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We now have wide players who can aim for his nose.

Legwear spelling variation from trousers noted. 🙂

It's a matter of time before we all end up being recruited to the forums of bigger clubs.

Totally understand the cynical view of the victims. I've no idea of who has been involved or the scope of discussions they've had to this point. Nor on the source of any advice they've had. From what I gather, some of the victims raised concerns. For Phillips to use the word "untrue" regarding people who have been dismissed repeatedly by those in authority over decades, could reasonably be taken very badly. Such is the nature and length of the abuse and lack of action across any number of abuse allegations, it's no wonder that there's pressure on the scope. However, that pressure shouldn't be coming from authority, regardless of their concerns over resources, timing etc. It's been over many decades, so there's not a political party or authority that gets to score points. Where someone has concerns about ethnicity being pushed aside, using "untrue" isn't a great way of reaching a common consensus. Likewise for those concerned about the presence of police and social services on running it. This isn't the first enquiry where there's been tone deafness on who best to be chair. It's reasonable that some victims don't trust anyone connected with the services that repeatedly let them down, be in charge.

See you in league 1 🙂

Limbo

Yet SR would have us believe they're shrewder than a whisker of Shrewsbury supporting shrews.

If by "masterclass" you mean delusional arrogant charade, I think you're onto something there. 🙂

He's got a hat just waiting to be thrown in to the ring. 🙂

So he's already been working on having things in common with our club. That's the sign of a top coach. 🙂

Apparently the Bristol City boss got 10 or 11 goals out of him at Koln. Hopefully the focus of Still's post match manager catch up. Completely agree about their Armstrong. His limitations are obvious and his own club are expecting more goals. Yet, the benefit of just having someone to win a challenge, hold it up for a second, create space for others. Any number of players would have offered us at least that. But SR are smarter, as they've been in every window since they took over. Maddening.

With his first touch, he took the ball down but gave it away in doing so. He gave it away a couple of times. But at least 1 was an attempted decent pass. Can't recall him winning a challenge. He didn't seem likely to either. So not offered anything from deep lying positions or from being a target in the box. He did pop up centrally in front of the keeper once, although we didn't get it to him. We're just a mess. We've no idea how to get anything out of him. And he doesn't offer much to the things we've tried. But we don't try anything consistently for anyone up front to build momentum and opportunities.

Not even a surprise to see the game go that way. Our weaknesses have been clear with this season's set up for a while. In the second half Scienza rattled the bar and Charles had a golden chance with a header. Both players get credit for all the good work to get into those positions. Because we created nothing as a team. Broadly the team is toothless up front, entirely missing centrally and disconnected being forced wide or with riskier passes. AA continues to work hard, although there's no one to deliver it to him quickly when he could deliver. He needs a partner with some contrast. SR decided that was Downs. Charles is slowly getting better when getting forward, although he's not as good in that role as Stu or even Will were. Robinson tried some solo efforts when he came on. Just when we should have been looking to get more from AA and Downs being on there. All of that makes us unlikely to break anyone down. And when we can't do that, we've every chance of giving opponents more chances. Jander's was a very poor chance to concede the third. But we didn't look likely to recover from the second, where we didn't cover ourselves in glory either. They put on their Armstrong. He's a stock forward. Strong, not masses of pace but a little. He caused more problems than our entire attack managed. He wasn't in the top two of their attackers on that performance either. Same issues:No centre forward. No attacking midfielder. No proper defensive midfielder. Edwards right of a back 3, with Fraser as a wing back while Bree got punted on loan and Mads dropped and a back 4 seems like it's beyond us. No real plan of attack and no strength physically or mentally.

I trust Katie Lam coverage isn't going to interfere with Katie Hopkins coverage. I rely on SOG's obsessions to remind me who these people are.

Prosthetic

Back to traditional flag waving! If you're not a Morris dancer, then out you go. Regardless of ethnicity.

What?! There goes an afternoon writing "welcome Maccabi Haifa" onto giant English flags for nothing. Thanks a bunch egg.

I'm enjoying watching VA after dinner on Fridays. Which is more than any of the VA fans do under SR, right enough.

Outlaw

Postecoglou available. Second year trophy.

A quick peek...If we won every third game, and drew the other 2 0-0, we'd have more points, and be fighting for a play off spot. 🙂 Getting to moan nearly all the time and still go for promotion, is quite appealing.

So, 2 nil to Bristol then. 🙂

Just the sort of second half we didn't want. Swansea dropped back just a little and pressured the wide areas a little more in defence. Still obliged by switching AA and Scienza. We're clearly not coached to break down defences. At every opportunity when we had a yard of space, centrally, in the final third we passed it back. We offered nothing for either Archer or AA through the middle. We've all but given up trying to deliver to them from wide. They aren't going to win any, and the accuracy of our crosses is very poor anyway. Tepid stuff right up to the moment where Jander gets on a rebound and manages to miss a golden chance. After that, we offered even less than before. The subs pushed the team not one jot. Still will look at the near misses. Others will see plenty of other deficiencies to go along with that.

AA and Archer looked keen from the start. That allowed Charles and, as the half went on, notably Scienza to get into the game. Wellington and Jelert offered alternatives down each flank, pulling Swansea out of shape. Despite all the chances, we couldn't finish any of them. Archer a bit surprised when Scienza's effort came back to him off the post; A touch disrupting AA from getting a close range contact; weak AA finishes from his turns into space. Hopefully Swansea don't regroup and reshape during the break. More of the same should see us get something eventually.

Ill