Dellman

This manager is transforming players.Long, JWP and Romero have all had a couple of seasons of not being their best. they are now back to their better ways and are going to improve more as the team settles down which they never did under the last three managers. Redmond is suddenly reaching his best, but that began before Ralph arrived. And youngsters are getting a chance and that breings hope and energy. Relegation? Forget it. 12th/13th this season 8th/9th next

Right! We know the rules, wse know the punishments. For a lazy player the punishment is just a paid holiday

Pleased to see that Redmond is now being valued and appreciated on this forum after months of abuse very similar to what Mane suffered when he was here.

Its more than three or four compensation packages because all three managers had their acolytes who also had to be paid off, must come to millions. the total wastage is like the Tories on Brexit

unfortunately, this sums up the reality of our situation. The only hope is that the new manager may have good contacts who understand his style and want to play under him. Otherwise, 'we're doomed'.

Agree with all this, bang on--but there is onne player I would bring back, Mane. No chance of course but he is in his prime, the others mentioned are past their best,

Beats me that posters think we can get rid of 'dead wood'. We can't. They are on high wages and wont move for less. They have thousands of pounds a week rolling in, but we are stuck.

There was an old guy at Holt and Haskell who worked upstairs, out of sight, stitching cricket balls by hand, I think he used to umpire local matches. He told me he had seen WGGrace and Don Bradman bat and both had got ducks. H&H and Toomers were great shops where everyone was in it for the love of the sport

Good positive reaction, refreshing to hear. I agree there are good signs even though it was an emphatic defeat.

Don't forget he made two excellent instinctive saves or it would be five at half time

He's only scored one goal---surely that doesn't mean the top six want him already? If he has 15 by Easter, maybe. I'm a fan and I am full of hope for him but we panic becuase of all the sales in the recent past. With the departure of Reed and the arrival of Ralph H. I expect a very different attitude

Yes, remember it well. Rosenthal wasn't that good and never did anything comparable in his whole career but no one thought of match fixing at the time, it was just not something anyone considered, but later the evidence against Grobelaar grew. Have we ever got anything good out of Liverpool apart from Danny Ings?

Agree, but who will buy them and pay those wages? Getting rid is not easy

He won't fit here. Times are changing. Thanks for the Swansea goal, thanks for the Wembley goals, we are going in different directions and £15million will be useful right now

Once England comes calling, a player is unsettled and looking for something better or bigger.I always want our players selected and feel proud when it happens--but it never does the club any good.

He's proved to be a very good international calibre goalkeeper. He's had a very poor spell and lost confidence. No reason why the right move, the right management and the right support shouldn't bring it all back again.

Pellegrino was not as bad as Branfoot, those days were a nightmare. Our ridiculous chairman Askham was also worse than Kreuger---we've been through some bad times, and survived them all. Better times are back again!

Poch will not leave Spurs for an English job, certainly not for a club whose glory years are past while the Spurs he has built have glory years to come (maybe)

Don't understand the way this forum loves to hate our best players. Bertrand under a good manager will be back to his best. And as far as I can see he hasn't blammed Hiughes for anything, he is just being positive about the new regime--exactly how most of us feel. As for that guy Keane taking a critical view, he played under Fergie, who is going to criticise him? But what happened when he didn't like the Irish manager? Didn't he pack up and leave the World Cup?

Doubt this was the reason as, with one minute to go, he wasn't going to show anyone anything. So what was the reason? Perhaps it was a sign to every youngster in the Club (and to us) that oportunity is knocking and doors are opening

What a ridiculous and unpleasant remark for one of our most loyal and dedicated players

No. We should not go down. The squad is stuck in a rut, but it is not a bad squad. good management and coaching will lift us out of the rut. The gap is not wide. There are seven of us at the bottom making almost a league of our own. We will end the season at the top of the seven. I hope.

Did we test their goaly, even once?

Our recruitment has been disappointing which is not just a matter of opinion, it is a fact because they are all out on loan or on the subs bench, juat not good enough. how come the guy in charge of recruitment--Wilson---is the one who has survived the management purge? We've wasted millions and millions...

Doubt he would get on with someone demanding a higher workrate, dont think Germans or Austrians go in for show ponies. Try the Latin countries, not us