aintforever

Fuller wasn’t even at the club when we got relegated from the Prem, we had Crouch, Phillips, Best, Camera and Ormerod to choose from up front.

Complete cluster-fuck from day one. I can’t remember a squad ever being in such a mess, £120mill odd spent and you still struggle to think of a a starting eleven that could win a Premier League match. Last time we went down you at least thought there was a team in there somewhere if the manager got it right, this lot are just a mess. We will be bottom by a distance.

1. Mara 2.Aribo 3. Lyanco

Mental that we lost to that shite, we were shit but Grimsby were shocking. Basically gifted the game by our two thick wanker centre backs and we were too shit to fight our way back.

The lack of investment by the previous owner started the rot, Ralph was a good manager turd polishing for years.

Ralph was a fucking genius for keeping these useless cunts in the Prem year after year.

Embarrassing.

Might as well sack this cunt and hire an actual manager while we have a slight chance of staying up.

Mara is so shit it is funny.

So Northern Ireland is is the brilliant, unique situation of having access to the UK and EU Single market - the situation we were all in Pre-Brexit.

Not sure why. In theory we are well placed for promotion next year. A lot of young players with potential under contract who will either stay or fetch a decent fee, plus proven Championship players like Adams and Armstrong who will not exactly be sought after by Premier League clubs. I agree with what Michael Dawson said on Soccer Saturday, no one wants the Southampton managers job now but the will be the best job in the Championship next year.

It's giving him that chance that has got us relegated.

I don’t think Ralph lost the players, they are just shit. When he was sacked we were in the relegation zone yes but we were only 3 points off 12th with 24 games left to play. Given the state of the squad that was probably doing ok.

I think we would be in a better position now if we had kept Ralph on. The results last year were bad but Ralph never had this shower of shite squad anywhere near being relegated in any of his previous seasons.

A bit harsh on Lavia but apart from that I agree with the OP. Should have spent the same but on 4 or 5 quality players in the summer, would probably now be mid-table with Ralph still in charge.

Love it they get smashed 4 or 5. I want to see some fat geordie cunts crying.

Too early to say. On paper we should have a decent squad even after selling a few. For example Che Adams and A Armstrong are both decent championship players who I doubt would interest any Prem sides. It all depends on the finances and how much the owner is willing to stake on a quick return. I don’t have much confidence in them finding the right manager though so you may be right.

A season in the Championship will do him good, about his level at the moment.

Nice of Bednarek to get out of the way of the shot. Twat.

Load of shite today. Might as well stick with Selles the end of the season then get a new manager for the Championship next year. This season is just a write-off.

If results haven't improved in the next 6 games we're shagged anyway. We've run out of time for indecision - we just need to tell him that the jobs his til the end of the season and permanently if we stay up.

Getting the right manager in is so hit and miss anyway it would be lunacy to not let him have a crack at the job, especially considering the calibre of those we can attract in our situation.

It does make sense to have an experienced CB in there alongside ABK and in front of the kid in goal.

It’s a no-brainier for me, the players clearly want to play for him.

What a great result. Has made the board’s decision on the next manager an easy one.