Crab Lungs

Love the relay music. Should play it during the game.

Fucking sick of this bullshit philosophy already and the ridiculously avoidable goals we concede from it. We’re just giving teams goals. Fucking stupid. When our opponents attack they do so quick and incisively. When we create a powder puff half-chance it takes 20 odd slow ponderous passes in front of a set defence. Trust the process, courage, bravery oh fuck off you utter wankstain. We cannot afford to ‘bed’ this team into this style. We have a limited window. Besides, this team won’t exist come June next year if we don’t go up. Fuck off with your vanity project, Russ because that’s what this is. I honestly don’t buy your bullshit sound bites anymore. VANITY PROJECT. This is all down to two vain knobbers trying to over complicate things to prove how smart they are.

If we're gonna play this insanely suicidal tactic then we need some form of cover, not powder puff tippy-tappers like Downes and Smallbone. It's got to be one of them and Charles. It worked best at Plymouth, so that should give RM the indicator that if he's going to do thrust ahead with this, then he needs the Belfast Wardrobe to sit in DM and try break up as many counters as possible.

He sounds like someone scared to put a rocket up those players as he knows he’s the one to blame, so is still doing the pally pally act.

Poor bastard, felt for him tonight. Don’t rate him but there’s nothing he could do with that shower that’s been in front of him all season.

Almost all of that is insane. Nathan Jones levels of insanity.

What’s all shell and no guts? Same goes for this shambolic side.

This is on Martin. 100%. Inflexible, suicidal tactics. Manning is pointless. Never actually where he should be. Playing Downes and Smallbone is such a weak partnership, this is where the Belfast wardrobe should be. 2 week break and we get served up this crock of shit. Leicester weren’t even that good, just clinical after being gifted most of their opportunities. We won’t get up playing this way, we don’t have time to be a ‘work in progress’. Pathetic, small minded club with a losers mentality.

Leicester aren’t even that great, we’ve just handed it to them. And this is why we won’t go up. Admirable philosophy, suicidal execution of it.

There is this mythical assumption that Bazunu has some sort of huge ceiling and if we stick with him, he’ll reach it. Even if he does, we do not have the time to wait around for someone to make mistakes which could cost us promotion. And if he doesn’t, which I believe to be the case, then we’re onto a sure fire loser anyway. it’s all moot though sadly as RM is as resolute and pugnacious of Baz as he is about his style of play. We’re lumbered, whether we like it or not.

Best comparison yet. Pickford for Baz, Everton lose about 10-12 points straight off the bat.

100% not going to bite!

We will still concede from regulation shots even if we became Tony Pulis miserly. Whilst he’s not been at fault for much so far this season (our chaotic lack of organisation is the main culprit) he’s definitely not got this imagined ceiling everyone keeps talking about. He’s just bad. That’s it.

Incredible, can’t work out if that’s with the first team though? I presume not? I really didn’t like his waaaahhhhhing for a move but if he can get his head down… 👀

If and when we do tighten up we will still concede when we shouldn’t because he doesn’t save anything.

Yep, and it’s not the first time we’ve seen this chaos. We saw it in previous games too. I get the impression he just puts it down to a sacrifice we make playing this style of football. I absolutely 100% don’t.

Hahaha. Yes, touch completely off. No positional awareness, just running around. Good times. If you’re any good, you eventually settle down. That was Lyancos problem - every day was there first day of pre season.

Thought I’d give it 24 hours. Nope, still stings. This was as violently comprehensive dismantling of our promotion aspiring squad as you’ll like see - from a relatively good but ultimately functional opponent. Not a Leicester, not a Leeds… Sunderland. Gavin Bazunu and Ryan Manning are a liability. Biggest concern for me is Bazunu, he will cost us 10-20 points this year, i said it at the start of the season. Shame on all the performing seals who clapped their ‘gaffer’ at the forum. I don’t want to hear ‘oh he’ll get better’. We do not have the time to nurse him to whatever his ceiling potential is. This is our best opportunity of having a stab at promotion, let’s not ruin it by playing a goalkeeper who makes the odd worldly save but can’t perform the basics. Manning is such a Martin disciple that he just forgoes any left back responsibilities at all. He’s right out of the Olivier Bernard of positional sense. Our midfield composition was completely wrong. This was a game where we needed a strong, combative midfielder to wrestle control; maybe Charles who could have nullified Ekwah. Instead we had a lot of transient tippy tappers leaving gaping holes for Sunderland to exploit and get at our porous defence. That Holgate debut was something to behold, too. Fuck a duck. Mara - pointless. This should be a huge reality check for the HMS Piss The League neeks. Moreover, this needs to be a reality check for Russell Martin and his own tactical naiveties. Russ, stop pushing your hair behind your ears and start plotting beyond a Plan A. Do something about the deficiencies we can all so plainly can see, every game. And whilst I’m at it, we all admire the honesty and authenticity that you display but it will get tiring very soon if we keep having to hear you say ‘it’s on me’ for the on the pitch failures. I recognise this is in my own industry. Huge respect for those who demonstrate a willingness to accept their mistakes but it does get a little tiresome when those people keep saying sorry and not learning from them.

I don’t ever remember seeing him play so I’ve done the usual YT watch. OK, so… knowing that his only experience playing at this level was last season and we’d just spunked £10m+ on him I had to have a glimpse, see what all the fuss was about. Whilst I do understand it’s only highlights and it’s mostly League One or SPFL stuff I’d encourage anyone to watch the highlights then compare them with an Onuanchu reel and then you understand why he’s cost what he’s cost. Literally no comparison. You’ll also be even more confused as to why we spent £18m on TP. Think of any Russell Martin vid vs the Nathan Jones training video. It’s that kind of difference. Really looking forward to seeing him play for us.

I’ll only rate it if you can guarantee me that I can rubbish it later, maybe 2-3 games time?

Surely with AA being a Geordie and Fraser being a NUFC player and how comically unlucky Sunderland are sometimes should mean they both definitely start? Fuck it, I’m betting on both scoring tomorrow.

Who is this utter mug? Did he expect us to spaff all the transfer money we received? Does he understand basic maths?

That would be the dream. Just keep winning the Championship over and over. Go up once in a while, collect some PPs then do it again and again.

I actually prefer our squad now compared to last seasons.... 🤣

lmfao...