Anything less than a 2-0 defeat tomorrow is good then we go into a March that will make or break our season.

Peter Lorimer in a hospice with brain cancer, brings back memories of the penalty in 1975

When you’re using Keane as an example you’re already in the back foot. He’s a classic example of someone who would be shot by his own soldiers.

Interesting discourse. I’m totally with REPD on how smarter management can move up us the table towards the heady heights of Gillingham (or some other similarly mediocre midtable third division club) regardless of budget.

With Nightmaregale enjoying the "breath of fresh air" from Robbo lets hope we see it in his performances rather than the shite we've seen so far

Repd - ah interesting. Tbh I’d stopped listening to what he had to say very early on in his reign. Noticed club interviews where very short and with little passion so ignored him tbh

Anyway, hopefully tomorrow won’t be an opportunity for people to bash Robbo if we lose - Hull may be falling away slightly from their earlier form, but they will be desperate to get back into the automatic spots. I’d love to think our players will be given the chance to show what they can do, have a little freedom of expression on the pitch without huge pressure - you never know what might happen..... 🤞

Personally I think as a manager you are only as good as the players at your disposal. The quality in players signed has rapidly decreased since our promotion. Budget / poor recruitment to blame. I think even Merlin the magician would struggle to get this lot going so fair play to Robbo. Maybe he's got more of a rapport with the youth players he coached in past and Glyn wasnt able to get a tune out of them. Strange as we looked ok up until the Charlton game. Bang average but I was happy with that and then it all fell apart.

Silk - players can still be managed these days. It's just not the same as yelling at them and calling them useless cunts out loud.

The problem with management is you cannot manage footballers anymore - both Wally and Roy Keane told crap and lazy players they were crap and lazy and both paid the price for their impertinence.

Interesting that Twitter have added a new model in their app where you can charge people to look at your content. Would anyone really do that? Pay money to see someone's Tweets?

Should have also added "if they want to remain in football after they've retired".

Lurker - there is that aspect, of course, although I believe the PFA does help with other career paths. To be fair, if you've been in a particular profession all your life, and there's plenty of opportunities to remain in it, you'll want to take them

Dazzer, as we all know the further up the food chain you are the more resource is available for managers media engagement, scripted questions, getting your narrative out etc. That’s not L1. Ffs, look at the errr, errr, errr media voice and assistance we offered to Ardley, Walter, Hodges! I do read your stuff Dazzer and know you are not digging Glyn out.

REPD how many of them actually have anything they can do? I'd guess coaching, management is what a lot of them get into cos there's nothing else they know?

In balance to Alice's problem, this week I had a parcel arrive which although my name and address was on it, was not ordered by me. I had something else on order and suspected they'd mucked it up whilst packaging/labeling. Got onto them via Ebay, sent picture of package, content, and couriers note. The following day the package I'd ordered arrived. Let them know. They said keep the first one. Anyone want a roll of non-slip tape?

Dazzer - I think very few managers who don't enjoy it enough stick around, but it amazes me how many ex-players want to be one

Rob - absolutely it must take it our of you - but like in any job if you don't actually enjoy what you do you won't put 100% into it

MAD - yeah lack of ego - I don't see MR talking about himself much & my other comments were aimed at football management in general - and for the record I loved Wally & Glyn as players - the great escape was fantastic & wouldn't have happened without - nothing personal from me here

Dazzer - there are more British managers starting to come through the highest levels again, albeit slowly, and I think they've had to learn from the foreign bosses. I guess being a manager must take it out of you regardless.

Lack of ego? Ok. On the Hodges theme we seem to be a bit quick to slot a very personable guy who had to suffer a lot of family upheaval to be part of a double act that saved our bacon. We got off to a flier this season with a primark squad and Glyn having to use the bloke who was bought in to set up a data base to assist him and the coach and loans manager (Robinson). Tbh, the bloke deserves a bit more respect.

REPD - Robbo also seems the sort of person that would listen to a player as well

Alice. Christine has had a scam email as well. Apparently a lot of people on Facebook have also had one.

It's interesting Rob - the 3 you listed as positive are all foreign managers with no prior links to the English game - I seriously think that managers / coaches that have been in or around Prem/League football all their lives don't actually enjoy it - I have heard on a number of occasions that a manager doesn't enjoy a win it is more of a relief that they got something right - how can you motivate somebody when that is the way you feel

I never used to listen to our manager interviews, seemed to be a bunch of uninspiring cliches, but I find Robbo very different and look forward to his new videos and am excited to see how it pans out for him. He certainly seems more open about what he is trying to do and how.