Bad Wolf

I'm really scared that we're waiting for Rodgers to get sacked....

Probably not but I wouldn't take him any way. His motivation, team selections and subs are every bit as baffling as Ralph's. His teams have always been so mentally weak as well. He's not what we need.

Never understood why everyone thought Delap would be the answer to all our problems. Very strange that people were actually pleased about the potential of signing him for £30 Million

Only one way to find out

I'd be tempted to go back to a back 5. Keep two men on Haaland and one spare for whoever gets on the end of his flick ons and layoffs. It's not going to work for the whole game and we'll probably still concede at least 3 but cut your losses...

Wanyama could be available for free. Please please please. I bloody love that guy.

Marsch?! Why on Earth would we want him and why on Earth would he want to come?!

I'm not completely Ralph out but he HAS had nearly four years!!

BBC Radio Solent Sport - "The club told me last night that there is no truth in the newspaper story." - BBC Sounds

Good move from Forest. They'd be batsh1t crazy to get rid of him. How would Cooper be showing no ambition? He's done remarkably well at Forest and brilliant at Swansea. Let's be honest, if his name was Stevanovic Cooprinho, the reaction to him potentially coming in would be very different.

It's not what it used to be

Yeah I was thinking along the lines of "box delivery" but it doesn't really work when we have one of the bets set piece specialists on the planet.

That applies to all managers now a days. These days managers all have their own trendy "identity" and very few of them are ever prepared to change it. As with him trying to get sacked, I don't think this is the case - Remember he did offer to resign after both 9-0's and his resignation was rejected. With 18 months left on his contract, I can't imagine the compo would be that much anyway and certainly not worth ditching his reputation for (which is still relatively high)

That's BECAUSE he's got connections. He literally gave us a blow by blow account of the Gakpo saga on deadline day and was first to report everything including very fine details.

Did we play in this and was it our first team in this when we were in League One?

I'm not disagreeing with regard to Cooper, I think he's done brilliantly wherever he's been but the way you worded it made it sound like you'd just assumed we were going down. My comment was tongue in cheek tbh

Presser at lunchtime as normal? Should be interesting.

And I thought I was pessimistic!

I disagree. IMO it is at worst 50/50 There have been far more defensive solidarity performances than that. The two against City last season, there's been at least one against Spurs, two against Leicester both times being down to 10 men, the one against City at home where Che scored his first goal.

I don't think anyone's claiming he did brilliantly with the squad he had but over the last 3 years, I think he's done well. 6/10 at worst. It's this season that I've started to come over to the "Ralph out" camp (still only got one foot in there but that's closer than I ever have been)

I honestly don't think he got a say. The days where managers had anything more than "making suggestions" involvement in transfers are long gone.

And what about all the good things Ralph has done? The wins over big teams, the heroic defensive performances at times, the win at Pompey, the genuine love and care for the club? No, you're probably right about West Ham but they're the most Karenish fanbase in the league. Newcastle a close second and unfortunately, we're third. Ralph has had a Championship standard squad to work with in recent years and though I can't get over the last three games, he's done, at worst - 'Alright' overall and been treated like crap from a fanbase that seem to demand entertaining football, to win every game, blood 11 youth players per game, stick with the same line up each game but also change it as well, to score from every single set piece we get. Since the Koeman years we've been extremely difficult to please and I'm not going use the obvious "go to" for this point. It's not exclusive to us, it's generally the PL that does this to fans. No matter how good things are or how well the team is playing, all it takes is one misplaced pass and it's suddenly moans and groans all over the place.

A free beer?

Is this satire?

Adam Blackmore is quiet. Usually when incorrect reports come out, he's the first to shoot them down.