alpine_saint

Osvaldo has been a mistake from start to finish. He didnt want to join, didnt settle, caused a bad vibe, and his departure may also be part of the funk MoPo is in. Easy to say with hindsight, but maybe Mayuka should have had more chance. Even Billy would have added something yesterday,

Squad is not deep enough for good Plan B. Relying on one flair player who may or may not turn up is not a robust Plan B

Chalet is a very good mod. He knows that there are two sides to an argument, and that the personal abuse is most often originating from the Über Fans. DullDays doesnt rate him simply because he isnt getting his way about getting me banned despit persistent whinging

I am totally ambivalent to whether he is here next year or not. Doesnt get the club, fans, English game and makes odd decisions.

WHY is he ? Seriously ? How do you REALLY know NA wouldnt have done better or at least as well with the same resources and same executive support ? Dont forget, NC decided to get rid of him before he even started his first PL season. When I think of some of the strange team line ups and non-existent substitution strategy, coupled with some very odd losses of form from one match to the next, I think that MoPo isnt all that, actually...

Oh dear. Seems like an infraction has been handed out. Fully deserved, imo. You were a disgrace this afternoon.

You crack me up. You run with the hare and chase with the hounds as it suits you. Beginning to wonder if you really are a WUM and not a dissident fan like me.

But how can you genuinely think that when there are : 1. Question marks over the club ownership and therfore finances 2. Question marks as to whether we will see a managment team change ?

I really dont know how people can use this phrase with a straight face. It was apparently "one of those days" last week when the likes of Lambert missed a sitter and we lost to Sunderland Reserves. Now its "one of those days" again. When does "x of those days" become a major indicator to a slump in form ?

I'll be disappointed at what could have been..maybe...if Lovren hadnt missed that Arsenal game when we were playing for top. I wont be disappointed that the latest current shambles we find ourselves in will have come to a close.

No.

Goalies need to play when fit to keep their eye in. The decision not to play him last week was the worst of the lot

Yep, shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted.

In the heat of the moment, his sentiment is perfectly understandable. We had a poor run of form over the end of last year, then were sorting our sh*t out, and then Pochettino meddled. Demonstrating seriously poor judgement at the moment.

Hysterically poor use of substitutions in this game.

Season well and truly thrown away. Tragic.

Yep. Wonderful decision. Well I have cause to celebrate tonight. The father of my sons best friend at school has just won a bronze for Austria in the Biathlon at the Winter Olympics.

Difference between caring and not caring.

Well, we are quite some distance from that still. Only Woopert Woe has managed to achieve anything close to that...

He's sat on the bench but hasnt properly engaged with the squad this season anyway.

If we had won today, a proportion of our fans would have forgiven MoPo for last week. Now another proportion of our fans are just going to be even angrier.

Thank f**k we saved all those key players last week for today, eh ? What a difference its made.

Half an hour to go, not working, no changes..

Wonder how long he would last dropping Ronaldo and Bale for Spanish Cup matches...

This is all MoPos fault. He unecesssarily changed a winning team.