Whitey Grandad

I expected a sizeable reduction. Especially after what we have had to endure this past season.

Thanks. Never heard of him.

Thanks, very interesting and does nothing to allay our fears. On another point I must add that I was impressed with the demeanour of the club and your fans when I went to your place for that relegation contest between us. Very dignified, all as it should be. I have kept a look out for your results ever since.

I guess you don’t have much experience of this being employed malarkey.

A ‘swap’ with whom?

Oh yes there is. Possession with no intent on attacking.

If we are part of the group then why are we so crap?

Of course I’ve been watching them. Just as I had been watching good teams over the past six decades. They weren’t all like this. The great Spurs teams of the sixties with their ‘tip and run’ were an example of another way of doing it. It needs to be done with pace and purpose. Something that pulls the other team out of its defensive shape.

Far too simplistic. It’s the direction of passing that matters. And the motivation behind it. Passing back from striker to midfield to defender to goalkeeper, bad. Passing from goalkeeper to defender to midfield to striker, good. Passing from fullback to defender to defender to other fullback, pointless waste of time.

Why? When does his contract expire? There must be a clue in there somewhere.

Terrible?

Just remind them that there is a river across the road and it’s deep enough to accommodate all of them.

But is that cause or effect?

So can we all agree that possession for possession’s sake is a waste of time?

And what, if anything, do you infer from that?

Selles should know when to keep his trap shut. He’s done very well out of the club despite being useless at his job. Disrespectful? The way he has treated the club, the players and the supporters could not have been more disrespectful. Go away quietly and just hope that you can make something of the rest of your career. If you have one.

I’ve just watched MOTD2. Woeful goalkeeping. How anybody could possibly think McCarthy is the best that we have is beyond me. VAR really is a pile of dogshit.

You’re right. I can’t think of any reason either. But that goes for the past three or four months.

Putting them in the shop window perhaps?

I forgot that we had a game.

Knowing our lot they’d miss.

Not that many. Playing with a striker or two would have had more effect.

I brought up the name of Fonte because he could have made a difference in any or all of our European games.

We don’t need the faffing around at the back in order to move forward quicker and more effectively. In fact the faffing around only works against that. It’s far too slow to have any point.

Just letting him (her) know what’s expected of them. Let’s be honest, this faffing around at the back has been going on for the past season or more and we don’t do it very well. At the pace we do it all it does is give the opposition a breather and a chance to regroup.