Lord Duckhunter

Fair enough. I didn’t mean to come over slagging the non league game. I know from my lad the dedication involved. He travels over an hour to training and travels miles on match day, and all for about £60. However, I thought his pile on a bit classless. if Doswell is given the Portsmouth role replacing Cowley it would clearly be a step up. If within weeks a Wessex league manager was on local radio slagging him off, I’m sure he’d be pretty pissed off. Particularly if he was claiming a league 1 player wouldn’t get in his side. The pile on is a bit OTT in my opinion, particularly Blackmore. The bloke who sucked Ralph off every week and told us we should be grateful we’re in the top flight, is now giving it to us straight. You had Tessam (a woeful pundit) stating that Jones needs to play HIS system and what he knows, before slagging off 3 at the back. A contradiction clearly. You’ve got people bemoaning “hoof ball” whilst calling for Dyche. The obsession with failures of 3 at the back is ridiculous. When you don’t compete, don’t score, don’t tackle or don’t mark people it’s irrelevant what formation you play. I’m all for constructive criticism, but a lot is crossing the line. Bloody hell I dread to think what Lawrie would get if he relegated Ted Bates team in this era (and no I’m not comparing Jones to Lawrie). This has been coming to a head for 18 months, “soft as shite mentality” is in our DNA now. Jones should at least be given the transfer window and a couple of seasoned pros to see if he can turn it round. If he can’t I’ll be the first in line with my pitchfork.

“Trying to get Ralph sacked” lol 😂 what a drama queen. It’s because of Ralph we’ve got the worst squad in the league. The more they played under him the worse a lot of them got. Salisu is a shadow of what he was when he first arrived, Stuart Armstrong going backwards, Bednerak was always pretty average, but he got (unbelievably) even worse. He continued with Prowse as captain when he clearly wasn’t up to it. To believe we were heading anywhere other than relegation under Ralph is deluded. His time had gone. Some people on this forum want it both ways, blame SR for Ralph’s failings despite him having years to sort it out, but blame Jones for the present predicament despite only being in post a few weeks. The buck stops with the manager, Jones is responsible for the shit show he’s serving up and Ralph was responsible for the fucking awful legacy he’s left him.

“Another manager”. A non league manager, you mean. He’s not one of his peers anymore than my son (who plays a couple of levels down than Doswell )is a peer of Harry Kane’s.

That’s worrying……..For wolves

Don’t talk fucking pony. We had Danny Ings during some of the shite Ralph served up. I’ll bet my life we wouldn’t have lost at Fulham or last night with him in the side. After nearly 4 years in charge, we’ve got the worst fucking squad in the league, that’s Ralph’s legacy.

Well he’s clearly a better manager than the Havant & Waterloovile one but he’s not premier league level, whether he will be in time is a different matter. I think a broadcaster should be consistent, they’re piling into to Jones in a way they didn’t to Ralph, Blackmore sucked up to him constantly. They’ve done it here, contrast Blackmores words about Cowley to his words about Jones. Supporters are emotionally charged, but professional broadcasters should take the emotion out of it.

The re writing of Ralph is getting laughable now. We lost 9-fucking 0 twice. We suffered countless other shellackings, we failed to score against a side that had 9 men for a lot of the second half. We went to a semi final and lay down and died, we had some performances every bit as bad as yesterday and he made a cock of himself when we actually had a decent win. He spent every trip to Anfield or City with his tongue up Pep & Klopp arse and he blamed the players when we lost. Criticise Jones by all means, but don’t try and make out last night wouldn’t have happened under Ralph. It did, frequently.

Because he was up Ralph’s arse. Brentford away was as bad last season and he didn’t get into Ralph. It’s also bizarre the way he starts by saying he feels sorry for Cowley because he’s been there longer, and it’s different circumstances. Cowley’s had 2 seasons to get his ideas across and build a side and has clearly failed. Blackmore clearly showing his bias there. I could understand it if he said “I feel a bit sorry for jones who has inherited a mess BUT”. No, he feels sorry for the bloke whose been given time and blown it.

It was a miscarriage of justice 🤡, so you’re clearly the one who doesn’t know what you’re talking about. By your logic the Guildford Four are guilty. The cases were exactly the same, innocent men accused of crime they didn’t commit.

What a load of old pony.

With Peter Crouch, Kevin Philips & Antti Niemi. Simplest terms, with those 3 we’d be outside the bottom 3 today.

I’ve seen a lot of people calling for Fat Sam or Dyche to sort us out. Keane is exactly the sort of signing they’d get in on day 1.

Fuck me, people turning their nose up at Michael Keane. Moves don’t work out for people, doesn’t make them shite. Graham Taylor always said the smaller clubs need to pick up players having a dip. He’s a hardened premier league centre half that’s been in relegation battles. May provide some much needed leadership and bottle. He can’t be any worse than Lyanco and can’t try any less than Salisu has at times. It’s a big fucking yes from me.

We didn’t do it “time and time again”. In the last few minutes we were still mincing around, back to keeper, out to centre half, out to wing back, back to keeper. I’m starting to seriously wonder whether our fans actually know what long ball football is, because this isn’t it. It’s a hybrid of mincing around and aimless long passes.

My Huddersfield mate fucking hates him for some reason. Personally, I don’t think being hated by the opposition is a bad thing, better than having to extract Ralph’s tongue from Klopp & Peps arse every time we went up there. The blokes around me went from moaning whenever Lyanco hit a long ball, to groaning whenever it went backwards or sideways. Personally, I thought we didn’t get it forward quickly enough, and didn’t get enough players or the ball in the mixer enough. We never looked like scoring from a set piece. Why the fuck don’t we try and surprise teams with the second player actually crossing a wide free kick in instead or running past it for JWP to swing it in. Way too predictable. I thought one or 2 hid last night, weren’t brave enough. Didn’t take up decent positions because they didn’t really want to receive the ball and fuck it up. For the same reason we were too frightened to open them up and settled for the easy option. We played the last 10 mins like it was a 0-0, where we didn’t want to make a mistake (until injury time when the keeper made a taken gesture). There wasn’t the mad scrambles and basketball football you should see when chasing the game. We didn’t even throw a centre half up front. Just pass it around and accept our fate. Pathetic

This long ball narrative is a load of old pony. We don’t play hoof ball anymore than Brentford or West Ham, we used to play long balls with Vestergarrd in the side & knocked it long quite a bit last season for Borja. We still mince around with it at the back, hence the goal we gave away last night. A long hoof ball side wouldn’t have conceded like that. We still don’t get it in the mixer enough either. We had a few chances to do so last night and still fucking went backwards. Our long balls aren’t accurate enough and our forward line are hiding a bit. Broja would be able to play up top with this style, so hopefully we can identify a similar striker because Che can’t or won’t do it alone.

Anyone who thinks Fat Sam is the answer has clearly forgotten his spell at WBA. He’d be a disaster with this bunch of mincers and he’d want a boat load of cash to turn up. Rafa? Don’t make me laugh, he falls out with every single board he works for over transfers. Does anyone seriously believe he’d work for SR. Why would Dyche join this shit show, he can sit it out and pick out a far tastier job.

He wouldn’t have been my choice, but we are where we are. So the question is do we sack him after 4 games (forget the Liverpool game because most new managers would have sat that out, protecting their “record” & if we’d won I’m sure this forum would have chalked it down to Selles), and without bringing one of his own players in? Two important things. Firstly, he’s not a “shit manager”, he’s not a “Sunday league manager” or any of the other nonsense posted on here. He did a damn fine job at Luton. In terms of over performing he’s probably one of the top over performers in the FL at that club. So as a club looking for a FL manager to step up to the next level we’ve taken a chance on him. He’s clearly not at that level yet and is learning on the job, whether he will learn and grow enough is incredibly doubtful at the moment. Secondly, he’s been handed a steaming pile of shite, probably the most disjointed softest squad we’ve ever had in the top flight. A damning indictment of the previous regime and present owners. Ralph let this situation drift, bought into this pony and had a fucking long time (in modern terms)to drive the culture in the club. This is just as much his mess as anyone else’s. Personally, I prefer to see who comes in during the window before pulling the plug, see if there’s a change in attitude and culture within the club. Somebody needs to take it by the scruff of the neck, get rid of the losing mentality and upset a few of the precious darlings. Personally, I think he deserves the chance to do this. I understand peoples anger and don’t think I’m a “better fan” than them. But with this shower of shite, the next bloke that comes in will face exactly the same problem. As he’s SR’s man, and the loss of face that’ll come with sacking him, he maybe given more leeway to do the nasty stuff and kick a few arses. Making a few tweaks to Ralph’s playbook won’t cut it. For anyone to think Rafa or Bialsa, would go anywhere near this lot is delusion of the highest order. Dyche or a Fat Sam won’t put up with these mincers. Both would sort out the men from the boys. I’d give Jones a month to see if he will.

“Sacked now”. It’s a no from me.

I didn’t fucking want him. It’s his side, he’s moulded this lot for 4 years. Replacing him with a dud doesn’t make him a better manager. As poor as we were tonight we’ve been as bad under Ralph and he had Danny Ings for 2 seasons.

The formation isn’t the issue. Would playing 4-2-2-2 or 4-3-3 make players win tackles, make Che Adams hit the target or stop Prowse slowing the game down every fucking time. There’s a lack of intensity, a lack of desire and a lack of will to win that runs deep in the culture of the club. KWP played well, Moi put a decent shift in, I thought the centre half who came on did ok, and Adam Armstrong looked lively for the short period he was on. Lyanco is shite, but he didn’t hide after his mistake. The rest, it was really men against boys. Woeful.

He’s half right. They have been shit all season. There’s a lot of hate for Jones which is understandable, but don’t give the players a free pass. They’re a bunch of fucking tossers. There’s a few hiding, bottling tackles and mincing about. There’s not being good enough, and then there’s not fucking stepping up. I ended up hating the bottle jobs that disgraced the club when Twitchy returned to Fratton that day, and I’m starting to hate some of these cunts. It is his fault, the buck stops with him. He was handed a bunch of fucking mincers, and they’re still mincing about. He needed to kick a few arses and chuck a few out. Do people think Fat Sam or Dyche would put up with it. No they fucking wouldn’t, but Ralph let them get away with it and now this bloke is too.

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Probably be as unhappy as you were after Ched Evans was stitched up by a bird.

The Brian Epstein school of business management. When negotiating Beatles merchandise deal when they first hit it big in America similar was alleged. Epstein said 90/10 split of all profits, the yanks he was negotiating with mulled it over. 10% of all the books, wigs, clothing, poster etc could result in millions of dollars , they thought it a great deal, so they went for it. After agreeing, to their amazement they then realised that Epstein was talking about 10% for The Beatles and 90% for them.