How it is.

[Lessingham Canary 99]

Mr Jenkins

Are the AN outers the same group as the Brexiteers Lessingham, or are they poles apart?😉

I''m not convinced they are Mr J, certainly from my corner.

[Highland Canary 76]

The away crowd was incredibly passive on Saturday bar the 10 mins or so we decided to play once we were two down. The dominant feeling appeared to be that of resignation with the board rather than anger with Neil. It is clear he has lost the players, if at least we measure that by apparent (lack of) passion or aggression. Such a pity that we missed out on Warnock, Bruce and Lambert - they may have been able to help us turn the corner. It will be interesting at the AGM to understand the club''s new strategy post-McN''s strategic wheel - perhaps it''s simply to mirror 1p5wich''s business model of continuous championship survival/mediocrity.

[deltic31 13]

How many more defeats do we fans have to endure before the board come to their senses? Brighton was the turning point for me. He has to go. If we fail to get promoted this year we are doomed to life in the Championship. Our ''healthy'' financial position will not last long if this happens!

[Bill 1,788]

[quote user="lake district canary"]Alex Neil  is intelligent, likeable, has a bit of gumption, has proved he can get teams promoted and has proved he gets young players involved.  His football is based on attack and scoring more goals than the opposition and has proved himself on big occasions.  Nothing there not to like.  However, the players are making silly mistakes - nearly every goal against is down to an error.  Saturday it was  Olsson who couldn''t control or get rid of a ball by the far post and ended up following the ball into the net and getting himself sent off.  A comedy of errors.  So where is the steel in the team and the manager?  AN is known as a strong figure, the players have been strong in the past, so what is wrong at the moment?  I''ll tell you what it is - it is confidence.  For whatever reason, the confidence has gone. The fight is there, as witnessed in the second half on Saturday (according to reports and those who went) - but once you get edgy or tentative about things - mistakes happen.  And that is true in all walks of life. What it takes in football to get that confidence back is hard work, some gumption and a little bit of luck.  Football is unforgiving, when you are down, other teams can smell it and they take advantage.  But if players believe in themelves to be able to turn it round - they will - and its like when a goal scorer is off form - sometimes it takes a silly little goal, scored with your backside or off your shoulder to get you back on track. What we need on Saturday is the hard work, the belief - and that little bit of luck. Once we have that, we can start to get back on track.  Some want AN gone - an obvious idea maybe - but I hope, just for once, fans can stay loyal to him and help us through this tricky period.  Fans are emotional and want success, winning every week and good football.  That isn''t always possible. Imo, once the players get back to winning ways, have that little bit of luck that is needed, we will see a rise up the table again. So people it seems are getting to the stage they want AN gone - he''s under pressure, right enough, but if he and the team can answer that and get back on track in the next two or three games, we will be stronger for it later in the season.  It''s a long, long season - time yet to turn it round.  AN is under pressure, but if he is the man and manager he has the reputation as being - we will come through the problems and be better for it in the second part of the season - the part of the season that matters.

[/quote]climb every mountain, ford every streamand you will be a man my son