Suhari

Maresca had a few detractors at Leicester last season - went to Chelsea. Kompany took Burnley down (I don't know how the fans viewed him last season) - he went to Bayern. It's certainly not beyond the realms of possibility that a bigger club than us will look at RMs approach, want to play PBF, and decide he's their man. In fact, I absolutely believe that is what RM expects to happen. I really think that unless SR get rid, he'll take us down and then fuck off. And just had another thought......SR are all about player-trading. Surely they're not trying to be clever with 'manager-trading'? i.e. get some ££ for RM from a bigger club, rather than have to pay him to leave. I fucking hope not.

Ralph led us to a run of 4 wins from 21 and finished 15th in his last full season. He was fired the following season having got us 12 points from 14. He was (sadly) a broken man and needed to go. Anyone think Russ gets us 12 points from 14?

Yep. I have been mulling over the attributes required for a player to excel in a team dedicated to Russball. I don't thinkwe have any.

70%. Rookie numbers. They need a rethink.

RussBall: Dull. Boring. No defensive organisation. Limited attacking threat. Little apparent pride, urgency or effort. Completely shite. This isn't the game I've adored 50 years. Want him gone.

I wonder if he'd have gone, had we lost it? Christ on a bike though: we're totally shit. I'm so done with the crap that is RussBall.

Ahhh. We were shit because he wasn't on the touchline to guide us.

So Do we reckon RM will try to paint this as a good performance?

We're such utter shite now. Ha. Bree scores.

Fuck me. That would've been funny!

Like seeing TP demanding they swing some in to him.

Getting a bit end to end.

FFS. It's not hard. Get it wide, chuck it in the box at pace. Stop fucking tippy-tapping.

Is doing a paint by numbers?

Couple of big units upfront now. Lucy's been rubbing off on Russ.

Exactly. We're not exactly showing dominance. But then we never do. Can't defend, ponderous in attack. Superb entertainment.

#itsaprocess

RM said something about sticking to his approach and it being fun. So, Russ, are we having fun yet?

We're so shit. Anyone get odds at 2-

THB! Is he our top scorer this season?

I believe this is now termed 'defending with the ball'.

Late to the game, was feeding the cats. How's our possession and bravery?

I've not seen any news around injuries etc. Downes - guessing still carrying the injury from Saturday. Dibling - presumably rested (a sensible move). Taylor - presumably still not quite in the good books. KWP - has he got a knock?

No issues with Archer; I like him. For a lower league opponent presumably AArma and Fraser have enough about them. Neither are close to prem quality though.

At least it's not 5 at the back. JS to the bench - surprised. Bree over Taylor, and no KWP - hmmm. Fraser and AArma either side of Archer - doesn't scream 'potent' to me. Wood not Edwards (no ABK) - righto.