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Same people thought Walcott was worth 70k per week. Madness for a club on a limited budget.

Well, watching the game it felt to me like we were getting battered. The only thing missing was more goals.

The bottom of the league at Xmas doesn't really come into play because of the World Cup break. Not to say we're not in serious shit 🙂

Clearly didn't learn very much then.

Maybe time to remove those red and white tinted specs and accept we were battered for most of the game. 3-1 flattered us if we're being honest.

If NJ is actually claiming to have never really seen the players competitively that's a big cop out and proof he's not taking the job seriously. Any new manager worth his salt would be studying the hours of footage that are readily available. The stark fact for him is that a large majority of the fan base didn't want him so his honeymoon period will likely be very short so he'd better get some strong performances and wins under his belt sooner rather than later.

So the fact that the 'tap in' led from a missed penalty goes in our favour. Says everything you need to know about this XG nonsense.

Right now I'm not sure we can afford to loan out anyone who remotely resembles a footballer so let's recall him.

Lyanco as a defensive midfielder would see red before half time. He'd be steaming into anything that moved

Newly promoted Fulham are a very competent, organised side.

That would be my guess.

No, our CEO has already told us that.

Jones has had 8 weeks to get his ideas across leading to that shitshow yesterday. I doubt a few more days will make much difference.

That's very interesting that 7 from yesterday played during that very good spell last February and,as you say, McCarthy could slot in for Forster and ABK is better than Bednarek. So, coached properly and with elite fitness levels in theory we shouldn't be the shambles we are and if we add a striker, get Lavia fit and bring in some cover we should be competing. Why then are we so far off the pace?

4-0 to Fulham. They are everything we are not and will put us to the sword.

I'd like to see our stats in terms of distance run yesterday. My guess is it wouldn't make good reading. My impression is that our fitness levels are way below the standard required at this level. Our times of playing well and competing have all coincided with us being a side that took great pride in its fitness levels. I fear that we have become a lazy squad content to do the bare minimum and we are being found out.

Agree, unless Salisu and ABK are off which wouldn't surprise me.

There's a lot to be done in this window. Unfortunately, if you have a keeper who is throwing goals into his own net every game your chances of gaining points are extremely limited. Poor as we were as a collective yesterday, a half decent keeper prevents Brighton's first two goals.

But the point is NJ has the same squad as Ralph but, despite 8 weeks (2 of which he chose to waste) to work on things we look far worse than ever. Fans are entitled to expect to have seen some progress if Jones really is the man to get us out of the mire - the shitshow he produced leaves more questions than answers and fans are rightly very concerned. We needed to see some improvements but saw the polar opposite.

Yes but AMN shall still remain nameless.

I agree about the 2 weeks off and was one of the few to point it out. Needless to say I got shot down in flames at the time.

Glad it wasn't as score would probably have been 1-5

Where are the athletes in our midfield? Tall, quick players who can cover the ground, close down, win duels, second balls, tackles and then spring into support of the attack. With no engine the car aint gonna run. We do, however, have plenty of passengers.

It's a bit like looking at our midfield.

Sports Republic not looking the clever bunch many of us hoped. They are getting a lot wrong and very little right. We need to hear from them.