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Interesting to hear the excuses later ...what a sick joke this "management team " are.

Reality check ???

Doesn't sound as if we are able to create anything ! Shambles

Sounds like absolute CRAP AGAIN

numpte wrote: ↑28 Aug 2023, 11:21 I’d argue that comes from within. In whatever form of working life you are in, do you rely on your manager for attitude or is that from yourself?

Should be both !

The players should be up for it from the start as its their bloody priviliged job to be a pro footballer and the manager should be both motivated and motivator !

gullsgullsgulls wrote: ↑27 Aug 2023, 21:28 On match day surely generating attitude and desire is exactly what Johnson should be responsible for!

Precisely ! A manager manages !
A manager should inspire and motivate his players. That's the whole point of a manager surely !!

Mark Halstead

teddiebear wrote: ↑27 Aug 2023, 15:21 Unlike your same old dutch treat

At least I can string a few sentences together to explain my point of view rather than your pathetic one word comment.

Are you incapable of writing anything more than that ?

Can you explain why you hold your point of view ?

I would have a little bit of respect for you if you did !

I expect a "yawn" as a reply

teddiebear wrote: ↑27 Aug 2023, 14:45Yawn

Pitiful, pathetic and predictable response.

happytorq wrote: ↑27 Aug 2023, 02:05 You would have no doubt been apoplectic had they not won today. But they did win...yet you still find reason to be mad.

Of course we shouldn't be in this division, but we are. The aim is to get out. The team hasn't been sweeping away everything in its path but they have won 3 in a row, and are averaging 2 points a game. That's a decent start.

Playing terribly and winning is way better than playing terribly and not winning.

I don't know how many times that I have to say this but of course I am happy we won ! BUT have you and all the other sycophants actually seen us play and not just on You Tube either !

This is just papering over the cracks !!

Five games in and we just about manage to put a team out ! Injuries piling up already ! We have not played well for the majority of any game. " Playing terribly and winning is way better than playing terribly and not winning. "! Agreed but how long will that last certainly not for another 41 games !!

I am sick to death of being out played and out fought and out thought !!

One of the major reasons for our relegation was the dreadful home record. Losing TEN games 7 games by one goal including a magnificent run of four successive 1-2 defeats. Where kamikaze tactics lost us so many points. No idea of how to close a game down and make sure you get something from it. I don't even want to mention the 1-4 to Solihull and 1- 5 to Chesterfield !

Was this addressed in the close season by signing an experienced or at least savvy with this league defender (s) of course not lets rely instead on two great servants to the club but whose legs "have gone" and a midfield player who had to have an operation and will miss the best part of three months out !

Is that good management ?

The summer recruitment has been crap for three seasons landing us with dross like Hanson Crowe and McGavin ( 3 year contract !! ) Did our wonderful head of recruitment ( Gary's brother ..nepotism ! ) actually watch these players in action other than when they managed to score against us .....more cause for alarm ! Or were they signed based on a couple of You Tube clips and that Gary is a friend of McGavins dad Steve who was previously head of Ipswich's academy ? !! Pure Laziness

Johnson signed nearly a dozen plyers either on loan or short term contracts most of which " played " a game or two and were never heard of again

I give you John Mensah !

Is that good management ?

Their is no indication that any lessons have been learnt. THAT'S why I am unhappy as I can see this turning into a shit show of epic proportions.
I do not want that to happen

This is only my ON field concerns !!

Thanks Enzo . great report

Southampton Gull wrote: ↑26 Aug 2023, 18:24 Dutch, I've made no excuses for anything because there's nothing to excuse. See my previous post, just explaining why I'm happy with 3 points. You're obviously unhappy.....

Dave I am very happy with a win !

Teams have to play on all sorts of surfaces from 3g 4g 5g or whatever they are called ! Grass, mud heaps and pitches with a slope. its what being a professional is all about !

You cant deny that this club should be doing so much better on & off the pitch.

There does not appear to be any pattern to our of play and we are so easily out witted.

I want only the best for this club that is and has been a huge part of my life for over fifty years.

I get so annoyed by posters who make one or two word comments I would like to see them make a reasoned argument in defence of their point of view. If they are able !
Of course they are entitled to put what they want but it would make for a better forum if they could explain their point of view.

Anyway on to Braintree and hopefully another three points !

Paignton Community college South Devon college or whatever its called !!

They SHOULD be able to cope ! Why the hell not !

Pathetic excuses !

I am SOOOO grateful for a win at mighty Sough Town.

Southampton Gull wrote: ↑26 Aug 2023, 17:46 Simples!

Plastic pitch. 3 points is a bonus in my eyes.

They train on a " plastic " pitch. They are professionals they should be able play on that kind of surface !

Of course I am happy we won but jeez we make bloody hard work of it.

As for experienced manager .....other managers are available !!

And so much better !!

I have supported this club since 1971 whatever division its been in but a full time club constantly getting outplayed by part timers is pathetic.

Did you see us against Worthing !! ??

Giving a three year contract to a bloody novice. A "scout " who never scouts. Three years of crap recruitment but we cant be critical just doff your cap and be grateful !!

GJ has to thank Mark Halstead for that as Slough could easily have been out of sight at half time. Being in this division is a total embarrassment and no one can defend that !!

From playing in League One alongside clubs like Sheff Wed, Bournemouth, and Bristol City to getting excited about beating Slough Town ! Slough Town FFS !! To make matters worse GJ got us out of this division and instead of making any progress he and Downes got us back in it again and what , we are supposed to be happy with that ???????????

If that clown / coward ( doesn't he love a fist pump if we win ! ) stays then promotion is the absolute minimum.