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[charleyfarley]

. ........... V The City Ground Sat 17th Feb 15:00 GMT VAR Derek Eaton Tom Bramall: (7) - 34 1 Awaiting team news Awaiting team news Notts Forest 13/10: Draw 12/5: West Ham 15/8 .

[Yorkammer]

We had 51% possession. It's the only stat that counts to many on this site. Who wants to win with 25% possession?

[Massive Attack]

Marty We've enjoyed one of the best injury-free seasons compared to everyone else in the League who have generally been dropping like flies. The piss poor excuses on behalf of Moyes are getting more and more desperate.

[nychammer]

Dreadful. They should have won by 3 or 4 and that's more shots than we had on target the whole game. Chickens coming home to roost after that dreadful window. Its ugly and only getting uglier.

[Fauxstralian]

Only heard the 5Live post match summary which was basically that Areola saved us from another hammering Forest had lost 6 of their last 7 at home and I dont imagine have kept a clean sheet in months Enough is enough. Surely. Can be no other conclusion. Moyes isnt changing his style after all these years. If the right replacement isnt available or willing to come in til the summer then a caretaker in Potts and/or Heitinga should see the season out We dont play til Monday week so tonight is the time to pull the pin Reasons to be cheerful ... We dont play again for 9 days We dodged a bullet by avoiding an obligation to buy Phillips Burnley lost 5-0 at home to Arsenal so we are ALMOST as good as them

[marty feldman]

Injuries have derailed the season ? . Apart from pacqueta who else was missing . The players have stopped playing for Moyes . It's so blatantly obvious that even the real Marty Feldman could see it . And he died in 1982 . It's pure negligence on the dwarfs behalf. I guarantee if he goes the players will miraculously find their form .

[marty feldman]

Injuries have derailed the season ? . Apart from pacqueta who else was missing . The players have stopped playing for Moyes . It's so blatantly obvious that even the real Marty Feldman could see it . And he died in 1982 . It's pure negligence on the dwarfs behalf. I guarantee if he goes the players will miraculously find their form .

[Takashi Miike]

writing the season off would be letting him continue in the job

[J.Riddle]

Burnley at home. Will bubbles rip out the corner ?üö©?

[COOL HAND LUKE]

"Sir Alf 8:31 Sat Feb 17 I can't see how it would cost much to get rid of Moyes - 3 months money plus odds and sods, plus a bit for Nolan and Co to go with him.Whatever it costs, we really need to just take the hit now for the sake of sanity. I think we have to now write this season off, replace Moyes, and give the new man and his team a few months to assess the squad and situation. That way, we will be in some sort of shape to hit the ground running next August. This is getting silly now - at ANY other club he'd be gone today, no messing."

[claypole]

"The useless ref made a rod for his own back by booking Kudos in the 8th minute over a nothing challenge, gave himself no where to go."

[Takashi Miike]

"we're by far the worst footballing team in the division, have been for two years. it doesn't matter who's fit, the style never fucking changes. you could give the cսnt eleven ¬£50m players and it will still be horrendous, defeatist, negative shit. they should leave the cսnt in nottingham"

[Willtell]

Moyes was hung on the petard of his player buys. Aguerd rolled again by a striker. Zouma exposed a few times. 3 Right Wingers playing 3 various positions up front and all looking out of position. We apparently can’t buy strikers or left wingers but get another DM! Kelvin Philips was unfortunate but is looking increasingly like a yesterday’s man. A spot kick specialist who no longer looks so good. Then substitutions that don’t actually improve us including 2 (Johnson & Cornet) that have been ignored for all season until recently. A £15m striker that can’t score gets 3 or 4 minutes to impress… On the bright side it’s a game nearer to Moyes getting fired…

[happygilmore]

"ugly game of football. Championship/league 1 standard. They had a bit more hunger. Looked from first 5 mins we would see one of ours red carded, frustrated bunch. Antonio & Coufal were on the brink Can we swap Phillips for Fornals & Benni."

[kips]

Should have been two 6-0 drubbings inside a week. Wheels were wobbling before Christmas - Well and truly come off now. On a positive note we won't go down. We won't finish top six Moyes should start playing some of the excellent kids that won the youth cup. No reason not to but I am sure he won't. Stupidly stubborn. Times up.

[Iron Duke]

We probably won’t go down. This is why we should get rid of Moyes now and not wait until the summer. We probably won’t though. I would give it Heitinga until the end of the season. He did a decent job in his small time in charge of Ajax.

[1964]

"Kudos in there pocket Was Bowen even on the pitch Areola saved us again and if they'd had their shooting boots on it'd be another 6-0 thrashing. The team and club is a mess aided bt Moyes actions. ... and who the fuck is that referee - pillock. Coufal gets elbowed in the mouth and not even a free kick, Philips plays the ball and gets sent off!"

[Sir Alf]

"Unfortunately Sullivan will fiddle while Rome burns as we have seen countless times before. It will take 3 more games winless. Brentford at home, Everton away and is it Burnley at home ? Sadly we might get something against Burnley but for the lonv term good of the club I hope not. Whoever takes over next season needs CBs a right back and at least one forward. Pace needed in midfield too Only players getting credit today imo: Areola, Emerson, Alvarez and Kudus Moyes shoukd walk today but it will take 3 or 4 more games as Sulli hates paying compo"

[claypole]

Glad to see Ings' 240 seconds on the pitch really made a difference

[Jasnik]

We just don't look like scoring and even our attacking players are passing backward. What summed it up for me coufal had the ball Phillips runs into loads of space on the right and coufal plays it backwards and we lose it.

[pdcwhu]

Injuries have Stalled our Season...Fact No Divine right to Win games

[kylay]

Thank God we couldn't afford Phillips in the summer. Going to be a long second half to the season. Not sure what happened to aguerd at afcon but he's been abject since returning.

[Massive Attack]

"Make no mistake, losing only 2-0 massively flattered us. If it weren't for poor officiating (that was a stonewall penalty), some piss poor finishing and some outstanding saves by Areola that would have been another battering. One abiding image at the end summed it up for me was when Ings was finally put on the pitch on the 92nd minute, he was seen shaking his head for obvious reasons. He's not just taking the piss out of the fans, he's also taking the piss out of the players too."

[COOL HAND LUKE]

"Another couple of weeks and we'll be down in 10th or 11th place and it'll be all over for the season. We've no chance of surviving in the Europa on this form and our only other means of qualifying next season is looking dead already. As usual, we are going to dither and fk about until season's end, by which time all the decent manager options will have vanished, and our best players will (sensibly) want out. NOW is the right time to get rid of this useless prick - there are enough games left for anyone who comes in to assess the squad and make decisions ready for the Summer. I'll refrain from commenting on todays game now - we can all see there's generally no organisation or cohesion, and that is down to Moyes. GET HIM OUT!"

[the exile]

"The effort was better than last week but that wasn't hard to do. It's the ineptitude going forward that's most worrying. The only excuse is that the ref was letting Forest get away with a lot of fouls, particularly on Antonio and Kudus. Wtf has happened to Bowen? He looks a shadow of his former self and has done since New Year. We almost completely lacked any threat on goal and their keeper had one of the easiest games he'll have in his entire career. Shocking. Moyes has to go."

[scott_d]

We are 2-3 wins from safety which even Moyes can probably manage. For that reason Sullivan won't be sacking him any time soon.