alpine_saint

I have been a staunch NC supporter, but today's Sun match review is an unmittigated PR disaster for the club. And it undermines his perfectly valid doubts about AP's management, since it calls into question his general judgement. So maybe the questions should start about NCs stewardship, but this thread is addressed to the wrong person and is unhelpful.

We cannot wait 10 games if we want promotion, sorry..

Yep. Definitely bitten off more than he can chew this time.

This is going a bit far. People who take on The Sun usually lose.

"subtle" as in "dont work"...

Really ? There are quite a few people who think he is a t*sser rather than harmless. I agree he is odd though.

This.

I call a complete absence of a Plan B a serious inherent problem...

It suits your agenda to blame NC rather than that AP isnt doing his job properly, whereas I think either is entirely possible. What I do know for a fact is that the Best Manager in League 1 ™ hasnt got a clue over tactics, or the ability to come up with a Plan B, so we are going to have to rely on sheer overwhelming player quality to get promoted. Not much point discussing it further with you, you are so entrenched in your opinion.

Our pre-seasons and transfer activity are too late, and then half-arsed. Something I get roundly abused for when I point it out every summer.

Its unfair to say that with utter confidence until the window shuts. But I am inclined to agree, because I dont think any players will be arriving before then.

I dont know - why dont you ask them ? There is sufficient weight of opinion on here that thought after the Reading game that we would do Plymouth even if Morgan, Adam, Rickie and Puncheon were missing. So maybe they dont know. That has been shown up for the b*ll*cks it really is.

Because he did some research and thought he would be the man for the job. Clearly the parting of the ways was during last season when AP made it clear he was going after cup runs despite NC making it clear that he expected him to go for the playoffs as a minimum. I would fire anyone who blatantly ignored the targets I set him too.

No, still a contradiction. And its a pity you decided to start getting abusive again with your last post. I thought we were trying to talk civily to each other. Clearly that is your problem.

AP is waiting for Messi and Iniesta to get bored an call begging for a contract

Sorry, to me you've managed to contradict yorself in one sentence.

I dont know if money is the only obstacle to them. I thought you were against blithely throwing money at the problem ?

Has it really taken this thread for it to be so obvious that everyone can finally agree ?

Why cant you post without a dig at NC and reference to Lowe ?

Good post.

The personnel is worrying, but if the main cuts are Tornados and Swiftsure class subs, its not much loss of capability. I would worry more about Typhoon numbers being cut and based at one airfield, and the Hercules's scrapping. Dont care about Challenger 2s being scrapped, we dont need them to defend the UK. What does "three amphibious ships" mean ? Not Albion and Bulwark, I hope...

A comment from the bowels of desperation if ever I heard one. Search you feelings...you know it to be true...promotion is a long, long way off.

Just about. I hope you are not so "party-spin" and happy clappy this evening after that performance. We can still get promoted, but it requires manager, team, and fans like you to understand fully the scale of the job ahead.

yeah, me too.

Exactly. If you know you have a problem with something, you work your f**king arse off to address that problem. When I did my O levels, I did most revision on my weakest subject, not my strongest. What did we do pre-season ? F**k around with line-ups, formations and tactics that it was obvious were never going to be used in anger when the League started. Todays team had never played together before. Hopeless. Pre-season was a waste of time.