AP has made a big error of judgement in my personal view in the press today. Clean sheets = no losses. You can entertain but underpinned by a solid defensive foundation. Look at Conte at Chelsea. With the same players he has turned that team around dramatically this season...with 3 at the back and 5 in midfield, with two old fashioned wing-backs. This is a 1950's style of play, adapted for today. He has mixed "cattenacio" defending with great forward play.

As a fan of nearly 50 years, I am bothered greatly by the fact that our tenure in the PL is seriously at risk now, by adopting a style that is 1970's Brazilian but with less overall team skill. Defending is a basic for modern football. You don't concede goals, you don't lose.

I for one think the defenders need to perhaps "listen to AP" then "go back to basics" on matchday and remember the drills TP used to use. Don't get me wrong, TP did the dirty on CPFC, but he has proven that if you defend well and are organised, you can survive in the PL. After all, we and CPFC 2010 owners want this too, including our US investors. We are totally disorganised at the back.

I would liken the manager's role at a football club, to a top asset manager in the City. A football manager is "investing" in the squad and their playing style. If I was a CPFC investor, I'd be very worried right now.

The games until Xmas are now crucial. If we are not on 20+ points by Xmas, AP is history in my view, and that would be sad, but inevitable.

Wilfs Body Language on his interview with MOTD told me all I need to know, lots of shrugging of shoulders when answering questions, never once looked the interviewer in the eye when answering, lots of eye contact when questions are asked, but as soon as the answers start coming out of his mouth the eye contact goes and he looks anywhere but the camera or the interviewer, which basically means he has no conviction or belief in the answers he is giving.

And no I'm not doctor Cal lightman but I have had some basic level Body language reading, and that s*** is day one week one.

Edited by dannyh (08 Nov 2016 11.17am)

"It's not the bullet that's got my name on it that concerns me; it's all them other ones flyin' around marked 'To Whom It May Concern.'"

With that amount of bulls*** flying about it's no wonder he has problems with his laundry.

Seriously though I'm hearing nothing that makes me think there is any chance of this shambles being sorted out as long as this muppet is in charge.

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Good post very true.

You have to do the basics and work hard first and foremost to earn the right to play 'loveley' football.

Personally I would rather see Palace win 1-0 than watch us 'slaughtered' but entertained by Liverpool beating us 4-2.

Clean sheets not a priority? Just shocking from a manager on a downward slide....

AP is losing the plot and has become obsessive about having a team full of strikers, he is really losing it, the expensive strikers that we have added to our team get injured too easily or just cannot score, thus the defenders end up scoring but letting in more than they score at the other end, cannot see us being in PL much longer if this is allowed to drag on without SP et-al taking some remedial action before it is too late!