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Reply | Christian Nourry - Two Year Anniversary
at 12:06 27 Jan 2026
Yes, I think his approach to recruitment and (in theory) getting younger players playing rather than hanging around at the club if they're not good enough is a significant improvement on what went before. However, it's no good signing someone like Poku and him then being injured most of the season - he needs to sort out the performance side of things ASAP. Also, it's good to blood young players but reckless to play them just because they're young, as shown by the goalkeeper situation this season (jury still out on Walsh for me).
Ultimately, this season looks like being a missed opportunity - the likes of Southampton and Sheffield United have under-performed after relegation and that won't happen every year. People keep saying next season is the one but being cynical, why will things suddenly improve then? Will our squad be any fitter? Will we go into the season half-cooked again? Will we have a reliable goalkeeper? A left back who can play every week? Cover for the right side? More questions than answers. [Post edited 27 Jan 12:07]
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Reply | Julien speaks
at 13:57 26 Jan 2026
The Ben Williams issue is a big test for Nourry. He is clearly failing quite spectactularly in his role (and making Nourry's regime fail too), so you'd expect him to be dismissed. If he isn't, that sends out quite the message.
Maybe they spin it and Williams departs at the end of the season for another role, invented or otherwise. |
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Reply | Form Guide:
at 10:05 26 Jan 2026
So Ben Williams is doing a good job then? |
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Reply | Form Guide:
at 20:27 25 Jan 2026
I'd be surprised if most of our squad didn't want to succeed at their profession and I don't think it's a lack of effort we're seeing, more an organisational failing. We all know the issues with fitness, which Nourry must be aware of, so I'm surprised we haven't seen some of his bots on here recently. Clive has clearly invested in some security.
There's also been a losing mentality at the club for a while. Arguably that stems from having hands-off owners who let people pull their pants down repeatedly over the years. Some of our players when we were in the Premier League clearly couldn't give a f*** whether we won or lost and that includes people like Rio Ferdinand or Boswinga who won lots of medals in their careers. I think that has improved in recent years but we still lack the ruthlessness that all sports champions have. |
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Reply | Julien speaks
at 20:09 25 Jan 2026
Lose on Saturday (which is pretty likely) and that Charlton game starts to loom very large. Friday night on Sky, big away support for a London derby, Kelman and Dykes with something to prove, Nathan Jones being Nathan Jones. I wouldn't want to be putting in another crappy away performance. [Post edited 25 Jan 20:10]
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Reply | Marti gone...
at 16:53 25 Jan 2026
Saved us from relegation. That half-season was fantastic. It soured last season but we'll always have Paris. |
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Reply | Marti gone...
at 16:14 25 Jan 2026
Feel bad about chanting at him at the Leicester game now. Was fed up with him at the end of last season (the 0-5 against Burnley was a nadir) but with hindsight he was in an invidious position with his boss actively briefing against him.
The grass is always greener, both for him and us. Did more for us than the current manager and can't blame him for clashing with the arrogant, unproven CEO. |
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Reply | We’re in good hands.
at 11:41 25 Jan 2026
Yes, I assume it's partly because they are priced out of the Premier League and must be the reason we now have a waiting-list for season tickets. You definitely see it at games. I just hope they get a period of supporting us when we're semi-decent soon like the 70s, 90s or Warnock era. |
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Reply | Wrexham fans
at 11:34 25 Jan 2026
Very true lol. Their ground is tucked away down a lane in suburban Bromley - blink and you'd miss it. Mad they will probably be in League One next season. [Post edited 25 Jan 11:34]
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Reply | Wrexham fans
at 11:29 25 Jan 2026
Stevenage are three points off the play-offs in League One...  |
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Thread | Three-game weeks
at 10:59 25 Jan 2026
One of the reasons Nourry supposedly appointed Stephan was his ability to manage the dreaded three-game weeks.
I included the Plymouth week even though it wasn't a league game and Stephan was told who to play but it's not great, is it? We average just over three points from three-game weeks.
Preston/Plymouth/Watford 1 point*
Sheffield Wed/Oxford/Bristol City 5 points
Millwall/Swansea/Derby 3 points
Ipswich/Southampton/Sheffield United 1 point
Hull/Blackburn/Norwich 6 points
WBA/Birmingham/Boro 6 points
Portsmouth/WBA/Norwich 1 point
Stoke/Oxford/Wrexham 2 points
Average: 3.125 points
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Reply | Four minutes of injury time
at 10:39 25 Jan 2026
Yes, the sub windows thing is odd. I assume they brought it in to stop time-wasting substitutions at the end of games. I suppose the only alternative is to fake a concussion injury! |
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Reply | Just back
at 10:33 25 Jan 2026
Got to admit I haven't been that annoyed after a match for a long time. Snapped at the wife, would have kicked the cat if I had one. I know it's only a game and all that but Jesus, what a shitshow lol. I think the fact it was Wrexham and knowing it was literally what they wanted for content for their show makes it worse. We were like a naive young starlet heading into Harvey Weinstein's room for an audition. |
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Reply | Reaction
at 10:25 25 Jan 2026
You're a far more reasoned poster than the likes of me, Brian, but the major flaw in your very sensible plan is the elephant in the room that the person saying our fitness is okay is only in the job because of nepotism. That's a hard nut to crack. [Post edited 25 Jan 10:26]
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Thread | Four minutes of injury time
at 10:18 25 Jan 2026
The parallels with the Man City match are obvious: down to ten men for a dumb sending-off to a moneybags club and conceding two injury-time goals for a famous victory that will be replayed endlessly across the media.
I checked and the City match had five minutes of injury time.
How can a professional football club concede two goals in four minutes of injury time? Surely you run down the clock? Keep possession. Keep it in the opposition half. Waste time.
A draw would have been gutting but it happens and on the second half performance was a fair result. But to concede again was pathetic. We literally handed Hollywood FC the money shot they wanted. [Post edited 25 Jan 10:19]
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Reply | Julien speaks
at 05:29 25 Jan 2026
Great post. He's the Emperor's New Clothes for me. People keep saying we have loads of injuries but we didn't have them at half-time against Leicester. The sensible thing would be to take some players (like Burrell) off when you're 4-0 up and they might not have got injured further down the line. Rather than building on that game, he p*ssed away all the momentum with his tombola selections over Christmas and here we are. Going nowhere once again, playing awful football most of the time and still as soft-centred as ever.
The suggestion was that he was a yes man from the Plymouth game and that's still what I'm seeing. He can't be blamed for the incompetence of the performance guru or the cluster f*ck of the goalkeeper situation this season (sorry, however much people might want it, Walsh is not Championship quality) but he's complicit as he's dependent on Nourry for his position. I can't see us getting anything from the Coventry game which will make that Charlton match very interesting indeed... |
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Reply | Reaction
at 22:54 24 Jan 2026
Don't forget sacking off the first few games because the transfer window is still open. |
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