DavesaRam

Oh come on. He spent a large proportion of his time on the bench or out on the wing. Spot a recurring theme, with the only thing missing being played at left back.
He also got neck ache when he was in midfield from looking up watching the ball wizzing past 3 miles in the air.
His best position was in “the hole” behind the strikers, but was only played there once - against John Gregory’s Aston Villa. He ran the match and we destroyed them. I can’t actually remember the next match, but it is highly likely that he was back on the bench for that one. 🙄
He wasn’t a poor signing, he was a wasted one.

Oh come on. He spent a large proportion of his time on the bench or out on the wing. Spot a recurring theme, with the only thing missing being played at left back.
He also got neck ache when he was in midfield from looking up watching the ball wizzing past 3 miles in the air.
His best position was in “the hole” behind the strikers, but was only played there once - against John Gregory’s Aston Villa. He ran the match and we destroyed them. I can’t actually remember the next match, but it is highly likely that he was back on the bench for that one. 🙄
He wasn’t a poor signing, he was a wasted one.

Oh come on. He spent a large proportion of his time on the bench or out on the wing. Spot a recurring theme, with the only thing missing being played at left back.
He also got neck ache when he was in midfield from looking up watching the ball wizzing past 3 miles in the air.
His best position was in “the hole” behind the strikers, but was only played there once - against John Gregory’s Aston Villa. He ran the match and we destroyed them. I can’t actually remember the next match, but it is highly likely that he was back on the bench for that one. 🙄
He wasn’t a poor signing, he was a wasted one.

I hope she's waving to the EFL!

But the reason we were slaughtered is because Billy sabotaged our season before it even started. He is famously quoted as saying at Wembley  "It should have been Preston's ribbons being tied on the trophy". He then went on holiday for who knows how many weeks, so when he finally set about bringing in Premiership quality players, they'd all been signed up, and we had to make do with what was left (ie the ones nobody else wanted). In addition he tried to take on the Premiership teams with his hoof-ball tactics, which only worked the once when Wimbledon surprised everybody with those tactics), and most certainly don't work when all you've got are Championship quality players. And in the middle of all that he started engineering his dismissal with regular statements to the media about needing the club to back him, when there was actually very little more they could do. He was duly sacked, leaving Paul Porno to take over the reigns of the hamstrung horse.

What
He was not a poor signing
He was a great signing.
 

I hope she's waving to the EFL!

Oh come on. He spent a large proportion of his time on the bench or out on the wing. Spot a recurring theme, with the only thing missing being played at left back.
He also got neck ache when he was in midfield from looking up watching the ball wizzing past 3 miles in the air.
His best position was in “the hole” behind the strikers, but was only played there once - against John Gregory’s Aston Villa. He ran the match and we destroyed them. I can’t actually remember the next match, but it is highly likely that he was back on the bench for that one. 🙄
He wasn’t a poor signing, he was a wasted one.

Oh come on. He spent a large proportion of his time on the bench or out on the wing. Spot a recurring theme, with the only thing missing being played at left back.
He also got neck ache when he was in midfield from looking up watching the ball wizzing past 3 miles in the air.
His best position was in “the hole” behind the strikers, but was only played there once - against John Gregory’s Aston Villa. He ran the match and we destroyed them. I can’t actually remember the next match, but it is highly likely that he was back on the bench for that one. 🙄
He wasn’t a poor signing, he was a wasted one.

As I said Dave.
"We've had this before under the wee Scotsman, We were promoted and slaughtered in the season back to the PL...11points"
Buying Claude Davis for £3m was the highlight of our transfer dealings 😡 
 
 

But the reason we were slaughtered is because Billy sabotaged our season before it even started. He is famously quoted as saying at Wembley  "It should have been Preston's ribbons being tied on the trophy". He then went on holiday for who knows how many weeks, so when he finally set about bringing in Premiership quality players, they'd all been signed up, and we had to make do with what was left (ie the ones nobody else wanted). In addition he tried to take on the Premiership teams with his hoof-ball tactics, which only worked the once when Wimbledon surprised everybody with those tactics), and most certainly don't work when all you've got are Championship quality players. And in the middle of all that he started engineering his dismissal with regular statements to the media about needing the club to back him, when there was actually very little more they could do. He was duly sacked, leaving Paul Porno to take over the reigns of the hamstrung horse.

But the reason we were slaughtered is because Billy sabotaged our season before it even started. He is famously quoted as saying at Wembley  "It should have been Preston's ribbons being tied on the trophy". He then went on holiday for who knows how many weeks, so when he finally set about bringing in Premiership quality players, they'd all been signed up, and we had to make do with what was left (ie the ones nobody else wanted). In addition he tried to take on the Premiership teams with his hoof-ball tactics, which only worked the once when Wimbledon surprised everybody with those tactics), and most certainly don't work when all you've got are Championship quality players. And in the middle of all that he started engineering his dismissal with regular statements to the media about needing the club to back him, when there was actually very little more they could do. He was duly sacked, leaving Paul Porno to take over the reigns of the hamstrung horse.

I hope she's waving to the EFL!

But the reason we were slaughtered is because Billy sabotaged our season before it even started. He is famously quoted as saying at Wembley  "It should have been Preston's ribbons being tied on the trophy". He then went on holiday for who knows how many weeks, so when he finally set about bringing in Premiership quality players, they'd all been signed up, and we had to make do with what was left (ie the ones nobody else wanted). In addition he tried to take on the Premiership teams with his hoof-ball tactics, which only worked the once when Wimbledon surprised everybody with those tactics), and most certainly don't work when all you've got are Championship quality players. And in the middle of all that he started engineering his dismissal with regular statements to the media about needing the club to back him, when there was actually very little more they could do. He was duly sacked, leaving Paul Porno to take over the reigns of the hamstrung horse.

But the reason we were slaughtered is because Billy sabotaged our season before it even started. He is famously quoted as saying at Wembley  "It should have been Preston's ribbons being tied on the trophy". He then went on holiday for who knows how many weeks, so when he finally set about bringing in Premiership quality players, they'd all been signed up, and we had to make do with what was left (ie the ones nobody else wanted). In addition he tried to take on the Premiership teams with his hoof-ball tactics, which only worked the once when Wimbledon surprised everybody with those tactics), and most certainly don't work when all you've got are Championship quality players. And in the middle of all that he started engineering his dismissal with regular statements to the media about needing the club to back him, when there was actually very little more they could do. He was duly sacked, leaving Paul Porno to take over the reigns of the hamstrung horse.

With a big crowd comes big pressure and great expectation. The bookies odds say we will drop out the top six on Saturday. (they often get it wrong).Can we please not Booo  our lads , it does not help their confidence.

Circumstances conspired to feck us up, Mason Mount missing for circa 10 games, A 6' 6" keeper out done by a 5' 6" midfielder in the final, A manager that didn't play his best forward at the time in the final, Pretty boy swanning around the Med with friends while we hung on to any tiny bit of news of when he's going to feck off, Decision made and the poor Dutchman given no time to get his shyte together.
Hence the beginning and end of our demise, The rebuild has started with a man who's got DCFC at his heart, From little acorns do mighty oaks grow, Might not be this season...but it will happen 👍

In the end Mel's demise was triggered by Frank Lampard throwing the play-off final so he could go to Chelsea. And then kept us dangling on a string all summer until the transfer window was already swinging shut. If we had won that match, which we could and should have done, we would have walked away from all the financial limitations, just as Villa did to some degree. Whether Mel would have stopped his dodgy activities or not we will never know, but we should have had the chance.

Much as there are times that the players need to hear the boos ringing in their ears, I will not be giving any booing to the players on Saturday, regardless of the result. Unless they play like they are already at the close-season beach party. Besides, the stewards limit the size of the box if boos I can take to my seat, and I will be using all of those on the match officials.
The squad is too small to allow for rotation to keep the players fresh, and the elderly in the squad are struggling to recharge their batteries before the next match. And the other problem the size of the squad creates is that we have limited options to change tactics from the bench.
We are in this position because instead of seeing relegation as punishment enough for Mel’s malfeasance, along with the pain of the EFL ensuring we were relegated by hook or by crook, they have forced us to operate under probably the most punitive business plan ever seen in league football. They might as well have sawn the player’s legs of st the knee for good measure.
So instead of booing, we concentrate our vocal resources on the most popular song if the season, declaring what we want be done to the EFL.
”BOOK THE EFL, BOOK THE EFL, BOOK THE EFL …….” as required.

We often do outsell them!

Agree - let’s get behind the team no matter what.
Disagree - the many factors affecting team performance are largely caused by the circumstances under which we are having to operate, which is entirely at the hands of the EFL. There had to be a business plan put in place to ensure that we don’t get into the same position again (although just having Mel leave the building would have been enough), but the one we are under is close to impossible to function properly with. As such we simply have to back the club to the absolute hilt.
Should the EFL loosen the straightjacket this summer, and in time to allow decent transfer activity, then I will happily be more lenient towards them.

We often do outsell them!

Agree - let’s get behind the team no matter what.
Disagree - the many factors affecting team performance are largely caused by the circumstances under which we are having to operate, which is entirely at the hands of the EFL. There had to be a business plan put in place to ensure that we don’t get into the same position again (although just having Mel leave the building would have been enough), but the one we are under is close to impossible to function properly with. As such we simply have to back the club to the absolute hilt.
Should the EFL loosen the straightjacket this summer, and in time to allow decent transfer activity, then I will happily be more lenient towards them.

In the end Mel's demise was triggered by Frank Lampard throwing the play-off final so he could go to Chelsea. And then kept us dangling on a string all summer until the transfer window was already swinging shut. If we had won that match, which we could and should have done, we would have walked away from all the financial limitations, just as Villa did to some degree. Whether Mel would have stopped his dodgy activities or not we will never know, but we should have had the chance.

Agree - let’s get behind the team no matter what.
Disagree - the many factors affecting team performance are largely caused by the circumstances under which we are having to operate, which is entirely at the hands of the EFL. There had to be a business plan put in place to ensure that we don’t get into the same position again (although just having Mel leave the building would have been enough), but the one we are under is close to impossible to function properly with. As such we simply have to back the club to the absolute hilt.
Should the EFL loosen the straightjacket this summer, and in time to allow decent transfer activity, then I will happily be more lenient towards them.