It’s a new day it’s a new dawn

[Paxman II]

Grendel having another wobbly. You dug yourself a whole mate, own it.

 

[Perennial Lurker]

Grendel having another wobbly. You dug yourself a whole mate, own it.

Hole

 

[Perennial Lurker]

The managing the additional time properly was the most notable change

To be fair to Robins , especially in our playoff season , he was the king of hanging on for a 1-0 win . And in other seasons we were regularly near the top of the late goals scored

 

[Pusb1]

they’ve both made up it’s fine. Snapped this quick piccy earlier

 

[fatso]

7 points from 4 and no manager bounce?

Seriously?

Over a season that’s the autos almost

A decent start, but 3 of those points came against the worst team in the championship that are nailed on to go down. (And we still had to come from behind)

And another point came from a very late and dubious penalty at home to Cardiff.

So I'd say it's been a steady start, but at least we've moved away from the relegation zone, so the pressure has eased a little.

It will be interesting to see what happens in January, and how we go about strengthening the defence, which looks very fragile at the moment.

 

[Captain Dart]

I am not looking up yet but Bristol, Millwall and Derby have such poor form I'd hope we can overtake them soon.

 

[Hobo]

7 points from 4 and no manager bounce?

Seriously?

Over a season that’s the autos almost

Agree it's a new dawn and we have to buy into it.

Extensive studies in Germany has shown new manager bounce doesn't really exist and at best is very short lived before form returns to the previous normal.

That is not to say a new manager/coach given time can't take a team forward .

I was a big Robins fan, I could see small signs of an upturn and felt he deserved more time. However that ship has now sailed.

So I hope Frank Lampard can take us forward. He deserves time and the earliest I think we can make any judgements will be the end of next season.

 

[Captain Dart]

 

[Deleted member 7943]

7 points from 4 and no manager bounce?

Seriously?

Over a season that’s the autos almost

 

[fernandopartridge]

He's not the man I'm afraid. Yes it's only been a few games but he's addressed none of the defensive problems

 

[PVA]

He's not the man I'm afraid. Yes it's only been a few games but he's addressed none of the defensive problems

Didn't expect anything different really, his teams have always been defensively rubbish.

 

[Deleted member 7943]

Didn't expect anything different really, his teams have always been defensively rubbish.

So the truth is we didn't need change did we

 

[Chris1987]

Where's the leaders on the pitch ? There aren't any.
The majority of this lot are an embarrassment to the club

 

[Chris1987]

Didn't expect anything different really, his teams have always been defensively rubbish.

To be fair he's inherited these useless clowns

 

[Deleted member 7943]

To be fair he's inherited these useless clowns

That finished 9th and reached a cup semi final .. terrible

 

[usskyblue]

To be fair he's inherited these useless clowns

According to our owner we have a top 6 ‘deck’ and sacked Robins because he wasn’t getting them to perform.

 

[fernandopartridge]

It's tactical according to King so where's the tactical changes needed to stop us leaking goals?

 

[Mucca Mad Boys]

It's tactical according to King so where's the tactical changes needed to stop us leaking goals?

Some of it will inevitably be personnel, there’s a shortage of leadership.

Same defenders, same GK conceding shit goals. There’s obviously a need for change, it’s embarrassing.

 

[Grendel]

To be fair he's inherited these useless clowns

PVA has a pathological hatred of lampard

 

[Grendel]

It's tactical according to King so where's the tactical changes needed to stop us leaking goals?

It’s obviously not tactical. The personnel aren’t good enough

 

[fernandopartridge]

It’s obviously not tactical. The personnel aren’t good enough

He keeps picking them

 

[PVA]

PVA has a pathological hatred of lampard

No I don't you fucking weirdo.

I certainly don't hate him as much as you hate the bloke who took us here from the League Two.

 

[Moff]

He's not the man I'm afraid. Yes it's only been a few games but he's addressed none of the defensive problems

He’s Doug’s vanity manager.
I would have gone for and would still have Eustace every single time over Lampard.

 

[Cally Fedora]

Other than selecting Collins you can’t put this on Lampard. He’s inherited a squad with no defence. I’d like to know how he continues with Binks over Kitching but he can’t be blamed for previous defensive recruitment.

 

[PVA]

Other than selecting Collins you can’t put this on Lampard. He’s inherited a squad with no defence. I’d like to know how he continues with Binks over Kitching but he can’t be blamed for previous defensive recruitment.

But he can be blamed if he makes them worse. It's very early days but there's a possibility he might.

 

[Otis]

As with most things, football is simply not just black or white.

That was an abomination of a performance in the end today. We did however, start off incredibly well and looked like we could score at will.

We should have been at least two nil up. But it was an really terrible effort by Bassette.

Got that goal and we would have continued with the same swagger, I'm sure. Pompey heads would have dropped too. We made them look very ordinary. We could have easily won this game today. Such fine margins.

What the problem is, is that we have a soft underbelly and continue to make absolutely horrendous mistakes.

It's such a fine line. In the end though, we looked like relegation fodder, for sure. It was a million miles away from the way we started the game however.

We are too fragile and brittle and our belief can swiftly evaporate at times.

We showed what we could do in that first 10 mins. We looked a good side, albeit, against poor opposition.

There IS something there, but we have to cut out the ridiculous errors and that should be Collins and Dasilva gone, unfortunately.

Very poor keeping and very poor defending from JDS.

They HAVE to be replaced.

Some smart dealing in January and I am sure we will be fine.

That's trying to take nothing away from that most horrific effort in the end today.

 

[clint van damme]

Where's the leaders on the pitch ? There aren't any.
The majority of this lot are an embarrassment to the club

We got rid of them.

And I don't care what anyone says, it was on King.
Hopefully he acknowledges his error and let's Lampard recruit some experience
Edit - and just to clarify, I'm talking about those type of players rather than the actual players

 

[Hullinho87]

7 points from 4 and no manager bounce?

Seriously?

Over a season that’s the autos almost

Who do you want in next as boss?

 

[PVA]

Who do you want in next as boss?

Don't do it.

Don't do it.

Don't do it.


Ah fuck it.

 

[Grendel]

But he can be blamed if he makes them worse. It's very early days but there's a possibility he might.

Binks has always been overrated - he was responsible for the goal on the opening game and never covers properly. Dasilva is a joke player.

 

[Ccfcisparks]

He should have made the defensive and keeper sub at half time.

quite frankly that’s the most embarrassing result since Yeovil

 

[clint van damme]

Binks has always been overrated - he was responsible for the goal on the opening game and never covers properly. Dasilva is a joke player.

Top 6 deck, apart from about 7 players

 

[Otis]

Dasilva's defending and positioning, is just awful at times.

Gets the wrong side of players, gets brushed off the ball too easily and so often makes such a weak effort to prevent a shot or cross coming in.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Scraping past bottom of the league at home clearly led these players to believe they can just rock up and beat anyone.

 

[Ccfcisparks]

Scraping past bottom of the league at home clearly led these players to believe they can just rock up and beat anyone.

Half the forum were crowning us as revitalised after that
Us realists could see there was a way to go still