No, there's no excuses. We need to see some progress now and a reaction to last weekend's abysmal performance. We can't afford to write off any match. To be fair to the manager, he's had the team competitive in every game so far. Any write-off or hammering would be a serious set-back. I expect another competitive display. We may not win the game, we may not even draw it, but we must demand competitiveness. If we're going to start giving people passes and writing off matches, we might as well write off the manager and the season. He's here to get results - or at least have us compete for them. More of the same as the rest of the season to date this weekend, please. Competitiveness.