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Mark Roberts @thatmarkroberts.bsky.social · 15h

Surely you mean Nott’m Forest?

Mark Roberts @thatmarkroberts.bsky.social · 18h

It’ll be the classic ‘give him a chance’. Two more Europa League losses and he’ll get the boot, too late to make a difference.

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Mark Roberts @thatmarkroberts.bsky.social · 2d

Yes. We should absolutely be adopting this.

Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 2d

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

Mark Roberts @thatmarkroberts.bsky.social · 2d

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Mark Roberts @thatmarkroberts.bsky.social · 2d

This should be beneath anybody with a long term interest in the game.

By this token we should all be claiming Spurs are punching *way* above their weight in third. They should have been dead certs for the relegation they narrowly escaped last season!

Football doesn’t work like that.

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Mark Roberts @thatmarkroberts.bsky.social · 2d

‘Massively overperformed’. How tedious. There really are some fragile egos amongst the established in the Premier League. Forest’s performance last season was down to tactical nouse, a strong first XI and being largely injury free until the final few weeks. Trying to belittle them? Really?

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Mark Roberts @thatmarkroberts.bsky.social · 2d

Sadly, yes. It won’t and can’t last forever. But there’s every chance they give him another month, totally blows the Europa League and lands us in the early days of a relegation battle.

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Mark Roberts @thatmarkroberts.bsky.social · 3d

Poor would be stretching. In the final month we had several key players injured. This was first season I can remember in many years Forest hadn’t had 3-4 players on the injury list at any time. We had a consistent and largely injury free season. This was a huge part in that success. Cost us.

Mark Roberts @thatmarkroberts.bsky.social · 3d

Football fans of any club will put up with a manager giving it the Big I Am providing they’re winning games and playing good football.

Ange is not only not achieving that, but his tactics are naive and a poor match for the squad itself.

It’s not a good fit.

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Mark Roberts @thatmarkroberts.bsky.social · 3d

Can’t say I don’t agree, here.

I also feel like he’s done zero homework before blagging the job.

He can say he’ll fight for his job. But it’s not for the good of the club he’s joined. It’s very much about him.

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Mark Roberts @thatmarkroberts.bsky.social · 3d

He might love a fight, but sure as hell is good at losing them.

Mark Roberts @thatmarkroberts.bsky.social · 3d

You have my sympathy.

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Mark Roberts @thatmarkroberts.bsky.social · 3d

Depressingly, probably.

And then 2 weeks later he’ll fire him. After losing more Europa League and Premiership games.

That feels on brand, right now.

Mark Roberts @thatmarkroberts.bsky.social · 3d

Agreed.

It’s just depressing watching a square peg being banged against a round hole every few days.

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Mark Roberts @thatmarkroberts.bsky.social · 3d

Agreed. Tactically the two were so poles apart that it’s bewildering as to why Marinakis thought it would work. Ange talks the talk, but it hard not to see this as a guy who blagged his way in without a clue over his to do the job once he had. It embarrassing to watch.

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Mark Roberts @thatmarkroberts.bsky.social · 3d

We can but hope.

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Mark Roberts @thatmarkroberts.bsky.social · 3d

#NFFC Is no wins in 7 enough? Is no sign of improvement enough? Is no understanding of the squad’s strengths, no Plan B and no signs of even a *willingness* to adapt enough?

15 goals conceded in 7 games, by a team whose defence last season was one of the tightest in the top flight.

Depressing.

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Mark Roberts @thatmarkroberts.bsky.social · 5d

Sound advice.

Patch Zircher @patrickzircher.bsky.social · 5d

The lesson of horror anthologies: be nice, no matter what, to the old antique dealer.

#TCMParty

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Mark Roberts @thatmarkroberts.bsky.social · 5d

To be fair? Who wouldn’t listen to Vincent Price?

Maria J Pérez Cuervo @mjpcuervo.bsky.social · 5d

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Mark Roberts @thatmarkroberts.bsky.social · 5d

And yet we still shipped 3 goals. We still lost.

For a team who had such an impressive defensive record last season, netting Selz deserved acclaim, the high defensive line is costing us. Our goal difference is abysmal. 13 goals conceded since he arrived.

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Mark Roberts @thatmarkroberts.bsky.social · 5d

True. But the reason people are frustrated is because every match feels like the same mistakes repeated. There is so little evidence on show of *learning* from mistakes. Of adapting in order to improve.

That’s the issue here. Failing to win and letting in so many goals is bad. Not learning? Worse.

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Mark Roberts @thatmarkroberts.bsky.social · 6d

And yet you are yet to get a win, Ange. How many goals have we conceded in the process? It’s not like the complaints are unwarranted.

Mark Roberts @thatmarkroberts.bsky.social · 6d

Classic Ange, though. This is how Spurs ended up 17th last season. The tactics are self-destructive.

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Mark Roberts @thatmarkroberts.bsky.social · 6d

Is Edu really the best guy to make that call, though? This mess is in part a result of him. Arguably if not for his overreach we would still have Nuno in place, and a squad which was behind the manager.

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Mark Roberts @thatmarkroberts.bsky.social · 6d

Arguably Hughton, too. Same result every match. Same tactical failures. Same refusal to adapt.

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