Whitey Grandad

His league record is six losses and one win so far. Who's for sacking him tomorrow?

Oops. Is he still here?

When was the last time that Bednarek started a league game?

No, it's not what we want. We want someone in control of himself and his emotions. Someone with more poise and diplomacy. Never insult your customers. If you do it can only end one way.

It doesn't matter who we have up front if we have an absolute Horlicks of a defence. Playing five at the back just makes it a lumpier Horlicks.

Anyone who thinks that Lyanco and Bednarek are our best two central defenders needs his head examined.

He tries to be but he's not very good at it.

We’re not done until the juices run clear.

My missus was at a recording of one of the early Python shows. It was the one with the native Red Indian chief in the audience eating chocolates. “Heap crunchy”. She was sitting right behind him. She didn’t have a clue what it was all about before she went.

Your nappy is not in any danger.

Ridiculous kickoff time. Getting there will be through the evening rush hour. Won't be much of a crowd.

If we lose tomorrow and it's because he has played a back five he shouldn't be allowed back through our front door. I wonder if the club have anybody lined up for Monday.

That's very childish.

If he didn't I will.

Players win games. Systems lose them.

That is a worry. This ‘manager’ seems to be trying to learn as he goes along. He talks of getting used to various formations when what is need in our situation is a team which is solid defensively and which plays in a formation with which they are accustomed and comfortable. This is no time to be trying out different players to see how good they are. He threw that semi final in an attempt to try something different. It was an insult to those supporters that made a wonderful effort to get up there and cheer their team on.

Only when he doesn’t play.

Of course we were more aggressive with a back four than we were with a back five. I wonder if that's anything to do with having another player further forward.

Each year that passes is a smaller fraction of the years you've had and a larger fraction of the years you've got left.

If you can find a bus.

He's young and inexperienced with all that goes with that. He has also been woefully exposed by what we call our defence.

None of the insults please, sonny. You cannot seriously expect any goalkeeper to save a shot that's low down from just over ten yards out. That shot was closer than the penalty spot. The goal is 8 yards wide. That's 24 feet wide. There's enough room for four six- foot goalkeepers to stretch out along it. Or for one goalkeeper to have twelve feet either side of him. It didn't matter where he positioned himself Longstaff would have put the ball past him. Try spending some time in goal yourself and you might understand what's involved.

I had my heart bypass nearly eleven years ago so that has bought me some time. The best £6000 that I have spent was getting my cataract lenses replaced with artificial ones. Most of my life I had been short sighted but now I have better than 20:20 vision. I just have some cheap specs for reading. I have been type 2 diabetic for a long while but have recently gone onto daily insulin injections. It has brought my blood sugar under control and now I can go hours without needing the toilet.

First goal was not stoppable. Ten yards out.

As Bob Monkhouse used to say, "You know you're getting old when you you walk into a room and can't remember why you went there. And it's the toilet."