LiberalCommunist

Never known a season like this. The warnings were there, no pre-season, parts of the training ground locked down. Less contact, less mixing, less staff around. But to lose the key players at the key times has been devastating. Vest, Danny, Kyle, & Oriol, all when on top form. Is that a exaggeration? Its really not, all four at the time of the injury were playing brilliantly. Could chuck Diallo in there as well. Feels like a curse. How dare we prioritise the cup. How dare we match up with the big boys in the early part of the season. How dare we. Well, slap down accepted. I'm ready for this season to end. Dreading Monday now, feel sorry for Ralph having to live this, it must be utterly bewildering.

It would take the biggest collapse in football history for us to get relegated. But, I'm keeping a beedy eye on Fulham now. Imagine if Lemina scores the goal that..................... ..............SHUDDER........................

I'd be a tad concerned starting AJ, because we seem to have annoyed the whole of the ref association. The first 50/50 would be just too painful to watch unfold.

If a team gets relegated after accumulating 29 pts by January, then it has to be said, they fully deserve to go down. There's no denying that. 2019 - Pretty bad 2020 - forth best team in the land 2021 - Utter dog shit. I think that's what makes this hard to swallow. How has it gone so wrong? Nobody is headhunting Ralph now, so there's always that. And I firmly believe he is better than what is happening right now.

And double points for the win on the last day like F1. Sounds like a great plan. Can imagine the money men rubbing their hands together right now mummering 'We could do that.......'

I think we should maybe win tomorrow, so we can stop looking at these teams jumping us in the table. Our bad run doesn't need to define our season, but we need to put it behind us bloody quickly.

BEST JINX EVER lol

Well, they can dine out on that result while languishing in the Championship for a few years then. I'm sure that will make it all worth while. Again, dreadful team.

If Sheff Utd get a goal in this game, it will be a bigger smash and grab than our 1st 45 today! They look so utterly out of their league.

I'm not sure who enjoyed that less intensive performance the most, the players or me! When the commentators pointed out with derisory smugness that Chelsea had 80% possession, it actually made me feel more relaxed than in previous weeks. Some of the passing was pretty bad as we adjusted to he different pace, but the bodies were in the right area's and all of them were working for each other. Mini's goal must have made Joe Cole spit his soy latte all over his burberry suit. But fear not, his notes remained dry, he had left them in the car. A off day for Jwp & Ings, but lots of good performances from others. Special mention for Djenepo who put in a massive shift with some really good decision making, which bodes well for the future. Not sure why the opposition dislike him so much, but if a Chelsea player suffered half the kicks he got today we would have had a red card. Taylor, who I actually rate was poor today. He should have stamped out some of the studs up reckless from them in the first 45. The 50/50's felt like 35/65's. He's lucky we didn't make his job more difficult, so he got away with it. Massive upgrade on the omnipotent Mike Dean though. All in all, this puts to bed a very forgettable six games. Now for four away games as we head towards a QF with some optimism. UTS

I've tried blanking this game out, so forgive me if I'm wrong. But on that dreadfully wet surface, Ryan slid in, play goes on, they score a goal, then VAR goes back to look at it and sends him off. That's my double jep. God that night makes me cringe.

If you have only just realised this, then I suggest watching the highlights of that game again, just to see how bad the double jeopardy rule screwed us in that game with the goal and sending off. Not seen it happen since, in a season and a half. Don't think it will ever happen again.......unless we get the dream team again.

Leeds play Wolves tonight, and us midweek. So lets hope they have a blood n thunder affair to even out the 24hr rest difference. Will be an interesting game, wolves don't impress me at all. Look a shadow of last season. Leeds blow hot and cold, and the media love them.

Got a cloud of foreboding dread hanging over me in regards to this game. Fully expecting us to start really well and then get screwed by var. I hope Tunchel has placed all his eggs in the Champions League basket.

So looking back over our recent run of games. The Liverpool game stands out as a bit of an abnormally. We won, without any contentious decisions going against us. And here’s the thing, if we had Dean, Mason or Scott in the middle for that game, it would’ve been a certain defeat. Mane's little dive would’ve been given as a penalty and we will have capitulated. Of that I have no doubt. A lot of people say these things even themselves out over a season but what if they don’t? The losing run goes from bad to catastrophic. Confidence drops along with team morale. It can have a devastating effect. There is no excuse for the second-half performances we are putting in, but it certainly is aided and abetted by incompetent officials. I can live with the officials and the people at Stockley park making mistakes, and all the inconsistencies with the game changing decisions, but for it to be so one-sided, it’s killing my enjoyment of the sport I love. Now as match days approach, the first name on the team sheet I look for is the guy with the whistle.......and that's pretty sad. 

I do hope everyone is kind to the officials. They are jus doing their jobs for the good of the community. In a way, they are just victims of their own profession. Lol

Nuno should make a generic sub now, flip the back five and find a way back in the game within ten minutes of the restart. No way will they be that crap for the 2nd 45. We should have put them to the sword.

Wasn't she the one who annoyed Leeds when she said she thought they benefitted from project restart? I think that is 100% right. Same for us, that reset allowed us to come out at 100mph and have a cracking end to the season.

Goal!

We are the only team trying to score while they defend in numbers. This was always going to be a tough ask. No point singling players out already. Keep plugging away, and then Ralph needs to make a brave decision on the hour mark if its no happening. Happy with our work-rate, and the new boy doing just fine. We go this.

I hope he keeps things calm and eases his way in. Far too many eyes on him tonight waiting for the expected drama. Just do the simple things and try to enjoy your debut. Welcome MS.

Beat them four times that season, they must have been sick of the sight of us! But I must say, that night was my favorite. Leaving the ground all singing 'on our way to wemb........' Something very pure about those days, not like now.

We just desperately need competition for places. If FF can make Alex up his game then mission accomplished. I see no benefit in writing off FF and have him sitting it out on a massive deal with no chance of even enticing suiters. Giving him the chance right now, makes perfect sense. I hope he does well.

Personally I'd be really happy to see FF challenge AM for the position. If we get a good display on Thursday, then I'd say the big man has earned a crack at number one spot. They are in competition, and Alex needs to know this more than ever. No time for sentiments, people will question the gaffer if we keep conceding and losing, time to be ruthless.

Just doing his job. I keep hearing this. But he's not just doing his job, he's doing it in such a dreadful manner that the football is lost & his performance is the main talking point. He is so dreadful, that outraged people on forums are going bat-shit. Then a couple days later, another game with the same mistakes, more people are getting angry and posting profanities in his direction. Then another game, and another cluster of mistakes. We watch his wrong decisions get over-turned by the governing body with no statement on the impact of the decisions. No contingency on the future. And no apology to the trampled clubs he has affected on this match day. Then some mug with too much time and beer goes on the window to the world twitter and acts hard while sitting in their underpants and suddenly all the mistakes in the build up are lost, all the lack of accountability gone in a haze. We must all support this guy, just doing his job, his life is under threat. This is just the new age of burying news, become a victim. No matter how awful you are at your job, no matter how many mistakes you make, everyone just jumps to the defence and the point is lost. Richard Masters should have come out with a statement a week ago, explaining the over turned decisions & the plan going forward. Then this would not have become another debate about censoring social media. Oh well, carry on, same next week.