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What did you expect on a Russell Martin thread? This thread perfectly mirrors his style of play.

Shrodinger's cat, Herzberg's theory of motivation, Quantum mechanics, and the illuminati

I'd love to sign one of those tall rangy forwards with a bit of a presence. Someone with the same sort physical profile as Tammy Abraham, Broja, Toney (no, I'm not suggesting we could sign any of them, just someone who shares the same characteristics). Not sure we will and we'd need to shift on at least BBD and tall Paul. I actually think we'll see a lot more of Archer because he's the best finisher and he probably isn't going anywhere. He's relatively quick and (sometimes) has decent movement - pretty similar to Balogun and Still did a decent job with him. I think we're more likely to see changes and additions in the wide areas than strikers.

I'm not massively up on US sport but from what I can gather, while they may not have relegation in a lot of sports they do have strict controls on trying to make the competitions as fair and even as possible with things like the draft system. So I guess another question would be would you accept no relegation if a level playing field was enforced and each team was, for example, limited on transfers and wages? That, in theory, would give everyone a realistic chance of winning the title based on merit, not the wealth of owners. Obviously there's the enforcement angle and I doubt it could ever be properly implemented so it's a bit hypothetical but makes the argument a bit more interesting. Personally I think I'd still have promotion and relegation.

Purely speculation but Will Still changed his mind on becoming Vincent Kompany's assistant once he saw the setup and what was required of him. He seems like a bloke who goes with his gut feeling and it wouldn't surprise me if he agrees a deal in principle and then has a change of heart once he gets a look and feel for the club. Total speculation based on pilchards twist post, nuffink more.

Yeah he did, scored quite a few goals but Monaco snapped him up for 40m I think.

Yep, I’m the same. Get the squad right and any of the candidates will probably be fine.

I don't really know that much about Will Still so watched a few videos last night. First one is a long old watch and it's a couple of years old but gives you a bit of an idea about his experience: Have to say I wasn't that impressed. Comes across as a nice enough bloke but doesn't appear to have that aura about him, commanding presence whatever you want to call it. Maybe he just isn't good at these types of interviews (he pretty much admits as much). He's clearly better when he's talking football though: And finally here's another overview and analysis of him and takes down the argument that he got where he is by playing football manager: I'm not necessarily against his appointment and he sounds like he knows what he's talking about when it comes to football but not sure he's the type to instantly take charge of the dressing room. Maybe that doesn't matter so much anymore, or maybe that side of things doesn't come across in the interviews. Oh, and his missus graduated from University of Southampton so at least she'll know the area.

So he's about the same as Mark Robins then?

Yeah, I'm the same as you. Surprised anyone knows the supposed candidates well enough to have much more than a casual opinion.

Fernandes for me too.

What's a Leipzig? Sounds like some kind of truffle hunting pig.

Yep, I'd like to see RM get the Leicester job for a number of reasons. One of them being that if we plan on a big overhaul of players then it's more likely that he'll want to take some of the fringe players we don't want.

You must be gutted we didn't get a free trade deal with the US then?

One player I definitely wouldn't take is Roberts. Thought he was supposed to be decent when we were linked 2 years ago but based on both games against Cov, I thought he was rubbish. Constantly cut inside and kept losing the ball. Small sample to judge him on but didn't impress at all.

Yep, I think so. Would be interesting to see how many seasons there's only been 3 teams with parachute payments. Can't be many.

And if Sheffield United win then another team with parachute payments.

Does look that way but who knows? TBH there's no outstanding candidate that everyone can get behind. Just hope that Spors gets whoever he identifies as his number one target and isn't left working his way down a list and eventually settling on someone he's not so sure on. Still think player recruitment will be more key than the new manager but if both Spors and the manager are absolutely aligned on what we need then that's not a bad place to start from.

Yeah, I've renewed.

YES!

So you don't see the hypocrisy of quoting someone saying we need significant growth but are happy to have voted for the conditions under which that's become very difficult and has lowered our growth? Come on man, own it, have the courage of your convictions. You should be pointing out to Maurice Glasman that this is the price you were all happy to pay right?

Can’t claim to be an expert on how Lampard has done at Coventry but I watched the game last night. Coventry had way more possession, didn’t really create many chances and still lost through a stupid mistake. Sound familiar?

Bit disingenuous, you've repeated on a number of occasions when it suited you that Brexit was about more than the economy. Here you are agreeing that Brexit was worth more than money. I'm sure I can find some more quotes if you really want to go down that path:

Seeing as he also has Peruvian citizenship, it's probably just as likely that Trump has deported him to that huge vatican super prison.

Yeah, that wasn't really my point, it was more on whether anyone takes what Trump says seriously. Starmer has probably done a reasonable deal under the circumstances.