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Couldn't agree more. And I'd add to that the lack of strategy and competent management from the top down (different directors of football, different coaches, different styles, no clear plan) leading to an average stay of, what, 4 months per manager / 'head coach'? This squad should easily be top 6, and certainly capable of competing with Coventry and Boro for automatic promotion. The coaching is feebly formulaic and lacks identity, and the team follows suit.

I wonder if Solak ever thinks that he's being taken for a ride by a narcissistic dreamer with no substance? If not, why not?

Probable. Rennes reasonably astute at u21 signings so would make sense. A sneak preview of our imminent everything-must-go summer sale.

SR have cleverly established a version of the Anfield Boot Room process, whereby our U21 coach is groomed to take over the first team. It's a rapid-fire version - they get the u21 gig with assurances that they'll be in charge of first team by the next quarter. Lallana will get the first team for Feb-April, and then Andrew Surman will have completed his apprenticeship in the U21s and gets the last month (with a two month pay-off for Jun-Jul whilst they recruit someone with no experience of League One but with a very accommodating yes-man attitude). The fact that they're both club legends will keep the punters happy - much better to have one of our own in charge than to win football matches. Jay Robinson will be in charge by Feb27.

6 points now. Feeling ever more possible. This window needs players who can help us stay up.

Definitely plausible. Nothing from House.

I wonder if the timeline was that Baz turned down a new contract pre Xmas so we told him we’d be seeking a new keeper in January window to force him out / recoup some of his fee?

I'd guess that Bazunu wouldn't extend his contract and made it clear he wanted to leave, and given his performance levels and keeper being our weakest position (subject to debate, of course), a replacement loan keeper (at presumably no additional cost and in a all likelihood a cost-saving) for 6 months and which enabled Spors to maintain his contact network in his native Germany would have been no-brainer for him? I don't particularly see it as a signing of any ambition or strategy, only an indication that they couldn't persuade Bazunu to extend (remarkably from all angles) and so didn't want to persevere further with him.

I'm intrigued to see how we use the loan market that we've cleverly kept up our sleeve for the second half of our unstoppable march towards the lower end of the Championship. After the unearthing of buried treasures Maxwell Cornet and Albert Gronbaek in the last couple of windows, we're due another exciting loan signing surely - can he help tip us towards the holy grail of SR's third relegation in four seasons?

At least he’s not Bazunu

When his eyes twitch, I think Rasmus is controlling his thoughts

Goodbye. Thank God.

I can think of at least two CBs I'd have liked to have sold before him. But understandable for all parties given his lack of playing time.

The downside of American ownership of football; overestimating the competence of football business management people

I'll save the consultant some time. Things aren't going well because the leadership, manager and players are weak-minded, incompetent and not as good as they think they are. Who do I invoice?

A predictable list of mediocre footballers and weak-minded, self indulgent moronic idiots who never learn. Can’t wait to see them all go. And good on Alfie House for having the gumption to out them as a negative force. We need a strong DofF and Manager to remodel our squad.

And those numbers don’t include his silent failure to marshall the defence and the goals that silence has contributed to, nor the goals conceded when he’s rooted to the line. 97 games, how the fuck has he played that many??!

Living the SR dream.....

I agree. Completely incapable of putting an effective management team in place and seemed to be sucked in by Ankersen and Kraft’s bullshit. He’s the most culpable of all. God knows how he built his media company.

You lucky, lucky bastard

Before I vote, is it him or Lallana?

9 points off relegation, no win in 7, rookie coach with loser back room staff? Ideal recipe for a collapse?

Really not implausible

Next cab off the rank is Lallana. The deepest of nadirs.

Manning Bazunu Eckert