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Yet they’ve made the most unimaginable non- “hipster” appointment to the most critical job at the club. Defies logic (or at least to my limited brain anyway ).

Far too sensible and conventional a choice. Our visionaries running the club look beyond the obvious to unearth something no other fucker would try.

As I posted previously, other clubs have a ‘new manager bounce’, we do it our own way, as a new manager belly flop. Nothing new though, seem to remember Burley going a few games before a win. And having looked it up, ‘Arry had seven league games before a win.

If we don’t win v Forest then I think there could be a pretty hostile atmosphere for the rest of the season. If the crowd can be bothered to show they give a shit anymore.

Perhaps Bednarek can play in goal.

Which is why it needed someone who could organise our shit squad into something hard to beat. And perhaps motivate.

At some point you’d expect Dragan to intervene. He won’t want to see his investment go down the pan to satisfy Ted Talk’s ego.

This is where the blame lies it would seem. Any anger should be directed at him and Semmens rather than at the manager.

Perhaps Rasmus and Kraft are already relaxed about our situation. In which case they don’t need to employ Reed to be relaxed about it on their behalf.

From what I’ve read Phil Giles is one of the mainstays of their operation. Their recruitment has been impressive. How much input RA has had into the recruitment there we’ll never know.

Yes, have thought the same. Although it appears we’ve now established that their success was down to someone other than Ankersen.

Our methodical and detailed scouting obviously missed that match.

Will also knock his self-belief, decision making etc. And if that doesn’t register on the boards radar then this will … it will jeopardise the resale value.

Tracked or not, it was a powderpuff header by Nivea that should have easily been dealt with by the GK at this level.

I'm trying to forget him... worry is he might be eclipsed by an even worse signing in January. * *Andy Carroll scored for Reading the other night !

Rupert Lowe or Martin Semmens ? We may not know the answer for a couple of seasons, but who will history judge as the more damaging to Saints? RL used to get on my tits with some of his his blustering press conferences, but he was at least the real article, a proper Public School ‘old money’ posh chap , who did deliver a stadium before his part in taking us down and to bankruptcy. Some poor manager appointments though. As things stand, Semmens has a good chance of running him close. Received a lot of plaudits during lockdown (interesting he was at his most popular whilst we weren’t actually playing) but the last 12 months have changed all that (last fans forum, ‘ league position doesn’t matter’ , Ralph , NJ, the summer recruitment, if this is his responsibility). No one really knows who the manager appointment rests with of course, may be MS or RA. Might as well throw Ankersens name into the mix as well. His reputation is built with the rise of Brentford on his CV, but we’ll never know how significant his input was there, as opposed to others involved (ambitious chairman, DOF Phil Giles). Like Lowe he seems to see himself as a visionary who can reinvent the wheel, and knows better than those already successful in the game. He may prove to be a genius for us, but on the other hand may go down in history as a Lowe/Sir Clive/Simon Clifford rolled into one* *with a multi-tab fucking spreadsheet of course.

The ultimate in the arrogance at the top referred to in another thread.

..Djenepo, Diallo, the Spanish midget lb, .. and before them Bouffal, Hoedt... We've been consistent that's for sure.

Do the cunts really believe this with our track record over the last few seasons ? Insulting to think the supporters, even gullible ones, are expected to believe it.

Really ? I thought SISA (was that the name?) orchestrated it pretty well with the red cards to get the message across. After Port Vale I was surprised, as I think the club and Police were, by the strength of feeling and protest. It wasn’t just the usual suspects and age group either. There were many grey haired season ticket holders also venting their frustration with it. Possibly helped get the message across as Branfoot was gone within days.

Worth remembering who’s funding this and behind it, as I understood it it’s from Dragan’s business (with 10% from KL). I doubt he built his business by allowing slick marketing types and mid-tier management to self-indulge in schemes devised out of their own headwank (whether spreadsheets or xg’s etc) where his money was on the line. If things don’t improve you’d imagine Ted Talk & Semmens will at the least have some explaining to do, and sort it,

Good options no doubt, but why would either want to join us in our league position knowing they’d have other EPL options in the summer ?

Oh for the days of The Dell car park during the Branfoot protests. Port Vale after the cup tie was particularly heated as I recall.

What is this based on ?

As unpalatable as appointing Dyche was (and is) you would at least follow and support the logic of it. NJ was a gamble. I feel for Jones as he has been thrown into this by the board, and doesn’t seem to have the experience, or resources from the club to make the impact we need.