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This QPR commentator makes Adam and Jo look world class... "Looked like it got a little touch off the defender" 😂😂

Well bugger me!

What the actual fuck THB?

The 2008/09 relegation team, that cost a fraction of this one, largely played better than this.

Amazing commentary... "FK is dead central which will favour right or left foot".

Ok scratch that. Twice. We tried twice to move the ball forward quickly. My expectations for tonight were by no means high, but this is absolute fucking dogshit. We look like a team that's already relegated and going through the motions.

Well we do seem to be trying to move it forward a bit quicker tonight, which is a positive at least.

Probably less toxic as well from the sound of things.

And my post was tongue in cheek too 😘

People who leave 5-star product reviews on websites with comments like "Not opened it yet, bought it for a Xmas present lol".

Erm....

I'm clinging to this too. I don't believe for a second that he would have agreed to come if, at the very last moment, we said "Oh BTW we've just sacked the manager you thought you would be playing for and haven't yet decided who is going to replace him".

He might just be calling out some of his teammates who he thinks aren't pulling their weight. There are many legitimate criticisms that can be leveled at Arma, but lack of effort is never one of them. Edit: This appears to be the article in question but it's behind a pay wall. https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/25589458.armstrong-admits-southampton-players-havent-given-100/ Anybody got an Echo subscription and will summarise it for us?

Well none of us know the exact details because they will differ from contract to contract. But we won't have paid him a lump sum upon sacking him, and it's very likely that there was a clause that reduced the club's liability once he took alternative employment because that's pretty standard these days. If SR gave him that contract extension in the summer of 2024 without including such a clause, then they are even bigger mugs than I had ever previously considered possible.

We would have stopped paying him the moment he accepted the job offer from Rangers.

Thanks but none of those confirm we are in advanced talks (as SF3 alluded to). They're literally just speculating based on current bookies' odds, which are of course just bollocks because if we really were in advanced talks then betting on this market would be suspended by now.

What press? Where has this been reported?

This was the first indication for me that SR didn't understand what was needed. They let Romeu leave and gambled on an 18yo Lavia, fresh from the City academy, being a suitable replacement. From their perspective it was a success, because we sold him for a huge profit. But that was the single biggest factor in our downfall that season IMO.

Apparently they still owe us around £15m for the transfer. I'm sure there is a deal to he done there if we really want to.

Young lad in an intense, toxic situation loses his cool and then comes out publicly and apologises for it. But no, apparently that's not enough for some people. What would you prefer? Some sort of blood sacrifice? For him to be marched naked through the Bargate and then tarred and feathered perhaps?

I think we can forget about Challinor. I've been following Stockport avidly this season and, while I think he would potentially be an excellent appointment for us, he's far too no-nonsense and straight talking for any partnership with SR to ever work. And I very much doubt he would be interested in relocating down South anyway, as aside from two years managing Hartlepool he's spent his entire career in and around the North West. Not happening. Move on.

We never actually looked like winning that game. It was as predictable as night following day that we would gift Blackburn a goal at some point.

It's also incorrect. Selles got two wins that I can remember - Chelsea and Leicester.

Ah, didn't realise that.

You mean the most ridiculous appointment since 2023. These useless pricks never learn.