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He's the CEO. He has had three years experience in football and is a banker who knew nothing about the game when he joined us. Surely you would surround yourself with people who know what they are doing? Experienced people, that he would listen too, apart from Les Reed who else is there that he listens to and takes advice from? The excuse that the club is learning is quite frankly a load of boll*cks.

Totally agree. It was dubbed the Cult of Cortese as a joke but it is almost how it is. Some people just cant bare to hear anything bad said about him, however small. Immediately they go on the attack at the person who said it. They blindly trot out the "In Cortese we trust" mantra and demand proof whilst anything positve i lauded as being amazing. It is almost cultlike.

yep and anyone who dared to say this in the past has been jumped on as having an "agenda" Nigel is carrying the can for the faliure of others. It's very sad to see it. He's made mistakes but where we are is as much to do with others as him.

I said the same thing and agree wholeheartedly with your last comment.

And the fact is we NEED to spend cash to stay up. Dont see that being an issue TBH. Will he be the first manager to be booed on his first game? If it happens of course.

I've done the same.

Nixon was just asked if there are any truth in the rumours and he said "i expect this to happen" Could be gospel, could be a nothing comment from a lying journalist. I'll leave you to decide. edit. Now tweeted "heard he would go last night from someone with an interest in the scene. Expect some news today"

Yes, i'm really struggling to think of a better one. The fanciful names like Benitez and Laurent Blanc apart. The ideal man for the job is Claudio Ranieri but cant see him leaving Monaco for a relegation fight.

That's all Reeds role though. He said himself Adkins focues on the coaching and he is director of the science, academy, recruitment and kit departments.

Even now, 5 (?) years on, it never fails to raise laugh.

He would get us established a premier league club. He is too old to be considered the long term answer anyway.

Exactly. He'd be perfect. Give him a 2 1/2 year deal, establish us in the premier league, which he would do and then let him go. All those going on about youth players, the reality is the likes of Shaw and JWP are 17 years old would still be barely 20 by the time he went, most players dont really break into premier league sides at that age anway.

He is the ideal man to establish us as a premier league club in the short term. I dont like the bloke but the reality is there are few available who are better.

Isn't it time we gave Cody Cropper a run out?

I will keep an eye on it. Be sure of that.

I asked you a question. What criteria do you apply to decide if Wesh Ham are bigger than Doncaster? They were in the same divison only last season. And if your not confident to conclude we are bigger than Stoke, Norwich, Fulham than is it fair to say we are of similar size to them and therefore they also dont belong in the premier league?

So based on that would be be fair to say the club does belong in the premier league and does have the infrastructure to be there, but some of the people at the top dont or aren't able to?

But what criteria so you use to judge? Why are West Ham bigger?

And in all of these games he's done exactly what to prove that he is the man to do this?

Who is the bigger club. West Ham or Doncaster?

I am predicting this happens and will report back. Just for the record an academy player (not including Lallana) has appeared in every game this season except Fulham when we got injuries. Including bizarre subsitutions of changing the left back for an academy player when we've been losing and chasing the game in the last two.

Guly will come on with at least 15 minutes to go and an academy player will also appear at some point.

We are bigger than Fulham and Stoke. Dont you remember MLG saying we were bigger than Everton and Villa?

Stoke Fulham WBA Swansea Wigan Reading Norwich QPR Everton Aston Villa All current premier league clubs it's arguable that we are bigger than or this forum has told us we are bigger than. That's half the current premier league.

Are you kidding me? He was probably the best player on the pitch and dominated our midfield. He is exactly what we need.