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That sums him up. Fantastic.

Damn..... That video of Nige when we got promoted is fantastic. He deserved better.

Very much this. I'm very interested to see how this plays out now.

Must be like Christmas for them. You lose Appleton, and then Adkins becomes available without any compensation needed.

...and then Forren signs. I'm pretty sure that's just "manager speak". Nigel said we'd bring in 1 or 2 over the summer, and we signed 8 players.

So we really can only do one deal at a time then

Thought Cortese said Wilkins had a job for life after Pardew left?

The thing about the committee is that it doesn't really matter who's in charge... That still goes on regardless.

I can too.

Not seen this yet, but there's a piece with the Spanish pundit Guillem Ballague here http://www.skysports.com/video/inline/0,,16527_8407362,00.html

So is he bringing in his own people?

If we survive this season, I'll be shocked.

What a load of cr*p this is. We've been going along nice and steady, and we've just gone and dropped ourselves right in it.

Kind've ironic that we've just created a Chelsea situation for ourselves.

Achieved almost Football manager stats. Fantastic manager & still amazed he's gone. The game has gone mental.

The press release reminds me of when the Dutch guys came in.

Football's gone f*cking barmy. After the Chelsea result as well!

Was Mauricio Pochettino in charge of Espanyol when he went there on loan?

Great find, by the way.

Totally agree. I'd maybe at least partially have some sense of understanding if it was someone with an incredible track-record of success.

Pochettino even looks like Cortese...

This surely can't happen? It would make zero sense. Did Cortese leave Stamford Bridge at Half time?

Ffs.

This.

I wasn't on the forum pre-match last night, so apologies if this has been discussed. Solent did a nice interview with Eddie Howe re: Jay Rodriguez, who he managed at Burnley. Was interesting hearing his views. Says J-Rod is pretty much the total package, and has a superb work ethic as well. Thought he'll be good investment for us.