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he hasn’t improved if you look at his games in Belgium last season

He wasn’t ‘wank’ in the championship. He was a very good link man at that level. He missed some sitters along the way but as a player he has never really been an out and out goal scorer, but he was a solid performer for us.

there was the away game at Preston where he made a good save ( not sure he knew much about it though) and WBA away - apart from that I can’t think of anything. I watched him play in Belgium last season to see how he did and he looked to me much the same player he has always been. Not a natural keeper, lacking the necessary physicality to command his box and his positional sense is poor. With the club extending Stephen’s contract I expect we will start with Baz in goal which is pretty depressing stuff

We should tie down Bazanu - there are rumours here that Cobh Ramblers are likely to make an offer

Different DOF but shit decisions continue to be made His track record as captain last season should have been the final straw but no we give him an extension

Why ? He’s a very mediocre player. Likely national league when push comes to shove. We over paid for him and I think it’s best he none on.

Having more output than Sulemana is not difficult but I personally think Edozie has to date been another poor signing to add to the list. He’s doesn’t have any end product. Others might know how his loan went last season, but I hope he’s not pencilled in for the starting 11

Didn’t he score 20+ goals and have the highest number of assists in Europe when he last played a full season for us in the Championship?

One of the few players who has some physical presence - thought he was decent in the championship

ultimately if the players trust the process the rest will take care of itself. wonder how many he will try and take with him ? Got to be a good chance Bazanu goes, fraser - possibly Edozie. Suspect Downes' wages will be too high but maybe Smallbone as well.

Spot on. The failure to sign players capable of performing now, rather than for their potential is largely responsible for this mess. All of this stuff about giving the new team a chance is fine and we get that sentiment at this time of year. There were people spouting the same crap when we were signing BBD, Archer etc last season.. We we have no choice but to cross our fingers and hope. The first test for me is the GK. If they announce Baz as No.1 then its the same old shit in different clothes and they have learnt nothing.

No idea whether this is a good appointment or not. Its been quite a while since we made a good appointment or indeed did anything right. A lot depends on recruitment as we have so many shit players. The first test for me will be whether he has Bazanu as No.1. If he is then that will be a big red flag for me as either he cant identify a poor keeper or he can but there is still interference from those running the club

Its been abysmal. Have we ever been so uncompetitive during an entire season in our history ? Still beggars belief that the club thought a forward line of BBD, Archer, Stewart and TP would be enough to keep us up. Speaks volumes about the footballing acumen of the people running the club.

We need an experienced manager ideally with championship pedigree who and we may well appoint someone who is 32 and has no experience of the championship. What could possibly go wrong ? Maybe it works and maybe it doesnt but we seem incapable of taking the conventional option. We always seem to be trying to be smart, rather than astute. guess at some point we will appoint someone decent and if it is still maybe its him but no one on here will be surprised if it doesn't work out. frankly unless we start signing some decent players it doesn't matter who is manager

The rumours around steve ogrizovic aren't going away Could we see him as player manager ? Need to bring that concept back into the game.