Toussaint

Coventry in around 1978, my first season as a regular fan, Lawrie McMenemy the manager, I was a schoolboy. I took at is read that we won at home a lost away, I was very happy with that arrangement ....... until ----- we lost 3 - 2 at home , I think it was a last minute winner from Ian Wallace, a striker with ginger frizzy hair, which I also took exception to. Just to make it worse I was stood behind the goal in the Milton Rd when he banged it in, I still hate him for it, how dare he? I left the ground with the same feeling you get when someone very close has died.

That is what scares me about Russball if we ever got promoted, (that and the virtually whole new team we’d have to buy),m. In the prem just about every team will have players who can exploit our system and slow play, it would be carnage. As you suggest , the reason Russball enjoys a level of success in this leafy is that most teams don’t have players who can hurt you.

I can’t see him dropping Smallbone, he loves him.

Just realised Fraser has been dropped for Edozie, perhaps a bit of fatigue and minor injuries starting to accumulate?. Very strong bench though.

Do Everton “fans” only make a noise when they feel aggrieved, admittedly they seem to feel that more than most. There is absolute silence most other times, even when they are having a go. Very poor - E minus

Spot on

Seems too much of a coincidence that their form dived as soon as they signed Kelvin Phillips, who has been absolutely abysmal

I’d be ecstatic with automatic promotion, even more so with a Wembley play off final victory. Winning the league has not entered my thoughts as a possibility.

THB maybe a better shout as he’s very comfortable on the ball, and has very good distribution, bring Stephens in as cb?

I think that is a moot point, if we get promoted we would need a massive overhaul of players, and Russ would have to adapt his style drastically. So, in my opinion, it would require a practically new team along with a new playing ethos

My fear is our weaknesses have been “noted” generally, so I hope Russel isn’t averse to changing things around. My mind goes back to the very day Ralphball was sussed, at home to Norwich, Dean Smith’s second game at sms in a couple of weeks, although we muddled through that game the next league game was 0 - 4 to Villa away, we continued to struggle thereafter. I hope Russ isn’t as stubborn as Ralph was.

Mara has had two good halves of football. I want him to do well but wouldn’t be expecting too much from him in a game like this.

He was actually shoved with two hands into the post by the defender, which unbelievably went unnoticed by the commentators. I wondered if it was something VAR would have looked at in the prem.

I have 3 adult tickets available. Will split

Next one is a tough one, and conceding 6 goals in two games is a worry. Sure I’ll feel more positive in the morning

I hope we (Russball) hasn’t been sussed out, I remember clearly the day when Ralph ball was sussed and we barely won a game after that.

AA looks as ineffective as he was in the prem tonight

Fuck right off troll

Could do

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Hope so, but when you are that lethargic it’s hard to snap out of it.

Why don’t you go have a lay down, your trolling is not vaguely amusing

I had a sense we hadn’t done so well against the better teams, but I had no idea we had dropped so many points against the top half.

Need that titchy winger back as well who’s name escapes me.

I shall be watching from behind the settee with a cushion over my eyes. I’m just going to continue to enjoy the ride the season and long may the good form continue. I fear there are light years between the championship and the premier league now. But, who knows?