• CO CountryRoyal 5 Aug 2017 · 6:59pm

  Well, at Heathrow having a pint before my flight. After that performance I think I'm grateful I'm going to miss the next couple of games, needless to say it wasn't very good. :lol: It was very demonstrative of an injury laden team, and perhaps highlighted our limited pre season. Lacking match sharpness is a polite way of describing that dross. Couldn't string more than a couple of passes together, ball retention was a foreign concept, we were pushed off the ball easily, second to every 50/50 etc etc, it was just shambolic. I thought Jon Dadi looked good, put himself about and very energetic but I can't help think that Kermorgant… More →

• JA Jagermesiter1871 5 Aug 2017 · 7:14pm

  I feel like the club has been deliberately going for a slow start since we lost in the play-offs. Everything in pre-season seem half arsed from signings to friendlies and an opening display like that was guaranteed. The lack of urgency with signings particularly - it seems like we're waiting for deadline day when in reality surely you want the bulk of your transfers done as early into pre-season as possible so any signings can bed in. Utterly bizarre and I'm not sure what the clubs reasoning is.

• BO bobby1413 5 Aug 2017 · 7:19pm

  Can someone more informed than me tell me where our other players are? McShane is suspended but fit and can return whenever - right? Quinn is injured still/again... for how long? McCleary? The others who I cannie be bothered to name or remember

• SU Sutekh 5 Aug 2017 · 7:20pm

  Just on the back if those marks compared to last week v Vitesse. Sounds like a repeat of the first half of that game which makes me wonder just what on earth they've been doing in training all week as you think they'd have worked hard to get that sort of cr@p out of the system Swift has been a poor copy of himself since well before Easter, Ilori is a hell of a lot better than that apparent mess delivered today so let's just put that down to a one off. It also took me a while to spot Clement was on the pitch last week so let's hope that his apparent repeat performance today is not indicative of what to expect from him. And, as has… More →

• CO CountryRoyal 5 Aug 2017 · 7:24pm

  Waiting for the right player at the right price, when teams have already decided who they want/don't want in their squads. Wells is a good example I reckon. There's nothing to worry about, we've shown time and time again that a championship season isn't won or lost in the first few games. I forgot to add one positive from today is that the performance want for a lack of effort, they were trying unfortunately they just didn't have a clue what to do and they weren't up to scratch. That team alone is capable of much more, that being said I think we really need a couple of real quality additions if we're to even in any part replicate… More →

• OI Oilroyal 5 Aug 2017 · 7:30pm

  Until then the club shouldn’t be surprised at the lack on bums on seats..Cheque book out time brother, sister

• DO download 5 Aug 2017 · 7:39pm

  McShane is carrying an injury.

• YU yuomi 5 Aug 2017 · 7:43pm

  Tbh that was a perfect follow on from the playoff final, and summed up a pre season which has been notable only for its total lack of coherency and urgency. At Wembley, we sat back for 120 minutes and created, at best, a couple of half chances. Today was the same, only without the half chances. We can't pass, we can't retain the ball without passing, no one can find space, there's no communication, there's a total lack of effort and, most worryingly of all, no one seems to give a shit. I'm happy to put this down to first day nerves/blues/lack of match fitness/we haven't won an opener in 12 years, but there are ominous signs there… More →

• IC IceIceGylfi 5 Aug 2017 · 7:50pm

  If today showed one thing, it's that we miss Williams. We were crying out for some steel and drive in midfield today and he was arguably the best in the team for that. A replacement with a similar style to him is needed badly imo.

• JA Jagermesiter1871 5 Aug 2017 · 8:00pm

  I highly doubt this. As far as I can remember Williams rarely if ever made a difference. He was quite often the best performer in a poor performance but was never single handily capable of driving the team on to do anything.

• OI Oilroyal 5 Aug 2017 · 8:08pm

  must be on a wind up :?

• CO CountryRoyal 5 Aug 2017 · 8:17pm

  Maybe jäger didn't go much in the second half of last season which was 10 fold better than the rest of his career with us. For most of his time here that's a fairly accurate description, however he was certainly one of our consistently best performers towards the end of the season. Oh wait I've just read it properly. TBH he always "drove the team on" except he normally did it into opposition players and lost the ball. Certainly seemed to add a bit more of a footballing brain last season.

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