Dark Munster

At least Les Reed didn’t get us relegated.

Yes, and that is why we can afford to try lots of more ambitious attacking long and through balls. High reward when it works, so well worth it against opposition who are of lower calibre where we can quickly get the ball back, when inevitably it doesn’t work every time.

Compare today's performance with the likes of the ones against Huddersfield, Rotherham, Boro etc., and in most of the matches earlier in the season. It's night and day, completely different, and not "taking time to learn the new style". RM himself admitted as much in the pre match presser, where he said he'd got it wrong earlier.

Oh really? The "naysayers" were saying that we wouldn't make the top two, and probably not go up, if we continued to play crab, sideways, possession football. They said the squad was one of the best in the division and should be taking the game to the opposition. In short, exactly how we played today. The yaysayers were saying our squad wasn't that good, had scar tissue, and needed more time to perfect the sideways, possession football. Naysayers 4 Yaysayers 0

I disagree about it being a tweak. His earlier pedestrian possession style was what he brought from Swansea. Now we are very different, front footed from the beginning, consistently putting the other team under pressure, which causes the other team to eventually tire, with the flood gates then opening. The opposite of the sideways, pedestrian stuff earlier, which usually ended up was wasting half a match with lost opportunities and letting the other team get organised, as well as a waste of our superior squad. I make no apologies for the earlier criticisms, but I am delighted he has turned it around brilliantly. Today the performance was almost perfect (and it would've still have been so even if we hadn't scored all those goals). For me there was never a doubt about his excellent man manager skills, but he has shown that he has learned from his past tactical mistakes and is now getting the most from his players. Well done RM!

Good point well made. Unlike many matches earlier, we were front footed from the beginning, and although it seemed a bit frustrating for the first half an hour or so, that was mainly due to SW defending well, and I was still very happy with our performance at that time. We were consistently putting them under pressure, and by doing that from the get go it causes the other team to eventually tire, with the flood gates then opening. The opposite of the pedestrian stuff earlier, which was wasting half a match. Well done RM!

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You started very well with your first sentence, but went down hill alarmingly after that. That's quite an achievement with only four sentences.

This thread is making me dizzy, going around in circles.

Mission accomplished for that bastard Saggy. Took us down (with a thumbs up to Mad Milan after the capitulation at Krapnotarf), and then kneecapped us to make sure we didn't go up. Then went back to the cesspit down the road to cheat their way to a FA Cup. IMO our worst manager ever (below Branfoot, The Clown, Wigley, Gray, The Dutch duo, N. Jones and the rest of the losers we've had).

63 points.

In 2008/09? A couple of years earlier maybe, we were skint and bet the house on red and lost.

So basically he seems to be saying he struggled because the managers were crap. Actually, he does have a valid point.

Let's hope it's not the same as Tommy Fourpast's weaknesses: left, right and centre.

Just to add to that, if a first teamer is rested he can’t get injured (assuming he doesn’t drop a bottle of salad cream on his foot at home).

Exactly, use feet only to determine offside. That's similar to what they do in ice hockey (the puck mustn't enter the opponent's "defensive line" after the skater's feet, and they don't look at the rest of the body). As they say, KISS (keep it simple, stupid).

In summary, a lot of blame to go around then! At the end of the day it was a good finish, so I can't complain too much.

That's all this time? Not quite as optimistic then.

Not on the bench, still injured presumably.

I was going to suggest getting a coyote. But on second thoughts

I watched most of the second half. They really looked crap, and QPR were unlucky not to win. Hopefully they've shot their wad. They're definitely looking nervously over their shoulders.