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Hmmm.

I fear we will not win this.

2-0

I had a dream last night that Justin Beiber played in midfield. We didn't have a kit for him so he wore a T-shirt and shorts instead. We won, 7-0.

Seriously considering going to this, for some reason. Fuck knows why as the train will be rammed with taffs (plus a few yellow piss no doubt), I can't really afford it and we will probably lose.

1-2.

1-1

Some 14 year old scoring for us.

No boots?

New Cross is twinned with Sodom. We owe them for 2010. Town to win 2-0. Leaving soon for the game.

Can't see a positive result for us today but I'm going anyway. Interested to see who actually makes the starting 11... And the bench.

for no other reason than blind faith, 2-1 win

Travelling down from Leeds, no yellow filth on this train. 4-0 Swindon (Stewart 4).

My local game. Looking forward to catching up with the London reds for a few beers.

Given our injury crisis a draw would be a very good result today. Don't think we'll get one though, 3-0 'wall.

Get stuck in to 100/30 for a Town win.

It's our turn surely.

All odds are against us today. Typical game for us to win and FFS we are due one.

This.  If not we could well finish the day in the bottom 3.

2 - 0 to millwall.
I just don't know how rubbish you have to be to lose to us, sadly.
I want to know if Vigs has the vote of confidence after last Saturdays howler?
I'm not going and probably wont be listening on the radio. Just morbid interest really.

Decided against going in the end.

This means we will win. 2-1.

A shit goal to get us any kind of result....please!

3-0 loss

when was the last time we scored from open play other than a deflected/og free kick or corner?

2-0 comfortable loss

Ajose v Doncaster?

2-0 defeat, too many injuries

Not the sort of place you'd expect to turn up at depleted and take 3 points home from.

0-1 Stewart. COYR

4-0 loss and cooper thinks we should of won

Let's hope nobody gets injured getting off the bus.

 8)Was thinking about our injuries, and players who were constantly getting injured. Barry Corr & Migs were two good players that were injured on and off (we got a good season out of migs though). 

But my favourite sicknote was Gareth Davis (ginger, from Reading). He got a hamstring injury from an innocuous header back to our own keeper once.

Any more spring to mind?

Sammy Igoe. Although he was probably more stupid than fragile.

Didnt he break his wrist falling down the stairs or something? Or wanking

I think he took off a cast when he had a fracture - and then fell down the stairs re-breaking whatever it was that was broken.

Either that, or wanking.

Hoolett did his wrist in a fight after finding Gurney playing bury the penis with his bird/wife. Allegedly.

Swindon Town FC ‏@Official_STFC 37s37 seconds ago

Town starting XI: Vigouroux, Barry, Branco (C), El-Abd, Ormonde-Ottewill, Traore, Bangoura, Gladwin, Ojamaa, Brophy, Ajose #STFC

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Subs: Belford, Balmy, Marshall, Randall, Iandolo, Young, Stewart #STFC

Young = Jordan Young (academy player)

Not too bad.. considering..

Haha, forgot about that one. Igoe is a good one, the cast removal and the gluing his eye while making a model.

That bench though..

This is the only picture I could find of Jordan Young (who's on the bench)..

Young's young.

Still young and learning?

I hear they got around the Jordan Steward homesick problem by telling him Millwall is actually in Londonderry.

Any chance you could stop posting too? That'dbegreat.

If they were fit, we could almost field a team of Jordans.

Bring back Jordan Pavett.

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I Cant see us winning this one, however, the team don't look too bad but the bench does look woefully short of experience. If we only had all our players to choose from i think we would be awesome. Really hoping we pick up something, it can easily happen. Remember swindon a season or two ago when we were doing really well and struggling against the lesser teams at the time. Just gotta frustrate them

Youthful exuberance  will carry us through!

Early signs dont sound good  ::)

A team that doesn't score many goals, and can't keep a clean sheet.

Not a recipe for success.

Hope we get something from the game, just can't see it.
Even though Millwall are poor we will make a mistake & gift them a goal, just have to hope that we have scored before that happens

Wigan 3-0 against Colchester so far..

Losing.

1-0 Millwall..

Long afternoon ahead..  :suicide:

Awful defending again

Obviously

2-0. Oh dear.

I cant listen anymore sounds harrowing :doh:

Oops. ...we're so shit its unbelievable....

injuries, or something.. blah blah

We played well & were unlucky to lose, Mark Cooper said so (or will do at about 5pm)

I thought I'd try it out on FIFA 16...

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I can feel a reet thumping coming on.

All very well feeling sorry for Cooper but for FFS he'll never get us out  of this slump

 :cry:

At least there is an attractive midweek fixture against Oldham to keep attendances up!

Well this is going well isn't it?

It's a guaranteed 3 points for anyone who plays us.  I've switched off, honestly can't bear it.  If the 4 teams below us all win today, we'll be bottom.

I know we've got alot of injuries, but we should have squad players who can step in when required.  If they're not good enough, there's little point having them.

Been shit since January, regardless of injuries or not

At least Twitter is positive..

SHOULD be more than 2-0 but it's not... every cloud and all that..

The players really have no bottle.

Nobody seems to give a fuck.

Are you there?

Have we actually done anything in the game?

I've literally only seen the Millwall players names mentioned...

Apart from another (nearly) fuck up from Vigouroux..

On the basis that we aren't going to score enough to get anything from the game it makes you wonder if maybe it would be better to get an embarrassing hammering, it might just trigger some change.

Thing is I'm not sure many of them have enough pride to worry about it

8 shots to 0.
5 on target to 0.
2 goals to 0.

Newcastle,  Bolton, Forest... Millwall?

where is Ajose today?

bring on the kids. fuck it, the game is gone

Realistically, when are we going to have a functioning squad again?  Does the Manager have a strategy other than waiting for his best starting XI to return to fitness?

Alarm bells ringing now.  Something has to change.

If Cooper had any pride he'd fuck off now - and take Williams with him.

Spot on

Been shit ever since Cooper tinkered with the formation and started playing only one up front, fucked Williams right off and we have never really got going again.  Only one shot on target in a game and a half, is just not good enough.  Will Power make a change now?

We have been shit defensively for over a fucking year now, it's absolutely embarrassing watching us try to defend. Even with our best 11 all fit and playing, we are still absymal defensively

Just read we have had 4 shots on target in 3 and a half games.

Ludicrous

I posted similar to this in another thread after someone said give him 5 or 6 games when everyone is back.  Realistically we're then into January when we could well be already adrift at the bottom.  It's too long to wait. We've been shit for months, I can't see it changing.

One would expect the fringe players to see the opportunity to stake a claim but no one seems to give a toss.

Cooper seems under no pressure, ,there must be a reason Power seems unwilling to put any pressure on him? It's not helped by many supporters being so desperate to blame Power for everything that Cooper gets an easy ride?

Shambles....

I understand we've barely been able to field a first eleven today.

I understand we've lost most of the squad from last season.

I understand our recruitment policy.

I understand our on the pitch philosophy.

We've been shit all year.

What I don't understand is why we haven't changed or adapted our system when our results prove that our system no longer produces results.

Based on Powers comments, there's only one man who's to blame and that is Cooper.

P45 at 17:00 please

I wonder how many actually bothered going today..

Didn't expect anything from today's game. Lose on Tuesday at home to oldham and I think that may have to be unfortunately.

Alarm bells are definitely ringing now

I think i saw on twitter that over 500 pre-sold

FUCKING GET IN!!

We've had a shot.. I know it was over the bar, but still!

We've had a shot, not on target obviously but a shot none the less

Not having a go just using this to highlight how quickly some fans' views have changed.  Yes, it's shit at the moment but, be fair to Cooper, this is the worst injury crisis I can remember.  Will changing the manager make any difference at all with so many first teamers out for a few weeks to come?  For those of us who have had the pleasure of an away day at Millwall, is it any wonder this, on the whole, team of inexperienced kids are out of their depth?

Balmy may inject some urgency but it's depressing.

I saw a figure of 511 pre-sold

In short NO....

our average number of shots on target to goals  scored was third or fourth best in the football league. somewhere around 2.5 per goal.

this is fantastic news, we may score sometime in December

For the record, I want MC to stay.  I think he could come good in the end.  But he needs to demonstrate his Plan B, C, D & E now.  That's his job.  More of the same, however depressing the injury situation, is not good enough and not what he's being paid for.

That magical 52 points looks a long, long way away right now.

All these injuries are not bad luck- many are not even occurring in matches and indicate issues with training and conditioning.

Unfortunately for this the buck stops with Cooper and Williams.

This league is the weakest in years and our position just ain't acceptable

Views change with the reality of games. I never thought we could be this shit, embarrassingly, game after game, real proper shit.

Hm

Lee Power sending him a snapchat

Just sending Power a text 'Lee just remember I know all the secrets...'

2 points off bottom, excellent!

He's way out of his depth. Looking at that pic no wonder he is unable to motivate his players.

1 goal above the relegation zone

I genuinely think any manager would struggle to get anything from Millwall away with the starting XI Cooper has at his disposal at the moment - too many inexperienced and unproven youngsters.  Whether or not we think Cooper is the right manager, I just don't see anyone else being able to put points on the board until we get some of our quality players back on the pitch.

As fans, we often bitch about a lack of loyalty shown by footballers and football managers.  What about us showing some loyalty to Cooper now when he needs us most?

Cos he's useless

Agreed, just wish this nightmare would end!

I was expecting win, lose, draw, repeat...giving us a mid table finish. Million miles away from that at the minute.

Yes we are missing lots of players etc but you can't give up till they are back. Find a way of winning! At the moment we are getting worse every week. Look at the match stats today, zero shots/corners! you have to find a way to do something, to show some fight. He's got the next 2 home games in my book to show improvement and pick up at least 4 points, if not get him out.

Not sure many were saying this when we were 1 game from promotion.  I understand the frustration with performances and results but, surely, he deserves the chance to get things right when, say, 6 of the 11 injured are back on the pitch?

Snapchatting Power, playing Snake, maybe texting abramovich about the Chelsea job?


I'm going for posting on the TEF though :D

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joking aside
 - our training could be fine, it could be down to bad luck. unless someone knows something specifically wing with it.
 - any L1 team would struggle with 11 out
 - our squad doesn't have enough quality, even if the first 11 do
 - I'd at least expect to see some passion and effort from whoever plays. these players are 'turtling'
 - I feel sorry for cooper, but the buck always stops at the managers head. I joked about him being on jobsite.com, but being on the phone could be anything.
 - do we do any defensive training at all? el-abd and Branco are experienced enough, so that's not a factor

He's had a very long time to fashion a functioning defence - failed spectacularly

I would agree but we have been woeful since January... Of the 11 ,injured how many are starters? The starting team today didn't look too bad, the bench is weak but starting 11 looked at least capable of competing?

Some have been saying it since his appointment. Many were saying it when our results turned south at the start of this year.

We scraped into the playoffs because of our results before Christmas. We had a squad that could have won the division.

He's had all season to work on the system, he's persisted with a system that isn't getting results.

If the manager won't change the system, we should change the manager.

Turnbull, kasim, robert, obika, Thomas, both thompson's. Possibly williams depending on formation.

Agree that it should have been more competitive on paper

But it's not just the manager is it? This is why I don't see how replacing Cooper would change things in the way some people seem to assume it will, because Power will still be here.

which year was that ?????

I think the key thing here is the number of young, inexperienced players who would have never known what it's like to struggle in a scrap and deal with the pressure and atmosphere of a losing team.

Before this season started Vigs, Boo, Brophy, Barry and bangoura (all starters today) were all 21 or under and had never started a first team professional game amongst them

Let's be honest we will all continue to support however bad it gets... But wonder how many clubs fan base would be demanding time for the manager with a similar 11 month record.

I suppose the key will be whether anyone else thinks Cooper is worth a punt after he finally leaves here?

At least nice to see Bournemouth getting a shoeing!

even a stopped clock.....

right, now for coopers "did quite well...... lots of possession... no quality in final third".

2-0 - Thats a result for us !!!!!!!  -  Roll on Tuesday.

2 shots on target in 3 games.

statistically, the next one will go in

One shot on target and Stewart got it.

That's actually quite embarrassing we couldn't even muster the interest to commit more fouls than they did...

have to say I was hoping to hear furious cooper today. but he's just playing the 'inexperienced' card.

oh boy, gladwin may be injured now (knee)

Oh, just fuck off Cooper.

Had enough of your post match drivel.

I have the same feeling about most of your posts

Cooper -  They tried and gave it everything they've got.  Can't question commitment and desire.

Basically just said they're waiting for injured players to return for things to change, but won't be in near future.

Gladwin doubt for Tuesday.  Fluid on knee.

Not impressed with Ojaama.

Couldn't be much worse.

We all know how you feel, you've been harping on about it on a daily basis.

Appalling today. I know we have injuries but that was just worse than awful. Should have been 4/5/6 -0. Not being able to compete in this league is very worrying.

Yeah, well you can fuck off as well

Too easy, sounds like he accepted the loss before kick off with the injury crisis in his back pocket ready to pull out..

What else can I do?  They are young kids that gave their all..

Sick of hearing about the young inexperienced side now. 

He's got a point became we were fucking brilliant before the injuries started...

I think a lot of his signings have been a bit of a 'panic'.

I think we made a massive mistake in signing ajose. We should've bought a cb and possibly a keeper. Too many loan players.

Hindsight is a wonderful thing. Is that 7 losses on the bounce. No manager in the land should survive that.

Not Cooper's signings tbf

That game was summed up by our fans cheering wildly for our first shot on target just before the end.

Pathetic performance.

:D

As Power dictates the style of play and also signs the players, I don't think complaints relating to either area should be levelled at Cooper. What is a concern is his lack of motivational and inspirational skills.

I like Cooper, he seems like a nice bloke, but I've got my doubts that he has the leadership nous to turn this around.

Bring back Nile Ranger. At least Ajose could play with him

No, its 4. Lost 7 of last 8 though.

30 players have featured for the Town in the league.
2 other players have also featured in cup competitions.
3 other players have been in matchday squads without playing.

35 players used before the end of October is ridiculous, be it unlucky or not.

Are your clocks slow?  The alarm bells started ringing several weeks ago....and the panic button was pressed soon after. I said earlier in the week, we need to pick up a minimum of 4 points from the next 4 games, ...fewer and you're looking at something close to PO form for the rest of the season to stay up...doable but unlikely.

As regards change, it can't happen....we're locked into method of recruitment and playing.

I do like that we are doing things differently as usual. There is a long history of decent managers being blamed for the failings of shite chairmen, we seem to be the Mirror image of that!

The fact that Cooper seems entirely unable to motivate a team to even show up us a worry?

I genuinely like him. I don't know how much actual input he has, but he is the man who is in the position that takes the flak.

He was undoubtedly happy to take the plaudits last year, whether that was down to him or not.

All that Wendies bollocks is coming back to haunt us.

whatever it is he does it aint working

Whether it was consensual or not.

This is what I keep telling the happy clappers.

Before Turnbulls red at the Pox we were good enough to compete but never ever looked liked scoring.

So morale is going to be low at the club on a losing streak not playing well and then Cooper comes and gives and inspirational interview. The bloke sounded like he's given up until the injured players return and he does not expect another win until then.

He then expects the injured players to come in when fit and have their heads up and miracle happens we win every game again - someone is a little deluded I feel.

Cooper & Williams to leave the club please - time for someone else to have a go

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I still think a little more time for Cooper personally, can't see a new manager being able to change anything with the players at his disposal. If nothing changes after fa cup weekend (7/8 nov) then maybe a change would be needed then.

One suspects that if Mark Cooper can't get a positive result against Oldham then he's done.

Not having any right backs is really irritating me.

I wonder who we'll get knocked out by this year..

I've been thinking the same thing for about the last three games.

It's easy... left back plays as a right back... goes down the right wing and instead of cutting in, just does a rabona into the box.

And another annoying thing is that league 1 is so fucking bad. Sheffield
United were the best team I've seen this year and they were very ordinary.

Frustrating that we look so uncompetitive even against 'poor' sides

And Gladwin won't pass the ball because I guess he knows his teammates aren't that good.
So many negatives at the moment.

It's alright though, we've got a lot of northern away games on boggy pitches to come.

We'll get some points there..

But it seemed to be what most of the "managers" on here wanted!

Worryingly, things could be a lot worse. We were fairly lucky to take 4 points v Bradford (H) and Crewe (A). Although the second half against Bradford was very good (Byrne baby Byrne).

The defence is a big worry, and I just don't see NT making much difference.

Paul Hart?

Style of play is one thing. The system in which the style of play is manifest is different.

I think we have the squad of players but we have a manager who who won't change.

Ah well.

We're doomed, doomed I tells ya!

Sadly I think by now even Miranda Hart would be an improvement.

The two previous seasons it worked, this season it isn't.....OK we go down, but can still use the model in Div 4, where it is a bit easier, with only 2 down and 4 up.

That's the most depressing optimistic post I've ever read.

I think Owen Hart would be even better.

http://www.flicwiltshire.com/reaction-cooper-refuses-to-blame-his-makeshift-squad-despite-latest-defeat/

Could he have blamed inexperience any more times... Do we really have 90% of our first team missing?

There isn't a manager in world football that could have got group of players anywhere near a draw let alone a win.  That was the worst midfield we've put out since 05/06. Ajose and Stewart both trying to make runs, midfield couldn't have been less interested in trying to feed them if they tried.

Even if you were being flippant, this

Surely we got 6 points from those 2 games

Tony Hart? And now....The Gallery...

His first captain..

Morph: My knees gone gaffer!

Chas: That's ok, it'll give me at least five more matches and an excuse to pull out of my Arse post match....

Don't worry Morph, you're just young and learning..

Paul Bearer has bought him back from the dead and he is making an appearance tuesday night

I have a real worry that it's possible it won't work in division 4 like it isn't at the moment.

in any case when we've gone down there in recent years we've spent our way back, even in the diamandis years, but I can't see that this time.

but we aren't there yet..

Jonathan Hart?

https://youtu.be/ilNUh4L0OhA

Been the case for quiet a few games, feel sorry for whoever plays up top and is making runs

True we won't be spending our way out, but our wage bill will at least be in line with many of the clubs we're competing against.

fair point reg..

Tony Hart was my first thought but then I concluded that Cooper could probably do better than a dead bloke (at least marginally) hence Miranda.

561 away fans says it all really. Normally we'd take 1,000+ to a London game.

The thing that pisses me off the most is it doesn't look like we are trying to change how we play. Maybe try one game of pressing a team really high up the pitch or another game where we play compact, soak it up and hit teams on the break with 4/5 players breaking at pace.

Instead we try to keep the ball and dominate teams which is OK when you have players like Luongo, Kasim etc who have the ability to do so but it's really not going to hack it at Millwall away with 9 first team injuries

The perceived wisdom seems to be that our style of play, at the behest of Power, is one that is designed to make it easier to obtain loan players from PL clubs.

Unless this approach is jettisoned and any new manager has free rein to instigate whatever system he thinks best, I can only see things going one way.

relegation?

Just out of interest, do Coventry play this way? Armstrong is probably the best loan signing on the season and they attracted him (and Joe Cole actually)

Tony Mowbray, is one of those rugged old skool centre halves who sides like to play sexy football...

No. I still don't think we will get relegated.

My disappointment is down to having this horrendous run of form in such a shite league.

Can't see a tilt at the POs - not even close - but if after gleaning just 1 point from 7 games and still not being in the bottom 4 (just) means there must be at least 4 teams worse than us who have no excuses.

According to SSP on the radio, we've got 9 first choice players out injured or suspended. But I think 9/11 is just under 90%, so no it's only 88% or something.

I can question the commitment and desire.

Understand with the injuries etc it's tough at the moment, and you can accept defeats if the players just aren't good enough (and obviously look to address that issue).

But both with and without the ball we didn't seem to want it at all today. Disagree totally with Cooper on the effort levels.

No pace, movement or dynamism when attacking, standing off when defending and zero tracking back from the midfield.

That frustrates more than the lack of quality and shots - no excuse for not putting a shift in and that is down to the players - and ultimately the manager who whatever the model should at least be able to motivate the group.

Very disappointing.

I'd love him to come out and say "we really were shite today"

 :sherlock: If cooper has no apparent influence on the team selection/style etc and it won't change anything, can we be in agreement that we need someone to come in and do team selection and style and therefore to get a change we have to get rid of cooper. Also if cooper doesn't do anything, on what basis would you want to keep him as manager. He has done nothing to deserve the job.

9/11 is 82% if you round up. I stuck up for Cooper before but that sort of shoddy level of mathematics shouldn't be tolerated anywhere. The club really is in chaos.

I can see how a manager might not want to come out and say we were totally useless, but there has to be some line between protecting the players and talking complete horse shit, surely?

Just watched the goals on the Sky Sports app, that is literally the worst defending you'll see all day, across all leagues. Should have been about 8

Not wanting to desperately get rid of him and wanting him to stay aren't necessarily the same thing.

It's not that I think removing Cooper will make no difference because Cooper doesn't do anything, but because the only person to replace him is going to be working in exactly the same environment with exactly the same influences.

It's common sense something has to change, but IMHO it's a combination of things, from everyone involved at the club, like:

- a serious assessment of why injuries are so rampant
- more flexibility in terms of playing style and actual implementations of, rather than lip service to, the notorious plan B, C etc
- an attempted resolution of any rift(s) if they do indeed exist among staff
- better motivation of players & at least an attempt at consistency with regards to their roles on the pitch
- some sort of defensive coaching regime which goes beyond hiding in a bush with your fingers crossed, which is I'm sure is all we can be doing at the moment
- a bit of luck maybe?

Cooper may be responsible for some of those things, but if he goes today, it's not as if all those concerns are going to be wiped away. That's the reason I'm not screaming from the rooftops for him to fuck off, anyway.

In 05/06 we had a similar run of defeats, which led to Kingy getting sacked an Iffy taking it on....now to give you some idea of the trouble we're in that season after 13 games, Iffy got us turning the corner a bit, and we only lost 3 of the next 20, but the damage had been done. Which is why it is so important we pick at least 3 or 4 points from the next 3 games, just to keep in touch.

Yes, that would really help inspire young players who are clearly struggling anyway.
Well, he might be thinking it's 10/11 - I was taking the 9/11 from what SSP said on the radio so any shoddy maths here is probably down to me. SSP, incidentally, was having no truck whatever with any suggestion that Cooper could be blamed for the current run of losses when we have so many 1st choice players out missing. Which personally I find persuasive as SSP quite clearly:
a) loves the club and will call it as he sees it in the best interests of the club
b) actually knows what he is talking about, unlike most of us

What concerns me slightly is I'm not so sure we'll be that much better when the injured/suspended players are all back. And I do wonder how many of those injured players would be fit enough to muddle through if we were flying high and doing well and they had to fight for their places.

we were shit today.
depressingly shit. what a waste of £26.
do well to hit 6,000 on tuesday  :badmood: :( :headhurts:

Just read on Daily Mail website Cooper set for showdown with Power - Surely this can't be it ?????? :cry:

Keep up at the back..gone!

That's what happens when you rely on the Mail for news. You end up waaaay behind everyone else. Usually in the 1930s.

I really don't know where to start, so maybe at the end.  To arrive, blinking, resigned into London Bridge and real life just after 5pm is some credit to the Millwall match day 'experience'.  It's an odd set up, a sanitised day out with no contact with the locals.  Shame that our team took that approach to heart - irrespective of the 14 players available to wear the shirt today, this was pitiful, so gutless and uncompetitive that I think the hosts only free kick in the first half came courtesy of a Branco dive.

Once again the physical contrast in the teams was startling, learning nothing from the untangling of last season, we've somehow assembled an even more lightweight outfit.  Thankfully Millwall were not special, but an honest, streetwise, effective enough bunch to make it quite literally men against boys.

Credit of sorts to Branco, Al Abd, Vigs and Stewart.  Though diminutive alright, Srewart looked spiky and like he might be pretty bothered.  The Bangoura fella did try to get involved, if below the touch and quality expected.

Otherwise, there's those plainly out of their depth: Barry, Brophy, Balmy, Randall - they tried, but simply aren't very good or not ready.  If I'm going to be critical it's those with proper professional backgrounds who, depleted though we may be, are letting us down.  The eBay wonder Ojaama, the frankly dreadful BOO, the ever ineffective Ajose.  And don't get me started on Gladwin, a player whose talent is in my blind spot even on the good days, which even those who fawn over his stepovers, his blind alleys and his capability to produce a wayward shooting opportunity out of nothing, will accept was not today.

Yaser Kasim sat amongst us in the first half, but reportedly, allegedly, apparently, gave up and sat in the coach for the second half.  If that's true, that just about sums us up.

Ancelotti is still available.

Ok, maybe the Villa manager

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Great report Christy.. Although great seems the wrong word. I love that our most enthusiastic player on the pitch is now the player being described as "pretty bothered". Says it all.

Yeah, thanks Christy. I think

Respect....you went...top man

Lowlights are up

http://youtu.be/sxAa1qQrIEw

How that wasn't 4/5/6 - 0 I don't know

I went as well.

didn't even show our shot, or any of our attacks, which could be the same thing!

I actually commented to my old man that Vigs seemed to be stopping most of their efforts accidentally.

The amount of times a solo man up top for them was in between Branco and El-Abd and managed to get away, even from just basic lumps upfield, was embarrassing.

As soon as Traore gave the ball away leading to their counter for the 1st goal the writing was on the wall, you could see it coming a mile off.

Yesterday afternoon was utterly depressing. I agree in the main with the thoughts of Christy, however would not give Branco and El Abd any credit at all - for the exact reason outlined by Kinky Tom in that Gregory was constantly in acres of space between them.

It was a disgraceful performance, the worst of Cooper's tenure for me - we simply rolled over. Vigouroux getting a warning for time wasting at a goal kick about 10 minutes in made clear exactly what our intentions were.

Christy has rightly made the point that four players who were on the pitch yesterday, Barry, Brophy, Balmy and Randall, were out of their depth. It wasn't their fault, but it was embarrassing watching them - I hope once the injured players return, we look to loan each of the four out. We really need to move things around so Barry does not start on Tuesday, even if it means a midfielder playing in his position.

Last mention must go to Ojaama, who somehow seems to get worse with every match he plays - pathetic again yesterday.

One of my Millwall friends a season ticket holder since the 60's reckons we were possibly the worst side he's ever witnessed. He did like the wild cheering at our only shot though.

That is quite likely...my feeling on Saturday, was that this could posssibly be the weakest side we'd ever fielded in a Div 3 game.

Until tomorrow

And you can get 2/1 Oldham

There was a spell in the second half where my mate and I looked at each other and started going through our team - and the front in particular. Brophy, Balmy, Randall, Stewart, Traore, Bangoura - without doubt the poorest collection of players in living memory, both on paper and on grass.

But it must get better as players come back.... right?

 Bit rough including Stewart in that bunch - give him a chance

Same could be said for Brophy and Randall too - I'm not not giving them a chance, but right now at this level that's obviously a very weak collection of players.

JS showed flashes of promise and has got something, definitely, and there's a player in Brophy too, he just needs to spend three months in a gym.

As Cooper pointed out, these are players who need the odd game now and then and 20 minutes here and there, to try and develop them....having them all in together is in reality a Conference South side.  When we get a few back we should at least be a bit more competitive, but that doesn't guarantee points....