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Actually they can and will.

Maybe you're right. However, I think the fact that WS dared drop Capt Jack, THB and Bazunu (rightly in my view) was poorly received by the thee players concerned. Downes is another who would probably have joined this cliquey group along with the likes of Manning, AA, Aribo and Edozie. It's very easy to see how the dressing room turned against WS for just calling it how he saw it. I liked that about him. He was honest but, in the end, it was his downfall because once you lose a group of senior players it's all over.

Agree but I bet he's super popular in the dressing room.

Eckert has presided over a lucky win over a poor QPR who had just been walloped by Ipswich whilst we clung on for dear life during a torrid final 20 minutes which was totally mismanaged plus a win over basket case club Sheff Wed who, despite all their problems, caused us plenty of problems. Prior to said two wins not one fan would have advocated that he be even remotely considered for the vacant managerial position. You couldn't make it up.

It must have been hard for the poor little flowers. Nasty words from the nasty man. How about he was only telling some home truths and their precious egos couldn't handle it. This bunch of players really are hard to like. Obviously didn't put 100% in for Still and couldn't give a fuck that they lost him his job. They didn't like him being honest, it's not something they are used to so he had to go.

You start to get the distinct feeling that this whole process is going to move at glacial pace. It seems as though the lad's two wins mean SR will give him at least another game so they have more time to dither over appointing someone permanently. Fairly typical of how they operate. Wish we could get rid of them and bring in some football people who know what they are doing. It's been make it up as you go along from these clowns since day one. Thanks for nothing Semmens.

If true it gets madder! Shows they are not that confident in any of the three if they think there'd be a backlash after a loss away to Charlton which many expect to happen anyway regardless of who is in charge. Time SR grew a pair.

Sounds like a very thorough process. You'd think SR would manage to get something right once in a while.

Yes, so why play with wing backs when we don't have any at the club. Madness.

Agree. I know he joined in the playing from the back under Russboy but when he tries it now it all looks rushed and ends up in one of our defenders panicking and launching it long so achieves nothing.

I'll be interested to see whether SR choose a new manager who hates playing 3 centre backs as much as most of our fans do. I suspect they'll appoint someone to carry on this nonsense rather than a coach who will insist on a flat back four.

Can't argue with your summary. The Damion Downs signing rings massive alarm bells because it's hard to believe someone even remotely competent would get that so wrong and pay good money for a centre forward so lacking in power, pace, physicality, awareness, skill, ability, aerial threat etc etc etc. He has not a single redeeming feature.

I've seen zero evidence of this.

Also hard to disagree with what I see with my own eyes every time he plays.

3 of Russboy's ex teams all looking for a new manager 🙂 He's spoilt for choice.

Some of the senior players need to take a good long look at themselves for the shabby way they treated Will Still. There was an evident lack of giving 100% and the captain Adam Armstrong even admitted the fact. If they'd put 100% in and carried out his instructions I believe we'd have got the same 6 points against a poor QPR away and an even worse Sheff Wed at home. He didn't get a fair crack of the whip because some of the big billy bollocks players thought he was beneath them.

Think you meant beat. For a moment I thought you were going to post about vintage Man Utd...Best Charlton and Law 🙂

Nobody hates him.

If true this is a worry - either Spors gets his way and we end up with Eckert or Rasmus gets his way and we end up with one of his weird and wonderful selections based on some algebraic formula and spreadsheet.

What you mean 'hungry eyes'?

All the more reason to move his feet quicker.

Yeah, can't say I'm sold on the prospect of the return of JWP. We don't need another small guy playing passes square and back and not quick enough to press the ball. I know it's a higher level but he's always looked pretty ineffectual for West Ham.

Agree, if he was made of chocolate he'd eat himself.

Yeah, rather than putting all the info in a single post and keeping two up my sleeve 🙂

So it is unlikely we'll have a new manager in place for most of the international break. Think that's a mistake to be honest.