Doctoroncall

West Ham have spent big in January to save themselves and have a board to rival ours for bizarre strategy. Would Spurs have relegation clauses in contracts? A big turn over in players if they do go down. NF owner will do anything for promotion. Probably the one team likely to be up there.

Wilson is injured (ankle). Not sure for how long.

There is a good article on the DT by James Burt of the issues of the game (focused on the PL).

Like us, the squad was big but had some gems let down by the manager in the way he wanted to play.

Got an assist with the first goal with the layoff although not sure if he meant it.

Sadly, they are looking for new owners now the consortium who had exclusivity have pulled out. It looks like a money pit (£4m spent this year) and in danger of liquidation. Article

Yes, was thinking of Blackburn away game for some reason. Dark days of the season.

Played Millwall, Watford, Birmingham and Preston twice

Saw the last 5 minutes, the game was very scrappy. The ball pinging about and hardly under control by either team. I hope this didn’t reflect the whole match - would have been a difficult watch. one point gained away from home and some thing to build on. Allez VA!

Saints must have shit ton of data if they need a data engineer!

I presume a new contract can be written with a low base salary and achievable bonuses when he plays. Stephens’ new contract was a lower base salary but longer term.

If Will Still is still getting paid to be a coach, send him along, the bonus of the multi club model!

Allegedly the remaining parachute payment is earmarked. The guy that explains the financial situation is the one on Sunderland til I die Netflix series. Not sure how good a job he did.

He looks a bit like Bo Selecta, so could be Saints angst.

Doubts around Stephens and Welington fitness wise, so could be at least a couple of changes. Fellows could be rested with Matsuki showing good form.

Glad we’re not Leicester.

Watford equalise against PNE, then go ahead.

Thanks, didn’t know the business was losing that level of money or players not have relegation clauses in contracts, makes you wonder why take on Aribo. Fatawu is the best winger in the Championship, 21 and would be worth more than Dibling. Mavididi is still decent and Monga has interest from many top European clubs. Don’t know the squad that well, there could be a couple of others to boost sales. Although the owner doesn’t go to many games, he watches live games and Doesn’t seem to be interested in selling up.

Does the owner have money troubles? They have some players that could easily sell to get about £150m. Wages are probably high, and like us are on the players more difficult to move.

Weren’t Blackburn doing well the first part of the season? Survival now depends on who they bring in to manage them, there was talk of Gary Rowett going there.

The other aspect is dealing with the pressure if the team do get into the playoffs. Can they remain there?

It’s the difficult part of finding a way he can play in the best team set up which contributes to the team rather than detracts. I’m no coach so wouldn’t have a clue how this issue is solved, only the usual ‘running into space’, ‘taking defenders out of position’ and ‘constantly running’ sort of stuff. 😜 #ThisIsWhereTondaEarnsHisMoney

I think Archer will play on Saturday, perhaps if he was a bit sharper from more match time the first minute chance would have been scored. With two CFs unable to last a game at the moment the third choice needs to be better than what Archer showed in the first half. Hoping with this current good feeling in the squad he does improve and can play in a way that helps the team go forward. Certainly Tonda is trying to make him feel he can do it with his comments post match.

Was he responsible for bringing in a couple of psychologists to help the team over their second half shortcomings? Maybe he’s the type of guy that doesn’t do much but can spot an issue and bring someone in to fix it?

If only his pay was linked to performance, I don’t think he would have been such an arse.