Lord Duckhunter

Punishment? Id have said missing today’s shit show was a reward.

Was a decent player, someone I’d have liked us to sign when he was on loan at Palace & Norwich, class on a good day. However, this particular ship sailed long ago.

It won’t be 9. It would be if they needed 9, but it’ll be a routine 3 or 4 as they’ve got 2 away games in 4 days so will want to get the job done with the minimum of effort. Like Arsenal I suspect we’ll put on a better show than expected, as the pressures off and professional pride will also kick in. If we’re still off the bottom by the end of the weekend, it will have been a good one. If we’re still only 3 points behind 17th it’ll be a great one, and if Lego head is sacked Sunday it’ll be a fantastic one.

Soggy, your lack of self awareness is staggering….

Abbott?

Hollowhead did a better job with Blackpool than Lego head has with us.

And Russball does ? 😂😂 You need an out ball, & Tall Paul can give us that. Knock it into the channels or for a flick on & pin them in, like Jack Carlton’s sides used to do. Because the issue isn’t just mincing around at the back and poor marking, we let sides out way too easily with our half hearted press. Everyone goes on about Ireland’s long balls, but the key to their game was the hard work and press up the pitch. It was years before pressing became hip, they’d turn the back four & press them to death. At the moment the opposing centre half’s can play in their slippers puffing on a pipe.

We’ve got to get in their half first.

Was the programme broadcast live from Romney Marsh?

Unless you’re Ched Evans?

Fucking hell, I bet you’re a barrel of laughs down the Ale house.

Shame Lego head didn’t have him against Newcastle when we’re constantly attacking & they were defending deep. Wouldn’t surprise me if the clown starts him on Sat, the least appropriate game for him to be effective.

Performance, irrelevant nonsense. What were the possession stats?

If the settlement figure is a year when you’re sacked, doesn’t really matter if you’re on a 3 year contract or a 10 year one. In the grand scheme of things I doubt the financial implications of sacking him now under this contract or now had he not been given one, will be much different. I don’t know why anyone is getting hung up over this. Getting promoted deserves a new contract, I’d be amazed if there’s many managers who don’t have it written into their initial contract. Those that don’t should get a new agent pretty prompto

You can criticise SR for a lot, but agreeing promotion would trigger a new deal isn’t one of them. It’s not really a lunatic contract provided the break clause is the same. If it is, it’s basically just a pay rise to reflect he’s now managing a premier league club (badly).

I was working in the States with a few Scousers at that time. Had an incredibly enjoyable few days taking the piss after that result. I think The Evertonians amongst them enjoyed it even more than I did.

I think I know the person they’ve approached. I’m not convinced it’s a fit, but the thinking is he can’t do any worse than Lego. I’m hearing it won’t happen until next Monday, firstly because he doesn’t want his first game being City away, and secondly, on Sunday he would like to take charge of The Dog & Duck for one last time.

Exactly this. Had somebody been detailed to stand there, all the players would have known. Firstly, someone would have screamed for him to get into place, and secondly they’d have been an almighty bollocking dished out afterwards. Lego head is covering his fucking arse.

He’s managed nearly 250 senior games at professional level, how much more experience does he need? To put it in perspective the bloke that out coached him sat has 223 under his belt. The bloke he did actually manage to get a point off this season has managed 140.

It’s not about Mercedes & trips to the Maldives. Ludicrous to think it is. 2 people close to me died early, my mate at 55 & sister in law at 60. Both had horrendous illnesses but both died taking some comfort in the fact they were leaving a start for their kids. My mate left his 15 & 13 year old with money so they could buy a house at 21 (the age they inherited). I don’t know the people you hang with, but I don’t know any of our friends that wouldn’t give up 2 or 3 years of their life ( and a horrendous 2 years at that) to give that sort of security for their kids. A lot of people who do commit suicide do so because mentally they feel a burden on their family and that their family would be better off without them.

The only substitute that wasn’t a complete and utter shit show was the bloke who Lego has totally ignored for the vast majority of the season and is our least Russball type player.

I thought we lost twice to Leicester last season.

Absolutely right. Anyone would do anything for their kids, including die for them. It’s not unreasonable to assume someone in a care home burning through their kids inheritance, would be temped to use this option.

Nathan Jones got Luton to the play offs, so getting Southampton into them, is hardly managerial miracle of the decade. With the fixtures we’ve had & the way they played out a half decent top flight manager would probably be sat on 7 points now. 1 was bare minimum against 10 men Newcastle, 2 nil up home to Leicester should have bagged 3 points & Ipswich home. Being kind, maybe the Leicester could have been 2-2, but a decent manager may have pinched a point off forest or Utd. So we’re looking at 5 or 6 points as being par imo. Not insurmountable on paper, but the manner of the defeats, the tactics and team selections, together with an unwillingness to even accept his “process” is wrong, means we need to give someone else the chance before it’s too late.