Galway saint

Suspect we will start the season next year without AA, archer or BBD and which would have been a fantastic championship strikeforce, yet totally inadequate for the PL.

so looks like we will all be back down in the championship again next season not great for the health of the game

I think many things screwed us but the forward recruitment in the Summer is near top of the list. Absolutely abysmal and showed how dysfunctional the recruitment team is and was. At least Juric seems better able to play players to their strengths even if those are relatively poor in comparison to other in the PL.

Nice to win and best the tractor people sky's table suggested we had a 0.01%chance of staying up which seems unduly pessimistic to me

yes !

Increasingly looking like the decision to recruit the blades strike force hasn't worked out as planned. It was an add one at the time but I guess our recruitment team liked what they saw

I'm going for a defeat - not sure why but just a feeling I've got

Fast forward to the last game of the season against Arsenal at home and we are on 9 points, needing a win to eclipse Derby. The atmosphere is electric and who other than Ross pops up with a ninetieth minute scuffed winner to take the three points and a packed house goes wild, with the players doing laps of honour, juric in tears and dragan punching the air. Blackmore and Tessem leading a chorus of OWTS from the gantry. There’s talk of an open top bus and even a commemorative coin. Would put the play off final into the shade and go down as one the great days in the club’s history, making a hero out of Ross.

I think the current record is 29th March held by Derby Much depends of course on other results but we must be in with a shout of beating that

Think our best chance of a win will be when the season is effectively over for a lot of teams and they have one eye on the beach, but until then I can’t see us beating anyone in the PL.

I know what you mean but we have scored once this season from a set piece and that was an own goal. We are sub standard in every aspect of the game.. I recall reading that the set piece coach left and I am not sure we replaced him but I might be wrong

We have won 2 PL games in 36 ( give or take a game) involving 5 different managers over two seasons. I have no idea whether Juric is a decent manager or not but our inability to win games in PL clearly goes way beyond who the manager is. Any side in the PL that has to regularly play Adam Armstrong and bring on Will Smallbone is clearly screwed. I wouldn’t be surprised if we didn’t reach double digit points as loosing is now ingrained in the club

if as reported there is no interest from the isthmian league, could we loan him to one of the soccer franchises we have an affiliation with ?

will be interested to see if thee any takers

Early days but I think he’s doing ok. Yes we are obviously still shit but feels like we are less shit then we were and with the exception of the Brentford game we are more competitive and the football has a purpose. However when you concede as many as we do then it’s tough to win a game and the attack we started with is hopeless in this league.

Sounds like just what we need - where do they get these players from ? It’s all so random. I get we’re not an appealing option but why can’t we sign someone who has been round the block, battle hardened and can make an immediate impact to a team desperate for some quality. If we can’t do that don’t bother adding to an already bloated squad. Looks like another punt on someone you’ve never heard of to add to the very long list of speculative transfers

Played really well tonight and felt good to actually be competitive. How often though do our subs make us worse - the squad is so thin and poor Think Juric has had a good influence but still no points unfortunately

shame - played well

a goal from a corner !

think on the back of swansea we will come into this one with confidence high and we will have two actual shots on goal in the game, but lose by several.

I believe he used to be a winger until he was in his late teens and then had a go in goal and the rest is history. he’d probably do a better job than edozie and he might be the better keeper. what a squad we have assembled

don’t count your chickens yet - one of the big boys might snap up irelands no 2.

bit like comparing hitler and stalin in a nice guy competition for what it’s worth McCarthy any day of the week for me - he has the advantage of actually being a goalkeeper

Joking aside we should all get behind him …. and then hopefully one of us can stop the ball going in the net

This is excellent news and will give everyone a lift - if we can get him back in the first team we could well achieve the double of lowest points and earliest calendar relegation - 29 March is the date to beat. COYS