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It'd be odd to refer to Ranieri as Signor Claudio, and that's as somebody deserving of reverence from the fanbase. The emperor's new clothes act at the club is embarrassing. Vichai did at least instil some standards, culpability and substance. The kid gloves and deference to Aiyawatt is sickening.

It didn’t really need a refurb but then again local drones do start flocking to pubs once they’ve been done up. Looks as though the Old Horse has never been so busy

Everything we do is so telegraphed, we'll try for Martin and he'll say no and then it's back to the drawing board, panic stations, then just giving the job to somebody grateful and out of their depth.

It's hard to know what to do - Slot maybe just was the perfect fit at that time - by sacking him in a post-Guardiola PL though they're being aggressive. Iraola is coveted so they have to move fast. Not going for Alonso is the interesting thing, maybe they think the opposite to you and positional play football really is dead.

At a wedding on Friday - a pint of Pravha at the Grand Central was £9, the Charnwood bottles were £8.40 - a fookin disgrez. I was at a wedding on Saturday as well (feeling it now) at Bourton Hall in Warks and a pint of Asahi was £6.50 which felt very reasonable in comparison.

Seems a bit trite to say because the name is similar but Frog Island in another time could have been our Kelham Island. The Keepmoat waterside scheme was such a waste of prime waterside land, 2 or 3 storey townhouses when even some midrise apartments would have added good massing.

Sometimes even smart clubs get things wrong, football is hard. Their kept their powder dry (sensibly) but went mental without addressing the Salah and VVD issue. It might be that they think VVD can go on for years, or there was just nobody out there worth the money but it was a daft window and I thought so at the time. Jacquet (sp) might be great, Wirtz might make a leap but there are just structural things wrong with that squad. If they appoint Iraola (I'm a huge fan) that may give them the uplift they need but he does tend to burn his players out and their lack of depth is odd. They desperately need at least one very good CB, probably two DMs and to replace arguably their best player.

Very midlandsy and NW heavy

They spent obscene amounts given Salah and VVD are (or were) their best players and both way past their peaks. They're really smart typically but last summer was dumb

I think he's the player that' benefitted the most from a single system and manager - Pep is responsible for 60% of his PL goals

We've had 4 managers in two seasons with different plays styles and personalities, a coach, especially one just starting out isn't culpable for this mess. In his interim spell he had two first half red cards ffs. He might have gotten preseason wrong but he was thrown into the deep end by the club without any help from an experienced head at all.

I wasn’t being hyper literal but he was sacked at his last two for being in charge of his club’s worst ever seasons

The Crown does upmarket pub food. Bowling Green is heartier but still very nice.

Martin gets sacked at every club he’s at fairly quickly. We can’t afford the compensation if (when) it all goes to pot.

Like a lot of the shitty services the rail industry in Britain is not a particularly free market. EMR are the only operator so there is no competition and there’s a lack of capacity for more operators. The state won’t build anymore.

They can’t do one thing at once, let alone two. It’s been all systems go for this game, nothing else has happened

The CEO is responsible for the day-to-day operations, if he is overruled and undermined by somebody jeopardising club’s finances and statutory obligations then he should resign. We have (or have had) liquidity issues and there isn’t a business case for this anymore.

Maybe they should use a new ad agency - WePromote or something. Some shockers here: https://www.facebook.com/ads/library/?active_status=all&ad_type=all&country=GB&is_targeted_country=false&media_type=all&search_type=page&sort_data[direction]=desc&sort_data[mode]=total_impressions&view_all_page_id=324520502768 Run a black beanie ad variation during the hottest time of the year (you can pause an ad at the click of a button) and with darts interest at an all time high over December to earlyJanuary we capitalise on it by... running ads in late January to February

It shows you they have never segmented the fanbase out at all. They're spending more on ads than they ever have to flog tickets to a loss making event - every fan that might buy a ticket already has. It reflects very badly on Kevin Davies too, in my opinion. Any serious, hard-nosed CEO would have called this before it got off the ground but Mr. Happy To Be There with his finance background won't rock the boat.

If we want a target man sign Tom Eaves on a free. Scored 13 goals in his last 35 League One nineties for a rubbish Northampton side. He'd sign for a year on low wages.

He can create separation from dribbling by standing up defenders and contorting their body shape but from watching him I've never seen him burn a fullback. He beats players with strength, quick feet and good balance more foehn than anything else. He's certainly not slow but for a winger he is lacking pace

Will there be a world cup sub forum again @Mark?

I think Monga's lack of pace means he's just not quite as exciting as most promising young wingers. In terms of playing style Sancho is the closest equivalent and he;s never been an edge-of-your-seat player either.

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He was probably the single closest player to Vichai and Top. He wouldn't all of a sudden hold a feckless, absentee owner into account because of #standards and #leadership.