Talk about a June swoon. We can't think of two worse back-to-back losses than the ones the Red Sox suffered Tuesday and Wednesday nights, simply dreadful. Terry Francona seems to be making all the wrong decisions and players are fielding like they've got "Chico's Bail Bonds" ironed on the back of their jerseys.

To make matters worse, these losses were to the Yankees, and dropped Boston 7½ games behind New York in the AL East, the largest deficit since Grady Little's crew fell that low last August.

Things don't appear to be getting any better, either. The Sox were 11-14 in the month of June, and may have lost setup man Scott Williamson with an elbow injury Wednesday night.

The doctor isn't in, but feel free to sit on our couch and vent your feelings on the Sox. Can they turn this around? How? What are they doing wrong? Is this Francona's fault, or does the blame lie higher up the chain with Theo and the Trio? Or are the players to blame? Trade Nomar? Acquire a first baseman? Bring back Grady? It's open season ...

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It is just so frustraing because there seems to be a lot of fighting within the team. I think they all just need to pick their heads up and put it together. I am so sick of the excuses and the mistakes.

Tim, Boston

Our manager displays no strategy, especially on offense. The players are not prepared for situational hitting, and defensive slumps are typically caused by a team that is not ready to play. Grady Little was abetter coach.

Shep , North Hampton

Another fine performance from the kings of April!!!! What happened to those big smiles you had on your faces back then. 1918 forever!!!

Keith , NYC Baby

This team lacks that killer instinct that the Yankees have. They don't make plays when they need to. Francona's bugs me, he is to much of a player's coach, these guys need to be told that they $uck, and what ever happened to benching a guy because he is not producing (Millar). If this guy Francona can't get these guys to play over .500 he needs to be shown the door!!

Peter, Hoboken, NJ

Let's all be optimistic. Just think - Nomar could have ACCEPTED our orginal offer and we would be stuck with this mental midget for years to come at a very high price. We could have dumped a boat load of cash on Lowe only to have to sit through more years of watching him visibly implode on the mound. On top of that - Lowe comes with a much higher price tag as we would have to purchase 4 infielders who could actually make a play. Now - Sign Varitek, give Ortiz a career contract (as DH!), tie up Nixon for more years, go to free agency and get a 1st baseman, designate Millar to bench coach, sign Pokey.... 2005 is our year. Oh wait, i think i said that about 2004, 3, 2, 1, 0, 1999.....

Kevin, Raleigh

They have no spirit! They are not playing as a team, it's all individual. You're not going to win games that way. Fire Francona, get someone who's going to get these guys fired up! Put the guys in there who are hungry, play Pokey, Gabe and Youk.

Pat, New York (originally from Dorchester)

Red Sox Nation WHERE is your faith?! They can DO this!! When they lose, they do it in a big way and when the win..you better believe it's going to be in a bigger way! GO SOX! The faithful still believe!! Alicia, Boston MA

Alicia, Boston

What a bunch of bandwagon punks! Keep buying seats to the Red Sox like a bunch of kindergarden kids fighting over a toy. They don't need to be good because all you people buy up everything Red Sox. DON'T GO TO THE GAMES OR SHUT YOUR MOUTHS! WAH, WAH, WAH. WHILE YOUR AT IT GET A JOB!

Ted, Waltham

Lethargic uninspiring baseball. I don't care how good your pitching staff is, if you can't field a grounball or make routine throws to first base you can't win. Trade Nomar, trade Pedro, trade Lowe, Millar. Start over wait til next year....again! Go PATS!

Michael , North Port

Can someone call Tom Emansky and teach these guys the fundamentals of fielding. If Nomar wants to go to the west coast so bad, trade him and a few prospects for Randy Johnson. This is an absolute embarassment. I love the Sox but it is time to play like a professional. This level of fielding is fine for my softball team filled with men ages 40+ but it is utterly unexcuseable for a group of so called "professionals" to consistently have multiple errors in what seems like every game they play

Jon, Andover (Now stuck in NY)