Me: Hi, Roger, I'd just like to ask you a few questions?

RJ: Sure.

Me: Thanks alot, I won't keep you too long, I'd just like you to irritate me with mind numbing commentary on the match and the regular blood boiling condescension.

RJ: Changing the manager isn't going to change what the players do on the pitch.

Me: I didn't ask you anything.

RJ: Oh sorry.

Me: Have you seen much of us this season?

RJ: Nah. I rarely show up.

Me: So, I'm not sure if you know, but we're a shower of shite at the moment, have been for quite a while.

RJ: Its great isn't it?

Me: Whys it great?

RJ: I get paid either way! High five!

Me: Indeed. On that note, Mick McCarthy's under significant pressure, many fans are calling for his head.
 
RJ: Yeah. Yeah.

Me: ....Would you care to elaborate?

RJ: Well, unfortunately, that's what it's like in football and it's the manager's head's on the chopping block.

Me: ......no, that's what its like in life, when you're paid to do a job and you don't it properly, you get sacked.
 
RJ: Well, for me and all the lads, the manager needs to stay.

Me: Well, for me and many fans, you and "the lads" are all talk.

RJ: Absolutely.

Me: We could care less what you think at the moment.

RJ: Right on.

Me: Maybe you wouldn't have to spend so much time apologizing if you actually did what you were paid to do?

RJ: Its a possibility.

Me: Again, on the subject of Mick McCarthy, what would you say about his ability to take teams out of the Premiership and into Championship anonymity?

RJ: I couldn't agree more- he's the man to get us out of it, he's done it before and he'll do it again - you can't really get a better man for the job.

Me: Would you care to say something so pointless and glaringly obvious it would insult the intelligence of a 5 year old?

RJ: We've let ourselves down- the players on the pitch are the ones who let the staff and the fans down.

Me: Thanks. Could you do that again?

RJ: We let ourselves down - and it starts again with QPR on Saturday-

Me: -the pain you mean?

RJ: Yes. It's a massive game and a must win game.

Me: Aren't those the same things?

RJ: Probably. We'll all be up for it.

Me: I'm sure. What did you think of the match?

RJ: In the first half there was no danger-

Me: -I thought they outplayed us in both halves to be honest.

RJ: Well, the goal killed us and we found it difficult to get near them, they were playing around us.

Me: That's because under pressure this team folds faster than an elephant's deck chair.

RJ: I can't put my finger on it.

Me: Take your time.

RJ: The goal that killed us came from our own corner.

Me: Well done.

RJ: Thanks. As I say, we're dissapointed with that, they did us on the break as Liverpool can do.

Me: Yeah, Liverpool, QPR, Norwich, Swansea, Stoke, Aston Villa, Birmingham City.

RJ: Well I'd best be off.

Me: Its been enlightening.

RJ: Yeah. Yeah. What does that mean?

Me: Later.

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