Sanjay Shah

– Clean sheet
– 5 points clear
– Just 1 point vs Hull should see us pip them to 17th on 33 points and GD (provided we don’t lose by more than 1 goal in our other games)
– Gohouri looked solid
– Scharner won’t start again
– Arsenal’s title bid is all but gone so there is a ray of light for us on Sunday
– Chelsea should have the title wrapped up before we go there, and with their players thinking about the FA and World Cups that should mean we can scrape a bonus point at the Bridge!

Apparently had a spat with McCarthy in the tunnel at half time, with Kirky and Bramble pulling them apart.

I had the same thought about Chelsea bookending our premiership years…but then realised that even if we do get relegated that doesn’t mean we’ll never be a premiership side again!

Tell the Manager an the Players that. our fans are behind them we have all season its not been a easy ride us supporters tha knows?you heard the saying thats wearing thin tha knows?[/quote]

Not sure some of the players really give a damn…just gone 2-1 down and Gomez, in plain sight of our fans, is smiling and having a joke.

Since when were Cattermole, Palacios and Valencia the finished article when they joined us? Wigan turned Palacios and Valencia into the high value players they are today…and in contrast just look how far Cattermole has progressed since jumping ship…
As for Emile – whilst without doubt a great player and a a talisman for us – he’s been past his best since his 3rd season at Liverpool!!

Give over. If that’s your argument then why didn’t Whelan sack Jewel in his first ever season or in our second prem season when we lost 9 games on the trot?

And as for 10 years of team building – hah! Apart perhaps from a decent pre season summer under Hutchings and maybe 2 half seasons under Bruce we’ve done no team building in he last 5 years…more the opposite…thanks to an “incompetent, stubborn, man” called Dave Whelan.

I’m not saying Martinez hasn’t got it wrong…I said in pre season that I was concerned about his appointment. I think he has blindly followed his principles and part of that is down to the fact that he hasn’t got anyone of note or experience to challenge him.
He’s also been over ambitious by trying to play a progressive formation and style with players who aren’t yet capable, but without any plan B…again cos he has nobody to provide any challenge or different, experienced thinking.

As a fence sitter I have to say that whilst loudmouth’s style of questioning aligns with his username, the nature of his questions are valid.

I’m very keen to understand why Roberto thought it wise as an unproven top flight manager to be supported by coaching staff who have less management experience and success than himself.

I can understand him needing players (e.g Gomez, Scotland) who support him the dressing room, but surely a wise old prem head amongst his coaching staff wouldn’t have gone amiss?

I’d also like to understand why he’s afraid to change his style of play just to suit his principles. It’s clear that not all of our players are suited to a passing game – in the interests of survival shouldn’t he play to their strengths rather than stick to principes that aren’t working?

Thirdly, can he explain his comments that losing by 1 or 4 goals doesn’t matter. It’s clear that GD will play a part at the end of the season…did his comments affect the players into thinking it didn’t matter if they shipped 3-4 more after going 1 or 2 nil down? Did he not look back at some of the previous seasons of our and others survival through GD and goals scored?