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Plus the previous Newcastle link = BIDDING WAR! Would be a shame if he went, would like to see him here for another couple of seasons. I wonder what fee we could get for him? £25M?

Gives him more time to play Monopoly.

The people's game.

Some interesting snippets in that: how close to the club are the Mail? Mentions "new goalkeeper, centre-back and reinforcements in attack." And FF being offered a new deal??!

Absolutely. The erosion in quality of our squad since Koeman has been horrific. However I think we did better last summer than for some years, and hopefully with the clever ex-Brentford guy involved we can do even better this time around. Tough to make immediate impact without some serious £££ though. I am quite looking forward to the summer actually: rebuild, refresh and go again.

It was saddening to hear our fans yesterday: though I absolutely understand the frustration. Shame that the great relationship that was in place seems to have eroded so much.

Is Fat Frank a better manager than Ralph?

Suggestions of something of a clear out of first team players: maybe a few of them are not only on the beach, but mentally out of the club.

There was a tanker delivering KY Jelly to St Mary's earlier on. That should make things go smoother.

That is a real possibility of course: early investment, some exciting Tino-style deals, then a late JWP sale to cover the outlay. We just don't know, and won't until it happens. Hopefully my original scenario is closer to the mark! Whatever: I think we'll have a very different squad next year.

SR want to do the "buy top, young prospects, play them, sell at a big profit, rinse and repeat" model. That's pretty much a known I think. I hope, hope, hope that they've got some ££ to kick off the process. Surely that would be part of the business plan? An outlay £50-£70m now should generate £100-£130m in the next few years, if they're as smart as they're meant to be. Meaning a summer where we get rid of dross, without having to sell our best to reinvest. Or am I being too optimistic?

So frustrating. I like RH and he has delivered some great performances. He's got an average to shit squad, and little opportunity to invest. He's got a patched together coaching team: really, how many of our first team coaches would get jobs at other EPL clubs? So he's not got an ideal base for success. Its a real shame. But he's also seemingly stubborn, makes some woeful team selections and tactical decisions, and simply can't influence things 'in game'. And there's just too many truly awful performances. I remain, just, only just, on the 'RH in' bandwagon. Let's freshen up the squad, get him a new coaching team and go again next season. Something needs to change. That said: I wouldn't shed a tear if he left or was fired.

Fuck me. Sideshow Bob is coming on.

Fans chanting 'you don't know what you're doing' at that substitution.

Turd.

Staggering that we haven't made another change yet.

Sharp finish from AA. Just offside.

Like that team. We've brought in more pace, and greater running from midfield in the shape of Diallo. Hoping he and AA can deliver a performance. And the youngster on the bench: love to see that.

Eh?

Impressive. But he's no Iain Dowie.

This. Really hoping to see some new blood come in this summer.

Wonder if Pep will call it a day at City? (Or get fired).

Yep. Some very dodgy decisions.

Remember that every true football fan wants them to win it. They're the bestestest.

I was thinking the same! Imagine the SWF backlash if RH oversaw a performance like this.