S-Clarke

El-Crappio.

Winning the league is a good achievement and all, but it needs to be put into perspective in relation to the standard of the league. It's similar to when Leicester won it, which was amazing, but the only reason they won it was because all the top clubs that year were new levels of horrific, we even finished a point off of Champions league football! This season is incredibly similar in terms of how the top sides have underperformed, probably even more so. There has simply not been a title race, one of the worst PL seasons for quality in my lifetime tbh.

The timing feels awful and I'm not entirely sure it's imminent, but stuff like this doesn't come out unless there has been some chatter/bits made known in financial circles - Jordan is certainly in those circles. It makes you wonder if Dragon has bene told exactly how much it's going to cost to fix what Ramus entirely destroyed, so much so that he knows he wouldn't be able to put up the $$$ required, thus putting us up for sale to someone who can. Let's see what happens, but it's awful timing in respect of managerial appointments/transfers. It really does feel more and more like next season is going to be purely about treading water to me.

Just in case you didn't get it -

I didn't remember him too much yesterday, but he wasn't terrible. The bar is very, very, very, very low though. I'd like to say he needs a big pre-season to get fit, but the chances of him staying fit throughout are likely slim to none. People seem to be incorrectly assuming he's a star Championship forward who tore it up for Sunderland though, but that's not really the case. His real impact came in L1 when they came up, he only played 13 (albeit fruitful) games in the Championship for them, so in my eyes he's not what I'd class as a proven Championship striker by any means. The club certainly need to go all out and buy a proper striker in the summer.

If he becomes our first choice again next season, this will sadly confirm to me that as a club we have absolutely no idea what we are doing. He has been a pet project since day 1, just because he can play with the football. There are other fundamental attributes to goalkeepers Whenever I've watched him I've always seen an outfield player in goal, he has all the attributes of an outfield player but absolutely none of the attributes required to be a competent goalkeeper. His loan to Standard was an opportunity, but he has been doing exactly the same over there. Letting in pretty much any shot on target. If he's number 1 then Spors and whoever the new manager is are equally as clueless as all who went before. This position is a key decision that will show where we're heading.

There's no problem with people having opinions, but don't make up bollocks to enhance your opinion. When Rohl was appointed as Wednesday manager, 11 games into the season, Wednesday were rooted on 2 or 3 points and 8-10 points adrift of safety. They looked like us this season. They finished the season on 53 points, places and points breathing space from the bottom 3. In the main he could only work with what he had that season, which was a L1 level team, but he managed to scratch every ounce he could from them. He's even had them comfortable in mid-table this season, even in the playoff chatter for a bit, even though they're still pretty much the same 11. They'll fall through the trap door if he leaves IMO. He's done some miracle stuff there in light of everything.

There's a lot of blind faith in this Spors guy, someone I'd gauge 90% of us hadn't ever heard of at the start of the season. I think a lot of the faith comes from the fact he's 'new' and may have new ideas, but what has gone before is still totally relevant and it's silly to suggest otherwise. SR have been an absolute disaster for this club and city, they lurch from one bad decision to the next. There is yet to be any credible evidence that Spors is the messiah, but it's not going to be an overnight or cheap fix that's for sure. I think we've gone past the 'jury is out' now, they are categorially our worst ever owners and it's going to take some serious comeback for that view to change. My personal view is that we'll need shot of them before anything improves long-term. We'll see what happens in the summer, but going by our previous summers, I'm not expecting great decision after great decision.

They often bring through good players, either through their own scouting or development. Their attackers are often their prize area, Tony, Mackail-Smith, McLean, Gayle, Asombologa. I think they're a lot weaker this year than they have been for many years though, their sales have caught up with them a bit and their backline has suffered. They sold their best player last year (their LB, Burrows) to Sheffield United in the summer. But there are much worse places to look for players than Peterborough, as we see with our own Edwards.

Imagine the scenes, going into the final game at Everton's ground, sat on 10 points. Need a win to beat Derby's record. We lose 10-0. And thus secure a new record loss, record negative goal difference and a record low points total. Never, ever to be beaten. Open top bus parade events right there! Pub quiz material there for generations. We'll probably bottle it at the final hurdle though

Wembley was a great day, although in isolation it was just a day - what came after has been a shitfest. My best memories of supporting this club are through the Adkins > Poch > Koeman eras, just an amazing 5-6 years of moving through the leagues with a core of players who grew and stayed with the club on the journey. That'll never happen again due to the finance and our model nowadays, so I'm pleased I got to experience those years when I did.

Standard Stephens, and standard Bednarek on both of those conceded efforts. No doubt that Stephens cares and he's committed, but his lack of quality will always be his undoing at a higher level. That's never going to change and it's why we need to shift him if we can. Bednarek is Bednarek, just plain shit and always will be as a PL player.

But he's the key reason we were underprepared, that's what I was getting at and so many others have. He had too much of a say over transfers in the summer, obviously aided by a wider committee - but he was the only football voice around the table really. He thought we needed Nathan Wood and Ryan Fraser for starters. We correctly pursued Downes, but there was a lot of naivety - or blind faith - in thinking he could do the same role in the PL. Martin has openly admitted that he was shocked by the pace and power of the league, that's a shocking admission that he pretty much went blind during the summer transfer window, wedded to the daft belief that our passing for passing sake would do us good in a higher level - without better players to go with it. There was no pragmatism around his approach, it was his way or no way - and he didn't identify the right players to play his way at a higher level, so our lack of prep this season is heavily on him.

The big one is still there, up for grabs. We have one hand on it. A big 6 games to go to see if we can become the worst ever professional football team in history. One heck of an accolade to get and will probably never be beaten. What a time to be alive this is!

Same as usual really, we're just way, way, way too far off these teams. We are a mid-table/lower Championship side trying to compete with a Champions League PL outfit, it's just not possible. I really don't want to see 90% of these lot in the 11 next season, or the squad. I can't stand the sight of most of this lot. Bednarek/Stephens/Onuachu/Lesley/Smallbone/Sulemana, just trash heap players. At least Lesley will be going back to Chelsea, one of the few positives. We need one heck of a flush in the summer, if we don't we'll struggle to make Top half of the Championship, that's how little I rate the players we have.

Not bitter, I just see right through those sorts of people - and after a season like this it's no surprise on the views towards anyone who contributed to it. I'm sure he's a nice enough bloke, but the proof is in the pudding at the end of the day, and he put together the worst PL side in history - yet still comes out speaking as he's an expert.

Making him look/sound better and knowledgeable on what is right or wrong, whilst he was knowing full well he'd been promoting that exact way of playing. non-clued up club owners (of which there are a few) will buy the fluff that he comes out with. That's why you can't believe anything that comes out of his mouth, everything he says and does is to promote himself and how he's viewed.

We made some pretty terrible calls in the summer, in fact 90% of them were terrible calls, but the decision to sign Edwards and then send him out in Jan to get some game time were probably our best two calls. He will be like a breath of fresh air for us next season, we just need to get his partner right. (Please, not Bednarek anymore)

He's one of those types you bump into a lot in corporate/high end positions. They talk such a good game, sound like they're so grounded and full of great ideas, but the reality is they are just a mouthpiece for their own showboating. He is just talk really, I wasn't never endeared with him a great deal last season. For someone who comes across in these interviews as an intelligent and grounded bloke, he doesn't half get spikey when he's ever questioned during pressure moments - that should tell you all you need to know about the underlying character behind all the fluff. If you hear some of his soundbites now, they should be ringing alarm bells to any prospective clubs 1) Criticising Tottenham for passing it around the back, critising spurs for creating their own problems. Totally blind to the fact that is what he preaches at his own teams. I'm not sure if he was just being stupid with that comment, or he knew exactly what he was doing. 2) The snippets coming out that we didn't have enough 'physicality', or we didn't get the players he wanted, we were weaker than we were in the Champ etc. He was pretty much main man number 1 in our transfer committee during the summer, he oversaw the decisions to sign BBD, Taylor, Fraser, Archer, Wood and sell Charly and such. Wood and Fraser in particular were his own picks, the fact he thought either were suited to PL football raises question marks about his game knowledge and decision making. As I said, he talks a good game, but beyond that it's all a load of fluff and propaganda really.

Some good shouts there, I've been a fan of Van Ewijk ever since he went to Coventry. Fellows is realistic and Saiz is a highly ambitious, but achievable target. I can't see Wellington leaving after only signing for us a couple of months ago, not unless we get a silly offer. I can see him being our first choice LB next season. Don't forget that we've also got those two guys who are currently at Gotzepe to come back, a CM and an attacker. There's a hell of a lot to do this summer, more so than last time - and there will be much less left over quality to work with, so we can't afford anymore £9m Stewart gambles.

The 'sensible' and seemingly most achievable/realistic appointment would be Rohl, as he's somewhat aligned with what we're trying to do (and our DoF). I know there are similar parallels from when we went for Martin, but I see Rohl's achievement as much, much greater. His Wednesday team were absolutley adrift when he came in, they had no chance, yet he kept them up with space to spare - and this season has even had them in the conversation for the playoffs, which is ridiculous given the level of players and lack of investment he's had. He seemingly has the ability to extract every ounce out of a player and he has coaching pedigree of a much higher level than Martin had. So whilst there are parallels in terms of mid-table champ finishes, I think it's important to look at the context of both scenarios to appreciate that Rohl would actually be a really, really good shout. This may all be nonsense if SR have another ''think outside the box'' moment though. I wouldn't bet against it.

I guess there comes a point where there's nothing else to do, other than having a laugh and enjoy a bit of gallows humour - I get that. But...the passionate applause at the final whistle baffled me, these guys don't deserve a drip of our sweat let alone a clap. The worst bunch to ever wear our shirt, they shouldn't be getting clapped under any circumstances.

I appreciate your positivity at times manji, but saying stuff like this in wake of the earliest ever relegation and in light of us being the worst ever team to grace the PL, I think it's a bit silly to say the plan is coming to fruition - unless part of the plan is to create mass collateral damage first. Let's be honest there isn't a plan, and there hasn't been a plan since 2022.

Of the entire season? should have just stayed down!

Oh yeah absolutley, just picking on Stoke as they seem a similar-ish example of being Established in the PL, making an absolute hash of constant managerial appointments (funnily enough the same ones as we tried), and are now teetering on the brink of L1.