NottsRam77

Yeah, i definitely think our next step should be a step forward and not trying to rewind the clock. We messed that period up. 

We couldn’t win any game 
We went on a horrendous run which saw us firmly embedded in the play offs cumulating with a last day of the season capitulation against reading at home
every week a defeat was met by his cheesey infuriating Cheshire Cat grin and a shrug of the shoulders 
it was screaming out for a tweak in set up and get more bodies higher up in the absence of chris Martin 
When the chips are down he’s as clueless as they come 
saying that ... cocu didn’t even have an effective plan A so hey grateful for small mercies 

We couldn’t win any game 
We went on a horrendous run which saw us firmly embedded in the play offs cumulating with a last day of the season capitulation against reading at home
every week a defeat was met by his cheesey infuriating Cheshire Cat grin and a shrug of the shoulders 
it was screaming out for a tweak in set up and get more bodies higher up in the absence of chris Martin 
When the chips are down he’s as clueless as they come 
saying that ... cocu didn’t even have an effective plan A so hey grateful for small mercies 

Cracking post 
Ok I was being a bit OTT
im Just gobsmacked that so many seem to want him back quite frankly  

Cracking post 
Ok I was being a bit OTT
im Just gobsmacked that so many seem to want him back quite frankly  

Cracking post 
Ok I was being a bit OTT
im Just gobsmacked that so many seem to want him back quite frankly  

Cracking post 
Ok I was being a bit OTT
im Just gobsmacked that so many seem to want him back quite frankly  

Not a lot 
we don’t have a physical presence that can make it stick
rooney isn’t fit enough for 45 minutes leading effectively by himself never mind 90 
and we have no quarter back who can ping it aka the Thorne roll, u could argue perhaps bielik but .. he ain’t no Thorne 
so that’s plan A out of the window 
I don’t remember him having a plan B 
 

Not a lot 
we don’t have a physical presence that can make it stick
rooney isn’t fit enough for 45 minutes leading effectively by himself never mind 90 
and we have no quarter back who can ping it aka the Thorne roll, u could argue perhaps bielik but .. he ain’t no Thorne 
so that’s plan A out of the window 
I don’t remember him having a plan B 
 

Not a lot 
we don’t have a physical presence that can make it stick
rooney isn’t fit enough for 45 minutes leading effectively by himself never mind 90 
and we have no quarter back who can ping it aka the Thorne roll, u could argue perhaps bielik but .. he ain’t no Thorne 
so that’s plan A out of the window 
I don’t remember him having a plan B 
 

Not a lot 
we don’t have a physical presence that can make it stick
rooney isn’t fit enough for 45 minutes leading effectively by himself never mind 90 
and we have no quarter back who can ping it aka the Thorne roll, u could argue perhaps bielik but .. he ain’t no Thorne 
so that’s plan A out of the window 
I don’t remember him having a plan B 
 

We couldn’t win any game 
We went on a horrendous run which saw us firmly embedded in the play offs cumulating with a last day of the season capitulation against reading at home
every week a defeat was met by his cheesey infuriating Cheshire Cat grin and a shrug of the shoulders 
it was screaming out for a tweak in set up and get more bodies higher up in the absence of chris Martin 
When the chips are down he’s as clueless as they come 
saying that ... cocu didn’t even have an effective plan A so hey grateful for small mercies 

Probably take a look at the squad and say 'where's Chris Martin'?

The plan B argument ducking grates on me. No manager has a plan B. It was a stupid criticism people came up with because we couldn't win every game. It was our fanbase being ducking spoiled. 

Not a lot 
we don’t have a physical presence that can make it stick
rooney isn’t fit enough for 45 minutes leading effectively by himself never mind 90 
and we have no quarter back who can ping it aka the Thorne roll, u could argue perhaps bielik but .. he ain’t no Thorne 
so that’s plan A out of the window 
I don’t remember him having a plan B 
 

Just weird imo. He's a nice guy and all and a hard worker, but he's won an award on the back of scoring a couple of goals against us in a humiliating defeat, and there's a whole thread congratulating him.
In about 30% of the games he played for us he was terrible, another 30% considerably average, 25% good, 15% quite impressive.
That wasn't just because he was played in DM or on the 'wing' (which was not out of position, it's essentially where he played for Norwich when he scored 15 goals) 
His biggest problem wasn't the position he was played, it was his dearth of footballing intelligence. He was, for us, a player who didn't understand his own limitations.
He constantly tried to do things above his level of ability which usually lead to him losing the ball in stupid areas.
Once in a blue moon he'd play a defence splitting pass or something, but that's like pointing out all the times Conor Sammon showed exquisite control - it did actually happen now and then but it was a shock whenever it did rather than an expectation.
Most of the time though he'd play a really stupid pass with hardly any chance of success instead of taking the sensible option.
He often got closed down on the ball and lost it, a lot, not because there were no passes on but because you could see the cogs in his brain ticking slowly along while he dallied on the ball unaware big players around him. Like recent Rooney performances except in reverse, Rooney's body let's him down, Johnson's brain let's him down.
He also cost us plenty of goals by not following his runner at corners, similar to Hendrick in that regard.
Yes he had a bit of a rennaisance under Lampard, largely because he was the only midfielder we had with an ounce of physical presence, but as per the start of this post, for large swathes of his time here he was crap. Nothing to do with the price tag either.
There was genuinely a point where I was sick of the sight of him. I had warmed to him a bit by the end, but it doesn't overwrite all the memories of him being a liability.
A couple of long rangers, in masses of space, against us, and suddenly he's being bigged up as twice the player he is.

Just reading this thread for the first time.
big congratulations mate abd obviously seeing the more recent updates hope things all go ok 
one things for sure the health service seem to be pretty thorough when it comes to babies so they just like to check everything so hopefully the recent scans are just precautionary 
when it comes to parenting my biggest advice is just remember your a team 
I won’t lie it does test ur relationship, me and the have been together for like 17 years (I know, she’s had my best years lol) 
Prior to kids I think we had like 2 cross words/ arguments in the first 12 years lol... now they’re daily lol
if life is a rollercoaster then kids just make those lows a little bit lower but the highs are infinitely higher 
u just have to remember tiredness makes even the most Laid back person a bit more uptight and there’s a bigger picture here and u have to be prepared to let some things go
oh ... and you’ll deffinitly end up feeling like a packhorse fetching and carrying lol
me and my mate joke,
the words “can u just” will be etched on my brain and gravestone forever lol
but joking aside it’s ace .... and hard work at the same time lol
 

Just reading this thread for the first time.
big congratulations mate abd obviously seeing the more recent updates hope things all go ok 
one things for sure the health service seem to be pretty thorough when it comes to babies so they just like to check everything so hopefully the recent scans are just precautionary 
when it comes to parenting my biggest advice is just remember your a team 
I won’t lie it does test ur relationship, me and the have been together for like 17 years (I know, she’s had my best years lol) 
Prior to kids I think we had like 2 cross words/ arguments in the first 12 years lol... now they’re daily lol
if life is a rollercoaster then kids just make those lows a little bit lower but the highs are infinitely higher 
u just have to remember tiredness makes even the most Laid back person a bit more uptight and there’s a bigger picture here and u have to be prepared to let some things go
oh ... and you’ll deffinitly end up feeling like a packhorse fetching and carrying lol
me and my mate joke,
the words “can u just” will be etched on my brain and gravestone forever lol
but joking aside it’s ace .... and hard work at the same time lol
 

Thank you for the kind words again everyone it truly means a lot to me and the mrs! An update on the rollercoaster  of emotions is as my messages last week there was fluid under the babies skin which shouldn't have been there so we had to go to grottingham on Thursday  for a CVS,  the experts had a scan before the test and I quote "we don't really know why you were sent here as at the minute everything seems to be fine, the down syndrome risk came back as 1 in 1668 which is good so they've told us to assume everything is normal and we need to go.back at the  beginning of January for another scan to see what's what. To say I was a mess this last week was an understatement (so much so I was odd work sick) but this news was amazing and means at least until next month we can carry on as normal and enjoy christmas. ?