Sergei Gotsmanov

Today demonstrated that the players have enough ability to give a bloody go at staying in this league. Unfortunately this absurd passing the ball around at the back will ensure we will be well short. Can Russell Martin not see that! I am an idiot and I can see it. Surely the great guru of the game, Ankerson can see the short comings of this flawed system that generates tension at the back and limits attacking options up front.

Exactly. Sadly we are running out of time to give ourselves any hope of surviving this league. The idea that you just play the same way against all teams in the premier league is bonkers. He has made some concessions to his 'style' of football but almost begrudgingly. What he needs to do is have a different plan for each game.

No refreshment this week Gloucester Saint? Myself I opted for an old classic. 'Red Death' McEwans Export is sadly not even brewed in Scotland any more but still delivers a good experience bringing back memories of holidays in Scotland.

The Breakaway Biscuit delivered a good experience are these still about?

Unfortunately the government have also nailed farmers on their pick up trucks by increasing the tax in them by than 200%.

I think the issue is that they are asset rich and cash poor. Their land and buildings may be worth a lot but their income does not reflect that. They may have a barn that they store corn in that is worth £400k to be developed as a house but they use it for storing corn as part of their farm. If the children of the farmer have to sell of that barn to pay off their inheritance bill then the farm is no longer viable.

You illustrate the motives behind the budget well. A government targeting people because they don't like them.

That is quite an old article. The company was bought by another UK cheese company and is going great guns. The impact of the budget will have more of an impact than leaving the EU on cheese companies.

It was unfortunate that some competitors failed to get to Portugal but I would suggest that the Cheese industry in the UK has prospered since Brexit. There are lots of authentic examples of industries handicapped by the impact of Brexit, I don't cheese is one of them. The article was just another example of any opportunity to blame Brexit.

It might not be an exact science but it is a good indicator particularly for perishable goods. I never celebrated the result but find blaming Brexit for everything rather tedious.

If consumption goes up and imports go down then its fair to say that domestic sales go up or am I missing something? Actually I think the EU could have done more to keep us in but like many they believed the polls and gave Cameron nothing to sell to the people. I voted out thinking it would strengthen our negotiating position in future talks. Those talks never happened and I was wrong but I still think some of the blame for Brexit lies with the EU.

I am a great advocate of free trade but the failings lie with both the EU and the UK....

I think that cheese sales have increased and imports have dropped so you can assume that British cheese sales have increased.

Could the vacuum not be made up of artisan British Cheeses?

If cheese imports have fallen then opportunities to sell British cheese in the UK must have grown. That looks to me like a positive.....

The less rain in autumn the more colourful the trees apparently.

Its been extraordinary why he has not been playing.

I am afraid that sadly goal difference will not be crucial....

Unfortunately last season Russel Martin demonstrated his unwillingness to compromise by delivering two replica thumpings.

It is so self defeating. All Russell Martin has to do is cut that out of our game and we would be relatively competitive. If I had to be ultra critical, it is his own vanity that stops him.

I think we can take a glimmer of hope from the fact that a few seasons ago, Bournemouth were dead and buried, with their manager Scott Parker saying they were not good enough (as I remember it) only for O Neil to come in and keep them up. One thing for sure is that if we do get a new manager and he keeps us up then they will make a film about it.........

Don't get me on chocolate bar sizes.......and as for the size of a tin of Roses

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Seems like a good bloke but has he ever done a proper job?

RM's compromise is to pass around the back slightly less so we make slightly less mistakes and are slightly more likley to attack more quickly and the opposition's defence is given slightly less time to organise! We are slightly better than we were but this not not enough.