31 Jan 2016 17:19:51
Just back and no doubt the Ronny haters will be foaming at the mouth, but before it goes crazy.
We should have been three up in the first five minutes and you can't legislate for Ambrose missing a golden opportunity after that.
People will no doubt claim it wasn't a red card but from where I was sat it looked like one. More concerning was how the ball ended up in there - but that's a different story.
Everyone on this board waxes lyrical about LG and his form - myself included - but he misses a penalty that, for me, if he scores, changes the game. We were on the ascendancy and they were happy to run the clock down. Even after the sending off, I still think we were the better team across the whole game.
Ambrose has cost us, not RD, and I have no doubt that if he didn't get sent off, we win the game comfortably. And before people jump on and say yeah but RD picks him, Ambrose has been playing well recently - and there's no one else to pick.
Am I disappointed? Yes - gutted in fact - but I don't know how you can blame the manager for this afternoon.
31 Jan 2016 17:41:03
Spot on mate. You can sense the Ronnie Out Brigade soiling their briefs at the prospect of sticking the knife in once again. Hugely disappointed but not the managers fault.
31 Jan 2016 17:42:02
I am a RD fan but saying that we all know what Ambrose is capable of and yet we still play him even though we have a CB on the bench so yes this time I do point some of the blame on him Ambrose has cost us some games in the past and if RD insists on playing him more so when we have a player for that position on the bench I am afraid it could cost him his job.
31 Jan 2016 17:43:47
Rubbish. Delia constantly picks Ambrose when a blind man can see he isn't a football player. What worries me most is that we're getting used to losing these sort of ties! Time for change. NOW!
31 Jan 2016 17:45:58
If there's no one else to pick then who came on as a sub as soon as he got sent off? The fact is that yes ambrose has played ok recently but if u look back over a prolonged period of time ambrose is a repeat offender when it comes to cock ups, and I think the vast majority of fans would agree that he should be nowhere near the first team squad.
31 Jan 2016 17:46:00
TPP
Efe that's it for me but I think CG was getting to it mate, defo pen but not a sending off!
CG fouled at the second for me too
But this is like groundhog day that player went looking for that decision as the ball was getting away from him? RD does have to get them smarter than this surely? I know / you know / everyone knows that is the only way we are really going to get beat!
That big decision going against us and that is the biggest disappointment for me RD is a real smart guy why not brief them even NAG them to this denominator/ equation?
Even if we lose a goal to that in open play we still have the time to sort it
LG had an off day today for sure and stepping up to it a thought he was going to miss! but too many were relying on him again RD should have had Armstrong off instead of McGregor IMO SA been carrying niggle/ knocks most of the season and on that heavy pitch had no chance of seeing it through IMO (Y)
31 Jan 2016 17:50:59
First of all there are no RD haters on here, I certainly am not one. I just believe he doesn't have it to manage us properly.
Our previous manager took loads of stick on here from many many posters maybe including yourself for not getting enough trophies etc.
So what's the difference when RD gets put out the cup?
It seems to me when we get beat its never RDs fault, its either PL JP or not picking his own transfers or injuries etc.
No one and I mean NO ONE knows more than Ronny himself and I am sure he would be the first to tell u ALL our results are his responsibility and his alone.
31 Jan 2016 17:53:13
@tony2bhoy
As James77 said below:
"If the manager had started with a defender who had not trained with his new team-mates, he would have been hammered if anything was to go wrong. "
As well as which, this is his preseason. If he had started and made an error then the lynch mob would have been out in force anyway.
@Davie Blantyre Bhoy
I get what you're saying - but losing happens. We can't win every game. It's gutting but it happens.
What I find hilarious is that last week, people were saying the treble doesn't matter, domestic football doesn't matter, it's all about Europe yadda yadda yadda. Then we lose domestically and it's RD out.
31 Jan 2016 17:59:42
@Gaz
See James77's post about that below - and quoted above.
@Rayman
"First of all there are no RD haters on here. "
Sorry, you lost all credibility after that.
31 Jan 2016 18:13:35
No I think you have lost your credibility mate, can you direct me to any post that states this? I seriously doubt it.
There are many on here who didn't like lennon as manager and I sure there are many who didn't like previous managers.
But I never spoke to anyone or heard anyone say they hated them.
It just suits your agenda to say this, but you can't back it up.
31 Jan 2016 18:28:19
I am not going to argue about it in my opinion if RD insists on playing Ambrose it will cost him his job Yes the guy that replaced him is new but he is not short of game time.
31 Jan 2016 18:38:39
@Rayman
It's not up to me to open your eyes for you. If you want to argue the semantics of the word hate, then knock yourself - but by doing so you're simply avoiding the debate. You know exactly what I'm referring to, and if you (genuinely) don't, then all the "directing" in the world won't help.
I'm not going to get into your ridiculous claims that I have an agenda - because, outwith this sentence, they don't deserve my time.
As or everything else, if you fancy doing some research yourself, there's a banter archive below. Happy hunting.
31 Jan 2016 19:57:35
Ok then Mr Genius let's debate, there are many many on here who want him sacked, I not one of them yet but I don't think they hate him they just don't trust him or believe he is doing a good job.
If you are going to say spmething say it, don't hide behide a word.
31 Jan 2016 20:44:52
Hate is probably being used out of context.
A lot of people hate the fact that RD is the manager and that is fair enough. They hate (dont like, are frustrated, are puzzled by) the tactics. They hate (as before) the style of play, the quality (not actual person) of some players.
31 Jan 2016 21:49:04
@Rayman
I can't be that much of a genius, if I was I wouldn't have such a hard time deciphering the gibberish you write. As well as which, considering I never called you -- or specifically anyone on the board if we're being pedantic -- a Ronny Hater, you don't half speak for everyone. And I have no idea what you are suggesting/ getting at with your "say something, don't hide behind a word" comment which is, somewhat ironically, ambiguously vague.
@TinyTim
Spot on. I didn't coin the term RD Haters was a generalization -- it one that's been used more than once one here to refer to those who have wanted him out since day one. It's not unlike RD lovers/ apologists - just the other end of the scale. Rayman knows that but as is often the case with him, if he can't engage with the debate, he'll move the argument elsewhere. And it work - I've spent the last 3/ 4 messages arguing about the semantics of language. I'm done with it.
01 Feb 2016 00:38:29
Well why use the term when you know its clearly wrong mate.
01 Feb 2016 10:44:56
It wasn't wrong- that's not what I said. Still, don't let the truth get in the way of a righteous cause. FYI, RD hate is mentioned at least twice in posts above this since last night, so I'll imagine you have a lot of fires to fight. Good luck with the struggle- I'm done taking about this.