Sheaf Saint

While I abhor the idea of us making yet another managerial change and agree that we need to keep one for a while and build something with him, I'm really beginning to question Ralph's suitability now. The players may not be the best bunch we've ever had (far from it), but they just look so utterly lost and disorganised game after game. The blame for that falls squarely on the manager's shoulders, and with the constant experimenting with square pegs in round holes he is very quickly going to lose the dressing room. I think his days are seriously numbered now.

I get that our squad is poor, but Ralph's constant tinkering and experimenting with square pegs in round holes is by far the biggest factor for me now. Armstrong at RWB FFS? They just look utterly lost out there. There's no shape or purpose to our attacking play, and we have a squad full of crap defenders who are seemingly incapable of the basics like marking their man. It's almost embarrassing to watch. I'm just numb to it now. I've completely accepted that we will be relegated this season. At least in 04/05 we occasionally played some good stuff and caused other teams problems. Now we just look utterly toothless up front and like a sieve at the back.

Well there we go. who could possibly have guessed that playing your best attacking player (this season anyway) would make a difference eh?

So Boufal replaces Cedric and Djenepo moves to LWB. And Armstrong stays on at RWB despite being hopeless in that role. I'm sorry but I have finally had it with Ralph. He's seriously lost the plot now.

No shots on or off target. At home, against a struggling team with a terrible away record. Truly awful. Not a single positive to glean from that.

Oh I don't know. Bet365 has us winning on possession with 51%

If it's any consolation to anyone, I've just looked on their forum and they are, to a man, utterly convinced they will pay for not scoring more and end up not winning.

I've defended him for years, but I utterly fail to see what contribution JWP ever makes in open play. He's just sooo weak and ineffective. We might as well stick a crash test dummy out there in a number 16 shirt.

Still no shots on goal, and no indication that we will even get close. Pathetic.

I would much rather go down thanks.

This is horrific.

They are all over us. Only a matter of time before they score again.

Fair enough. I was out the night of the Leicester game, and still haven't been able to bring myself to watch the 'highlights', so I can't really comment.

No shots on or off target so far. Says it all.

You really think Armstrong is a better option?

Jeez - they carved us open too easily there.

OK https://www.eplsite.uk/stream23.html Don't click on the top embedded video - it's fake.

What the actual f*ck was that Cedric?

Do yourself a favour and don't bother

She should be in the stocks rather than the stands.

Free header at the back post. Yep.

Jesus f*cking christ. Not even 4 minutes on the clock!

Armstrong at RWB?

Yes, I have done a Google search, and I also understand a bit about how easy it is to get your articles promoted in their searches. I found a load of blogs and opinion pieces from the usual suspects, most of which have no credibility. Just because you found loads of articles saying he lost the case, doesn't mean they are right. If I type "the Earth is flat" into Google I would undoubtedly get loads of results saying it is, but that doesn't make them right. It's not about numbers, it's about facts - something the denial machine sees as a minor nuisance and not to get in the way of a good rant. So let's examine the facts here and look at the actual court transcript of the dismissal of this case... https://www.bccourts.ca/jdb-txt/sc/19/15/2019BCSC1580.htm Now I'm going to make a concession here - yes I can see that the judge made reference to costs going to Ball as the case had been dismissed. But to then infer from that that Mann 'lost' the case is a logical fallacy. The judge made no ruling in either party's favour, and this crucial detail is conveniently omitted from every article claiming otherwise. The case was dismissed on grounds of delay, in light of Ball's age and ill health. Now, I agree it seems odd that Mann would allow the situation to drag on for so long, but the insinuation that he did so because he was refusing to submit his data is ridiculous. His data has been available in the public domain since long before this action was brought, and as I posted previously, his original 1998 study has been reproduced multiple times with the researchers supporting the original findings. So to summarise... Mann did not lose the case. Ball has not been vindicated of his libellous comments. The website which published his comments settled out of court and issued an unreserved apology and retraction. The hockey stick study has not been proven to be fraudulent. Subsequent studies have supported its findings using the same data.

How can you possibly give any credence to a blog which begins with a complete falsehood? The hockey stick has not at any point been 'definitively established to be fraud' as he claims. This is just utter nonsense. There have been numerous reconstructions of the study over the years which have all supported its general conclusions. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hockey_stick_controversy