Following the unfortunate accident to our manager, amazingly the two short listed candidates for the vacancy were in opposition the other night, and what a contrast. Sam Allardyce saw his West Ham team beat Brighton 1-0 and go second in a performance so hideous that one report suggested it should ha...

Once again we have been let down by failing to take advantage of playing against ten men late in the game. Everyone knows that the key is ball retention and stetching the opposition by getting the ball wide. Our failure to do this against ten men highlights the lack of composure and tactical awarene...

Out hooped last week by Donny.
Out passed this week by Boro.

According to Wiki Matejovsky was signed after B Mc had been watching him for a long time, so BM was instrumental in his signing. As for goals neither set the world alight. I would suggest both are in need of a partner, much like Harps and Sidwell made a good partnership. Sadly neither had that at R...

Shambles;
A scene or condition of complete disorder or ruin.
Great clutter or jumble. A total mess.

I think this sums up the latest strip perfectly. In fact there is a strong resemblance to performances on the pitch. Coincidence?

I don't really think forster was selfish, I think a big flaw in his game was his vision and awareness and the fact he never looked at whats around him enough, if he had those attributes he would have been playing regularly in the prem. Quite agree but I`d go further. If Forster could have played wi...

In the case of James Harper lots has justifiably been written about the deficiencies in his game over the years. He would walk into our team at the moment though. Could we not take him on loan?

Royal Lady Chillax peeps - why do you all take yourself so seriously?

Don`t be too hard on yourself Mrs May. Home Secretaries have always made mistakes, even among the best of them such as Willie Whitelaw.
Didn`t Margaret Thatcher say that every good Prime Minister needed a Willie?

Too many faults to discuss here, poor technique, tactical awareness and confidence among them. There is something far more fundamental though; the new strip (no, stay with me). Once the opposition stop pissing themselves at us looking like Leeds in pyjamas they quickly work out that the rest of it i...

Oh dear, I didn`t want to get technical. Gorkss played OK up at Hull and he is a left footer. But you are right and I struggle to include any of today`s players.

Here is good wheeze; select a team from the 1995 vintage and todays. My head said Skippy but the heart said Kebe and sorry ALF but I aint seen you play, This team in a 3-5-2:

Shaka

Williams
Wdowczyk
Gorkss

Kebe
Taylor
Osborn
Gooding
Gilkes

Nogan
Lovell

This is a bit pointless at the moment. No matter what system you play you have to pass it well and (the Leicester game apart) we don`t. With the formation and players mentioned who is going to close down for us high up the pitch? Andy Hughes used to do it in a similar system but he is long gone and ...

LUX good to hear from you Jeff, hope your health is still O.K.

ps +1 for RL's comment.

Ah Lux. Mir geet et gutt. Merci.

I don't know about other people, but sometimes I wish that Back From The Game threads were restricted to those who were ACTUALLY at the game, hence why (other than this post) I rarely post on the thread unless I've been. I'd rather hear from people who were there and listen to their comments on the...

The bloke apparantly is a bit of a poacher with an excellent goal scoring record. Usually this type of player spends much of the game working out how to lose his marker(s). Sorry chap but that is complete bollocks. Have you ever played? He's a pro. He doesn't have to think about shit like that, he ...

He's meant to be a little on the lazy side Thats exactly what we DON'T need though.......we need someone in the mould of Long and Doyle, who will run channels and close down the defence i think mcdermott will get him to play like that if u see all our strikers doing that atm then i dnt see why mcde...

Will it be a Gorkss and Bongo partnership or Gorkss and Pearce The later works for me. Isn`t Gorkss a left footer and unsurprisingly plays on the left? This is a specialist position and Pearce prefers to play there. Recall how England were exposed in the World Cup with Terry moved to the right side...

This was one of the best away performances in recent years and Leicester were made to look poor by a team in which every player was at the top of his game. McDermott shrugged off the loss of Long`s pace and willingness down the channels by opting for more of a passing game with the ball played into ...

I think Federici looks like an egg and the sooner someone comes in and shells out some money for him the better.
Incidentally what became of the little blue lion symbol and the Egg Marketing Board? Did the EU do away with it?

Is the Duke of Cambridge supposed to be Honorary President of the FA or something? He was certainly out in Zurich fronting our 2018 World Cup bid. So why was he not at Wembley cheering on the England team in an important Euro qualifier against Switzerland instead of watching his grandmother`s stupid...