isn’t an expectation, it becomes a necessity as we simply aren’t winning enough games. Sure we can continue to carry on, but it makes the last half a season so much harder if this carries on, with or without Ralph.

Not alone no. I’ve been a little vocal today about Ralph, more in line with what you have said in your last paragraph, in that we need 1 win in 2 games, or 2 in 3. I’m not sure we will but desperately hope so. It was my first game of the season, and we did play ok, although I was surprised in the first 15 mins there was not the same intensity as there was v Leeds. Also agree about starters and subs, although I’m baffled why, after Moussa and Perraud played so well last week, why he then changed it and left Moussa out. Any ideas, was Moussa injured? I didn’t think so as he was on the bench and warming up loads, so why change the intensity down that side?

That looks like a statue they should stick out the front of the stadium with Ted.

Yeah i get the full back piece, I’d be amazed if his career was exclusively there. He does remind me of Bale in the Championship. I imagine SA will start over Theo soon, so that would mean 10’s of SA and TL, much better than Moi and Theo. KWP must be fuming also, I would be, one of our players of the season last time out, and barely playing. I only hope he doesn’t start playing him at LB, we paid good money for one of those in the summer, so he needs a good run of games. I’d also be pushing for AA in the line up, maybe ahead of Redmond.

Yeah me too, couldn’t understand it, nd AA hasn’t exactly played badly when played.

Yeah, I cant understand why for years Ralph had to play 4222, and now he could have Broja and AA in these roles, doing really well, and we cant score enough goals, and have shite 10’s, he then plays with only 1 striker.

Yep, this is exactly where I’m at currently. I will be fucked off, whilst not wanting rid of Ralph, if we fail to win in the next 3 league games, and he is still here.

Yep, they do and it will always be the case. I bet fans of City down are also really happy about winning 6 games in 31 with a -31 GD, or 1 win in 9 games this season - definitely a Hassenhuttl problem.

He could have had a choice if he didnt choose to buy another player that isn’t better than what we have, or one that takes a season to get up to speed.

Yeah we should show more support. Redmond has been awful last season, and one before that, but has played as one of our better players, and that shouldn’t go unnoticed, particularly if this latest miss make ships confidence disappear one more and he regresses, as we are the ones losing out.

Irrelevant to a point I guess, but had we not beaten Leeds and Burnley yesterday, I could have seen the trigger pulled.

Why get personal about my knowledge of football - does it make you feel better if you have more knowledge than other people? That is a bit of a prickish thing to say, but says more about you than me. I was at the game yesterday, and we played ok, and yes, could have won. But we didnt. yet again. If you are happy to keep drawing or losing, again, says more about you than me. And again, Ralph was dodgy with his initial team selection, and subs. Ive said repeatedly I wouldn’t sack Ralph, yet. But fail to win 2 of the next 3 I will be hoping he does, as 1 win in 11 in inexcusable, regardless to our improvement on the lowest base in footballing form from Jan-May 21.

Did you quote the right post? I didnt say anything about the manager stopping players missing easy goals. Managers do however have total accountability for: 1. Formations 2. Players selected 3. Tactics 4. Substituions Whilst Ralph has been far better than Jan - May 21, he couldn’t exactly be any worse, could he, so he is coming from an extremely low bar to improve upon. His inclusion of Theo, and not hooking him until 70 mins was pure arrogance/stubbornness for me, as was putting AA on at 89 mins.

I cant believe what i just read on another forum, apparently we are punching above our weight, and not other manager could do better than Ralph. Now, I’m still giving him the next 3 games, and want 2 wins from them or I think he should be relieved of his job, but there are loads of managers who could, as a minimum, do the same results wise, and possible lots more that could get better results. Who they are I dont know, as I dont often gather knowledge on managers, I’d expect the club to sort that part. Punching above our weight ffs.