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where are people hearing this? That would be far too good to be true.

I want Top to be forced to sell, so why would this be good news?

Gareth Southgate has said that he is not looking for a return to football management, saying it would be hard to recreate the “higher calling” he found as England’s manager. He said this only a couple of Months ago. No way he comes to a job like this, with that kind of thinking.

if we are being pedantic, then he actually said 'very little' to improve us, which with just 2 wins in 8, I can't really argue with, especially with some very winnable games in those final 8. I get the 8 games previous point though and that showed how toxic Rodgers had become, but I still don't see how people can say that Smith did much to improve us considering the calibre of players we still had back then. Different story now of course, but certainly can see why he would still be seen as an underwhelming appointment by some.

The thing about Southgate, he could likely build something here, especially bringing through youth players. He certainly has connections and likely has a deep knowledge of some of the brightest young talents across England. I think whilst he would be unlikely to instantly inspire a fanbase and it would be a slow burn, it might be what we need most as a club right now. Similar to how Pearson, Shakey and Walsh rebuilt us from rock bottom. I think we could do worse right now. I would be surprised if he joined though, as to go from England Manager to a potential relegation to League 1, would be a big risk for any Manager to take.

His judgement on bringing in Terry too. I don't actually mind Dean Smith, but he seems like a Mr Nice Guy, and we just had that under Cifuentes and the players just didn't respond, and as you say, seems like he could be another 'Yes' man for Rudkin and Top. I still think we need someone who will be much tougher with the players and get them running again. Not to be confused with RVN 'toughness'... as that was never going to work in the Premier League and with no staff around him. Very few options out there though.

He is a League 2 level player, maybe League 1 at a stretch... but would you want him as our starting LB even if we go down? I wouldn't. Truly baffling how he wasn't sold/released years ago and playing in the lower leagues now.

Ridiculous that we don't have a new Manager in place for this. Feel sorry for Kingy Expecting another loss, unfortunately

It is if you don't only buy into an average points per game as a given for success or failure. Smith came in with one job, survival. It was still achievable with 8 games to go. He won just 2 of those 8 games in charge. He failed. Therefore, it is a fair point for some to be underwhelmed if he joins again, especially with a similar mission of avoiding another relegation.

Fair point

I couldn't think of a much worse appointment than Martin right now. We need someone to change the toxic atmosphere, not add to it.

We are probably still paying Dean Smith, same as RVN and Cooper... sooo at least that part would be easy

You have misplaced faith in Top and Rudkin.

Are we done now?? Or do we have more potential FFP breaches coming? I just want to take the punishment, and get back to demanding Top and Rudkin OUT the club.

Oh well. Will take that. Better than 10. Can we PLEASE run the club properly now...

Not as cruel as 10 points with a 1 point reduction every time Daka scores. Great minds @ian__marshall although yours a bit faster

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The way things went down at Rangers, we should be nowhere near Russell anymore. He needs to go Manage abroad.

He was always good at saying the right things. I just saw very little of putting those words into actions. I didn’t think he was the right guy, but didn’t think he would be this bad either. I expect him to end up abroad in lower divisions. Nice guy but just a MEH manager.

Enzo leaving and bad recruitment absolutely killed our chances. I don’t see a scenario where we avoid the drop that season.

I think there are other Managers that could have got that squad promoted, but I don’t trust Top would have appointed them. Feels like he lucked out with Enzo, and partly because Enzo took control of the whole situation.

Wolves were underperforming and were always likely to improve. We may have been able to get a few more wins with a new manager, but I think staying up is wishful thinking and glossing over how truly awful our squad was for the Premier League.

At this point, it really is just going to be about luck, whether we end up with a decent Manager or not. Top has no clue what he is doing. Luckily, the odds are more in our favour now, after some absolute lemons of late

Ruud’s downfall. One of many though.

Wolves who finished 17 points above us that season? They had a much better starting 11 than us. Our players and recruitment were woeful. Not to excuse Ruud, but the squad was not good enough to stay up that year.