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Loser mentality running right through this club from top to bottom.

Only when Fulham break? He's improved then.

Don't watch a lot of football then 🙂

Yeah, maybe the solution is don't buy deadwood in the first place..

The whole squad has fitness level issues - that's as clear as day.

Well, when you're running a circus it's always good to have a clown.

Not expecting Lavia to set foot on the pitch.

If anything the weather will go against us. This is when you have to roll your sleeves up and plough through on a soft pitch. Don't think we have the fitness levels to compete.

They'll surprise us...God willing 🙂

Jones likes characters and he's the only one in our squad.

Wet and windy conditions just what our warriors enjoy and thrive in 🙂

Absolute madness to leave out our one player with a bit of drive in midfield. Clueless.

That team will get outplayed comprehensively in midfield. Who is going to press, get their foot in, win headers or get the ball off Fulham? More of the same we saw against Brighton.

Get great odds for that mainly because it has zero chance of happening 🙂

He also suffered two embarrassing 9-0 defeats and presided over some long spells where the football was dire and results even worse. Should have gone in the summer along with the other deadwood coaches but his mate Semmens saved his job.

Completely agree with this.

SR have brought this on themselves. They would have been well aware that NJ would not be a popular choice among the fan base so he will not get much of a honeymoon period. He's had six weeks with the squad and I can't find anyone who thinks he's improved much at all in that time. If SR think he's the right man for the job why have we not seen any evidence after six weeks? If you opt for someone two divisions below with no proven rack record at a higher level you better be sure what you're doing because the fans are going to be scratching their heads and making their feelings known if there is no rapid signs of improvement. Whichever way you cut it this smacks of a bad appointment from people who talk a good game but are maybe not as sharp as many of us thought.

Thought we had the thick end of 30 million earmarked for a striker in the Summer?

If true why isn't he playing?

Maybe re-read your post from Tuesday at 13.55.

I think the after match comments were a bit of a cop-out. Six weeks of intense work should be enough to drill the players in what is required of each and every one of them. If not the coach is clearly either not capable of getting his ideas across or, his ides are bat shit crazy

I was more than prepared to give him a fair crack of the whip until I saw what he produced after spending 6 weeks working with the squad. Sorry but I expected to see a lot more and it looked more like NJ had arrived the day before the Brighton match and been forced to throw a side together with zero preparation. I admit it's only one game but there were more alarms ringing than when Chernobyl went up.

Not from the watching fans though.

If you put Lyanco in midfield he will be like a headless chicken launching himself into tackles he can't possibly win and would probably see red before half time. He'd try too hard.

I'd suggest behind the sofa with your hands covering your eyes.