Farmer Saint

Think the whole team may have that injury after today's match...

Not for two years, in two years.

Speculation from me! But would make sense considering our spending was right on the edge in the Summer.

I believe so yes, it is a football cost.

Not if we have no headroom due to PSR...we may well need to sell to sack.

Why you don't you tell me who would be, that is attainable?

I think getting us promoted gave him the right to try, but I do think he should go now.

Then why would you trust them to bring in a better alternative? I think he should go IF we know we are going to be getting an upgrade.

For someone with allegedly such a hot missus, you spend a lot of your time commenting on and obsessing over me. Methinks he tries too hard...

I'm aware of that, yes, my point is in relation to Manager abilities.

Wow, more Championship quality players to complement the current Championship contingent. No thanks.

I don't see the smiley indicating that this is a joke?

The issue with non-free agents is perhaps PSR - let's say it costs £6m to get rid of Martin and his backroom staff, we then have to spend the same to bring in a new lot and this may take us over our PSR threshold for this year.

I think the issue is I'm not sure any of those names are an improvement - it's an awful list of Managers who have managed in the PL but with little success. I would be more confident of getting re-promoted with Martin than any of them and none of them are keeping us up imo.

Fucking hell 🤣🤣🤣🤣

But who would be interested that has decent PL or top division experience? There is every chance that we can't afford to pay out someone's contract and pay off the current team due to PSR restrictions, so may need to be a free agent.

Not exactly known for being able to coach a defence, but he's probably better than what we have now.

Not sure we'd still be favourites for relegation if we did, but the choice wasn't buying 3 or 4 players for £30-40m and £100k PW, it was buying a couple of players at £30-40m and £100k PW, and not purchase anyone else this Summer. PSR meant it was not possible, so we had to go shallow on fees and wages as we had such a shite team to start the season. What would the team be without Ramsdale, Downes, THB, Sugawara, Archer, Fernandes. Scarily bad for the PL. I mean, it's bad now for the PL but if we only had Rutter and Smith-Rowe for example...

I put a winky smiley to show I was joking...

It's insight like that that makes you such a valued member of the Forum 😉

I don't really care - in general I would expect us to score a penalty. Yes, we missed our last one, but it seems odd that this is the hill you're looking to die on.

Yes, I would expect us to score a penalty.

Mainly because it's very unlikely we lose if the ref hadn't fucked up - we weren't losing from 3-1 up, and it's unlikely that we would have conceded the penalty and got Fraser sent off.

I have been told that both Potter and Moyes were sounded out by SR in the last 2 weeks and are not interested.

Could say the same about Martin tbh...but to me the fact that Kompany decided against signing him for Burnley, and the way he has started this season, it points towards him not being good enough. If he improves then great, but I'm not sure I see it myself.