CB Fry

The statistical experts told us he was a goal-every-other-game scoring machine and they were experts so who was I to argue? After all, numbers don't lie. All I could see was a player with no record of regularly scoring or playing and with no experience of being the main man a team relies on for goals. As a result I thought he was the wrong striker to sign and exactly what we didnt need: didn't play, didn't score, didn't lead. No doubt the statisticians will be proved right any week now. Today of our two strikers, I see a decent striker whose confidence is shot to sh it, and I see a striker who is just wa nk. Gabbi and Long next week if Austin isn't fit.

32,000.

I hate penalties these days. Gabbi come on.

EASY EASY EASY EASY

Why do the BBC hate us so much?

Dion Dublin being overly generous to us.

When does the new manager bounce start?

We've got the best midfield options in the Premier League so we should be able to change things up at half time no problem.

We, no they're not. Man up.

Pellegrino's gift to us was the opportunity to play this game. If nothing else it works great as a pre-season/warm up/run out for the new manager to learn something. What he's learning now is he has one hell of a job on.

Better.

ATTACK ATTACK ATTACK ATTACK ATTACK

Indeed. For example.... Jesus wept. Jesus fu cking wept.

Wigan still flogging tickets on Twitter this morning.

Why are people getting upset about Corbyn against a red background with a furry hat on then?

That had to be dragged out of him.

Two people in critical condition and the Squawkbox Corbynista fuc kwits want to make it all about a freaking hat. Let's remember who the real victim here is, Saint Jeremy. Corbyn, Seamus Milne and the rest are just student campaigners who have never grown up and will continue to fawn over Russia and Iran regardless of whatever they do because at least they're not, like, the evil west who are well bad.

Er, no it won't. 28 points from 30 games.

It's not even the first season of it.

Indeed - Hughes will leave it to Eddie Nez who it has been said is a good coach who runs interesting sessions. So let's hope the impact comes from the culture that Hughes and his assistants bring. He's never had an 8 match deal before so let's hope that concentrates everyone's minds.

That sh ite has been widely debunked already. There's a reason why that nonsense is appearing on sites like Squawkbox and The Canary. Just conspiro-horsesh it for conspiro-idiots who think they are, like, awfully clever free thinkers because they don't believe what THE MAN says or whatever. Because exciting conspiracies are simpler to understand than boring old reality.

Interesting piece by Oliver Kay in the Times this morning talking about Hughes ability to build a team over the long term, contrasting that with scant evidence that he can make an instant impact. Saying he's not a "new manager bounce" kind of manager. He then lists his "starts" at clubs and claims he never gets more than a point a game at the start. Although reading it again now I write this I see he's decided to define his "start" as the first 8 games for Blackburn, the first 11 games at Fulham, the first 18 games for City, back to the first 8 for QPR, and then how about we say, well, the first 11 games again for Stoke. Just fudging the number of games so he can get to a point a game or less so he can make his point. A classic move known around these parts as the Heisingberg manoeuvre. Well I am glad I read it again to relay it on here because clearly it's a load of old sh it. Journalists, eh? Accept his premise that he is better over the long term, and I still think Hughes won't have much to actually do to improve us.

Why? Hughes winning every game or losing every game makes no difference to the fact that Pellegrino was a terrible manager for us.

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My barber really doesn't like him. Thinks he's far too negative/over cautious, especially early this season. True story. I'm getting my haircut next week so I'll get further updates then.