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Why?

Propaganda football as opposed to proper football. It might be enough for some which is fair but I expect more from our manager and coaches.

Which is a big problem.

Two Leicester players gave away free kicks and were booked for shirt tugs far less obvious than the one on Tall Paul - I guess their shirt tugs had consequences even though they were both outside the penalty area. Taylor needs investigating.

Doubt it - not on the money he's earning.

Leicester really struggling against a big man up front - if only Russ had done his homework last week.

Took some comfort from the press conference on hearing that we're good at throw-ins.

How do you know?

Unfortunately we all know what this means - might see him in the New Year at some stage.

Phil Giles was the brains behind Brentford and Rasmus continues to bask in his reflected glory. Rasmus probably made the tea and did a few meaningless excel charts.

Clearly someone who always thinks he knows better than everyone else.

I had an expectation that they would be good for the club. I guess, like many, I was temporarily taken in by the usual bullshit being spouted by Rasmus.

His first job will be the art of defending corners in the final minute although why the existing manager and coaches allowed the conceding of two identical goals is anybody's guess - incompetence springs to mind.

Russell seemed both defensive and a little feisty in the press conference - defensive in that even he must know he's not cutting the mustard and, feisty buoyed by the backing he is receiving from the owners. Apart from that it was the usual evasive nonsense that we hear every week. Pity the press guys don't do their job properly and instead allow him a very easy ride - I get the impression they are scared of him.

I think Rasmus sits every night with the film Moneyball on repeat and is convincing himself the same eventual, massive turn around achieved by sticking to the process will happen to us. It wont.

The only way Martin is still here next season if we are relegated is if we go down with a fight and a respectable points tally. On the current course there is not a snowball in hell's chance the fans accept another season of him in charge.

We'll bravely hold out and, in the 99th minute with the score at 0-0 and the ref looking at his watch City will win a corner. As it's worked so well before we'll stick eleven men in our six yard box and Grealish will play the ball to an unmarked Foden on the edge of the area and he'll slam it into the net with Ramsdale unsighted. Russ will talk about our bravery and turning a corner instead of talking about the corner. Rinse and repeat for the season.

My point about team performances wasn't so much aimed at the entertainment side of things more about fans having to pay to watch a team that is part of a project to suit the owners efforts to make money and which is becoming an embarrassment. Hopefully there is no actual truth behind the theory you put forward.

If that is what is happening I would ask, is what we are seeing on the pitch fair on the fans and particularly those who pay good money for their season tickets, match day tickets and costs to go to away games? It's all very well having some weird and wonderful yo-yo plan but the paying customers deserve more or the cost of their tickets should reflect this crazy plan - if indeed it exists.

Listen, anyone who can score 2 goals for this shit, badly coached and poorly set up team in the number of minutes he's played is some sort of elite striker.

Because as far as SR is concerned there is nothing to announce.

What experience did they have in elite professional sport because I am struggling to work out exactly what they brought to the table? They have shown themselves to be almost completely inept in every aspect of elite professional football that's for sure.

Over on The Ugly Inside they're saying Russ is safe because he's part of a 10 year plan and that comes direct from Dragan. If so it again proves the incompetence of our owners - I mean, who makes a 10 year plan for a football team these days unless it's the owners of a lower league team that have ambitions to reach the Premier League? You can't have a 10 year plan if you're already in the Premier League - maybe start with a survival plan and see where that goes. Still, might as well extend Russ boys contract to ten years and be done with it. Happy days.

He'd potentially be a good shout for us if we could get him. Famously masterminded a 6-1 thrashing of Roma by little FK Bodo Glimt. Would certainly introduce a strong work ethic and up our fitness and mental strength.

I'm not so sure. My hunch is that they plan to stick with him until at least the end of the year regardless of results. Hope I'm wrong.