Elmore Saint

And there it is…..

At the game and it had a cracking atmosphere particularly after we scored. The VAR got involved which took absolutely forever and it literally sucked every drop of colour out of the game. Horrendous system which the Norwegians have got wise to. Add in a ref who might be having a free Saudi holiday off the back of this and the game at this level feels rotten. Roll on next year.

Taaaaalllll Paaaaaauuuulll!!!!

Who the hell is the co-tater on the world feed? The way he's gushing over the forest players, I hope he's got plenty of Kleenex.

VAR doing what it does best....... oh, wait...

This is fun to watch. Not said that for a while.....

SR have brought nothing to the party when all is said and done. Crappier players, crappier Managers and more debt - Please fuck off out of our club.....

Just as the players find the confidence to play proper football off their own backs - VAR puts them back in their place. This league is not the home of the beautiful game.

I wish rid of the whole lot of them, RM, SR and Dragan and the clown car they all showed up in. I just want someone in charge who understands the city, the fans and possibly even the game.

It’s just a shame that we’re pretty shit at both….

Player takes a shot and scores. Who’d have thought it?? (Most of the Northam it seems!)

The only thing weaker than our defending is the coherence of Nigel Reo Coker on the CBS’ Golazo network. Poor lad can barely string 2 words together alongside the female equivalent of USA soccer guy. It’s excruciating to listen to.

Sat up in the west that day, one of the occasions that I was there with my dad. I lost him a few years later, well before time, but times we spent together like that game are those that live longest in the memory. A lovely share - thank you ☺️

Walking out the ground now. The first 55 minutes were good, with the usual howler and possibility of hiccup at any time. Ref was poor and missed plenty. They had one off the post and two clear headers they failed to convert, so they were always goals in it for Leicester. After the subs we just totally fell off a cliff. And they lost any sense of fight once Leicester equalised. Players looked broken at the end, and the crowd really turned on Martin too.

Incredible - Martin obviously chastised the players for trying some initiative. The very next chance to counter attack, we go back to Russ' plan, pass it back and guess what.....

Some thoughts on last night... Started well and played some nice (and effective) football - however, once Bmuff cottoned on to this, they went in heavier and we were bullied out of many, later any, forward runs hence shutting us off from the creative route. Total naivety for the first goal - just bread and butter attention required. This is on RM and the coaches to get an "always-on" mentality instilled. Madness Deflected goals are always put down to "one of those things" - but we seem to be getting a lot of these against us in the last couple of seasons (statisticians please on this) - is that we are poorly coached again and not (albeit, not quite) in the right positions? Coaches again... Then the attitude totally went and we allowed them to waltz in for the third. Did anyone else see the lingering camera shot on Ramsdale after this? If he could be beamed off to anywhere else, he'd have taken it... He could read the lack of effort in front of him. it showed. Attitude - and again, one for the coaches and performance people to get right. The consolation goal was only achieved given that they totally came off the gas with the game well gone. Even then we largely looked bereft and second best. I'm done with the giving up on games and seemingly no attention to the basics. Being switched on, Positioning and Attitude. Martin looked cooked and needs to go if he hasn't lost the dressing room already, but with the clowns above I have little faith in what comes next. Can Dragan even see it with the shysters blowing smoke up his arse, for him to fully clear the decks? or maybe get a taxi along with the others?

Commentators calling it a mismatch - and for one they are not wrong with the way this lot have given up. Terrible.

And yet in reality, most people are what they think other people think they are… 😊🪞🪞 (Apologies, this is a bit deep for this hour of a Saturday)

Nate would be in the front foot calling everyone by new nicknames, with delusions of being the next champ. Whilst Russ would bravely dance about slowly and aimlessly in a U shape around him for an hour, before punching himself in the face. Twice. Stephens and Manning would be his cornermen.

Talksport quoting obligation…

Broja deal hijacked by Everton. Loan and £30m obligation! Mad…

Talksport reporting Edozie off.

We've not had enough of this kind of bite in recent times - instant legend!

PR on its own would generate endless deadlock, so no dice. However, this election like no other is exposing FPTP as skewed in the other direction. IIRC, Didn't the old EU elections have some constituency component (hence personal accountability) and some PR list component based on a wider region? A blended approach is possibly worth a look at as it would ensure that every vote has more potential to be recognised in the outcome and smaller parties get represented. FPTP works well where you have a localised base. Reforms problem is that they are polling well above the noise as a share of the vote, but are more geographically dispersed.

For all the “brave new worlders“ out there, the reality is that this election was all about electing who people hated least, rather than wanted most. The country is still on the financial skids following the pandemic, boats will still cross the channel, the world is still a increasingly dangerous place, and England will still probably play insipid football on Saturday. I’m off down the Winchester until this all blows over.