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Could we go back in for Brian Barry-Murphy? The work he's done at Cardiff has been fantastic. Can't imagine he would be easy to get, but he's worked here, he knows the facilities, knows a lot of the players. He knows the club, then again, that's probably why he wouldn't come

Definitely benefits to him coming if his wages are a fraction of what he's on now, less than 15k it would need to be to make sense, he could give a season of coaching to younger attackers, but my gut on this is to say lets move on, he doesn't deserve to be in League One, I'd rather we spend the £1m+ he will cost us for a season on a player that will be here for the future. In League One he's going to be taking a lot of minutes off of anyone we sign, now is the time to be giving youngsters and new signings all the minutes they can get on the pitch so that if we do manage to scrape up, they have more chance of establishing themselves at higher levels. The last thing we need is players like Evans losing minutes because Vardy is here.

Please don’t put £1 in the dickhead (me) again. If rangers sack Rohl. We need to throw the kitchen sink at him. Name the stadium after him.

Yep. lower league defenders simply wouldn't be able to cope with it. Bring it on. Let's hope Schreuder is mental enough to want to take us on, moderate success would make him richer than his wildest dreams with this ownership, and he would be a cult hero if he got us back to the big time.

You're right with the young players. DS did have a big turnover of players during the transfer windows so would likely need something similar here, however a lot of Eredivisie teams are arguable lower champ/league 1 level, and he managed to bring in dozens of players for £5m which I'd imagine we can stretch to. The concern being his team are defensively a bomb scare with very complex tactical transitions, we are a bomb scare doing the basics . With that said though, I said over and over again last season, if we'd approached every single game with the intention to simply outscore our opponents, I think we'd have stayed up.

The more I look into Dick Schreuder the more I'm sold. I have so many reservations about firstly our capacity to even get him, but if he did sign, massive reservations about our squad being able to play his way, or our capacity to bring in the players he would need to build his style. But if he did manage to get our lot playing his system, we would absolutely destroy this division. League one teams simply wouldn't have the capacity to keep track and pick up the right man, he builds his attacks from chaos and I just cannot see L1 teams being able to defend against it. I'm not sure he's my #1 target, but my god he would be fun to have as manager. Plus, a season at a lower level would give him a little bit of breathing room to properly rebuild and get a full season of his style bedded in should we go back up. If we are going to gamble on this kind of appointment, now is the time to do it.

Skubala would be a very good signing for them, but to be honest I can see them going for a "bigger name", I think they might go all out for Scott Parker. Pure guesswork from me though.

The first big quality is that he's FREE 32 games, 9 goals 6 assists. (33/10/7 in all comps) He's sort of a box to box midfielder but he's definitely more attack minded, he has played mainly as a CM but has also slotted into CAM behind the striker a few times, so he usually picks up play in the middle and drives forward. He's quite a tidy player, he often manages to get himself out of positions where he's surrounded by players and is comfortable in those tight spaces. 25 years old. His Key stats (per 90): - 0.32 goals, which is elite for a midfielder, works out 15+ goals per season over 46 games - 0.22xg, which shows he's consistently in goalscoring positions - 2.77 touches in the opponents box - 1.93 chances created per 90 - combined 0.59 xG+xA per 90, so he's got a 60% chance of scoring or assisting each game. In League One I think he would be a cheat code. I can see him going to a championship club, but he is a wassermann client so maybe there could be something to come from that? Obligatory video showing only the best parts of his game:

My absolute, full send, #1 priority, cannot miss this opportunity player signing this summer is Enzo Bardeli on a free transfer from Dunkerque. If Sanchez gets on well with him and could bring him too, i'd take him.

I agree, but I think if they ultimately fall a point or so short, he would probably be tempted to try again rather than jump ship for a basket case like Leicester. I think it could happen though, moving from a lower budget Eredivisie club to a "huge" league 1 club that has world class facilities and is prime for a rebuild is definitely possible. Nobody expected Bielsa would go to Leeds when he realistically could have gotten a bigger European job. I'd love to be wrong. I just can't see it happening.

With 10+ new players that fit the profile required to play his system it might work, and we could pull it off. But with the current group we have, and the players likely to be left over like Thomas/Choudhury/Nelson, it is hopeless imo. I’m 100% down for that gamble if he was mad enough to want to come here and rebuild us though.

I’m open to being proven wrong, but look at his system, then tell me how the likes of Luke Thomas, Stolarczyk, Choudhury, BDCR etc are going to be able to cope with it? They can barely do the most basic instructions. Seems to me like at NEC he inherited a squad of players that have ended up suiting the club quite well in terms of being dynamic, almost like when Puel left, he left a group of players that had the capacity to play multiple styles, all Rodgers did was turn up and make tweaks to it. Our squad in my opinion needs a minimum of 10+ new signings to make it work. If he came here and immediately got us up playing his style, with barely any money spent, it would be one of the best managerial performances of my lifetime.

Having previously never heard of Dick Schreuder I spent a little time digging into him, firstly, it's a pipe dream. I cannot seriously see him leaving to join us with them within touching distance of the Champions League either this season or next. Secondly, I am not convinced it would be a good move for either of us right now. I mean, the sheer amount of work that would be required to get us playing his system in such a short time I just don't think is viable, He has wingbacks pushing centrally ahead of strikers, centre backs on the wing, pretty much none of their players have a fixed position, just imagine any of the players in our team trying to work out which position they need to move into next, there's so many positional rotations half our squad would end up in the ****ing car park. They also need ELITE levels of fitness. My concern is that he would need more than 1 season to just nail the tactics down, and he would need to find a way to win immediately here, he would also need a mass clearout and would need to bring in 15+ players, and I just cannot see us being in a position to do this. But IF he was mad enough to join us, I think it could be a huge amount of fun, absolute chaos on the pitch.

Under the right manager, could Brandon Williams turn his career around? Seems like a bit of a lost cause now, but I can't help but think a manager like Pearson would get him back on track. If someone could wake him up and get him to sort himself out off the pitch, he still has a career ahead of him at a very good level. Probably not worth the gamble for us though.

Yeah it can definitely backfire if you're not careful. Richie has waited until the end of season to unload on them though as he now has a full summer to get the dead wood out, something Rodgers needs to learn from. Will be following the transfers of Leyton Orient over summer for sure to see who he brings in and forces out!

This is EXACTLY what this club needs, but you're right, our owners prefer managers to tip toe around everything and allow the players to do whatever the hell they want. Very refreshing to see Richie hitting back here.

Credit to Fuchs, would be an interesting gamble and I'd love to see him here, but if I was in charge of appointing I wouldn't take the gamble on him just yet. He has a very strong affinity to us, so if he has another good couple of seasons and he gets offers from clubs around our level, he will likely choose us over them. So there is no need to rush it. The difference between our League One campaign under pearson and what we have today, is that if we'd not gone up under NP, we would have been fine, if we don't go up next season, the financial pressures will ramp up and could tip us over the edge if we don't come up quickly. Even our lower earners are going to be near the top of the League One wage table, we simply need to get promoted next season, I don't think now is the right time to gamble on Fuchs.

Seeing Wednesday fans since Chansiri left has been massively inspiring, but also heart-breaking because we just don't have anything to shout about right now, they've had massive lows over the past 3-4 seasons, but at the very last day of the season, they've got new ownership who look like they at least have the financial capacity to stabilise the club and invest into the facilities, and they have had their points deduction removed for next season. Despite being the worst run club in England for years, to some degree, the nightmare looks to be over. Us on the other hand, we've been run poorly, but there's no evidence we are going to turn a corner. Wednesday fans turned up to the final game, in the worst season in their history and packed out the ground, early, and had a massive party dressed in full Hawaiian attire and celebrated like they'd just been promoted, because they can finally see the rebuild, they can see the potential to stop the rot. We, also in our worst season in history, are going down feeling like the ownership are going to sign a load of rubbish on huge wages, and continue to follow the same mistakes that led us here over the last 4 years or so. How the hell have we got to a point where Wednesday are celebrating and partying like promotion, and we just feel sick to our stomach that some of these players will still be here next season? This feeling of being near the gutter has been entirely curated by the ownership and board. SWFC are my "2nd team" because one of my oldest friends is a fan, right now despite the fact I know we have better facilities, better players etc and IF we fix the mess, a higher immediate ceiling, I feel more optimistic and excited about their future than I do ours. SWFC fans are largely in unison, and now they look like they might have owners who want to join that unity. (don't get me wrong, it's a US investment firm, this could go badly wrong) LCFC feels like a one way relationship. The next managerial appointment simply has to be inspiring, and Top/senior club officials need to be having monthly interviews to discuss the future of the club.

**** this club. Best mate is at Wednesday today in full Hawaiian, great to see them finally looking to turn a corner, stadium packed out, new ownership confirmed, looks to be confirmation they WONT get a 15 point deduction next season, It feels like they have better days ahead, sadly right now I don't feel that way about this circus. The next managerial appointment HAS to be spot on. We need a warrior who is willing to headbutt people.

Farewell Ricky. A model pro who's legs just couldn't keep up. He cares about this club, if he decides to retire and wants to do coaching badges it would be nice if the club assist him and allow him to get some experience here, he clearly loves this club and we lack that right now.

Bad managers. There literally is no other reason. Same for Page.

Is it wrong to want us to capitulate and concede 4 goals just to remove any thought in the boards mind that Rowett is the right man for the rebuild?

I think I deserve to come on for the second half for putting up with these spineless ***** for the last few years. I'm a little tubby but I love the club x

My instinct is to say "I don't believe that for a second" with the Ferguson rumours, but this is Leicester City. I think I'll just take a sabbatical if it's him.

Can see Parker going to a mid table champ club like Bristol City, but we should be contacting him at the very least. Do I want him? From a pure rebuild/standards/culture perspective yeah I'd take him, he is a standards driver. The football isn't pleasing on the eye and is defensive, but fixing this defence is something we've needed for years. He would be joining a club with elite facilities, a huge ceiling if we can get ourselves back up next season, and I suspect he could be a manager that could take us back from League 1 to the premier league if given 3-4 seasons. In the end, premier league football is the only thing that gets us out of this financial black hole, so as much as the football is negative, we should be all over him.