Cabrone

Typical England, somehow they always manage to find a way to shit the bed. Been watching them screw up since 82, they'll never change. Thinking you can score and then shut the shop for a half against the world's best is the English disease. Once they inevitably score you have nothing left because you abandoned any pretence of attacking football back in the 1st half. Anyway, screw them, they aren't worth the bother. It's finally back to the only team I give a damn about. Come on you reds.

Argie tactics are to foul, pull shirts, look to get something for any touch and hopefully rely on a bit of Messi magic. England need to play above their shithousery.

Another great signing and together with Peretz + Larin will help persuade any waverers. We are building for a top 2 challenge.

Injuries withstanding he's a great striker at this level so I hope we manage to keep him. The club should orient any new contact more to a pay per play basis to protect us from more long term injury. In terms of ambition where else is he going to get a better deal? A prem club? Just can't see it. Questions about his ability\injuries would put them off. Celtic\Rangers? Unlikely - injury record. Another prem chasing champ club - same again PLUS why not just stay? Decent European club? Injuries again. Any other club outside of these would be a downward trajectory.

Brilliant day, another player who we know can do the business up front and who will hit the ground running on day 1. Larin for me was another key player in our unbeaten run. Also this may give any waverers food for thought about staying. It's quickly coming together.

Fantastic signing, shows the club are up for top 2. Going to be a great season.

Fingers crossed on this one, a keystone signing who may sway other players to stick with it for another go at promotion. It's going to be a much tougher league next year, Peretz would be a huge asset.

Fingers crossed the FA leave it to the club. That should see Tonda as our manager next season. SFC broke a rule, got punished, took it on the chin and now lets move on. As long as Tonda stays I'm looking forward to 26/27, should be a cracking season. Damn there is some serious competition this time round, need to get out of the traps flying because we know once Spam, Burnley and Wolves get going they will take some stopping. Then there is also Sheff Utd, Norwich, Boro, Millwall and Wrexham. It's going to be one hell of a scrap.

If he actually manages to stay I reckon next season would be an absolute belter. Lots of spicy fixtures + banter and a run at top 2. Proper football.

Absolutely, there will be a lot of European clubs tracking this saga with an eye to approaching him. If Tonda goes he will be fine, we on the other hand will get another 3rd rate dodgy experiment courtesy of the brains in SR.

Firstly I think there is a decent chance the FA will accept that the league gave us an appropriate punishment and stop at that, leaving any other internal disciplinary actions up to the club. As fans we can afford to debate this from an ethical standpoint but we aren't paying the bills. However the owner is and he wants to get back to the Prem ASAP. He'll be pondering the best strategy to get back and I think he'll conclude that sticking with Tonda is more optimal than taking a gamble on yet another unknown. My feeling is Tonda's future depends on the FA, the club will back him. Maybe they are sounding out the FA right now?

Firstly even if you think 20 odd games unbeaten in the champ is par for the course he also beat a solid Prem Fulham at their place, beat the prem champs and took the prem runners up to the wire. Any other champ manager would be hailed on high for that. He is streets ahead of anyone else we've had since Ralph and arguably Koeman. Secondly he's only just started, how good could he be next year or the years to come with all the extra experience he's garnered? He'll never make this mistake again but he will become a better manager. I actually like his ruthlessness TBH, all the best managers have it, he was just naive. Thirdly if the club drop him who actually thinks we'll get anyone as good? We'll most likely end up with another Nathan Jones\Ruben Selles and next season will be gone. We'll be in the champ\league 1 for a long time wondering what might have been. Fourthly the players liked Tonda so I'm not convinced of a massive exodus. They know a good mgr when they see one. Some will go but hopefully there will still be enough talent around to mount a top 2 push. Fifth it will feel like unfinished business if he leaves like this. I want him to earn redemption with the club and fans and I hope he's burning to right wrongs. Finally I don't care much what other fans think, just tough it out and we'll get grudging respect eventually. Most of them really don't care much anyway. We are the fans he needs to please, he owes us.

If he didn't know about the 72 hour rule then I'd give him a chance of redemption. He's a baby in management terms, was parachuted into a difficult situation and did a fantastic job. The board get paid to be the wise heads that make sure everyone understands the rules. If their 1st team coach didn't know something as fundamental as this I'd be asking why? They could have booked a day out somewhere, taken all the staff and spent the day going through the rules. They failed. Also let's be real, if SR reappoint it will be another dodgy experiment. No thanks I'd rather have a contrite Tonda. If we let him go he'll be snapped up somewhere else. I hope he stays and takes the stick, I'd respect him for that. However it may be out of our hands.

Looking at SR's appointments so far..... Nathan Jones: (November 2022 – February 2023) Rubén Sellés: (February 2023 – June 2023; plus an interim spell in November 2022) Russell Martin: (July 2023 – December 2024) Simon Rusk: (Interim spells in December 2024 and April 2025) Ivan Jurić: (December 2024 – April 2025) Will Still: (July 2025 – November 2025) Tonda Eckert: (Appointed November 2025) Doesn't fill you with optimism does it. I'd still stick with Tonda if possible, take the hits, circle the wagons and galvanise. Emotions are raw at the moment, maybe out of our hands, who knows. If it comes to it you just know SR will go for another knock down experimental appointment. Anyone for another season of Jones\Selles\Juric\Rusk\Still? Me neither.

A lot of ppl are gunning for Tonda but I'm going to take his words on face value that he genuinely didn't know about the 72 hour rule. Controversial I know but I do think he was very badly managed himself. For me the real idiots are the board. They get paid the big bucks to make sure everyone complies with the rules and that everyone knows what the rules are. Gross incompetency from them and I'd be happy to see all of them fired today. Quit your endless word salad and self congratulations and actually run the club properly. So personally I'd stick with Tonda (assuming he's not going to get banned by the FA over this). He'll be burning for some kind of redemption. We should tell him to swallow the shit that is going to come his way and that the minimum next season is top 2. I think he's good enough to get it. After all this business would have barely given us any advantage anyway and he did take us from relegation candidates to almost top 2. He owes us. We can either come together or fall apart.