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Yes. It has been crystal clear since October/November.

Would have been an okay result if we got any points away from home. We don't, so it wasn't.

It's all moot. Pompey, Bristol and Doncaster aren't up to much, and they are the three we hope will go down. CCFC just have to be better than the lot of them during the run-in; in order to do that, our away form has to improve, because we sure as hell aren't going to keep winning every home...

Briatore will come across as a freak to most people because his expectations and cultural background are so different, but I think that's to underestimate him. I liked his obsession with winning and hatred for losing, and he was prepared to chop and change until they got the "strong man" who led...

I know this is a bit of a tangent, but the issue is that there hasn't been a fair balance when it comes to finances. Clubs should be free to spend in order to gain an advantage - but only if there is a suitable punishment for financial mismanagement. Then, I suspect, there would be much greater...

"Make or break" has to be the most overused term in football. The reality is that CCFC have to keep up the ridiculous home form or start picking up victories away from home. If, as is the likelihood, CCFC stop winning home games and maintain the poor away form, then we'll comfortably seal our...

We just don't know that. You can only judge a manager on what he does with what he has, and Dowie was failing in a big way. I'm sure people would say that AT could do better with Dowie's resources, and on and on it goes.

AVB should have no complaints. You don't walk into a job like the Chelsea one, overseen by a man like Abramovich, and expect to have time to rebuild. Instant success is what is demanded; I'm sure AVB was told of these expectations before he took the job.

Dowie was sacked because the team plummeted down the table over a period of three months. We averaged 0.73 points-per-game over that third of a season. We slipped from 8th to 19th in the league with no sign of a turnaround coming. As stupot said, the cup results tend to cloud the reality of...

We've taken three points from 17 away games. The issue here is that nobody should be shocked by an away defeat to any team. That's what's so disappointing. Sugarcoating that miserable fact is to just continue living in the bubble.

So much nonsense in one post. 1. He does not make the same thread each week; don't libel a user just because you disagree with them. 2. Of course people expected us to win. There are a few of us who said it is unsustainable to keep losing away and keep winning at home; anybody who...

I think it is a muddier situation than that. Clingan is the captain, he knew it was an important penalty. Perhaps he was greedy enough to go for the goal bonus, perhaps he had the hubris to believe he'd be the hero. But it's also possible that he felt it was a big responsibility and his duty as...

Unquestionably. That game and Pompey at home. If either of those sides takes three points from us, then that's that.

Fixtures are almost irrelevant. The table looks much better for us than it should only because Portsmouth had 10 points deducted and Forest went on a freak run of poor form. Forest averaged 1.17 ppg in the first half of the season, then averaged 0.38 ppg over the next 13. Then they played us...

What's the relevance of the article?

Surely any club ought to be a reflection of its fans. If we were packing out the Ricoh every fortnight then yes, SISU would be "c*nts" for not appearing to care. But if the fans can "take or leave" Championship football, why is it so criminal that ownership merely reflects the population's mood...

In neither post did I say that we got a good deal; I merely said I understood the logic (of dealing from a position of strength to fill a position of weakness). Had McDonald turned out to have a Le Fondre-esque impact, this thread wouldn't exist.

Yeah, in hindsight it would have been better to keep Turner, of course. All you can really do is make the decision you feel is best at any given time, and then have restful nights. I've got no issue with the logic of the deal at all; had it swung the other way (ie McDonald being an effective...

Not having a go at people like you, Mark. Just a general observation about the city's population and broader catchment area; people can't slate SISU for an apparent apathy towards Championship football when the population is much the same.

Sometimes the stars align: maybe they have a ridiculously strong squad; maybe the roar of sell-out home crowds does the trick; maybe they have fresh ideas and haven't been figured out as yet. Who knows? The argument I would make is that a genuinely effective manager will extract the most out...