kevinhectoring

Like Sibley in this position. It’s much easier for him to know where to put himself. He’s not good at that when he plays higher.

NMl’s first touch then was superb

Imo Everton will be fine

Have a family member who recently interviewed with Pompey for a job. Said they were a really impressive operation. Bit wobbly recently on the pitch but I think they’ll do better than we do this season

But he’s a very fine character

Surprised there’s enough data on Vickers to provide a sensible comparison but certainly agree with the conclusion. Wildsmith would also lead the stats on these criteria % of punches a seal would be proud of (W 0%, V 40%) Mille-seconds taken to decide whether to attack a cross outside the 6yard box (W250, V850) The list goes on … My concern is that there is some weird personal thing going on inside Warne’s bobble hat that leads to this nonsense. We see worse keepers than W in the PL every Saturday night.

even I can’t find anything to disagree with there

You should apply whatever metric you want Jordan. But until we play like a team that deserves promotion, we should all be worried

It’s a fickle game, we all know that. But: the better we play, the more chance we have of promotion. And at the moment we’re not getting any better.

I’m disappointed when we continually put in mediocre performances. That’s not because I’m a football purist (tho I’d strongly prefer to see good football). It’s because if we play mediocre football we’ll probably miss automatics and probably fail to beat Barnsley, Bolton or Peterborough over two legs

I’d guess there are several reasons why they are kept separate. As you point out, one is that it gives him more options on sale it would be interesting tho’ - if he were to sell the stadium to the club - to see what price the club pays for it …

the forum’s eeyore is surely one chop, who somehow expresses the plight-of-the-long-suffering-rams-fan with levity in his pithy posts. Always cheers me up

Lease rendered void by administration … and there would be plenty of buyers - including Mike Ashley - who wouldn’t dream of buying the club without the stadium.

Not so strange Morris might have said: I own the stadium (worth £81m) and I’ll sell it to the purchaser of the club for £40m. Instead, he sold it to DC for £23m. Maguire is making the point that Morris lost a large part of his fortune and - at the end of the day - facilitated the deal with DC. A point that’s lost on most fans

The method of calculating the rent was outlined in the first EFL decision. It was a joke, as it assumed the stadium was a thriving venue for the likes of Beyoncé. Never understood why EFL did not challenge the rent paid as an undervalue

Morris, in his farewell interview on RD, indicated that his total written off investment in the ‘club’ was around £200m. By the ‘club’ he meant of course the Gellaw group of companies. Don’t want to defend KM obviously, but when he said MM wrote off £200m owing the ‘club’ he was probably also talking about the group

He loved it when he was first appointed. Now he’s not so sure imo

Warne’s RD interview was interesting. He magnanimously said he brings Bradley on to score from set pieces and since he didn’t score, that was one Warne got wrong. Apart from that … it’s all down to the players. The problem is : if the players are continually blamed and if they don’t believe in him as a tactician, then they lose their motivation. And his ‘gas out’ approach can only work if they are 100% motivated. Players enjoy playing good football. He needs to find a way to get them playing better football

The encouraging thing was Elder was loads better than he has been. And it’s inevitable wing backs will every so often be out of position. In a well organised team, others cover

NMl and Nelson have different physiques and play different positions. (I realise you know that!)

The issue is not the squad. Elder was good tonight. Wilson has been strong for weeks, Nelson excellent imo. Nyambe has looked good too. I also think Ward will do well if used properly. The problem is not the players

No. Said he didn’t yet know the detail. But made it clear he thought it was a bad one 😞

More likely he’s a 31 year old player who’s being over-played Not the only player in his 30s who struggles with the Sat/Tues routine And then the manager blames the players for lacking intensity.

Can’t help wondering whether he’s been unsettled by the transfer window

Amazing from NML