RadioactiveWaste

You never know, this might be the game we both get a reaction to Saturday and things start to click with the team. Maybe we've already been as bad as we can be this season and things start to get better. OK,it's hope more than expectation but as it seems we're on it for the long haul with warneball we can all choose blind faith, although, if there is a loving God, why, why does he let what's happening in the world happen?

I'll be honest, after turn 1 we all knew it'd be piss easy for verstappen. After the restart when Lewis got past leclerc that was going to be it for the podium, the only interesting part being Lando making his way back to where the car should be. After sleeping on it, I still think that was terminal for Perez next season given Danny Ric's fine race and exceptional qualifying. The only modicum of grace for Perez was he did qualify ok relatively to max, started well and it wasn't a stupid send from way back like he's done a few times recently, he was fully alongside leclerc when they started braking, and he had the balls to try it. To be honest there's no sugar coating it,if red bull think they've got the red bull Danny back I don't think anything is saving him now - it's not this race but the whole second half of the season that's done it. If he'd been consistently "ok" he'd be easily forgiven this one.

No our players aren't that good. Neither is our manager.

Monday morning, there is a change. Warne has a heart to heart with the squad. The squad openly express their views about the way we play. They talk about it for 20 minutes and decide the actually they need to run harder. Results remain indifferent. However, Paul warne survives by always being one step ahead of DCs assassination attempts. For he found a copy of Castro's book "How to not be assassinated by the CIA"

No spoilers, but there was a turn 1 thing.

Derby 1-1 Northampton Washington "a game leaving more questions than answers, chief amongst them, have the fans turned for good or can this Derby side revive it's season?"

I'm sorry to hear that, i didn't know.

He's not aged well has he? anyway, why not go full ostrich and bring him in?

I've not seen the video and have no intention of doing so. Very sad news, condolances to his family and loved ones, the Panthers and the wider ice hockey community. From what I understand the ice hockey following in the UK is very much a community. For a sport that is physical to the point of violence it always amazes me how much the players must have a finely tuned sense of what is and isn't ok.

NO spoilers please 🙂 To whet your appetite for tonights Mexican Grand Prix, we have the EnduroKa live from Brands Hatch, the economy hatch is endurance racing, with over 6 hours of pulsating excitment remaining!

The soft underbelly has been part of the general character for yonks and is a persistant problem, however, the flip side is the general character of wanting to play football on the deck. Whenever we get serious about the soft underbelly what happens in a bonfire of all things we like about our team. and usually we still have the weakenss because we just don't want to be a thug team and we're not cut out to be stoke.

I am getting more encouraged that next season will be much better balanced as everyone gravitates towards the red bull car concept and there isn't the same easy advantage for Max. That's not to max can't or won't win again next season, but at least if he's having to work for 8t I won't mind.

As a "he's back" statement it's pretty big. Being out qualified by the guy who really wants your job is not great for poor old Checo. My prediction is Ricciardo ends up finishing 1 place ahead of Tsunoda anyway (same as Hulkenberg has had plenty of good qualifying results before ending the race somewhere near K-mag), I think the Ferrari's will move backwards and the mercs will move forwards. But at lease watching it happen will be fun. I hope between Mercedes and Ferrari the somehow bundle Max out of the win.

Warne isn't a pragmatist though. He's a one style manager. Be really fit and out work them. A pragmatist would look at what resources we have in the squad and try to make efficient team of it. Warnock is the great example of this, his team's have the irritating character of Colin himself but they always set up to make the most of what he has rather than "we will do X and if that doesn't work do it harder"

The thing that gets to me is, ok, we turn them into a team that fights more and wins the physical batles, but when we do win them, then what? From what I've seen of the season so far a tiny bit more actual nouse in the final third probably would have us top six. I hate this every time there's a "board of passing to each other lets gets a proper aggressive get at em manager" our team is 💩 at doing it and our fans hate watching it. No one is looking back back at Gary Rwett's side with misty eyes and Nigel Pearson was an abortion. Fed up. Going nowhere trying to pass and move and score perfect goals is preferable to going nowhere trying to make skilled footballers out thug thug teams who are just better at it.

Time to dust off this bad boy, but this time i'm only semi-joking

I might struggle to return to my usual "it'll all pan out" self for a little while.

Steve Evans is a miseryball OG, warne is just his wannabe. I'll be back to happy clappy a few hours after but right now I'm annoyed.

Out coached by this dude!

apparently its outside noise and can be discounted.

Can we moan now?

"once I was the pupil, now I am the master" - Paul Warne to Steve Evans (i imagine) You know the saying "the pictures are better on the radio" - it sure sounds that way.

Do we have enough sprey tan to hire Phil Brown full time?

So, are we all thinking LR was the meat to Wayne's potatos?

Steveos 1-2 Derby NML "yeah but the style is scrappy and crappy and we didn't destroy them eight nil.....boooooooooooo"