Holmes_and_Watson

I think Tonda's replacement will do fine. Sure, he's a bit old than normal SR hires, but that shout of "3 at the back!" shows leadership, which the squad sorely need.

That is a shame. Hey! I've just thought of an easy way for him to stop losing money by being involved with our club!

I've not seen replays, but for the 4th, I thought he'd made a decision to bravely catch the ball. Baz knew that if he did so, he could quickly launch it up to one of our razor sharp attackers, to get us back into the game. Not just selfless from Baz, but he's a bit of a hero. I'm looking forward to celebrating his 100th game. Not just by dropping something in the kitchen, in tribute.

Fight

Wishing you all the best for your recovery OldNick. Probably for Whitey too. But I've not been able to read beyond "Twelve inch needles rammed up..." to know if it's serious or an acupuncture appointment gone badly wrong. 🙂 (Hope everything comes back clear, Whitey)

"When the officer tapped me on the shoulder, while I was facing the Park & Go machine, my natural, surprised, reaction was to swing round. It is unfortunate that this recreated the luggage swinging incident at the carousel, that had initially brought me to their attention. As a concerned citizen, I immediately looked to aid one of the 3 unconscious officers. This involved dropping said luggage. That it landed on the head of one of the officers, causing further injuries, is regrettable. I would have been happy to communicate the above to the first conscious official to arrive. The airport lockdown and armed response escalation prevented me from doing so. In closing, I would hope for the quick and full recovery of all the injured. Except those at the carousel who were selfish gits."

Rubble

The Glasgow fans know full well who calls the shots, so no surprise Tisdale's gone. But they are still wanting changes in the board, the Chairman having stepped down a while back this season. As for Nancy, loves a 3 at the back and, like Martin, brought in an innovative, project centred ethos. Both clubs, being the last ones the fans will put up with an innovative, project based ethos. Still, if Tonda continues to sink, don't be surprised if SR look at him.

Peretz Recruitment Checklist:- Does he have wrists? - Better than Baz Can he put a ball over the bar, either from being really tall or with jumping? - Better than Baz Can he anticipate a shot, when seeing the opposition pull their foot back to hit it? - Better than Baz Do none of his joint creak and threaten to collapse when diving? - Better than McCarthy Is he breathing? - Better than Long Ankerson can surely talk about improving this position, having got it about as low as possible? Well, maybe not considering who he is.

We set up to hope our defence was solid enough to absorb pressure, so we could catch them on one of our quick passing moves. The home side, like every side that face us, showed that they are sharper, stronger and with more tactical awareness than anything we have. The only defence that was caught out was ours, as they played it over our static back line. We have our SR possession system, although the world has moved on, and ours never fully convinced anyway. Every other club buys to be quick, strong, have awareness and purpose. When we lost under Martin, there was always the feeling that we played within ourselves because of the system. Passive, reactive with no other ideas. Capitulation by design. At least we got some late points back then, with our stronger squad. This is a combination of the worst of Martin and Selles, with the added cluelessness of Nate, Juric and Still. All run by SR who repeatedly put all the pieces in place for such outcomes. A shambles of a setup.

On balance, somewhat even. Both teams had spells, both had shots, and no one really troubled the keepers. We were quite happy to soak up pressure and look for breaks, as we do, for most of it. That gave the home side dominance from their early injury to around 32mins, before we started getting some space. Fellows got some very early joy down the right, but that vanished when we dropped back. Boro switching to a back 4 was too much for us. Azaz had a couple of efforts, Fellows put one well over and AA had a snap shot. Tonda keen to get THB forward at times. More in direct runs, than an extra body to control midfield. Quarshie popped up across the park with some good touches. His long throw in was, as Neil Maddison said, absolute rubbish. The game could go either way. We give Boro plenty of the ball in our final third. It's our usual balance of hoping they keep missing, and that we can break quickly.

Faced with freezing to death playing possession across the back, we get it forward briskly. 'Boro baffled at our sudden change, with their defence caught out handing a thermos about. They expect to win, and push forward, giving us space for a second. We fall off a cliff when Tonda starts making subs, but hold on for the win.

Still can't find a 'keeper - SR remix

Defeat

Keeps us up, or gets us up?