We look poor (10 Viewers)

[Warwickhunt]

The defence was the best part of the team today... Which is a concern!

Midfield is shocking without Sheaf. Eccles standard performance is 6/10. Torp is never a player in a million years. Would play Allen all day every day ahead of both.

The strikers look so poor even though we barely create anything. Not one of them can hold the ball up for a millisecond. Killed us second half today because they are incapable of controlling a football.

Angers me so much the money we have wasted assembling this shite.

Being g saying it all season our technical ability is so poor! These guys are stealing a good living in the championship, they supposedly play with a ball day and you would think the basics of ball control would be apparent. BTA couldn't trap a medicine ball

 

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[clint van damme]

Il put the £800 to better use

£1000 for the two of us. No chance

Just my opinion but I find this a bit pathetic.
You've both watched through far worse than the last few months. Seems mad to jack now

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Just my opinion but I find this a bit pathetic.
You've both watched through far worse than the last few months. Seems mad to jack now

Got BSB Junior on the way later in the year and money will be tight. I cannot justify the expense next season.

 

[Pezza]

Listening to Lampard…. He seems happy with the performance and felt we were unlucky. Crazy how he can see such a different game.

 

[Tommo1993]

All waiting for the return of Haji Wright but he’s not all we need for things to look significantly brighter. The build is still a bigger job than I thought.

Am still unsure if it’s an ability or application thing. I think it could be different throughout the team.

 

[Great_Expectations]

Careful.

Not sure criticism of FL is allowed.

Main concern for me remains the same as it has for the last few games; I don’t see where the Elite Tactician stuff is happening?

I know it’s now become a buzz word on here but the reality is that’s what DK wanted, it’s his words now setting high expectations that aren’t being met.

Again today, appreciate the first was a screamer and the second a possible foul, but we invited so much pressure on ourselves.

I’ll caveat before I get accused of wanting us to lose; I want FL to do well. He seems committed and a good bloke, and overall I’ll always support the team (edited as the word ‘team’ was cut off for some reason!).

 

[samccov1987]

He will be the main reason I don't think we're renewing ST's. The gutless little pricks on the pitch also, but there's no way we improve with that twat still around

Il put the £800 to better use

This is the problem the teams creating now. With Robins even when we were struggling people believed he could turn it around.

Lampard has come in and the results and performances are as bad as ever. Don’t blame Frank as the squad is shit; even with Hadji who doesn’t exactly show work rate I think we’d be struggling due to the lack of creativity in midfield.

We need quality signings and we need them now without losing the Crown Jewels to fund them. We’re sleepwalking into a relegation battle.

Come the summer people won’t renew. Then wouldn’t put it past Doug to bang the price up to compensate for the loss in numbers. Then we’re back to the days of 15k in the Championship that becomes sub 10k in league 1.

Doug’s gone with Frank and he needs to back him now with $. I’m not sure he’ll do it then come on CWR telling people who aren’t nearly as rich as him to back the club.

 

[Saddlebrains]

Just my opinion but I find this a bit pathetic.
You've both watched through far worse than the last few months. Seems mad to jack now

Fair enough view. The main reason is that my lad is getting too old to sit in the FZ (he's 15 now) so moving to a non FZ area over doubles what we would normally pay in that area for the 3 of us (myself and 10 year old daughter too)

Nigh on a grand when saving mortgage deposit and holiday can be put to much better use

*Awaits get Overson to pay for your holiday comments*

 

[Grendel]

Careful.

Not sure criticism of FL is allowed.

Main concern for me remains the same as it has for the last few games; I don’t see where the Elite Tactician stuff is happening?

I know it’s now become a buzz word on here but the reality is that’s what DK wanted, it’s his words now setting high expectations that aren’t being met.

Again today, appreciate the first was a screamer and the second a possible foul, but we invited so much pressure on ourselves.

I’ll caveat before I get accused of wanting us to lose; I want FL to do well. He seems committed and a good bloke, and overall I’ll always support the

He’d have to be Paul Daniel’s to get a decent set of results from the rubbish he’s inherited off Robins

 

[Nick]

Just my opinion but I find this a bit pathetic.
You've both watched through far worse than the last few months. Seems mad to jack now

Not sure I can imagine not going because of Dean Austin either

 

[Ccfcisparks]

Hopefully Frank has a good transfer window. His pull for better players is part of why we got him in.

He may be a good coach, but at the moment something isn’t quite right and he doesn’t appear the right fit for our club

 

[PVA]

This is the problem the teams creating now. With Robins even when we were struggling people believed he could turn it around.

Lampard has come in and the results and performances are as bad as ever. Don’t blame Frank as the squad is shit; even with Hadji who doesn’t exactly show work rate I think we’d be struggling due to the lack of creativity in midfield.

We need quality signings and we need them now without losing the Crown Jewels to fund them. We’re sleepwalking into a relegation battle.

Come the summer people won’t renew. Then wouldn’t put it past Doug to bang the price up to compensate for the loss in numbers. Then we’re back to the days of 15k in the Championship that becomes sub 10k in league 1.

Doug’s gone with Frank and he needs to back him now with $. I’m not sure he’ll do it then come on CWR telling people who aren’t nearly as rich as him to back the club.

Thing is, we all know that Doug knows nothing about football, he's basically admitted it himself.

So how would he know what an elite tactician is?

I don't think Lampard has ever been described as that. It's quite clear Doug either wanted a 'name' from the outset or was seduced by one.

 

[Saddlebrains]

Not sure I can imagine not going because of Dean Austin either

We've pissed 45 million quid up the wall due to him

Do you honestly trust him to rebuild this bag of shit, when he fucked up the initial rebuild?

 

[Saddlebrains]

Thing is, we all know that Doug knows nothing about football, he's basically admitted it himself.

So how would he know what an elite tactician is?

I don't think Lampard has ever been described as that. It's quite clear Doug either wanted a 'name' from the outset or was seduced by one.

I was told before the Preston game on 19th October Lampard will be the man to take over if/when Robins goes

It was an open secret

 

[clint van damme]

Fair enough view. The main reason is that my lad is getting too old to sit in the FZ (he's 15 now) so moving to a non FZ area over doubles what we would normally pay in that area for the 3 of us (myself and 10 year old daughter too)

Nigh on a grand when saving mortgage deposit and holiday can be put to much better use

*Awaits get Overson to pay for your holiday comments*

Fair enough

 

[samccov1987]

I was told before the Preston game on 19th October Lampard will be the man to take over if/when Robins goes

It was an open secret

Have you heard what Doug’s take on it all is? Is Frank telling him the squads whack and how does Austin explain it all?

 

[clint van damme]

Got BSB Junior on the way later in the year and money will be tight. I cannot justify the expense next season.

Congratulations!! To you and the good lady.

 

[Ccfcisparks]

I’d be tempted to get only loan signings in January and avoid permenants.

then fully assess the entire situation come the summer

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Congratulations!! To you and the good lady.

Not easy to give up some great seats but I don’t think we have much choice.

 

[clint van damme]

Not easy to give up some great seats but I don’t think we have much choice.

Once juniors a bit older I'm sure you'll be back again

 

[Sick Boy]

Hopefully Frank has a good transfer window. His pull for better players is part of why we got him in.

He may be a good coach, but at the moment something isn’t quite right and he doesn’t appear the right fit for our club

He’s been employed to sort the mess out. He’s been in charge for what, 2 months and the transfer window open for 3 days.

 

[Saddlebrains]

Have you heard what Doug’s take on it all is? Is Frank telling him the squads whack and how does Austin explain it all?

Hes doing a Boris in a fridge somewhere. We wont hear off him i can assure you, his ego won't take it

Last actual info i heard was he was rightly pissed off hes been told this is a 'top 6 deck' and gone public backing those who brought them in. However again, his ego won't let him be seen to be wrong on this. He's backtracked many a time, ST prices, JSB memberships etc.

But to backtrack on this and openly admit he's allowed unqualified people (Austin, Claire Roberts, and tbf on some players Mark Robins) to piss the only chance this club would have had to succeed on his 5 year plan? Well you've got more chance of growing a vagina

 

[rob9872]

Fair enough view. The main reason is that my lad is getting too old to sit in the FZ (he's 15 now) so moving to a non FZ area over doubles what we would normally pay in that area for the 3 of us (myself and 10 year old daughter too)

Nigh on a grand when saving mortgage deposit and holiday can be put to much better use

*Awaits get Overson to pay for your holiday comments*

FZ is U18

 

[Terry Gibson's perm]

Listening to Lampard…. He seems happy with the performance and felt we were unlucky. Crazy how he can see such a different game.

It’s not just Lampard Robins did it every game

 

[Saddlebrains]

FZ is U18

I know mate, but its also fucking boring for a 15 nearly 16 year old lad. Got him to agree to staying there this season for his sister, agreed I wouldnt make him do it again and we would move next year

 

[Frostie]

I was told before the Preston game on 19th October Lampard will be the man to take over if/when Robins goes

It was an open secret

Quite a lot of people had heard it by the QPR game that midweek. Baffling it still took more than another month to get it done.

 

[Ring Of Steel]

It’s not just Lampard Robins did it every game

Robins also delivered a huge turnaround in results and performances at about this stage of every season.

 

[Terry Gibson's perm]

Robins also delivered a huge turnaround in results and performances at about this stage of every season.

I don’t think he was this time.

 

[Saddlebrains]

Quite a lot of people had heard it by the QPR game that midweek. Baffling it still took more than another month to get it done.

Exactly mate

And hugely disrespectful to Mark Robins.

'I don't wanna go behind Marks back'

He did. Correct rumours of a new manager, weeks before the current one was sacked doing the round show it wasn't bullshit

 

[pusbccfc]

Fair enough view. The main reason is that my lad is getting too old to sit in the FZ (he's 15 now) so moving to a non FZ area over doubles what we would normally pay in that area for the 3 of us (myself and 10 year old daughter too)

Nigh on a grand when saving mortgage deposit and holiday can be put to much better use

*Awaits get Overson to pay for your holiday comments*

To be fair though mate, that's a personal reason not to get one more so than a football related one.

I equally feel the same about going home and away, it feels a complete waste of time and money when it's so dull and I should be saving money myself.

 

[rob9872]

I know mate, but its also fucking boring for a 15 nearly 16 year old lad. Got him to agree to staying there this season for his sister, agreed I wouldnt make him do it again and we would move next year

Yeah I get that too. My daughter wants to move but it would be further for dad to walk and he couldn't stand for 90 mins, so we'd still not be in Singers. I said the extra cost would mean a couple of away games we'd miss too so she stays. We're right on the edge of 31 though so one seat across the aisle is full price.

 

[Ring Of Steel]

I don’t think he was this time.

We’ll never know, but he had credit in the bank to say those things because he did deliver a turnaround by the end of the season- every season. Lampard doesn’t have that credit yet, so obviously he’s gonna be under that bit more scrutiny when he says these things.

Bit calmer now, still think we’ll be ok- top ten still on- but my god I think he should have changed something up near the end today.

 

[Saddlebrains]

To be fair though mate, that's a personal reason not to get one more so than a football related one.

I equally feel the same about going home and away, it feels a complete waste of time and money when it's so dull and I should be saving money myself.

Id still commit to it though usually mate. I just do not trust the current 'head of recruitment' to turn this around. None of us do.

Add to that the owner who despite pushing us forward off field has helped make us go 75 steps backwards on the pitch, I have zero confidence.

If I thought we would really turn it around over the summer I'd still have a row with the Mrs and stick it on the credit card. I have 0 faith

 

[pusbccfc]

Id still commit to it though usually mate. I just do not trust the current 'head of recruitment' to turn this around. None of us do.

Add to that the owner who despite pushing us forward off field has helped make us go 75 steps backwards on the pitch, I have zero confidence.

If I thought we would really turn it around over the summer I'd still have a row with the Mrs and stick it on the credit card. I have 0 faith

Yeah I get you. The more it goes on, the more I'm demoralised.

Although from what you've said in the past about Doug needing promotion, I'm sure he's more concerned/angry than all of us.

I'm livid with the players and whoever was in charge of signing these players. I'm livid with whoever failed to notice we needed another midfielder and some experienced leader.

 

[Mucca Mad Boys]

Id still commit to it though usually mate. I just do not trust the current 'head of recruitment' to turn this around. None of us do.

Add to that the owner who despite pushing us forward off field has helped make us go 75 steps backwards on the pitch, I have zero confidence.

If I thought we would really turn it around over the summer I'd still have a row with the Mrs and stick it on the credit card. I have 0 faith

It’s something a lot deeper. Objectively, the team is better this season than last season and yet we’re nowhere near that level. We finished 9th last season so that should be benchmark.

I do think Robins may have created a mess with the coaching structure and recruitment because even he didn’t know what team he wanted to play by the end of it.

With Lampard, it’s still early days but the sooner he wises up and plays Simms upfront and pair Thomas and Kitching up front, get EMC and Haji back in the team, things should look up.

It’s going to be a big summer and we need to get it right.