ajthefox

Solid gold throbber

From a guardian article earlier today. "Sheeran explained that he doesn’t use his platform for politics in order to be “a place of safety and sanctuary, to maintain diplomacy and keep conversations open”. Though this isn’t accurate: he performed at the Concert for Ukraine in 2022, signed an open letter to Theresa May about Brexit, endorsed Jeremy Corbyn and supported the equality act in the US" Sheeran isn't really the problem here but the abstaining from politics bit is clearly rubbish so it isn't a great look.

Not sure what point there is hypothesising or getting excited about a potential manager change now. There's no way we're binning Russell off anytime soon.

I find it hard to believe they are paying that much but who knows.

Literally on the road the training ground is on. What the feck was he doing to roll a Discovery on that road. Absolute numpty.

Can you elaborate on this at all?

It's not purely a question of recency bias though, is it? There are just different ways to assess it. On a numerical basis, on something close to how much of an 'upset' it was, a more abstract feeling or a combination of the above. Saturday is literally our worst statistical loss in the league in the sense that it is our biggest numerical loss in the lowest division we've been in and whilst the club is in arguably one of the most precarious positions of it's existence. You've mentioned the loss to Wycombe and the fact that that started a collapse into league 1, but then how is a 4-0 pasting at home after that sort of long systemic collapse not worse then the one at the beginning? For what it's worth I remember the Wycombe loss very well. I remember seeing the scoreline on ceefax as a kid and the video footage after on BBC Full Time. I'm not convinced people will remember the Oxford loss so much, but it's a bit contrarian to be suggesting the inclusion of Oxford is not even close.

You know it's bad when the companies in charge are warning us..

Indeed. I think the worst thing about this, to add to the irony, is that there's a good chance that us appointing him now rather than last season, means he is probably going to more damage and take us even lower than he would've if we'd appointed him earlier.

Ehhh I'm a bit disappointed he's back here, but with that said Burnley is inoffensive and he clearly wants to keep playing as long as he can so fair enough. Ultimately I think he left at the right time. He's had (and is still getting) enough flack for our relegations despite the endless shitshow that is the club, coming back here would've been daft.

He's 22 and playing with his 6th manager in 3 years since leaving Sporting. He's going to improve, it's not a "huge gamble" at all. I can't help but think this is one of many posts that follows the sale of a liked player and has a certain tone to it.

I thought the same thing. It's all quite strange really. This article seems a million miles away from what anyone here would say... https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/2327481/2021/01/18/skipp-spurs-norwich-football-soccer/

I don't wish the bloke any ill but he is definitely up there as one of our worst signings by value for money. I still can't get my head around the fact he got in the PFA team of the season at Norwich. You do wonder what changed. I've also only just realised looking at his stats that he made 70+ PL appearances for spurs. Madness really.

Perhaps we could even sing his name correctly..?

I'm inclined to agree with the above - I'm not convinced it will affect him that much. Are people voting Reform really that bothered about him flaunting electoralrules? I doubt it. And whilst it changes nothing regarding the legalities, the fact that it was a setup will be heavily leaned on. "The establishment out to get us..." etc etc