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I don't doubt that but so far they've shown a strange way of going about it. Since they took over we have possibly regressed as a football club.

Because, as Semmens said at the pre-season fan's forum, where we finish is not important. I think there was more to that statement than most of us appreciated at the time. People saw it as a throw-away remark but maybe it was a warning to the supporters. SR may have no desire or intention to get rid of Ralph whatever the results and our league position.

Ralph prefers players who behave like robots and follow his mad instructions. He is not so keen on flair players who do their own thing and maybe create something because they step outside the realms of his boring playbook which, incidentally, needs to be confined to the dustbin. Seems KWP could be the latest flair player he's reigned in judging by his recent safe performances which have lacked the marauding runs most fans loved seeing.

You call it negativity I call it realism based on our performances for months. Let's see.

Possible dislocation and could be out for up to 8 weeks I heard.

Another depressing loss - probably battle hard but go down 1-0. Ralph will not be brave enough to take risks, have a go and try for the 3 points we so desperately need.

That's down to Ralph and his training sessions.

So why did Ralph do nothing to counter it.?You could see it happening but the guy who is paid six million couldn't. Sums him up.

Maybe Semmens was talking from a position of knowing more about the ambitions of SR than we do when he said it doesn't matter where we finish. It seemed an odd thing to say but the longer this debacle goes on the more what he said has a ring of truth about it.

I didn't see the game but if we were stupid enough to give Declan Rice the freedom of the park it is a miracle we managed to scramble a point. What goes on at the training ground in preparation for matches? Does nobody gather a dossier on our opponents strengths and weaknesses? You wouldn't even need a dossier to know what Rice can do - it's there for anyone to see watching him in televised games. I despair at how amateur this club has become.

It was inevitable that West Ham would equalise and also inevitable that from that point Ralph would be totally incapable of rallying his team to make a concerted effort to regain the initiative and the lead. He is a beaten man so do the honourable thing and take the reigns away from him because it is not going to get any better. He's out of ideas.

Has he gone yet?

He's got more idea than Ralph. Villa gave Chelsea a good game today and probably deserved something from the match. He'll probably get sacked before Ralph though - come to think of it Pep will probably get sacked before Mr Teflon.

Well we might put a line under it but we won't move on unless we sack the incompetent.

Can't even do that I'm afraid.

Alternatively, tell me 3 sides with a more clueless manager.

Clueless and he's being paid 6 million a year for this shit show. Money for old rope.

And that I'm afraid is down to Ralph.

Even Ralph's staunchest defenders coming out against him now.

Got to be winning these type of home games, a point is not enough to get us going.

I'm afraid Ralph will still be here even if we lose this.

Not good enough.

He's a winger. Play him there or not at all.

Moyes and his coaches will have spotted a few subtle changes needed to turn this match around. Why does Ralph never do that.

Because he is reactive not proactive.