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He did well this day. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44046850 Proper man management - he motivated the players and kept us up. His track record, on the whole, is decent.

So we only the game because someone scored a goal? That's kind of the point.

I've not seen anything of Abu to have an opinion. If he's around the match day squad, I'd imagine that means KWP at left back, with Abu giving alternative cover. SAA has loads of promise, but realistically he isn't getting on the pitch ahead of Fraser, Edozie or AA (whether he should is another matter though!). I suspect Fraser is on a typical PL to EFL loan, ie we pay more of his wages if he doesn't play. It's a shame for SAA, but he'll develop more playing for the u21's than sitting on the bench. His time will come - we've got a gem there.

Navy

Indeed...as he says "The biggest number I look for is how many wins we've got and how many goals we're scoring." All other stats are irrelevant bollox.

Abu has apparently been training with the first team and isn't in the u21 squad tonight.

Spinning

Yep, and very underrated... that scene in the cafe too. Brutal.

Great actor, one of my all time favourites Loved his little role in layer cake, especially when he said this to Daniel Craig's character: "You're born, you take shit. You get out in the world, you take more shit. You climb a little higher, you take less shit. Till one day you're up in the rarefied atmosphere and you've forgotten what shit even looks like. Welcome to the layer cake son".

That's a very confused statement. If the people arriving aren't doing anything wrong in your eyes, then it must follow that the gangs helping them arrive aren't doing anything wrong. Conversely, if the gangs helping the people arrive are "criminal gangs" then it must follow that the people are doing something illegal.

County

Candy

I get that, but the test is whether it's in the interests of justice to prosecute. The chances of a conviction are just one consideration. She'll never see the light of day again, so more guilty verdicts, all while giving that odious woman airtime, seems unnecessary to me.

None. I can't see how it's in the interests of justice to prosecute.

(Alicia) Silverstone

None of that is "turning on him". I said way back on page 4 or so of the thread that I thought he'd be crap, and that his track record suggested that he couldn't set a team up to defend, and that we'd play a dull brand of possession football. That was me expressing what was, frankly, bloody obvious, but it wasn't me "turning on him". I'm disappointed that I was right.

We need to get back to basics and do the simple things. Our full backs need to pay as full backs. If one goes, the other doesn't. We need two midfielders, and one slightly ahead, or even a tighter 3. I'd even be happy with a properly drilled 442/4411. Our wide men need to tuck in and support the striker, not sit wide to cross to nobody. Sadly we have a manager wedded to his preferred kamikaze tactics, limited midfield options, and a squad with no confidence. I'd get as much experience on the pitch as possible. At the moment I'd play Bree at RB to play as an old skool RB. I'd play Charles in midfield with Manning, and Downes as well to make it tighter, if not SA. I'd play SA and AA wide of Adams, but Edozie in for SAnif he's in the midfield. Sadly Alcaraz's head's not in the game (apparently) but I'm not sure he's the answer right now anyway. Moreover, we need new management. No project. No "future star". Just an experienced manager who'll get the players doing the basics properly, give some leadership, instil some leadership and belief on the pitch, and get us winning.

Yep. I'd genuinely prefer a caretaker to this bloke.

That puts his lack of involvement onto perspective. Thank you 👍

Got a link please?

Yep. Stephens, McCarthy, or any senior pro could pick a team and set them up better. Keeping it simple but be so much more effective than we're getting.

The blokes got 4 years to run on a £10m a year contract. He's kicking back in the Caribbean for a while yet.

As in to follow orders? Discipline?

It's what we're seeing. It's a Strachan term for possession football with no obvious plan for what to do with all the possession. It's really not the last 2 weeks, and the talk of spill over is really tiresome, and simply wrong. RM has had long enough to put his stamp on things. If his way was good enough, and he was coaching it properly, and the players were buying it, we'd be doing well. At least one of those ingredients is missing.

I've got no interest in what he says, or what people think about what he says. I'm only interested in what happens on the pitch. It's perfectly understandable though that people pull apart his off field propaganda though given the dire propaganda football on it.