Dark Munster

Apart from his good looks, athleticism, great hair and tons of money, what does she see in him?

True, since we fans don't have much choice! Before last Saturday that would make some sense, although talk is cheap, and alarm bells were ringing defensively in most of the matches (not to mention his entire stint with Swansea). Do you still have confidence in him after his appalling decisions, from start to finish, against Sunderland?

That's all well and good enjoying it while we are big fish in a small pond, but if we're stuck here for more than a season or two we lose our better players, no more parachute money, and we descend into the level of the rest of the dross. Promotion asap has to be the objective, and I am worried that SR have made yet another bad managerial appointment.

I'm not whinging about his appointment, nor dismissing him. See the quote I was replying to. Some people think he is a great appointment. And indeed he may well turn out to be, let's hope so. But the jury's still out for me, he has brought in some good players and got a good price on Lavia, but there are worrying signs: no decent GK appointment ("a strong stable of goalkeepers here" lol!), Holgate, and choosing* RM despite his mediocre track record and well-known inability to get teams to defend well. * If indeed he did, as the club have been implying. Possibly that's plausible deniability on Rasmus W. Ankersen's part after his Jones disaster.

Pep and Saudi billions are PL winners. And being an academy director (at a filthy rich club to boot) doesn't guarantee success at being director of football with us.

From his managerial career so far I'm very much doubting that he's capable of addressing it.

Yeah, but there's a big difference. Tall Paul was a desperation signing in a relegation battle, with no expectation of resale value down the road. Baz was signed as a youngster with an eye for a big resale later. They screwed up on both fronts of course.

I think it's because they spent £15m on him, so they are going to stick with him come hell or high water.

Interesting the players stood there listening to the dressing down. Players here would have walked down the tunnel well before an ultra could have grabbed a mic.

Agreed, it’s infuriating. And that’s not the only bleeding obvious things he’s getting wrong. And some are hoping he will address our crap defending. But his record on that goes back to his time at Swansea. It seems to me that he is a nice but thick bloke. What did Wilcox see in him? I’m hoping he was a Rasmus W. Ankersen choice with Wilcox rubber stamping, because if Wilcox was really the driving force for appointing him then that is very worrying about any future manager hires. Wilcox is supposedly the “expert” that saves us from the profound SR footballing incompetence.

Hasn’t the transfer window slammed shut?

That aged well!

In the B team.

So our last three managers: Jones: Unlikeable and incompetent. Selles: Likeable and incompetent. Martin: Jury still out. But is he another Selles? The fact that defensively he was very poor at Swansea indicates this is a fundamental flaw, not a blip

What’s scary is that Wilcox and co thought he was good enough to bring in. That puts a big question mark over their judgment.

A thrashing by Leicester at home? That sounds familiar.

Great chance to embarrass ourselves again! JWP, Lavia, Tino and Tella the biggest departures probably, the first 2 expected, the other 2 perhaps disappointing. OTH keeping KWP, Sully and Che is like three new signings™ Some decent players in, and some dross out.

Napoleonic wars?

Plus he always seems to at least give 100% when playing, and doesn't seem to sulk, like some others that we know.

We seem to have a very good relationship with City, and that can only have improved with the money they just got from the Lavia sell on. If we buy him I presume there will be another big sell on clause for City?

You will be doing more than that at 11.

Aribo certainly will.

It's staggering that people do not appreciate how difficult it is to find a decent goal scorer, even with competent people in charge.

That's what most of us thought last summer.