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Branfoot all over again.

It's ridiculous that the club sell the tickets in so many pointless categories. I get the fact that the most loyal fans should get first shot but does it really matter if someone has gone to 2 or 3 away games instead of 4?

I didn't criticise the deal, just showing that when a big club comes in for a player there is little Cortese or anyone else can do except maybe delay the inevitable. Liverpool didn't buy Lallana and co when we were lower leagues for the same reason they didn't buy Van Dyke from Celtic, or Mane from Salzburg - they waited for us to showcase their talents in the Prem. Our whole business model is built on buying players the big clubs are looking at but not taking a punt on, then selling them for a massive profit after a season or two in the Prem. The idea that with a certain chairman in charge we somehow become as desirable a club as Liverpool and Spurs is ****ing nuts.

Cortese flogged Chamberlain. If Liverpool wanted them they would have gone.

https://www.90min.com/posts/4925088-premier-league-block-200m-southampton-takeover-amid-sensational-bribery-allegations

Just looked at the other fixtures and this might be a great opportunity to pull away from the bottom three. With Palace playing Chelsea, Stoke playing City and Huddersfieldand Swansea playing each other, a win would mean we would definitely jump up two places and a very possible 4 point cushion over the bottom three. Massive, massive game. Win and we go into the next few away games with confidence and less pressure which could be vital.

It doesn’t matter who is in charge or what the project is, Spurs and Liverpool will always be able to steal our players. The only way to stop it happening would be to have an owner willing to chuck hundreds of millions of their own cash down the toilet. Even then it would be a struggle.

I don't disagree, but there is no reason why the people left to pick up the pieces should respect you for it.

I would be happy with a decent owner from any country. One not involved with bribery and corruption.

Not sure. Only Man City and Utd have beaten Arsenal at the Emirates this year.

I thought Silva did Ok at Hull considering they sold their top scorer, their fans were certainly keen to keep him on. He also at least has a record of achievement prior to Hull so obviously has something about him unlike our clown who has achieved next to nothing.

The problem with playing away games against your rivals at this stage is that the game is more of a cup final and the home fans make it more of a hostile fixture. When you get to squeaky bum time you want to be playing at home, even away fixtures against teams with nothing to play for like Everton and Leicester will be tricky as **** because the home side always has that added pressure to win. To make things worse, our one 'winnable' home game is against our local rivals who would love to send us down.

Hi Les

Talking ****** as usual, he played Long on his own before he gave Austin a run. Who gives a **** what ‘uproar’ there would have been, a manager is paid to pick the right players not pander to the fans.

Playing for Tranmere?

The atmosphere is bound to make a difference. That was always one of our advantages in our Dell days, we were often down the bottom but the crowd generally stayed with the side because we knew we would always be in that situation. I remember going away to bigger clubs who were also in trouble and being amazed how negative the fans were. It's yet another reason why we should have changed manager, it gives everyone a lift and gets the crowd back onside. For example, if we had brought Strachan back and made a couple of signings there would be nothing but positivity from the stands.

You're forgetting that it will be the likes of Bournemouth and Brighton cherry picking our best players if we go down.

Agree, it did come across as arrogance, especially coming from a kid who has barely managed a handful of Prem apps so far in his career. I just hope his words came out wrong and that is not the attitude of the players in general.

It's impossible to guess what the side will look like without knowing what Gao's intentions are. In theory, with the parachutes and the majority of the VVD money still to come we should be able to field a decent side. If Goa decides to pocket the VVD money and is not interesting in investing we could be in a Sunderland type situation. It obviously also depends on wether the players have relegation clauses in their contracts.

As long as he gets picked. Our genius manager has only started him 5 times this season.

The Championship is probably Long's level to be fair, he may do a decent job next season. I would be tempted to get Surman back for a swan song if we can, he's not playing every week at Bournemouth, would be a decent captain.

I wouldn't be surprised if Reed, Kruger n co just hate working for a bunch of Chinese criminals and are just sat there waiting for a pay off. I guess they are on pretty lucrative contracts and would loose out on a bit of cash by resigning, same goes for the manager.

We’re one game from Wembley but I’m lesss confident about us winning the cup than I was in August. We’ve had a host of lucky draws and will get thoroughly dicked by the first decent side we play.

It’s home games against anyone outside the top 6 you want and Pellegrino’s ****ed them all up. Away to Newcastle shows up as a nice green blob on that chart but we will do well to get a draw up there, you would take Leicester or Everton at home over that any day. Our one positive is that we are not too ****e on the road but when you HAVE to get wins on the road in this league the odds are stacked against you.

Not sure it matters what formation we play with this manager.