Sheaf Saint

Oh, close from Azaz.

Stay classy Skates.

As oppo commentators go, they're actually not bad. Clearly biased, of course. But definitely more objective and insightful than some that I've heard this season.

So many opportunities to clear that but it still ends in a shot and a corner to defend.

Another free header for Brum, thanks to our collection of ball-watching defenders.

Dunno how that's not a foul on Azaz.

Beadle will be very disappointed to let that in TBH.

Take a bow Arma! Oh, he did 😂

What a run from Fellows!

Oh so close!

What happened there? Arma completely lost the flight of the ball.

Hmmm. Free header for Gray - he should have done better and it should be 1-1.

It's that old problem with Arma - too much time to think about what he's doing and he inevitably fluffs it. AZAZ!!!!! lovely finish.

It's telling isn't it, that this post could have been made at any point over the last 4-5 years and it would still be just as appropriate.

No idea why he's even on the bench. After that total non-performance last week that should have been the last time we'll ever see him play for us again.

So now you're claiming to know my own mind better than I do, just for the sake of continuing an argument. Great stuff. Have a good day and enjoy the game.

And get a third wrongly ruled out for offside.

Leicester 2-0 at Derby after 15 mins.

OK so you clearly haven't actually read and understood my point then, and have resorted to a pathetic straw man argument instead. I wouldn't have minded losing so much if we had put in a good performance and been unlucky. But that's not what happened is it. It was men v boys as we got schooled all over the pitch by a technically limited but well organised team. The scoreline and the fact that we only lost in the dying moments don't tell the whole story. We were incredibly lucky to take the lead from that penalty because up until that point Millwall had completely nullified our attack and we had created nothing. That's why I have my doubts that Eckert will bring us anything better than mid-table this season. With the resources we have, there is no way we should be settling for that.

Millwall are a decent team and are 3rd in the table because they have an experienced manager and are well organised, not because they have a lot of quality stuff n their squad. Despite the players we had missing, we should still be giving them a much better game than what we did. The fact that we didn't and were outplayed is reflective of a naive tactical approach against a well drilled side. There is a huge gulf between us and Millwall in terms of resources. With an even half-decent manager we should still be going there confident of getting a result, not making shit excuses about missing players.

So were Millwall. But they still comprehensively outplayed us because their manager is much more experienced than ours.

Underwhelming. Nothing personal against TE, but we only played well in two of those five games while he was interim boss, and that's largely because the opposition played right into our hands on both occasions. The way he was so easily sussed out by Millwall was a massive red flag to me. I want him to succeed, I really do. But I also can't help feeling like I'm being gaslit by SR, like an abusive partner saying "I promise I've changed and things will be different this time babe. Please give me one more chance" Well this is absolutely last chance saloon now for SR. Once again they've gambled on someone with no proven track record for the level we're at, and they keep on failing to learn from their mistakes. If this appointment goes the same way as the last five then they need to be driven out of the club by any means necessary. Time will tell.

As much as I want TE to succeed, something tells me we'll be resurrecting it before the season is over.

Apart from him forgetting to announce the video ahead of the pot 2 draw, and the fact that he keeps talking over his co-host, yeah he's doing a grand job.

Of all the people in the world, of all the talented, articulate and charismatic people they could have got to host the draw, they chose Rio Ferdinand 😐