Something just doesn't seem right... We have slumped dramatically.
But it's not the first alarming slump in form we've seen this season is it? We've had two or three before now.
It was a very sad sight this afternoon. A team utterly lost and uninspired. But for the enthusiasm and impetus from Schmeichel, Morgan and Nugent, it could well have been 0-4. But even those players were far from blameless. Nugent was very lucky not to be red carded for a high studs challenge when on a yellow card. Morgan fouled their forward when one on one and could easily have been red carded for it. And Schmeichel petulantly booted the ball into Lita that went into the goal perfectly legitimately. I was amazed that it wasn't allowed.
Overall, playing two strikers on the left side of defence/midfield wasn't the smartest move and I felt for both of them. Drinkwater and Marshall competed for most cringe-worthy, spineless, gutless man of the match. Both are horribly out of form. Why we choose to persist with Marshall taking all set pieces when he seems too scared to pass the ball, let alone cross it, is totally beyond me.
All in all, it's a horror show at the moment and whatever your view of NP, you have to admit that he isn't the most likely candidate to create confidence in the team. After his appalling, and typically pig-headed, rant on Tuesday, he was far more contrite today. Maybe he knows that his flush has truly been busted.
In terms of the managers' position, I'd happily have ditched him at Xmas as I made clear. Now it's probably too late to be effective. However, in the context of his sacking in the summer being a formality anyway, do we really have anything to lose by doing it now? Why not ditch him in the hope that someone can inspire a little 'umph' from our rudderless shower of a team. Stranger things have happened.
The owners were there today along with some senior Thai military people. Perhaps they're preparing for a coup. After the game, our Chief Exec appeared to be in tears whilst drawing on a crafty fag. £100m spent and for what exactly?
