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Glass is half full: We've clearly got enough threat and talent in this squad for us to start putting wins together consistently and pull away from trouble, plus enough of the squad left over from last season to know what they need to do physically and mentally to make this happen.
Glass is half empty: There are enough "new boys" in the squad to make it an issue if they've all got individual issues that need addressing quickly AND need to understand how they work collectively, all whilst learning a new language and adjusting to life in a new city. Personally, I'd like to hear more about what work Kevin Betsy in particular is doing, as one would imagine he must have a pretty full in-tray at the moment.
..And if we win at home to Hull on Tuesday, we're mid-table again, and all this over-reaction will seem a tad overdramatic (which, of course, it probably is...)
To be fair, as Clive always says, how many new things can you say when there isn't really anything new to say?
I like Marti's style - he's always open, honest, gives a carefully considered "feet on the ground" appraisal of everything he's asked about and doesn't patronise us fans. I don't think anyone can ask for any more than that, really.
There is no Plan B, because Plan B is to keep practicing Plan A repeatedly until we eventually get it right (and then to keep practicing it until we get it right all the time, obviously).
Chair, as revealed a few days ago, is back in full training, so could be officially back "any day now" you would imagine.
As for the other questions, I would imagine M Nourry and ready to reveal all (possibly..)
Must be frustrating for him, as however irritating his questioning style was sometimes, he definitely gave the impression of someone who who genuinely cares about the club.
I wonder how he enjoyed being subjected to Russell Martin's "Land of a Thousand Passes"?
You have to think that the instruction has been coming from Marti to get it to Dembele (and/or Chair when he's back) as quickly as possible, as worst case scenario would surely be that they both get targeted in the same way that Eze and Grealish did at this level.
If nothing else, that buys you a whole clump of cheap free kicks and the chance to shuffle everyone a few yards up the pitch, instead of suffocating poor Nardi, Cook, Clark-Salter, Dunne and paal the whole time.
..which makes you wonder how much say Walters had in the decision to get rid of Schumacher. Surely as a recent ex-player you'd be telling the "powers at be" that they're out of their respective trees..?
On a sort of unrelated note: Was listening to Tyler and Sints for the first half of Saturday's game. as usual on QPR+. Disconnected during half time to go and potter about in the kitchen, then when I reconnected, it was the voice of the guy who does the voiceover for the Extended Highlights video (who was boring as f*ck, kept leaving long gaps in his commentary and also kept pronouncing Paul Smyth's surname as "Smythe", which was beyond irritating..)
Did anyone get any kind of explanation as to what was going on there?
Barnet Odeon - a venue which I suspect our very own Mr. Whittingham is also quite familiar with. No idea what my first film would have been, but it would have been 1971, and I distinctly remember the Wurlitzer organ being raised up from the bowels of the place during the interval, with the area's closest equivalent to Liberace giving it his utmost.
No nerves from this corner of the universe, as we once again have a manager who has his feet planted firmly on the ground at the same time as having his eyes firmly set on the upper reaches of this slogfest we lovingly call the Championship.
Everything feels fully and firmly under control, which gives me a cheap excuse for linking to this little ditty once again:
That one's an interesting case, and I would say the following, largely because I can't remember if it was proven to be an act of terrorism, or influenced by mental illness.
If it was clearly the former, and there are no presenting signs of paranoid schizophrenia or any similar mental illness which would cause someone to effectively lose control over themselves, then yes, I would personally have argued for the death penalty for Adebowale.
For me, where a mental illness is clearly and obviously influencing one's stability - and most importantly one's capacity to clearly distinguish between committing a proactive act of aggression towards someone, and what one perceives to be an act of self-defence - then that person should then be committed to a psychiatric ward with support to improve their condition, where possible, or indefinitely, if not.
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