Whitey Grandad

Unless it is deemed frivolous and the ban gets increased 😀

We don’t look like a settled team. We look like a bunch of lads who have turned up with their boots. Understandable considering that we have had a new influx of players but they must be doing something in training. They’re obviously not doing fitness exercises.

That’s only a couple of weeks away.

What brings you to that conclusion? I don’t think many would have selected Stephens.

From my seat in block 31 it doesn’t look like a mass or wall of people. You say that it feels cramped though.

I agree entirely.

I think you’ll find that this forum has more inside knowledge about those than all the other teams put together.

I’ve seen enough already.

He doesn’t enjoy it because it’s about defending and he knows nothing about it. It doesn’t make pretty triangles.

He spent yesterday in acres of space out wide on the left with his arm raised asking for the ball which the rest of the team ignored. He didn’t help his cause on the couple of times that the ball was passed to him by his tactic of lobbing it first time over their central defence.

What is it about our defensive back line? Yesterday first Stephens and then THB dropped back several yards playing the opposition onside. This cannot be a coincidence after these players have been together for more than a season. I think it’s a consequence of our obsession with playing it out from the back at all times. We have lost the ability to keep a solid straight back line with all players in touch with each other.

Oh really? Please see my earlier posts.

Paul Wotton anybody?

Reminds me of their first at Cardiff.

I said to my grandson just before halftime that I could hear the Man Utd players shouting to each other. I couldn’t hear any of our players and the crowd were just about asleep.

It’s on TNT Sports. I have it in my Virgin Media package but not for long. When I found out that it was costing me £18 a month I decided to drop it. I’m not paying all that just to watch the same old top six moneyball clubs every week.

It’s a rule of business. You charge what the market will bear. Finding that price level is not easy. The variation in demand due to price changes is called Market Price Sensitivity.

Early kickoff, Boat Show and rail replacement buses if coming from the east. Not going to be fun.

But are there not more than one branch of Tesco?

Yes, my words. What’s your problem with that?

That would be a start.

Are you seriously calling me ignorant? A scapegoat is someone or something that is innocent yet gets all the blame. Stephens does not fit this description. Without a stable and solid defence we will struggle to create enough chances to have even a chance of surviving in this league. His presence does not give us a solid back line especially when combined with this ridiculous obsession with fannying around at the back. I don’t think anyone knows the reason that Martin plays the way that we do. It defies all footballing logic. Yet Martin persists in selecting Stephens and must bear the responsibility for that. We have a weak midfield because we effectively don’t play with one. When a key player there is Smallbone then we’re in deeper trouble. He’s another who’s not good enough for this level. I don’t hate these players but I hate what they’re doing to our team. It’s not their fault that they’re not good enough.

I never got excited over the unbeaten run. Probably because it was nothing special in the wider football world. Do you think any other supporter gives a toss? As for enjoyment of the football I can only conclude that you have been starved of real all-out attacking, pulsating football for most of your life.

It’s not a narrative and I’m not even sure if you know what that means. He doesn’t have the discipline and concentration needed for this level. I have reached this conclusion after having suffered watching him for several seasons now. My opinion is based on what I see and not what I feel. If he plays tomorrow then we are in trouble.

Not cheaper than Leicester, Brentford, West Ham and Man City though. For season tickets that is.