woodsaint1

Exactly. While the manager is important, if they're left to work with a poor group of players then they're not going to achieve anything. The recruitment in the summer and subsequent windows is crucial for us to have any sort of progression

Appointing Rohl would also be a risk, as would Lampard, as would Cooper

I think people forget we're a championship club again. Still would be a very good appointment. Dont get the clamour for Rohl. He finished 4 points above Pompey. Yes Wednesday were a shitshow but theres no guarantee if he had a better team and better backing that he would be a success. It would be a big step up for him, which is not the case for Still.

Who did you want us to appoint?

We're not winning this, but I would laugh my balls off if the last competitive game at Goodison was a 0-0 borefest

Style of play like Klopp? Somebody that Spors may be familiar with is Marco Rose. Out of work since being sacked by Leipzig in March. Would be an obvious step down for him but he has only been linked with Saudi clubs and Rangers

The only reason fans should want to get on the pitch is to get at the shower of useless wankers

Did say that the fans should have abandoned this team months ago. "What good would that do?" was the reply. Well what good has supporting them in numbers done? These cunts dont deserve an ounce of support

When was Vardy's last goal? Cert to score against us. Vestergaard with a defensive masterclass also. 3-0 Leicester

If it is true that he has met with Spors to discuss the job, then it would appear that he is open to the move, as opposed to shutting it down. While Lens will be a bigger club atm, getting us promoted and managing in the PL will be very appealing compared to continuing in Ligue 1. Should add that his Lens team got pumped 4-0 at the weekend at home

While I accept that we dont need to make wholesale changes this summer....we do need wholesale changes by summer 2026 if we want to be a competitive PL team again (if we get promoted). We could be forced into doing a large chunk of that this summer. If you take our regular starting team we're definitely losing KWP and Big Les. We're also very likely losing Ramsdale, Dibling and Fernandes. Wouldnt be surprised if one or two others tried to force a move also. Yes we're going to need to rely on some of those players who've let us down this season (and even 22/23) but we need to keep that number to a bare minimum and they need to be squad fillers only. If we're starting next season with Bazunu, Bednarek, Stephens, Bree, Manning, Sulemana, AA or Onuachu as regular starters - then our recruitment hasnt been good enough and we're making the same mistakes again. We likely need 6/7 new starters imo

We already have a replacement for Big Les in Shea Charles. Him and Downes under the right coach could be a formidable partnership in the Championship (in a 4-2-3-1 especially)

Utterly depressing that a club like Crystal Palace who have been very shrewd with their transfer business are into a cup final and pushing for a top half PL finish. Whereas we've won 2 games all season. Its not as if Parish has thrown the money around, instead they've made the most of their sales and reinvested it wisely. They signed the likes of Eze, Wharton, Richards, Sarr and Mateta. We signed Sulemana, Stewart, Wood, BBD and Onuachu. Fuckin hell

If winning 26 games was dire, I'd be interested in how you would describe this season. Good chance we dont win that many next season

100%. They deserve it on their records. As a fan, who really cares. We've got enough shite records as it is

Same was said at the end of 22/23. Hopefully the majority of those cunts wont be anywhere the club next season

Absolutely not!!! One of the names I still remember from the 4-3 FA Cup defeat against Tranmere in 2001. Still hurts 😂

Our recruitment this summer needs to be players who could make the step up into the PL. Obviously difficult to identify and sign such players when you're in the Championship, but we absolutely do not need Ryan Fraser or Charlie Taylor type signings. A couple of very good Championship players in mind - Hamer (Coventry) AM Cirkin (Sunderland) LB Sainz (Norwich) LW

Even if we did (highly highly unlikely) what would it matter? 19th or 20th is still a pile of steaming shit

Its because we are a pub team

Theres a blast from the past scoring against Chelsea tonight - Tomas Pekhart

Regardless of the volume of new signings in the summer, those responsible for recruitment can start to gain our trust if they sufficiently address two areas; GK and Striker Ramsdale will almost certainly be leaving, either permanently or on a season long loan. And if we have Bazunu or god forbid McCarthy starting the first game of the season, then the club will have truly failed. An absolute must. Similarly, I would be very surprised if Tall Paul is still here come the end of the summer. I can see Archer staying, but if we're still relying on AA and the Loch Ness Drogba (needs a new nickname) to lead the line then the club will have failed here also. We need two new strikers in my opinion. Other areas such as CB, RB/LB, RW/LW and AM I'm less concerned about, although we still need to strengthen throughout the team. DM with Downes and Charles (if they both stay) would be the best pairing in the Championship (in a 4-2-3-1)

Just on his Derby record, they finished 6th the season before he joined and he took them to 6th again. There is no doubting that he has improved Coventry however

Good because most of them are shite

Exactly this. When we went down two years ago we had the whole "we'll not be back for a while...". With a new manager and some good recruitment (we're due a good window arent we?), theres no reason why we wont be in a much better position in 12 months. Those making the big decisions at the club need to stop pissing around