Dr. Socrates

So we bought him for the not inconsiderable sum of 40 million pounds and send him right away to Palace on loan? Is that right?

Not sure what’s going on at the back. That was horrendous. We were lucky to only concede 3. Looks like we’re also going to need to spend the Fernandez money on a couple of midfielders. Three points in the bag, but it’s a pity the Arsenal game is coming so soon.

Maybe playing Thursday has taken its toll for Barco and James to be sitting this out. Fernandez and Essugo are both leaving I assume? All a bit of a mess really. Maybe those rumours about us signing two midfielders is true.

Well that’s some midfield pivot. How did it come to this just two games in?

Sanchez is such a jerk. All he had to do was put in a half decent display against Fulham and he’d be the nailed on starter for the season. Instead he had a total meltdown. Let’s the ball run out of play while about to kick it, nowhere to be seen for their first goal, parries it into the striker for the second, almost conceded a third by charging out into no man’s, and repeatedly kicked the ball either out of play or straight to the opposition. Totally useless.

Well Palmer, Rogers and Pedro were terrific up front. A goal apiece is promising stuff. Could easily have thrown it away though. Pity Caicedo and Palestra were injured. At least we know what the midfield looks like if Caicedo is missing. Pleased for Lacroix who managed to keep his composure amidst the chaos. Good to get off to a winning start and Alonso will have learned a lot about his players and tactics, so there’s that.

Not sure what the new manager made of that utter shambles of a performance. Transfer window is going to be interesting. It’s going to be difficult to get rid of so much deadwood.

Well we didn’t embarrass ourselves. But we offered nothing upfront. We needed a bit of quality and it was nowhere to be found. City paid for quality and that was the difference today. In the end we did well just to still be in the game after 70 mins. And that’s about the limit of our ambition.

We could have played three more defenders. Just to be safe.

I thought it was just Rosenior the lads wanted to get rid of. Someone should tell them they can stop now. Otherwise people will think they’re the problem.

Well that was much better. Scoring a goal shows we’re on the right track.

Wow. They sack the manager but the idiots who appointed the last two managers, while failing to recruit properly in the summer, giving the impression they were signing players by picking out names at random from a tombola, while completely ignoring the blindingly obvious deficiencies in the squad — they get to choose the new manger and oversee the summer transfer window! How do they do it? If I screwed up at work that badly I don’t think I’d get handed a raise, an extended contract, and a pat on the back. I’d be thinking about maybe starting a new career.

We need a new manager bounce because the last manager has just bounced himself off a cliff.

We should’ve just signed Danny Wellbeck years ago. it’s just embarrassing now.

It’s okay, lads. Rosenior just needs a preseason and all will be well.