“Well done Neil for getting right to the nub of the matter. The club can go right down the plug-hole but God forbid that any supporter should get disillusioned about what is going on.”

“What we should be doing is writing to the wonderful Mr. Guscot and asking him what to do. With his experience and knowledge of the game, I am sure he will be able to give us some great advice. If only he was a boy from the valleys I would worship the ground he walks on.”

“No doubt Neil, Longlevens, from his high & mighty position, thinks of himself as a superior supporter and anyone else who expresses themselves differently to him, is not a real supporter. Idiot!”

“So after one game some so called supporters are already offering their season tickets for sale. You'll no doubt be the same guys cheering Gloucester on against Leeds next week. Most true supporters of GRFC would really be pleased if you stayed away for good!”

“No wonder that the "Comments" facility has been removed from the news item of the pathetic loss of ten points by this pathetic team run by a pathetic manager. "Experienced team"? experienced at losing maybe, but this is certainly not a premiership team woth watching anymore.”

“A totally pathetic display from the complacent overpaid and over here.
I whish I'd have gone to Stratford races instead, at least there most of the competitors are trying. Anyone looking for a cheap season ticket because anymore of this rubbish and mine's going on Ebay with a 99p start.”

“Despite the poor display of basic skills (the knock-ons and the forward passes) we could have still won that game if only we had a reliable kicker. They, on the other hand, only really threatened our line once (their try) but they had a kicker that kept the scoreboard ticking over. You could see the belief building in their team as, time and time again, they scored. At the same time, they (team and supporters) could see our kicker was never going to score in a month of Sundays... and our team knew it too. Belief and the will to win are just as important as skill.

This is not finger pointing at Nicky Robinson, who is, in my opinion, a fine player and who, on his day, can be a good kicker. The problem is with those who can make the decisions and are clearly not doing so. Take yesterday; why was no decision taken to change the kicker? There was an alternative on the pitch for most of the game. Who is tasked with making that call? Is it the captain? Surely the head coach can intervene if the captain is doing nothing.

Yesterday is not the first time we have been let down by kicking (though it is probably the worst). Through Henry Paul, Ryan lamb and now Nicky Robinson, I have never felt confident with our goal kickers¿ abilities. I have to re-iterate, this is not a Nicky Robinson bashing exercise, but it was known when we signed him that he was fragile as a kicker; that is why he wasn't the first choice at Cardiff. At Gloucester, we knew that we hadn't had a decent goal kicker since Mercier but the decision makers did nothing about it when the opportunity arose.

So what is to be done? Presumably Nicky practices his kicking but I don¿t believe that is the problem anyway. Maybe we could bring in a kicking guru to iron out any problems/change his action but who knows if that will work, and can we even afford it? The only thing to do is to ensure that there is an alternative on the field, i.e. Burns or Taylor or drop Robinson. If we have Robinson with Burns or Taylor on the pitch at the same time, then someone needs to drop out, i.e. Morgan. In fact, because of Morgan¿s injury record, that is going to happen anyway.

...And Morgan, his injury record and lack of decent cover at 15 is a whole new gripe where we have been let down by the decision makers.”

“Whatever was expected... it definitely was not what we got. The only plus was the excellent turn out of Gloucester fans”

“He hasn't! I've seen more gel on many a gormless spotty youth hanging around the city centre.

How many forward passes were Gloucester called for today? Where were the basic skills? Do we have enough coaches to hone these skills?

I expect someone's job may well soon be on the line here, and I don't think it's fair. What has happened to the fix that was identified from the review held before last season? It has just disappeared like any chance of making the top 4 this season.”

“That is a strong starting line-up with a good set of players on the bench. Man for man we have a better squad; however, it's a team game and Bryan needs to get them gelling as a team. Let's hope he has.”