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Interesting, wasn't aware of that. Doesn't suggest a willingness to relocate to some northern town though.

You're at least £50m too optimistic imo. I've got no idea what's in JwP contract, but I have been told by someone who knows things that he was told ages ago that he could go this summer. For me though it's where he'll go and be a starter. I honestly can't see beyond West Ham if Rice goes, maybe Newcastle, perhaps Forest but he'd be scraping the barrel there. I don't think he'd play regularly anywhere else. I gather that he's settled in Otterbourne, and I wouldn't be surprised to see him here at the start of the season purely because I can't see where he'd actually go.

Pat

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Got them to the premier league, and kept them there despite his board chucking a random mix of players at him to do something with.

I think Carrick would be decent. Done well at Boro in a short time. Plays good football. Achieved lots as a player.

Yep. The club is in crisis. All sorts have key people have left. Wilcox is not yet here. We need to sort out the manager role, coaches, various heads of departments and their teams, and that's before we've got near the players. This summer and next season is very much a reset and rebuild from the ground up.

Yep. People are far too optimistic. We'll want the cash to buy players suited to the new manager, and who want to be here. For that to happen we'll need to sell those who don't want to be here. Some people will say that we hold the aces for players under contract, but the reality is that there's no point holding players who aren't committed (and possibly put in Aribo and AMN levels of effort), and we'll only get what someone is willing to pay.

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No idea. I got bored ages ago.

Similarities for sure. I was with him on his initial question. He's been like a happy dog with a bone since.

Having read that athletic article, and witnessed the mess that was this season, I think you're right to highlight that we need someone with all the attributes tiu mention, but with perhaps an emphasis on gravitas and authority. Those things come from experience for sure, but not necessarily from experience of managing in this country, and not necessarily from managing for long. Fabrice asked a good question imo - there's experience and there's experience. Jones had experience, but the wrong sort, and he definitely had the wrong characteristics as a person and leader. Elsewhere, you've got the likes of Arteta who had zero experience as a manager and was widely sniffed at. However, his experience and credentials as a player (and his brief coaching career) gave him knowledge, gravitas and all sorts of great traits, but he didn't have the management experience that people assume is a pre requisite to succeed.

I'm not sure what game you watched mate, but I saw a Leeds team work hard and win the second half away at city. They drew today against Newcastle. Allardyce has done more for them in two games than our Selles has in his reign. He'd have kept us up.

I'm not on the mood for stupidity today mate.

Behave, he's had 4 games, and no transfer window. He won the second half away at city in his first game, and drew with Newcastle in his second. Had Bamford buried the penalty, they'd have won. He'd have kept us up imo.

On the pitch Jones would have been better I reckon, but he was a complete helmet whenever he spoke, and had clearly lost the dressing room.

Ditto. I'd add to that the fact that he lacks experience and doesn't have any coaches or assistant around him with experience at this level. It feels a bit Ted Lasso to be honest.

Yep. They're mercenaries, but would you risk injury when relegation is certain, or stay injury free to make sure you're fit enough to get a move?

Yep. Play your best team. Integrate the youngsters pre season under the new manager, and amongst the new playing group, blood them in friendlies, then go from there. I see no value at all on pushing these lads onto a sunken ship, and putting the smell of relegation on them. They've enjoyed success at their level, don't ruin that for them. Much better to give them hope for first team football next year in a promotion push from the championship.

I'd be happy with him. It's understandable that he said no to us it's true that we offered a contract with the less time than the balance of his Leeds contact.

A Armstrong aside, that line up is better than many we've put out this season.

Redmond would have offered much more this season than Moi, Orsic or Edozie.

We went for quantity over quality, potential over proven. Absolute clusterfuck. The amount we spent on Larios, Mara and Edozie could have bought us the one goalscorer who'd have kept us up, ditto the money on Sulemana and big Paul in the January window. Ditto the goalie - that money, plus maybe a bit more, could have got us someone who could actually make saves and not send his defence into a panic. Poor recruitment has cost us. It's a real shame as the owners haven't been afraid to spend.

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