Forest Floored and Friar-Tucked by Marsch's Marauding Merry Men CK

[eric olthwaite]

the stuff the motd pundits, rarely a treasure trove of deep insight, said about us in the second half really struck a chord with me - when trying to put an attack together, we just kept giving the ball away. really dire. serious lack of footballers without, bad as they often are, Rodrigo/Brenden in the team. bamford, sini, Jackie, the attacking subs, all were pish. I just didn't... get it, the right hand side in particular, what if anything were we trying to do there? it's imo really worrying that sini, Jackie, seemingly now gnonto all seemingly prefer to play on the left leaving us with no-one who really specialises in wide right... unless it's Rutter, but can you really play him with an out-and-out centre forward in the middle and a very attacking option in Gnonto on the left? I don't think I can see a plan emerging.

The possession thing - I still think they’re not bad players, but it looks like they’re being told to move the ball on more quickly than they have the skills to support. We need to be less manic.

[AndyPaul]

On the whole we have gathered a good squad. Especially in midfield and the wingers department. It is not a bottom three squad however it will be understeer current manager.

If Bamford goes on TV and says the tactics are shit then you know something isn't right.

[Mustafaster]

Has he gone yet?

[eric olthwaite]

Jog. The. Fuck. On. You. Stupid. Fuck.

[rss1969]

Has he gone yet?

Just come on here to post those very words.

If they sack him today and get someone in quickly (especially Corboran who would settle in faster than anyone) we could have had a match plus several training sessions up to the 2nd scum game. Ok we will lose both games but it gives us a fighting chance for the following six pointers.

If we wait and then take a week to appoint someone, we will be fucked. Players are great at using a scapegoat to not perform and Marsch is a dead man walking.

I will be taking the stress out of the situation to coin a phrase and not watching us until the useless cunt is gone. The Forest game went exactly as I knew it would and all it did was ruin my Sunday and make me a grumpy fucker, don’t need it. I feel sorry for season ticket holders who have had to watch this shit.

[Devi]

Fucking clueless.

[the flying pig]

the stuff the motd pundits, rarely a treasure trove of deep insight, said about us in the second half really struck a chord with me - when trying to put an attack together, we just kept giving the ball away. really dire. serious lack of footballers without, bad as they often are, Rodrigo/Brenden in the team. bamford, sini, Jackie, the attacking subs, all were pish. I just didn't... get it, the right hand side in particular, what if anything were we trying to do there? it's imo really worrying that sini, Jackie, seemingly now gnonto all seemingly prefer to play on the left leaving us with no-one who really specialises in wide right... unless it's Rutter, but can you really play him with an out-and-out centre forward in the middle and a very attacking option in Gnonto on the left? I don't think I can see a plan emerging.

I can help with this. We don't use the right wing. It's not in the game plan.

it's, in fairness, it's a great tribute to raphina & how good he was here, none of this messing about retiring a shirt number or whatever, we've gone the whole hog and retired the entire position, maybe even his entire area of the pitch.

[Ponte]

No 10am announcement then.
Sake.

[Bobbycollins]

Marsch said in his post-match TV interview "I feel like we've had this feeling a lot: we've played quite well, been on top of matches, but we find ways to lose". Perhaps Marsch could consider organising the defence. When the goal is scored, we have nine players in our penalty area, as compared with only 4 from Forest. Ayling was sort of marking Johnson but then moved back towards the goal, which left two Forest players unmarked on the edge of the box, with Sinisterra between them, not marking anyone. The header from Pascal was poor but that goal wasn't finding a way to lose, it was bad management and poor organisation.

[Terre Harte II]

Jog. The. Fuck. On. You. Stupid. Fuck.

Jesse, you’re making it really hard to be both American and from Wisconsin right now and that pisses me off.

There are many here among us, me among them, who think the motivational speaker hokum comes straight from the High Middle Ages of Bullshit.

Please just watch a video on how to defend corners.

[Terre Harte II]

On the whole we have gathered a good squad. Especially in midfield and the wingers department. It is not a bottom three squad however it will be understeer current manager.

If Bamford goes on TV and says the tactics are shit then you know something isn't right.

To your point, our goal difference suggests we should be pretty safe.

We find ways to lose because we don’t fix our systemic defensive problems, we don’t create enough quality chances, and we don’t always finish when we do. Two of the three go straight to the manager.

[Devi]

To your point, our goal difference suggests we should be pretty safe.

Bookmarked, to be revisited after our next two games.

[MightyWhite]

I imagine it’s perfectly normal for a coach to send their players home with some inspirational viewing material. Difference is it wouldn’t normally be put out there and formulated into a noteworthy element of a long form article. So either someone is putting this stuff out there to make him look daft, or he’s putting it out there under the misinformed belief it makes him look astute.

[Matt White]

Goal difference?? We need points!

Sorry, just venting. Watching that yesterday and reading on here has not helped the old blood pressure. I need to get a cat just so I can go full Kurt Zouma on it.

[rss1969]

I imagine it’s perfectly normal for a coach to send their players home with some inspirational viewing material. Difference is it wouldn’t normally be put out there and formulated into a noteworthy element of a long form article. So either someone is putting this stuff out there to make him look daft, or he’s putting it out there under the misinformed belief it makes him look astute.

This.

Just before a sacking in modern football we get snippets. Maybe from the club themselves, players, unhappy staff or ITK journalists.

It happened with Bielsa, the Heck & Monk. Probably from a mixture of all the sources listed above.

Bamford looked thoroughly fed up in his interview yesterday and we looked a very unhappy bunch of players as the game wore on. Shoulders hunched, niggly fouls and altercations that just played into Forest's hands, players moaning at the ref about anything.

[eric olthwaite]

I imagine it’s perfectly normal for a coach to send their players home with some inspirational viewing material . . .

Bielsa would have had them watching The Seventh Seal though, not Netflix

[Bobbycollins]

I imagine it’s perfectly normal for a coach to send their players home with some inspirational viewing material . . .

Bielsa would have had them watching The Seventh Seal though, not Netflix

He actually recommended people reading (remember reading?) Eleven Rings.

[Eddies Boots]

Watching that yesterday and reading on here has not helped the old blood pressure. I need to get a cat just so I can go full Kurt Zouma on it.

Yesterday, I watched most of the game while playing with the cat - it is much better for your blood pressure and mental well-being than the remorse you will feel having drop-kicked the poor thing into next door's back garden.

The tosser has gone, and we will have hope again.
We should all get a pet to see us through the nightmare ahead.

[MightyWhite]

Couldn’t get a ticket for yesterday but, being my local fixture, I travelled over anyway in the hope a spare would turn up. I drank heartily with dozens of Leeds fans in the Canalhouse before giving up the ghost at 1.30pm and getting the train home.

It was one of my most enjoyable Leeds trips in recent memory.