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As the old sixties song goes 'I woke up this morning, you were on my mind'. Still feel as though there has been a death in the family. I know that. But I wonder if relegation shocked Joy and she was definitely much more involved thereafter

A speculation on my part but it looked like SISU finally got their act together when she sidelined Tim and took more direct control herself. Roughly coincided with the appointment of Robins so the difference was not appreciated and SISU's charge sheet was already very long. SISU trusted Robins...

New manager bounce is v common, and players have explained why - need to justify their place to the new man - however it is the long haul that matters

I feel like I have had a death in the family. Bereaved. A real sense of loss. I felt as though I knew him; sort of knew what he would do next, although often caught me out (see Leeds last season away). Not quite grief, but a massive hole.

the key phrase there is 'new structure', in my (long) experience structural change is hugely over rated as a vehicle for improvement, but politicians, management consultants and new owners love it. Looks 'busy'.

There is a First World War General about I know whom quite a lot (sad, I know) called William Robertson, who coined the phrase 'War is a one man show'. Football is the same and Robins was our 'one man'. I think SISU had come to understand that, now we have to have King working his way up the...

In league 1 yes

On reflection our best recruitments in the Robins era were the two either side of promotion from L1: Before: McFadz, Allen, Godden plus O'Hare and Walsh on loan. After: Hamer, Sheaf on loan and O'Hare purchased. Who was in charge of recruitment then?

Matty James was just the player we needed last night

Did Denis Lawrence spot the vibes and jump ship?

Right now I am thinking that we are going to regret this and look back on a halcyon era of stability. We are back to Coleman, dowie and bothroyd and that all ended up with Thorne

Under SISU latterly robins was top dog, with his team and a low key commercial manager, and it worked, or so it seemed. King has brought in more modern concepts and a broader management team, less Robins' "one man show" But whose to not say that shitty SISU after years of cocking it up had...

That taxi has finally turned up...

...and interestingly not one being advocated before the season. Robins is undogmatic, he learns and changes if sometimes slowly and maybe even that's good.

Basically the same team (they are professional footballers, they train, they can do three matches in a week), but Simms back in if fit. Tats v Torp is a toss up. For all its critics, 3-4-1-2 seems to work with the players that we have - four at the back including Da Silva frightens the pants...

Home thoughts from abroad 1. See above, Eccles goal was really well taken. We don't threaten enough from midfielders running from deep. 2. Following the matchday thread from the settee you would have thought we were being hammered. Why don't people make due allowance for the fact that we were...

He clearly did. He actually bent it round the goalkeeper. Considerable nerve, the easy option would have been to move to his right to open up the angle

...needs to be as calm as Eccles

what do you mean by 'press resistant player'? Do you mean least likely to give the ball away under pressure? Or something else?

A couple of posts above that do it for me. - Swap Kitching and Binks (who played a lot of the second half like a left wing back. The poor old Luton right back must have felt he was being picked on as he had Binks, Rudoni and Wright all at him). - Torp for Tats. Hard on Tats, but Torp is more...