Crab Lungs

As I posted earlier... Not sure I see it how many on here do. I didn't see a great display - I saw a slightly regressed one, football-wise. I thought the options/movement were lacking and despite creating some chances, we didn't look as polished as in recent weeks (don't know if that's to be expected or not after everything that has happened, but still). It was aggressive, it was passionate... but it wasn't much more than that. There was no guile and smooth interplay passing like under NA and we were relying on our technically gifted players to individually break the deadlock. Of course, when they were substituted in the 2nd half our threat subsided considerably. In the second half we played like the away team which was disappointing. We've had a busy period so maybe you can attribute that to tiredness. Additionally, MP has only had two training sessions to get his message across so obviously, the jury will be out for a while. FWIW, I watched a lot of Espanyol highlights over the weekend (sad, I know) and I have to say I wasn't very impressed at all. All seemed a bit "Steve McLaren" in the style of football, definitely not the "Barca style" championed by the PR machine. Still, it's a good point against a decent side. It's not bad, considering everything that's gone on.

Not sure I see it how many on here do. I didn't see a great display - I saw a slightly regressed one, football-wise. I thought the options/movement were lacking and despite creating some chances, we didn't look as polished as in recent weeks (don't know if that's to be expected or not after everything that has happened, but still). It was aggressive, it was passionate... but it wasn't much more than that. There was no guile and smooth interplay passing like under NA and we were relying on our technically gifted players to individually break the deadlock. Of course, when they were substituted in the 2nd half our threat subsided considerably. In the second half we played like the away team which was disappointing. We've had a busy period so maybe you can attribute that to tiredness. Additionally, MP has only had two training sessions to get his message across so obviously, the jury will be out for a while. FWIW, I watched a lot of Espanyol highlights over the weekend (sad, I know) and I have to say I wasn't very impressed at all. All seemed a bit "Steve McLaren" in the style of football, definitely not the "Barca style" championed by the PR machine. Still, it's a good point against a decent side. It's not bad, considering everything that's gone on.

Yup. Or both, which is something we were doing anyway..

I didn't realise I had to openly disclose my sorrow! I was disappointed about Sharp tbh... I know we have to move on and everyone will but I believe we've sacked someone who could take us just as far as anyone else, and with such style. As for Cortese, well... the whole media blackout/programme snub/banner ban about sums it up. It's the sacking and that kind of thing that makes me think again about what i want.

Well, let's just say I wanted Premier League football so that we'd keep ahold of our best players. Everything that's happened has to be honest, made me think a little harder.

Not sure I want success at any cost any more.

Dictatorship.

On strike? Stay classy.

Thanks Ewell, really appreciated - and thanks for the info too, very helpful!

You're a better man than most.

Players are/were confused and angry... Dont let job for life Kelv fool you

Thanks BARCELONASAINT, appreciated - I'm going to make sure he gets, at the very least, a hard copy of all these contributions. Awesome response.

Oh... it happens! Fair play to coming back!

Thanks for stickying, whoever did that

I don't even know what you said!?

Absolutely no problems at all... hopefully, as I said above, I'll get something resembling a book over to him in the next week or so

Looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool But seriously, I was so f()cking angry on Friday when I heard I registered the domain at work then hastily upped the site when I got home. Still angry, but now coming round to that maybe it was the right thing to do considering the contributions so far. I'm sure Nigel will appreciate it, anyway.

The ones about headphones by any chance, lol... swept through a lot of it earlier but will take another look... I couldn't find too many bad 'uns, think I've got about 12 comments in "spam"

Thanks bud, appreciated... this is going to be a pretty thick book! Ha, I think the site serves as that exact purpose as well in a way. As tempted as I wanted to mention club politics, I thought it best to keep it as a simple "thank you" to NA seeing as we aren't going to be able to properly do so now..

Cheers hypo, really appreciated

via this lot, hopefully

That's definitely going on the book.

Thanks for that, interesting indeed

Davis toeing the official line because he has a job for life? Who knows, but the media reports about players being left angry and confused is nearer the mark from what I've been told. And that's why I'm so f()cking angry. Ah well.

manji, you and are normally very similar in our leanings but at the moment I'm finding SFC and Cortese a bit of a tough one to stomach.