Daft Kerplunk

The biggest shock to most it seems will be in player departures. Even the likes of Che will be off, especially given how rubbish it must be to have been replaced by a forward with the same likelihood of ever scoring goals in this team. Players will leave at reduced rates because we won’t be in a particularly strong negotiating position when they demand transfers. The loss of revenue will be significant, sponsors will leave because of clauses in their contracts or their payments for sponsoring will reduce, ticket revenue will be down, hospitality in particular will be hit hard. Matchday revenue then down too. The parachute payment will help of course but there will be layoffs across the club as the cloth will need to be cut accordingly. The appeal of a club that’s never maximised its potential will mean we aren’t media darlings so TV revenue won’t be that high. Maybe SR will come to the fore and save things but given their record so far, is that actually believable? Semmens and Co the same given that from Gao onwards, they’ve overseen the decline. I’d love Everton to come down with us as they’ve been flirting with relegation for donkeys. Bournemouth will probably join us too.

I’d suggest it’s more nuanced than winning a game. Jones, despite a sign that he had turned things around with a week of good results, then seemed to lose the plot, wasn’t level headed and just confirmed he was not really cut out for the mental demands of the Prem that go beyond being a good coach. Selles, in comparison, seems level headed, demanding but also someone who appreciates the work of others. We shall see how it all works out but he looks more attuned to top flight football than Jones ever did.

We were 100% in a relegation battle under Ralph this season. That continued almost a year of relegation form. Ralph had lost the players. We have moved on.

Crikey, Nigel garbage Farage will be having kittens with someone with that name playing for England 🤣

Glad this suggestion went down well 🤣 He wouldn’t have been worse than NJ at least! But moving on and all that. Fail for me 😆

Why waste any more money, Let Selles have a chance.

Why isn’t the club considering James Beattie? Out of work, has more experience than Selles, especially in English football. He knows the club inside out and would surely be a hit with the fans. Time to give him a call perhaps?

The academy structure needs a good overhaul I would imagine. Too many players who will never make it on the books, and this ultimately leads to the bottlenecks and players not making it. Probably needs to go back to being a focussed elite level structure where only the best get in (or the best of those not at Chelsea) and if they aren't good enough, they don't move up the levels, and they certainly wouldn't get pro contracts. I doubt whether Crocker was allowed to make much of a difference on his second time at the club, it is all too established and cosy for those at the top of it, and who run the academy.

This week saw good news but also, rubbish news about Unity Brewing Company closing its doors. Brilliant beer, best pre-match drinks near St. Mary’s by a country mile, and will be a big loss to the match day ‘experience’ and city. Thanks for the good times Jimmy and crew.

Mad that we had an awful last year with Ralph in charge and people still think he was hard done by. He was done. We were sliding before Jones took over and he turned out to be the wrong person at the wrong time to take over at the wrong club. We are adrift and to stay up, we will need an incredible manager. Perhaps the players will also step up because they might not want relegation on their CVs.

Second best in Europe I heard

I feel sorry for him because he should never have been given the job in the first place. By not assessing properly, the club put Jones through a shit period for him and us. They fucked up. They should own the mess. A point someone of high calibre if they can.

But Semmens chose this company because it kept him in the job, and he will have benefitted from them being the chosen group. Whatever happens, the leadership has been taking us closer to relegation for years, and it looks like we’ve ridden our luck out.

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to stop worrying and love the bomb

Bless you. Bet you’ve never called the referee a wanker either.

Essentially I’m belittling them, and calling them some childish and very rude words, because I’m not hero worshiping a couple of very well rewarded individuals who think the sun shines from them. They are nowhere near as good as they think they are. They don’t even need to try and be public heroes, just quietly and effectively do their jobs. Sorry if you think i’m being out of order. I’m really quite nice in person, but I really hate the way these people treat us as fans, and this football club as if they’re the only people who could run it.

Not a chance in hell that fans who ask hard questions will be anywhere near this. And if they are, it will be a major shock as Martin Semmens is a marketing and PR person first and foremost. It’ll be under arm sponge ball questions all round.

So, whilst Jones is very possibly out of his depth at this level, at this point in time, why are we letting off the people at the top who have ultimately got us where we are today!

Seems like these two might have fucked it up royally. It really ain’t looking great right now. Even though these two say things will be okay if we go down, that’s really not reality. We will be fucked. They think the ball will be in their court but there’s no way decent players will stay, and anyone who has even the remotest understanding of football and how it works will know that deep down. The brilliant plan is failing upon engagement with reality. Great.

In the past or in the future, Bednarek will never be good moving forward.

No chance he gets that sort of time to fuck up and recover in the Premier League 🤣

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If nothing happens, then it’s because they left it too late to do anything. Just like the summer window. Both of these stains will be on Wankerson and Semen.

It certainly does seem like it

Is there a position worse than 20th in a 20 team league? The position we are in is as bad as it gets. That doesn’t mean to say we can’t reach 17th place but it’s pretty bad at the moment. We could have stayed up in 2005 with one more win but we were chasing for much of the season, which made it harder because it wasn’t in our control and as the other teams kept getting points, the more we had to get. Kind of like the position we find ourselves in today. Saying we could’ve stayed up in May if we’d just won one more game doesn’t really matter if we lose our place in the top flight.