Anag Ram

One thing I would say from last night is that NML and Roberts put crosses in last night that most strikers would dream of. We  just don’t have the central strikers to take advantage.

One thing I would say from last night is that NML and Roberts put crosses in last night that most strikers would dream of. We  just don’t have the central strikers to take advantage.

Balanced and level-headed reply. Agree with your sentiment. Two wobbles don't spell a crisis. We have a manager who cares and players who care. Hence I belive things will come good in the greater season.

Depressing result last night and there is no denying that football is a results based business. A manager is judged on results and that is true not just in football, so Liam wake up and smell the coffee. If that means playing percentage football for a while, looking for knock downs and 2nd balls, then so be it there is no shame in it and it is still football, though not as we know it.
However in the interest of balance our two offside decisions look very dubious on the highlights, particularly the NML decision. Their penalty was harsh but JK should be better than that, especially in our own box. Their 2nd was very scruffy.
We had more than 60% of the possession, a number of good chances and yet lost 2-0. Football can be tough at times and while we are trying to play in the “right” way we need a win
Who would be a football manager eh!

One thing I would say from last night is that NML and Roberts put crosses in last night that most strikers would dream of. We  just don’t have the central strikers to take advantage.

You’re right of course but whereas the Saturday game against Plymouth was a cracking tie in which we were beaten by the better side on the day (one of those things), last night was a disorganised fiasco.
The players who came on were every bit as poor as those who went before.
One could argue that the offsides were a bit unlucky but the keeper, defence and midfield were all over the place and panicked in possession.
Calm heads are needed. 
Let’s not judge until we have seen the reaction.
 

8 games in, 2 months ago had 5 players, can’t pay transfer fees therefore relying on over 30s and kids some of whom might be future higher level players but have never played senior football because we can’t spend loan fees. Playing against teams at the top who are established, having been through a degree of pain to get there. 
 
Im hoping the negativity is driven by the heat of the moment after two back to back bad performances and people will be more rational in the morning. The level of transition and upheaval has been massive we were never going to be walking the league destroying teams at this stage.
If we’re here in another month after another bunch of bad results and performances I might change my view. I’m prepared to give it more time with Liam that doesn’t mean he shouldn’t be held to account but it’s easy to put the blame entirely at his door, some players have been poor these couple of games. Bird in particular, can blame tactics or say to Max if you’re going to be a marked man you have to find a way to cope with it, that’s what you need to do if you’re going to play at a much higher level which most think he can. 
 
This is not the time to rip up everything and get a dinosaur (an experienced head) in. The teams leading the way currently in league one are managed by young progressive coaches who have been given time to mould their teams!! Well guess what we have a young progressive coach who hasn’t been given time (do not say he’s been here 3 years the squad is TOTALLY different) 

One thing I would say from last night is that NML and Roberts put crosses in last night that most strikers would dream of. We  just don’t have the central strikers to take advantage.

Don’t think Curtis’s return helped. He looked like an old man playing his first game for a while. Knight was outplayed by Diamond. Bird and Hourihane immobile and timid. Only NML of the six forward players looked remotely menacing. Five poor performances from forwards!
No leaders, no thought.
Smith and Knight are our brightest midfielders, but neither is an enforcer. It’s like LR realises we are weak in midfield so picks pretty much 4-2-4 in every game. 
One game doesn’t define a season but that was a watershed. I would expect some harsh words in that dressing room. We have the players to turn things around but not with the attitude or application that they showed tonight.
 

Don’t think Curtis’s return helped. He looked like an old man playing his first game for a while. Knight was outplayed by Diamond. Bird and Hourihane immobile and timid. Only NML of the six forward players looked remotely menacing. Five poor performances from forwards!
No leaders, no thought.
Smith and Knight are our brightest midfielders, but neither is an enforcer. It’s like LR realises we are weak in midfield so picks pretty much 4-2-4 in every game. 
One game doesn’t define a season but that was a watershed. I would expect some harsh words in that dressing room. We have the players to turn things around but not with the attitude or application that they showed tonight.
 

The main problem today was we played badly. 
 

I truly hope that the entitled bunch on here, at some point, understand that transitioning from a club staring in to the abyss to one competing at the top of a division may, you know, take a bit of time?

A bride for an only child, surely? A brother with no other brothers. 

Hoping for a reaction in the second half.
Too frenetic, too sloppy in possession.
No one imposing himself in midfield. 
McGoldrick on at the hour mark but he won’t do anything unless his colleagues support him.

1 hour party person

A bride for a brother 

Schindler's item
 

Lion and prejudice.
Alfred Hitchcock’s the step.

Is this a good place for tributes? (I like to keep things tidy.)
I thought this was rather beautiful. 
 

Can’t see any real advantage in getting rid of monarchy TBH.
For those who believe it costs the country money, what would happen to the ‘savings’?
These past years have shown that money is available when a real emergency comes about, and we waste billions on things which produce no income at all.
Tourism is a massive part of our economy. We have something which in commercial terms alone, is the envy of others. The USA for example has to lure people with Disney because they don’t have the history or the pageantry.
Charles, Anne, Edward, William and, until recently, Harry have all done magnificent work as patrons and supporters of those in need.
Without them, we just have Boris, Liz, Keir and Co to look up to. 
 

You are Stephen Fry and I claim my £5.

Klassen of South Africa looks like Kevin de Bruyne.
 

Well said.
The Princes trust run for decades by Charles as given underprivliged/poor children an opening into the work place, which otherwise that opportunity would not have been available.
Duke of Edinburgh award scheme which i had the pleasure to attend in 1968, so long ago, which helps children too bond and learn basic discipline, which sadly Great Britian today is missing.
Ram 59 mentioned charities, which a Royal name on the executive will open many doors, and they bring in a lot of money to help many causes.
Queen Elizabeth helped to secure a lot of business to the country from around the World over her 70 years, by entertaning business leaders from a range of companies.
Last i heard was it cost each individual 50 pence from their income tax to pay for the Royal family, which do hell of a lot to help the poor of this country.
Thankfully the negative view is only held by a small minority, so from a Poor Boy, long live the King.

As regards to 'value for money', I think that it's been proven many times that the revenue gained for the country far outweighs the costs of the Royal Family as a whole. True, it doesn't apply to all Royals and I believe that the new Monarch will address this. A large majority of the visitors to this country, come,  because of the  Royal Family, well it can't be for the weather. There are also many good causes taken up by ordinary folk who are rewarded by visits and rewards from the Royals, these are highlights of their lives for their good works, as my next door neighbour would testify. Would a person running a charity for many years cherish a meeting with a politician, for the rest of their lives?
Our Royal Family is part of the fabric of our country and makes it what it is, you only have to see how the world has reacted to our loss, to realise how important our Royal Family is globally.