CB Fry

This.

Having the blessed good fortune to live in Derby and having heard the news, I tuned on BBC Radio Derby on the drive home to see if they were talking about it. They were. Phone in with the chief exec, confirming it is a potential nine week deal where Saggy is a coaching mentor/consultant. Short term, no transfer involvement and just their to help out Darren Wassell either on the bench or at the training ground. The guy kept talking about coaching and how Arry is going to help with coaching. Coaching. Redknapp. Coaching. Good luck to em.

Spot on - well put. We've done a great job of not letting players go into their last year, so I'd like to think we'd do the same with the manager. Pretty sure we will do. There's a possibility the process may result in us having a new manager, but more than likely Ron will sign a little extension.

That's funny because there are plenty of interviews with players - our captain Fonte especially - and club management - our Ralph and Les - that talk specifically about our ambition to make it to the Champions League. It's identical to the stuff the Italian used to say, just without the "half the squad from the academy" fairytale. And when we "pulsate with ambition" under the last guy we got to ninth. When we apparently "shrug our shoulders" we smash our points record and finish higher than we ever have for nearly thirty years. And by "infrastructure and pathway" why don't you just be honest about what you mean? If you want to whine like a toddler because that big rich woman won't spend infinite money just to satisfy your Football Manager fantasies then fine but do try not to wrap it up in bullsh it speak about pathways. Get over it. Hilarious, hilarious that the predicted collapse post the Italian leaving has not happened, and is not happening but people like you are so desperate to have the argument and pretend it has anyway. Finished seventh last year, pi ssing all over anything he achieved and nicely on track to finish in a similar spot this season. Pulsating with ambition my effing backside.

When does our coefficient go down the toilet and we are left with only three CL places?

The incentive was that Poch would have been given a man-size golden teaspoon upon finishing eighth. Well, I say man-size. It was the same height as Nicola Cortese so better described as "adequately sized".

Well, I think that's simply adorable.

Also - you're swooning over what Leicester have done, but they've done it without buying loads of players or spending the cash that you think we could have "easily" have done. I don't think Leicester have bought anyone for ten million quid and we've bought loads of them all over the pitch. So it's not really that easy is it. Last little hint for you - the era of "morale consistency and ambition" ended when we're were ninth place in January 2014. Since then we've finished 7th and we're 7th now. Suggesting just as much consistency and morale as before. It's fascinating to see the Cult of Cortese bristle with frustration and annoyance that the doom they predicted just doggedly refused to happen - breaks your little hearts don't it? Southampton FC - doing just fine. Sorry and that.

What "great players" did Leicester keep then? Hint - Leicester were battling relegation all last season. Hint 2 - Jamie Vardy scored 5 league goals last season.

Good luck to Leicester on Monday night.

How sweet.

Bournemouth probably need two points and they're safe. Basically they are safe now.

A stellar line up and no mistake. Sports minister for five minutes and pro fox-hunting nut job Kate Hoey. I wish she was running the country I really do. If she wasn't on your side I doubt you'd have a single good word to say about her.

What will we see?

David Howells was a Dave Jones signing so definitely not before Sky. I remember the Arsenal 2-2 under Wigley was broadcast from the Channon suite or whichever one it was. It was only semi regular thing as I remember, which was a shame. Being that people are streaming matches all over the shop nowadays the club could host a broadcast of every away and make a couple of quid. Won't be allowed of course.

So when you ask "why can Boro get the best our of talent and we can't?" your entire frame of reference is the last fortnight. Smashing stuff.

There's actually a rumour about this, then?

You seriously think Boro can "get the best out of talent and we can't?" you actually think that? That's my answer. Your premise is effing ridiculous. That do you?

So you say this is a disappointing season but you're also complaining that the manager responsible for that disappointing season hasn't got a longer contract. So you want three more years of disappointment or not?

What question?

Where have I said I don't want to see us in Europe or running round Wembley with a cup? Anyone who pays attention to anything I write on here will know that's all I ever want us to do. If you read the drivel I was replying to, you'll notice it was blathering on about how the club has "eroded" when we haven't. Presumably you agree with OldNick meaning that when we were 9th two years ago we weren't accepting mediocrity but right now, in 8th place, we are mediocre. Okay then. And if you can actually find a post from me where I say today's defeat and Tuesday's are "acceptable" then do post it up. Because I've said nothing, whatsoever, at all, even resembling that. Keep frothing though. Keep frothing.

This is based on a couple of performances in the second tier and then a scenario that you've made up in your own head. When we were promoted from the second tier we signed Billy Sharp in the January to help get us over the line. He then became utterly surplus to requirements the minute we achieved promotion. You gave no idea that Boro aren't looking at Gaston in exactly the same way.

Heaven help us if we were 17th. Keep blubbering drivel you whining hysterical sap.

I'm starting to believe they are going to win the whole damn thing. Amazing stuff.

This time two years ago, after 29 matches, before this howwible howwible erosion started, we were 9th. But with a whole point more than we have now. A whole point. The erosion, oh the erosion, has been chronic since then, it really has been. We'll never be ninth after 29 games again, that's for sure. Such erosion. Such terrible, terrible erosion.