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From the Rangers Forum: Does he learn or is he too stubborn??? And amused me: “Essex wide boy” … that one might upset the hipster Lego. Don’t think he’d like to be compared to White Van Man of Essex. Perhaps he’ll explain his ideas on being vegan and supporting Eddie Izzard as a Labour candidate in Glasgow for the locals at some point. That should go down well.

Interesting reading, hadn’t taken them long to realise Legohead’s limits has it ? As you say, we can sympathise with them. But far rather he’s their problem rather than ours.

Sorry, misunderstood your post. Thought you meant if he had a good season for Newcastle.

Won’t he still have a release clause ? Of course we don’t know the specifics of it if he does. May only operate if we’re relegated.

Possibly, thought they also had Carvalho to take the piss (especially having turned us down twice).

Should have been nominated at the BAFTAs

That’s not a new contract he’s signing. It’s a book of condolences for Franz Ferdinand after news reached Sheffield.

Can’t remember him being that special in the Championship a couple of year.s ago, Jack Clarke on the other hand seemed ‘dogs bollocks’ for Sunderland for much of the season.

Long term concussion after being head butted at Newcastle last season.

I’ve got high hopes of Charles this season. A year older, or a year away from the strangulation of Legohead’s tactics, or a year under Rohl’s influence, whatever , he’ll be a more mature and stronger version of the 2023 player we signed. Ideally I’d like to see him with a bit of a ballbreaker MF alongside him as a DM.

They should just be thankful they haven’t got Bazunu in goal then.

The classic world of McLego

Bollocks to the cigars, nothing less than scantily clad nuns if we get off to a good start.

Hopefully fucking off

Who are Lawrence and Akachuckwu ?

They’d both lose.

Why do they come out with such bollocks ?

Totally agree about the recruitment side of things, although not sure how culpable Ralph is as these things seem to be by Recruitment Dept rather than manager. We’ll have to agree to disagree about the Semmens/Gao regime then. I think they set the tone for what was to come, although worse with SR once in the driving seat. The Semmens comment of ‘ league position doesn’t matter’ stands out to me as an epitaph to his work at the club, undoing any achievement of what had gone before it.

Stop press: Franz Ferdinand found alive and well. First World War a mistake. (1980’s jokes. Youngsters will have no idea what Stop Press is)

Wish the club would come clean about plans to leave the Antelope. Won’t be the same if we leave it.

Have to hope Bazunu has one his ‘moments’ today and brings it home to Still what a liability he is.

Edwards was a player I was hoping we’d see start the season after the reports from QPR.

Possibly a selective memory or interpretation of things there about Gao. He didn’t put any £ into the club or wasn’t able due to restrictions in China. Semmens was in charge of things during our ill fated Summer 2022 window when we signed some crap and spent weeks it seems chasing Gakpo’s shadow. We didn’t of course provide Ralph with the striker he needed. Although Semmems was praised for his handling of - and talking about - Covid impact, it seems he was at his best during a period we weren’t playing. Wasn’t it Semmens who said the league position doesn’t matter ? His poor handling was magnified after the cretin Rasmus arrived, but Semmens has contributed a lot to our fall.

Have to wonder if this is part of the problem, and the lack of stability. No wonder he wants to escape the madhouse that we've become. He must feel its impossible to reach anywhere near his potential here. Of course the agent will be driving the question over money but having a manager (in the Lawrie mold) who the player wants to play for, and is respected and trusted would help immensely.

You’d like to think not. Perhaps waiting for the main target ? (Armenian bloke?). Certainly hope we don’t see the falling down the list and quality that we’ve previously seen. But similarly we can’t end up in a Gakpo position of waiting until deadline day on an unrealistic target.