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Some key observations: @L1Minus10 is spot on, a journeyman midfielder pisses all over two lightweight midfielders and the worst left back in our history with a bit of height, strength and bit of an engine. Nathan Wood needs to go, three centre backs and he gets bullied like that. I only watch the goals afterwards now so disenfranchised am I but sounds like Quarshie shouldn’t have been taken off and Wood staying on. So easy to play and score against. Eckert has had it as Steve says if the expected defeat happens Sunday. Set pieces, pressing first half, get your crosses in and drop off second half. It’s that easy. @L1Minus10 made a good point about Bazunu. My views are also well known on here, much to the mod’s disgust, but I did post something similar about Gavin being really, really poorly managed in 3.5 years here and no way back. What I hadn’t clocked was that he’d worked with EIGHT managers and probably at least as many keeping coaches. He will never have the natural goalkeeper ability of a Tim Flowers but look how Chris Nicholl blooded him gradually with John Burridge. By contrast, Gavin hasn’t known whether he’s going for a shit or a haircut probably. Whatever happens at Stoke, Mark Robins is good experienced manager and bloke so he can’t lose really.

It’s reminded me of 2007/8 - hammerings at Preston, Hull and Sheff Weds (5-1, 5-0 and 5-0), sliding from mid-table nothingness under Burley who lost interest, to the thick of a relegation scrap before Pearson, crucial home win v Bristol City who were flying, point at WBA who were promoted, Lallana’s first goal and then the last day staying up v Sheff Utd. Which led onto 08/09 after Lowe messed up and shoved over the cliff what was already a grave situation. The Rasmus of the late 90s and 00s.

It underscores what all knew - America cannot be trusted over Ukraine.

https://www.lboro.ac.uk/news-events/news/2026/january/greenland-island-military-build-up-arctic/ All about dual aims of challenging China and diminishing Europe. Why the Brexiteers ever thought it was a good idea to pivot towards America, or frankly even the likes of Modi is beyond rational logic. Special relationship my arse.

You don’t hear/see the slow handclap these days but it would be a potent weapon but also not trigger the ‘get behind your team’ brigade like booing would.

Just someone like him with some reasonable first team management experience, operational experience, head of scouting etc and played the game as well. Probably more of a Rasmus replacement but he handled Ashley and would have handled SR easily. Should have been looking for a younger version of him when they bought the club. A younger version of John Williams as the CEO who was at Blackburn for their glory years would have helped them as well.

Alan Carr’s dad would be but sadly I think he passed away recently.

Never seen him let us down. Filled in at LB 2023/2024 and conceded less goals looking more solid until Martin put his favourite (bar Flynn) back in and started leaking again at Brum.

Agree but James is a good pro. Deserves a lot better than Saints but his professionalism puts Downes, Downs, Wood, No-Manning-Land, AA and the other tossers to shame.

That assumes that him and anyone in his entourage (including the revolting Millers) can actually read. Judging by his 7 year old grammar in the Norway tantrum latter, I’m going to call it that they are thick as shit and illiterate to boot.

We agree, 🦆 said earlier that we probably should have backed Juric for longer where the Martin crew played up. But then we might have also have ‘claimed’ Derby’s record. I don’t think they’d have put in at West Ham or v City like they did for Rusk and Lallana. The players are a disgrace in the main I concur bar the new arrivals and solid people like Bree returning. I think the fans handbrake will come off a bit more after Sunday and they’ll be clear where they stand with us if they aren’t already.

The leak plus AA’s admission makes it clear he was being undermined. Too much too soon but that squad of players outside of Fellows, Leo, Charles, Jandar, Weligton (as far as we know), Robinson, Peretz and Stewart (when fit), and probably Alex are trouble with a capital T. THB maybe cares a bit more as well. Not to mention lazy with their Martinball and disinterested in the club’s league position and pride.

This is true both ways, only a handful actually know the facts. On the face of, it’s bizarre that a young kid gets offered ahead of someone with 30-odd full international caps, coaching badges and a rising coaching reputation. Equally, Adam might have thought ‘fuck me, they’ve messed the window up again and I really don’t want to manage Flynn, Ryan, Nathan and others. I’ll carry on with the u21 because this lot change like their underpants and it’ll come around again by February, if I want it at all’.

Got a rough wall or floor?

There were very specific reasons though for his majority, same as Phillips that won’t be there in the same volumes in 2029. They’d have both been pretty solid majorities otherwise. You have a fairer point on gender as the Tories have had three female PMs. Although have the Labour Party since Barbara Castle objectively had a female minister of genuine PM qualities in the same way Thatcher and May were? Some very talented ministers and people like Mo Mowlam for certain but not sure PM skill set. That said, I don’t think Truss being elected by their members is anything to reflect on with pride. She’s almost as mad as Trump.

A goalkeeper just launched a full goal kick without 50 needless passes between a back 5 and a goal conceded. It offended Russell’s purity,

Not if they’re in the bomb squad they won’t. But it means SR and Spors backing a manager to manage and there’s the issue.,.

As @saintant posted above, any improvement would have been contingent on the senior players putting some effort (only Scienza was, and Fellows wasn’t even getting a game). Given AA practically admitted that they didn’t for Will afterwards, I’m not convinced. We were creating a lot more chances but missing them but also conceding horrifically eg Hull away, which has only re-appeared at Boro onwards. He did at least drop Baz and Jack which probably was fuel for more stabbing in the back from the dressing room and Staplewood. He was still wedded to the same formation and we just went longer without a midfield. Even the wins like Wrexham were a 5 minute purple patch with us very patchy through the other 85. That game could have been 5-5, we had no pattern as a newly relegated side v a newly promoted one. I liked what he said and clearly capable of independent thought unlike Tonda-bot. But it rarely translated onto the pitch and in our job our size you have to manage or dispatch Martin’s lovers, the rest of the players, the press and upwards with SR. Very challenging and needs a more experienced head who will call Rasmus, Spors and Martin’s core out on poor and slow performance, on the pitch, and in bringing in the much-needed strong and quick spine through the squad. Neither Still nor Tonda have the body of experience to help them deliver that.

I would put a laughing emoji as it did make laugh but bar the Jay Robinson sentence the rest of it is far from out of the equation with SR. Rasmus is as mad as a box of frogs. 🐸

No chance - huge wages and his agent has already poo pooed it. Agree that he wouldn’t add a great deal - hasn’t scored a free kick for the Hammers, some good early corners but we never get bodies on the box anyway. The opponents or ours. Just a more deluxe Flynn Downes recycler sideways on administration-inducing wages.

Given how long Biden was allowed to stay on by his pathetic party, I have little hope that there will be a bulletin soon that he’s had a severe stroke and cannot continue in office (whether true or not) with an even weaker GOP. People knock our political system but when Truss was bezerk she was dispatched very quickly to apply some limits to the damage. He won’t do his full-term but it’ll take massive civil unrest verging on civil war in year 3 or 4 to finally unseat him/pop him off if he isn’t deceased before that.

The Norway tantrum letter has been confirmed by CBS https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cx2k7gv0znmt 7 year olds have better emotion control and grammar, at least in European countries. Not sure about America anymore.

He won’t be rich for much longer letting Rasmus run riot. Kicked off his own company board seemingly as well.

Or even better, an actual adult manager. You know, like Phillipe Clement at Norwich.

Although 6 points above the drop zone and rock bottom of the form table…. A couple of experienced loans through the spine who can organise, one of them as captain, would at least ensure survival. Their idea of change is to sack Tonda after Fratton mauling and scour the local garden centres and sixth form colleges for an acne-stricken adolescent to hire as manager. The zits and oozing pus would at least put Blackmore off the scent of SR’s bungling during post-match interviews. Essential Criteria - must love XG and possession data and always obey Rasmus Ankerson.