adrian lord

The magic spell of success that gripped and entranced the club for 5 years has been dispelled. There is a palpable sense of the team and wider club being moribund. The psychology has changed dramatically for the worse.

A reaming is assured.

trouble is Jan signings are dear and dodgy. Anyone in a decent team and in form will want to stay and get promotion with said team.

They were probably thinking "sh1t, we aren't going to be able to do our usual trick of flogging half the team for a massive profit in the summer...cancel that new yacht"

Koeman is a victim of the board's lemon-squeezing policy.

Drop him and rot him in reserves for rest of season, unless stupid money offered in Jan. Sell in August.

Bullet point analysis: We sold a spine of great players 2 summers in a row - that was unavoidable in the main as they had their heads turned. With them went the team spirit that only successive promotions can engender. Replacing with cheap foreign mercenaries has failed and there is a lack of spirit and character and leaders. Board take the rap for that. The team aren't fit enough The team aren't as good as we have been used to. The academy is either being ignored or the conveyor belt of world class talent has shuddered to an abrupt halt. Drop Wanyama but don't sell in Jan unless stupid money is offered - let him rot in reserves till summer 16 then sell.

Regarding relegation: we could easily get no points over the festive season looking at the fixtures and our form. Then the papers might well be correct.

http://www.thesecretfootballer.com/articles/the-secret-footballer/29791/garry-monk-undermined-by-member-of-staff-at-swansea-city/

Clattenberg = Saints lose and grossly unfair penalty decisions?

It may be a tad harsh, but I can't see them wanting more ageing, immobile players on the roster.

All the signs are for another poor home performance. Lose 1-3. Zero points until we play Norwich on the 2nd Jan is a looming prospect.

Those stats, and the table, don't lie. The concern is that the relegation candidate clubs presently contain a few sleeping giants that tend to wake from their slumber when they really have to.

I see the article has us down as now "struggling".

What was all that crass celebrating Klopp and Scousehampton were doing? Anyone would think they had won the Cup not scraped a draw at home...

I find Koeman's casual approach to our slump most perturbing. Could be a long, hard, and anxious winter.

so, whats the story behind this? lost the dressing room?

Man U nearly always have egomaniac managers - suits the grandiose nature of the club and fans. Poor old Moyes was humble and look what happened to him.

Get some kettles and do this stuff for free. It really works. I am 48 and its got me back to where I was in terms of fitness and strength and tone a decade ago. I also mix it up with cross country runs and mountain biking. Insanity/Crossfit etc are all designed to relieve £ from people who have little inherent motivation or self-discipline.

Anyone remember a particularly ill-tempered home match v Palace in the late 70s when they kicked Saints off the park? When the teams emerged for the second half the whole Dell chanted in deafening chorus: "Animals! Animals! Animals!" at them. We won 2-0 or 2-1 I seem to recall.

Good job done the Toon.

Davis was a stand-out player. Sliding to mediocrity we are.

Yeasss

Just nothing coming off

We stopped using ultra- fitness and pressing to make up for our technical shortcomings and lack of depth. Now we are just like all the other mediocre clubs