badgerx16

I thought you had fucked off from the forum.

And people say we will be stronger in the Championship than last time and be coming straight back up.

I think we are weaker in the striker department compared to last season, in "Championship standard" terms, with Che having left, as neither Archer nor BBD are as good. ( IMO ). Defensively we will have the same group that conceded so many goals last time around, less the best defender, ( KWP ). As for other players leaving, that depends on the players' opinions of themselves, ( "I'm too good to go down" ), whether there is interest from the promoted teams, ( THB ?, Taylor ?, Archer ? ),or how creative their agents are, but I think that there will be first team players that do not want to go down again. Some may want to leave simply to try to get away from the memory of the disaster that seems to be unfolding. I can certainly see Aribo going. We will also be 'weaker' tactically because teams will know exactly how to play against us, rather than seeing something "new" or "innovative" and having to work out how to stop us.

"Championship quality" can mean pushing for the playoffs, just about keeping clear of the relegation battle, or somewhere in between. I am not sure we have a squad packed with the former, rather the latter.

1) I disagree that the team will be better next time. I think that, as well as the obvious departures - Ramsdale, KWP, Dibling, etc, that several others that we retained last time won't want to stay for another slog in the Championship. 2) We will go down as by far the weakest of the three relegated teams, and will probably be inferior to teams such as Leeds, so at best 4th or 5th strongest in the division, but I think we would fall short in a highly competitive fight for the payoff places. 3) Russ was pretty much found out last season, the unbeaten run hid a number of flaws and weaknesses that will be open to exploitation again. We will continue to fanny about at the back and teams will simply press high and early and overrun our midfield. Another season of over 60 goals conceded, par for the course with Russ.

If ( when ) we go down, we won't be coming straight back up if Russ remains in charge. I think we will become just another Norwich / Middlesbrough / WBA type club, living on past glories and unable to deliver on aspirations whilst constantly being referred to as "sleeping giants", flirting with the playoffs but never quite able to climb the final step.

When they ask for "50p for a cup of tea" they never take me up on my offer to take them to a cafe.

Ballot drop boxes for postal votes in Washington State and Portland Oregon were targeted in arson attacks that have been linked to social media posts promoting such actions.

Come to think of it, my belt buckle could do with a polish.

But it is the byline of the article.

'Might is right' - hardly an amazing or new revelation.

It is amazing how badly you read the room.

Methamphetamine

He is reinventing football, but nobody else has yet realised.

And there is the problem, we don't have strikers capable of delivering that type of performance. None of them is clinical enough.

Alternatively, why didn't we try something more positive before the final 5 minutes ? Our game plan was to pack our defence, nothing more. City's midfield will have had harder games on the training ground, and the biggest chance of our scoring was their keeper losing concentration through boredom.

If City had felt the need they would have switched out of second gear.

Watched from kickoff to final whistle.

I didn't see Stephens do anything today.

This will still be valid in the 89th minute.

What worked last season, with it's inherent risks and faults, clearly isn't working this season, and everybody but Russel Martin knows it.

My City supporting wife has told me we still have a chance.

Russell must be coaching the goalkeepers as well as the defenders.

This HAS to be his last game. We can't go through the whole season playing this way. Can we ?

4 members were never even British colonies.