Hence the guess. Adie Williams and Mick Gooding have played at a high level and reckon the defenders are zonal (space) marking I think. Maybe they're just shite and incapable of man marking. Maybe there is no clarity from the defensive coach or Gomes so they're confused. Also not a pro, not sure, ju...

Hold on a minute. We have had half-a-dozen goals against this season that are 90% the fault of the 2 or 3 CBs There is no excuse for giving away regular free headers in the middle of the goal. No matter how good the cross (or bad the fullback play) the CBs should be making the play difficult for th...

Because part of the reason for the "shambolic defensive organisation" is down to Gomes himself. Why oh why do our fullbacks play so far forward? A good manager would identify the problem and alter his ways. But we haven't. And it's ridiculous Hold on a minute. We have had half-a-dozen goa...

Oh actually looking at the notes more carefully I think that one has various words to it..I know sometimes it's "we've got the ball..we've got the ball..we've got the ball we've got the ball we've got the ball etc (or we've lost the ball). Other times isn't it the old Yann kermorgant chant? Th...

Oh actually looking at the notes more carefully I think that one has various words to it..I know sometimes it's "we've got the ball..we've got the ball..we've got the ball we've got the ball we've got the ball etc (or we've lost the ball). Other times isn't it the old Yann kermorgant chant? Th...

Ok so we don't know O'Shea's role. We don't know who brought him in. Whatever his role, an area we need desperate improvement in is our defensive organisation. As for O'Shea automatically being a great defensive coach just because he was physically good at defending I'm sorry Snowball I respectfull...

Because part of the reason for the "shambolic defensive organisation" is down to Gomes himself. Why oh why do our fullbacks play so far forward? A good manager would identify the problem and alter his ways. But we haven't. And it's ridiculous Hold on a minute. We have had half-a-dozen goa...

Ok so we don't know O'Shea's role. We don't know who brought him in. Whatever his role, an area we need desperate improvement in is our defensive organisation. As for O'Shea automatically being a great defensive coach just because he was physically good at defending I'm sorry Snowball I respectfully...

Ok so we all agree. How cute. So why oh why do we think HNA is going nuts at Gomes when our biggest problem by a mile is our shambolic defensive organisation? Letting in early soft goals are screwing up games and making it very hard for Gomes to do his job properly. Emergency appointment of an EXPE...

Ok so we all agree. How cute. So why oh why do we think HNA is going nuts at Gomes when our biggest problem by a mile is our shambolic defensive organisation? Letting in early soft goals are screwing up games and making it very hard for Gomes to do his job properly. Emergency appointment of an EXPER...

perhaps I have the wrong chant. The one I'm thinking of doesn't really have lyrics apart from hoof. I think the rest is just Der Der Der de Der de Der hoof. My reference to the notes was more a reflection on people's singing ability than your musical ear. Oh, hehe. Yeah that old ‘chant’ doesn’t eve...

It's this belief that O'Shea must be the second coming just because years ago he played for Utd that really pisses me off He was a shit past it defender with no coaching experience before he joined us. He was a shit defender whilst he played for us. And now he appears to be a shit coach too. Exactl...

Amazing how both Swansea and Bristol goals were early and near identical. free headers 6 yards out with crosses from the right. after that just like last week the home team rarely threatened. poor mindset poor coaching, while Clements team used to be asleep at the start of the 2nd half this lot sta...

I've already said what I think is right. He should have 5 games post Fulham to show some improvement. If he picks up a draw +1 game. If he picks up a win +2 games. If he loses the next 2 as well, might as well just call it early, because it'll be 1 point from 8 games, or 1 out of 24 points. I didn'...

not sure it's quite sung on those notes, perhaps it's a little flat at times, but I think you are referring to the "hoof" chant. My understanding is that it is in reference to old criticisms that we would just"hoof" the ball upfront. Not 100% sure tho Thanks. What are the lyrics...

It's this belief that O'Shea must be the second coming just because years ago he played for Utd that really pisses me off He was a shit past it defender with no coaching experience before he joined us. He was a shit defender whilst he played for us. And now he appears to be a shit coach too. Exactl...

It’s as though people are treating sacking as some sort of punishment. We all like the guy and he doesn’t deserve punishment so on that basis most of us who aren’t butthurt by the fact he’s foreign would otherwise like him to stay. The issue is do we think he is the man to improve things. If yes he ...

The more meaningful question is why this justifies Gomes staying. We shouldn't be discussing relegation with this squad, so if he took us down why should we trust him as the man to rebuild with? I’ve obviously missed the thread of a conversation that seems to have walked into ludicrous territory. A...

There’s something very wrong with this team. Good players who seem to each be having their own individual performances. “Not on the same wavelength” “Disjointed” As described by Dellor , which from what I was watching was a perfect assessment of our afternoon. Rafa 6 . Average keeper. Nothing right,...

Ex-Southbank and East stand chantstarter here, generally disappointed by the new generation of chanters over the last 10 years or so but I have to say I like a certain chant, not sure what it is though. I'm sure you all know it, It starts (notes in brackets)... der(A) der(A) der(G) der(F) OOOPH (or...