Worcester Owl

If only you would give up. Resorting to personal insults now, always a giveaway . As has been pointed out, you also drag a defeat in a Cup game away to a team a league higher into your statistical comparison. Well done. I also note that "regression" has now become "initial regression" which I guess at least acknowledges that MM's tenure as manager has barely started. Come back to me with your views on him when he's got, say, at least a dozen games under his belt. Might be a touch fairer, possibly?

Some info here also: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/67346196

To be fair, if DU said Saturday was the day before Sunday I'd be checking the calendar very carefully indeed.

You said "there's no doubt we have regressed under MM (as against ST/Redders)". No doubt? Really? Well let's see. ST was in charge for six games and his three wins came against the three teams currently propping up the NL. He then drew three, two of which were against teams only a few places higher. By contrast MM has had three league games - three - two of which were against teams in the top 10, including a local derby. It became clearer with every game that ST and NR were not about to effect a miraculous transformation in performances. To talk of a guy "regressing" after three games is utter nonsense. As for your comment that "you can sense the seeds of discontent being sown already", if that's true, it says more about some of our fans than it does about MM. More likely, you're gaslighting.

Yes, why the hell didn't MM sub him after that happened? Now, some might say it's a trifle early in the game, but we need a proactive - dare I say muscular - approach. Let's face it, if MM isn't bringing on subs less than 1 minute into the game, he risks being called out for being indecisive. Come to think of it, when did Norwood last score in the first minute of a game? It simply won't do. It's time to rid ourselves of this "slowly slowly" approach, a hangover from the Chuckle Brothers and Red Fleece regime. MM has had three league games and we're not top - sack him. If Norwood doesn't score straight from the kick-off in our next game, put him on the transfer list. That'll show 'em.

Absolutely unbelievable. He's been in charge for all of three games and you're already laying into him. Maybe we and MM should be grateful you weren't questioning him after the first match. Oh hang on, we won that one.

I wonder if this thread needs to be temporarily locked until such time as MM moves on, whenever that may be. I keep seeing that it's got new posts, and with our track record for hiring and firing in recent years I panic and think MM has already moved on !!

Freeman, McGahey - 2nd game under Mellon. Dickenson, Nuttall - 1st game under Mellon. You seem to be saying he should shut some of these players out and not give them a chance. How is that supposed to motivate a squad? I didn't see the game today, but if Dickenson and/or Nuttall played badly, he can now point that out to them and say this is how/where I need you to improve. Any decent manager will usually start with a clean slate, and that's what Mellon seems to be doing. He is learning his squad's strengths and weaknesses game by game. Give him a chance!!

Come on, BP. We lost and like you I'm very disappointed, but we were playing away against a team a division higher. I repeat, MM is 4 games into his time with us. 4 games!! If he picks particular players game after game who literally don't make any impact on the game, fair enough, you can then question his judgement. You can't seriously question him so early in his tenure. If you'd been in charge at United when Ferguson was struggling, in his fourth season with them, he'd have had no chance!

It’s his fourth game in charge. Just maybe he is still assessing the squad and seeing what different players can do. I trust MM won’t be quite as apocalyptic as you seem to be getting, BP.

Has @GKing521 hacked BP’s account?

I suppose it’s stretching it to call say a 7-0 win by 5th tier v 4th tier as a giantkilling but I wonder what the biggest ever win by a lower division team v higher division team is.

Incredible. Don’t know if it’s Swindon reserves, but even so.

Meanwhile Aldershot are 4-0 up at Swindon

While we're on the subject of unusual club names, Jeff Stelling was on top form when he said "They'll be dancing in the streets of Total Network Solutions tonight" after that team won a game a few years ago.

makes you wonder why the BBC ever bothered to make Crimewatch. Perish the thought that the police might ask for the public's help.

Ah ok so if I drive at 100mph down the motorway without a seatbelt and nobody gets hurt, that makes it ok I guess. Thanks for the clarification.

Where did I say that?

He's scored 7 league goals in 14 starts though. He can be as off as he likes for me if he keeps that ratio up.

Garbage? Off the back of a dreadful performance against a team at the bottom, we've fought back to draw against a team in 5th place. Yes, you need to win your home games, but at least this is a response to Tuesday, with players (Freeman, McGahey, Nuttall) who haven't had much match time lately, and a manager in his third game. Patience is needed.

It is I believe a criminal offence as @yarddog73 says - under the Football (Offences) Act 1991 to go onto the pitch without lawful authority or lawful excuse so……. Well done Derbyshire police therefore. Every time a pitch invasion happens players and officials, never mind other fans, risk getting injured. I’m sick of the narcissistic louts who do it and hope anyone who breaks the law in this fashion is punished.

Not by everyone. In any case, the context was entirely different. An entirely understandable protest against a vile regime, versus mindless hooliganism in a local derby.

Thinking back to Tuesday, I can understand why Frank would rather row the Atlantic, even in December!!

We were second favourites weren’t we? I take your point, it’s massively disappointing so far, but the odds will only have reflected weight of money staked. I like MM’s post-match interview. He looked embarrassed and was clearly hurting. Some are criticising him re use of subs - I suspect he thought the game was gone after the sending off, and wanted to see what the players on the pitch could do to turn things round. He got his answer.

A shame he won’t be flush with success tonight!