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  1. Should still be our manager, and we should still be in the premier league. Sad times but wish him all the best!
  2. 2-0 before our subs. 2-2 after he started tinkering.
  3. You could write the script as soon as smallbone was taken off. We play with an anchor, a typical CM, and stu - we lead 2-0. We take the CM off for a CAM, go with 1 anchor and essentially 5 attackers.... and once again we lose all possession and defensive shape, the side is completely imbalanced and we concede 2 goals. At this point, Martin's inability to see this and to stop fucking it up is becoming indefensible.... the guy cannot see the obvious and does not learn. How many points are we going to drop? Time after time he either starts like this or changes to this. Its laughable. Even if we get away with it today, we've needlessly conceded 2 goals (and counting).
  4. Hopefully he's specialising in FFP/ PSR rules, with a view to defending our future finance breaches 😂
  5. Where did you hear that? I agree that he is on his way regardless, its the final year of his contract and he hasn't signed. Che Adams obviously on his bike (replaced by stewart), and one can only assume KWP will be gone as well this summer. Macca goes without saying. Its a hefty chunk of the wage bill between them all if nothing else.
  6. Basically impossible to tell from a satellite image if its asbestos or not, although it does appear similar to some of the adjacent buildings. Reality is that if it predates the ban there is a good chance that it is. Does anyone know when those units were built? The ones to the left of that row could well be an asbestos roofing material (based on street view), but you can't get a good image of the actual roofs impacted. You still can't be certain either way without testing.
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    Danny Rohl

    Time for some Ralph and Rohl times again?
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    Danny Rohl

    4 wins on the bounce now with Sheffield Wednesday.
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    Gary Monk

    Ah, so looks like he's been a very naughty boy then.... The number of links between Monk, his agent, and the numerous transfer dealings (even when not the agent for the player in question) is far too much to be coincidence for me at least. Always helpful when an ex-Southampton man has been out and about sabotaging the competition though 👀
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    Gary Monk

    Apparently he's had 4 years out of the management game, makes you wonder if he's had some troubles at home etc. Either way, its a slightly interesting appointment by Cambridge. You'd think he's probably far too good a manager for them in truth? So mildly curious to see what happens to him with that one. Surely the last throw of the dice for him re potential failure... if all he can get now is Cambridge anyway... 🙈
  11. FFP / PSR is a sham in any case. It exists solely to cement the top clubs in near unassailable positions, with commercial revenues far in excess of anything upstart clubs can muster, and with almost guaranteed access to the UEFA millions as well. We got screwed by the big clubs before, Leicester at least got Champions League money and a league title before eventually falling away, and Brighton will be the next team to be stripped and sent packing. Clubs like Newcastle and Villa (with mega rich owners that can underwrite any debts) will not be allowed to threaten the established elite (unlike City, Chelsea, Blackburn etc did historically), and its all out of fear of the big clubs breaking away to form a super league. Meanwhile Uefa have essentially created one anyway with their new champions league, and all that is really happening is an ever greater long term competitive divide between the top 5-6 clubs and the rest of the league. Just look at united, shite for years, minimal prize money domestically or continentally, awful transfer business over nearly a decade... and yet Villa dare to have one expensive summer and they face being slapped down, whilst United have an uncompetitive spend which is protected almost indefinitely because of their established "big club" commercial clout. If they don't rebalance these finances controls fairly, they'll kill football for most people.
  12. I mean, pretty much all self inflicted by Sports Republic. Imagine another scenario where they'd not undermined and sacked Ralph (the best manager of their tenure by far), and instead actually gone out and purchased a striker for circa £30M. Actually, i'm not fussy, Openda for £6-8M would have done that summer.... Now granted, thats just one of many possible futures that would have likely seen us still in the premier league - and with a a far better outlook for the years ahead than we have now 😰 .... Woops. Ah well, its fun being the top dogs in the 2nd tier, seeing all our best players and academy prospects being poached, and gradually losing our competitive edge the longer we stay down here 🤣
  13. Sad fact is a lot of people predicted the form of Leicester, yet we failed to capitalise on it. We should be more like 2 points of top after today's win, not 5 points of second. Just need to get through this week with max points if we can. Then see where we stand. If we're still 5 points off when we come back from the international break then we're very likely to be in the playoffs with at least one side at least our equal.
  14. Agree. But to be honest his entire post was pretty embarrassing from where i'm sitting. He could've celebrated the win, but instead he decided to act like a condescending bell end to other supporters. To each their own i guess. As to your point - The amount of goals we're conceding (let alone as a side chasing automatic promotion vs relegation threatened sides) is totally unacceptable and a huge cause for concern - and it comes entirely from the manager's tactics, selection, and set up... Need to get through this week with max points and then get into the break, and then seriously get our defensive shape and efficient ball retention sorted.
  15. Really quite an important win. Not just because of what the other sides have done, but also because it sets us up for this week and hopefully means we can hopefully go into this impending break with some positivity.
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