Badger

Two results from the Championship today that I was looking for - just in case the inevitable happens - Burton Albion lost (was hoping they'd stay up for a new away), and Fulham , if they don't make it will Jokanovic be back on our radar?

Don't they have Abrahams playing for them on loan still ? Thought he was meant to be useful in the air.

Totally agree. Had the correct and only obvious outcome been made after the Leicester (home) match in December, or even after Spurs(away), Palace (home) in January the present mess could have been avoided. Reed.... beyond belief. ... and then to compound the earlier error with this... Reed/Wilson ... pair of inept cretins.

CB's to be selected from Stephens, Hoedt, and Bednarek. Possibly all three.

1997. And before that 1974, last day of the season, when we won 3-0 but were relegated anyway.

Care to elaborate on a shortlist ? The immediate name that springs to mind for me might be Jokanovic, but that depends on which division we and Fulham find ourselves in. Inclined to agree, although it wouldn't be summer without a couple of months of turmoil and rumour.. Don't forget Les will need to do his season review, followed by pontificating and dithering..... unless LR is out the door after the final ball is kicked.

Could he be our 'skacel signing' for the Championship ?

Is this as well as Stuart Armstrong who we've been linked with during the last few windows, and Dembele? ..and a CB or two of theirs whose names regularly crop up.

Who is Bryan?

We must have reached the stage of year when agents start leaking a link with Saints, even when facing possible relegation, to try flushing out interest from other clubs.

Just seen this on the Echo site: http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/16176859.READER_LETTER___There_s_still_time_to_get_rid_of_Hughes_/?ref=ar Unbelievable !!!

Gone are the days of someone with a radio pressed up against their ear. Only problem with that was the false rumour doing the rounds. As for the selfie video, I'm just glad no one is filming immediately in front of me as they probably wouldn't want their 'vlog' (if that is the term) to be accompanied with an expletive ridden background from time to time.

Will the players be playing for him though ? Does seem some discontent there.

Cross that bridge IF, and when, we get there. Bit premature to talk of Premier League next season although realise original poster said "if". Will be nice to have this discussion after the Swansea or City game, but not expecting it to be honest.

Disappointing this sort of article only now appears, almost as an epitaph to the season rather than earlier in the season when we all knew it was going down the pan, and they kept the hapless MP in charge.

Or he'd have stayed with us for the same money, but we wouldn't match it. Although that might have proved a better step than the severance payments made to the next two.

Perhaps about 5,000 of them after the Chelsea match

Perhaps Les can work his magic charm offensive once more as this bloke is meant to have been high up the Les scale: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43924395 But we can spend June and part of July chasing Emery, only to recruit Phil Brown.

Prutton - a good player when he wanted to be but let's not forget his immense personal contribution to our relegation. That chance at WBA alone.. could have changed the course of our season. Then the 'red mist' against Arsenal, or against the linesman rather, getting a 9 game ban.

Will it be live on Youtube this year as well? Sure Les & Ross will buff themselves up to look smug and resplendent for the occasion.

Golden Turd award would be more appropriate.

Was the opening gambit written by Ralph, or did he just borrow from it earlier in the year: ... and Bell. When did he play for us? Is that meant to be Gareth Bale (who did), or Colin Bell (who didn't)?

His agent must be another Arfa, Arthur Daley, hawking that bloke around and selling him as a top level footballer with pretensions this was a stepping stone to a glittering career. When he signed someone posted he'd be the next Adel Taarabt. Many will ask who ?. A player who had a few good games for QPR,before disappearing off the scene and not living up to hype. Seems a reasonable comparison to me at the moment.

But they do buy theirs from the proven pedigree market, whereas we look for bargain basement, possibly with potential (for creaming a bigger club in a year or so). That strategy worked well with Mane but has proved our undoing by bringing in some that were talented but needed further development (Lemina, Boufal). On top of which it seems we by-passed looking too closely at their questionable attitude.

So is Neil Chen the Chinese Cortese ? https://www.soccerex.com/events/soccerex-china-2018/the-studio/chinese-investment-in-global-sport Worrying times ahead, as if we weren't already aware of that.