Good evening.
The results of a rapid fire opinion poll survey thing I ran earlier today are in and here are the results. About 1000 people joined in which for a chilly Monday after a home defeat isn’t a poor show, so thank you for that.
Enjoy the rest of your night and please do observe the Firework Code – you are no use to me as a reader with charred rocket sticks protruding from where your eyeballs used to be.
Which of these lists are closest to the priority you place on potential achievements for the season?
| Top 4 finish or better | 61% | ||||||
| Top 5 finish | 27% | ||||||
| Top 10 finish and win a pot | 13% |
Looking at the Premier League table we sit 5th after 10 games. How do you feel we are we getting on?
| Could do better | 60% | ||||||
| Quite nicely | 35% | ||||||
| Bit of a joke | 4% | ||||||
| Famously | 1% |
The transfer window wasn’t great for us. Who do you blame?
| Levy & Co. | 40% | ||||||
| Both of the above | 36% | ||||||
| Market forces | 24% | ||||||
| Andre Villas-Boas | 1% |
Lots of injuries, but do you expect the boss to do better with the players he does have?
| No, he’s probably doiing the best he can | 44% | ||||||
| Yes, still lots of great talent there | 39% | ||||||
| I’m actually amazed we’re doing as well as we are given resources | 17% |
William Gallas. Straight question. Do you rate him?
| He’s average enough, no better | 57% | ||||||
| He’s doing a great job | 32% | ||||||
| Without him we’d be screwed | 7% | ||||||
| No, ex gooner rubbish | 4% |
Booing at games (that old one again)
| It’s not something I believe helps the situation | 89% | ||||||
| It’s what they deserve! | 11% |
On Saturday prior to stropping down the tunnel Defoe only touched the ball 11 times and only made 5 accurate passes. Did he deserve to get subbed?
| Yes he is a selfish git | 68% | ||||||
| No, he was gonna come good | 32% |
Back to missing players and AVB, how do you see the 6 games?
| A further dip in form, 1st teamers return, then improvement | 93% | ||||||
| It won’t make a blind bit of difference AVB can’t manage | 7% |
The Europa. Given the injuries what would you like to happen in terms of team selections?
| Focus entirely on the Premier League & the Europa | 50% | ||||||
| Focus entirely on the Premier League & the FA Cup | 28% | ||||||
| Focus entirely on the Premier League | 22% |
How do you watch games?
| On TV, online that sort of thing | 43% | ||||||
| Some live games | 37% | ||||||
| Season ticket holder/borrower | 20% |
I left this morning thinking there would be a few negative and a few positive comments continuing
Ive come back to a nuclear holocaust
Nuclear holocaust / Spurs home performancies – whats the difference?
It’s like a reenactment of ‘The Lord of the Flies’ on here today :silly:
Can I be the guy with the bow and arrow thats nails that cute pixie chick ??? :kissing:
Oh shit wrong film :blush:
No ‘Lord of the Rings’ references please………you’ll only get Melcyid at it again!
Im still miffed at bales paternity leave v cheatski.
Benny says :lol:
I miss Benny LOL
I :heart: Disco!
i want benny back and stick naughton at rb and see if we improve and kaboom and vert in the centre,then parker,sandy and dembele in the middle with baler,adebayor and lennon,give that a go
Hopefully AVB gets the chance to play that team.
Gets my vote.
Strong first 11. With a little more creativity in CM
(& a new manager)could be a winner…It was predicted by many of us, yes we saw it coming and thurs night could be no better unless we get a big reaction from whats left of the team. Of course we will raise our game against City and the Arse, hell even Ramos’s team stepped up against the gooners but I’m really getting bored with this whining now, can we move on?
Course we can sweety, as soon as eveyone agrees with me!
This whole debate is maddening because no one has all the right on his side. Has AVB been hampered by a rash of serious injuries? Who could say no?
Has AVB suffered from the loss of Modders and the inability to sign Moutinho and the precipitous sale of VdV? Clearly yes.
Has AVB been pigheaded? Yes. Not starting Lloris regularly, sticking with the 4/2/3/1, and going defensive too early have all been shortsighted.
It is a muddled picture. AVB isnt perfect, but the situation is really terrible. AVB didn’t create most of the problems but he hasn’t shown genius in solving them.
I would say unfair to judge him until we see how he works with a starting XI worthy of the name
Summed up well, but the point is a Premiership manager destined for success just wouldn’t have continually made those very basic errors. I’m pretty sure the job description didn’t include for a 3 year apprenticeship and an NVQ level 2 in scribbling bullshit on a poundstretcher pad….
Fascinating about Ohio on the news. It appears that whichever candidate wins Ohio’s 18 Electoral College votes usually wins the US election.
Sorry, 20 EC votes.
…and if you’ve been to Ohio, that’s actually pretty scary….
Fascinating about Ohio on the news.
Its also fascinating that people actually vote.
I agree with that Cinci, and I’ve not ignored the injuries, just attempted to move away from fixating on them – not successfully as a lot of people don’t like the questions this poses about AVB himself.
As for judging him once he gets his first choice 11, well, sure. And he does have some time. Our league position is not currently catastrophic after all. But every manager has to deal with injury issues from time to time and they should also be judged on how they react to what are really rather normal day to day obstacles of the job. We have had injuries but we haven’t exactly had a tough start to the season, fixture wise, and I’m 100% positive that the teams we’ve fielded against Wigan, Norwich (both times), West Brom, Maribor, Panathinaikos all cost 2 – 10 times that of the opposition.