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1st name on the team sheet.

It can but you need highly technical players and an intelligent manager. Only a complete fraud like Russell thinks you can play this way with guys like Thomas, Okoli, Soutter, Bobby and all the other donkeys we've got at the club. Brian Barry Murphy, who's steeped in the Pep way, did it with Cardiff last season, and Enzo and Kompany have done it in the Championship.

That's my take hence why I'm hesitant to criticise him. We saw JJ have the same issues at RB, and most thought he was finished as a player. Yet he moved to Leeds and has played all along the back line, excelling in the PL. Aluko has never played men's football and has been hung out to dry by Russell. In some respects he'd be better going out on loan, away from the toxicity at the club.

Until we get a manager that knows what's he's doing

Id reserve judgement on our young academy lads until a competent manager takes over.

In terms of trophies we're like the 6th most successful English club in the last 30 years, and could be playing 4th division football next season. We just do the most extraordinary things, whether good or bad.

We need around 50pts to be certain of avoiding relegation. Honestly, I don't we'll get there under Russell.

Russell will be content with the 20 shots, points are optional. A special mention goes to king, a great player for us but a complete failure as assistant manager, manager and now set piece coach.

This game is a perfect illustration of Martin's failed gameplan. Slow, ponderous and boring.

He was an integral part of the Southampton team that was promoted to the PL. No reason why he couldn't do a good job at L1.

Our season would've be completely different If we'd got Maharaj.

Strange game, scored 2 cracking goals but overall I still wasn't too impressed with him. Gave the ball away alot and his crosses rarely found a city player.

Congralutions to Paul Nixon. His Antigua and Barbuda team won the CPL.

This one hurts. On top with one hand on the trophy, we decide to throw it away with an awful batting display.

Our owner took a team that won the FA cup and finished 5th, twice in the PL, and turned into a bottom half league 1 club within a few years. Martin is a problem, but our biggest problem is the owner and his side kick.

In control and 1-0 up against 10 men, he completely forgot he's a defender. Gifted them a goal. Let's hope he doesn't make that mistake again.

Russ's brain dead football 1 Ten man Barnsley 1

He's so shit, he makes Mavididi look good. Same goes for that other twat, Burns.

Russell doing his best to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. What a ****

This is something that Russell has alluded to. The problem is it's those youngsters that are consistently our best players, where as the experienced ones like McCarthy, Soutter, Thomas at al who are letting us down.

We got an extra 8pts (reduced from 16) in addition to the 19pts we got for winning the game. It's complete BS, the game lasted 4 days with almost 800runs scored.

It's probably for the best Monga left. He was acting like Mavididi v2.0 here, coasting through games completely disinterested. Now he's at Man City, he's going to learn some harsh truths.

He just can't organise a defence, he's never been able to throughout his managerial career. That won't change here with him dead set on starting Souttar and Luke. We know how this story ends as much as we want him and us to succeed.

Expect more calamitous defending. He's the 1st name on Russell's team sheet.

Absolutely, they also hit the post, crossbar and had a goal cleared off the line. Very easily could've scored 5+ goals.