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Sad state of affairs when/if people feel they can't find stuff funny of they think they'll be judged by someone on a forum.

Yep. Hands up who'd have reacted with a like or a laugh if it were two white people who were shit with numbers and wearing similar colour/shape specs. I see someone has removed their reaction from Turkish post, undoubtedly because they think people will judge them.

I think you underestimate the importance of confidence, ditto motivation. Regardless, I think you're wrong to believe that Ralph needs time and/or that he can turn things around. It just ain't going to happen. Get him gone, and get some new energy and ideas onto the training pitch.

Perhaps motivate the players to give that bit more, coach or give them the confidence to stick with their man/claim that cross/finish. Too easy to make excuses. He's a busted flush.

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Some idiot sending out loads of spam messages to loads of people on LinkedIn hoping they'll bite is not headhunting. If people really want you, they'll do it more professionally thaj that. Has the alleged press leak before the club knew come from anything other than the insinuation from Blackmore?

That's better money, my point was a better job. Shields has been offered a better job at a better club, and undoubtedly for better money. Nobody can blame him for taking it. Just one of them things.

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I take it you've never been headhunted and offered a better job.

Behave. Shields was a massive appointment for us. Ridiculously well thought of in young player recruitment, and we lured him from City - you make out that replacing him like for like is as simple as popping an ad in a shop window. The fact that he left 4 months in suggests something ain't right.

People looked at the perceived potential of the signings and got excited. Then reality struck and they realised that we'd signed talented kids who, collectively, weren't going to improve us anytime soon. I get where he's coming from and I don't think there's an inconsistency.

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Blimey, that's not the strongest B team we have.

Personally I'd have a midfield 3 of JWP, Diallo and AMN, then two 10's (one being Aribo, the other Djenepo or Edozie) and Adams up top. I want to see us pressing again though as we've got no chance by just sitting off teams as we have been doing.

Its easy to underestimate the Chinese. There was an IT security dude on radio 4 this morning talking about the threat to the west of China and Chinese tech. Amongst what they're doing is trying to introduce their version of gps as a worldwide standard, or at least amongst much of the world. Now in use by 120 countries. He was alluding to a Russian tie in, ie assistance to developing countries ok condition of military bases, and absorbing Chinese tech with constant tracking and data gathering. No disrespect Whitey, but it's laughable that people think that China can't produce a chip to guide a bomb.

It's fair to say that allowing Romeu to leave and pinning our midfield hopes on this kid was a moronic decision.

Indeed they do. Although their chips may not be top of the tech charts, we seem to agree that they make them.

Nah, although I'm surprised he hasn't had a job since his decent little spell as caretaker at Man Utd.

Sadly I see it the same. I hope I'm wrong.

Yep. As things stand, I can't see us getting out of it. Based on what we've seen so far, are there 3 teams that'd finish below is? Forest look poor, but anyone else?

Terrible game of football. If we can't finish above those 2, we deserve to go down.

At last word that was credible I'd let you have, but nonsense bollox like that I won't. Let's face it mate, you pretend to know what you're talking about when you don't. Don't squinny when you get called out.

So your definitive list of chip suppliers which didn't include China wasn't a definitive list. Gotcha. As for China, the western world is more fucked without their products and production than it is without Russian oil and gas. I'll leave it here mate. Knock yourself out if you want the last word.