adrian lord

The demeanour of 80% of the players is one of disinterestedly going through the motions for a club about which they feel little connection and a manager they have no respect for. This was evident even in the tunnel footage Pre-match, let alone during and after the miserable defeat. This is the result of rush buying too many quarter-baked, callow youth ‘prospects’ and rejects from around the globe, in too short a time, while systematically dismantling the spine of the team. Then, putting a footballing David Brent up to manage them.

Seems crazy after one proper game but yes, sack him now, he’s blatantly out of his depth. Sports Republic I fear are a bunch of shysters that make Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX look like a paragon of business acumen and probity.

Seems we have a lot of right Charlies on the pitch, the manager is a Charlie and so are the board.

Looking grim.

We are worse than before the World Cup.

Is Alan Pardew available?

Ref bottled it. But it would have been a 'modern' soft sending off.

I am surprised the home fans have not yet informed the home manager that he does not know what he is doing.

Utterly impotent.

Jones at Stoke deja vu

Game over. Sports Republic are too clever by half.

On the evidence so far, Sports Republic are not the masterminds of football they are so keen to allow people to think.

So far so bad from the new bloke.

This is appalling

Brighton have been a far classier outfit so far and I am not surprised that they have gone ahead. Terrible howler by Bazunu though.

I reckon we were almost certainly going down with Ralph. The only thing that has changed is the advent of Jones. It's a long shot Jim, but it just might work...

It’s the greatest.

It’s one of, if not the best World Cup final ever.

Richly deserved equaliser.

France….destiny beckons!

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeers!!!!

Dirty Argie elbowed Loris in the solar plexus.

Couldn’t decide until the anthems, but I am now rooting for France.

France has lethal, ruthless striking prowess. Almost at will.

Interesting how finally, the studio pundits have clearly given up being polite to Walton, and are openly dissenting and showing contempt for his absurd backing of referees decisions, however contrary.