Jobyfox

I’d rather not if this is the **** you’re going to come out with

I disagree. He’s not that good!

I’d be amazed if he has any offers above our level and think he’ll be ok now our level has dropped to match his. On that basis I’m not bothered whether he stays or goes. Most likely scenario is we keep him for another year as nobody will want him and then lose him on a free. We won’t want his wages if we stay in the Championship and he won’t be good enough in the PL - especially another year older. As I said earlier in the thread: not the worst player, but a desperately bad signing. No chance of being the difference in the PL and no future potential or resale value. That’s what makes people angry 😡 and the player is bearing the brunt of it in terms of criticism

One of few players left I actually like. With Vardy gone, no Ricky P would just make me hate this current crop of wasters even more

I think she’d rather work with Beth Mead and Lauren Hemp than BDCR and Jordan Ayew

Those moaning about people having this agenda or that are maybe missing the point. Hamza is an average Championship player and a poor player at Premier League standard. Just because the status of the club has changed doesn’t mean the quality of the player has. He’s the same player. He’ll be ok at our new level. I’m sure if we drop further his stock will be even higher. He’d be a monster in League One. But that doesn’t mean that we should be pleased about it

He’s bang average at Championship level. Poor at Premier League level. If we can get money for him then sell as I’d like to think we could find someone better - or at least with better potential. If not then he’ll do a job in an injury crisis. But if he’s the calibre of player that we’ve got as first choice next season then we’re probably going to be in the Championship a little while

As others have said you can’t blame Danny Ward as much as the people who signed him and Brendan for playing him for so long. I can’t remember being as angry about a player selection though when he played for us THIS season. It was scandalous that he was back on the bench let alone in the starting line up.

I think it’s the balance that we’ve got all wrong. I think Winks as a sitting midfielder has a point. I also think Ndidi has proven he can be a destructive midfielder in front of a back four. Admittedly I’ve seen nothing from Skipp or Soumare to suggest that they aren’t anything, but a scandalous waste of money. The big problem is that any combination of two is just two defensive and offers very little going forward. We really need to find a creative midfielder as we’ll struggle, even in the Championship, with the current balance

I think I’d prefer the posters to read “sack the board”. The financial incompetence we’ve witnessed over the past few seasons must run higher than Rudkin. I’m surprised that Susan Whelan doesn’t get called out as much as Rudkin. Either way change is required

It really is a strange one for Spurs. The ecstasy of winning their first trophy in ages to the reality of finishing on 38 points. That really should be a number that troubles the relegation slots (they’re very lucky to have 3 such appallingly bad teams below them), which is unforgivable for a club their size

I’d rather appoint Ricky Martin!

He’s not that good!

“Golly”? Have we taken to expressing our disgust in the prose of Victorian aristocracy?

I think sometimes people miss the point on Ayew. There are far worse players who have played for Leicester than him. That is not in dispute. At his absolute peak he was an average player in a poor/average Premier League side. As soon as Crystal Palace had aspirations of mediocrity they quickly got rid of a now ageing player well past his prime. He was never going to make a difference in a squad desperate for a sprinkle of quality to stay in the Premier League. That much was obvious before he signed. At least a gamble on a younger player would have given us hope even if it ultimately didn’t pay off. Ayew delivered exactly what was expected - performances that would never be good enough to lift a poor team. He was and is a shockingly bad signing, a waste of a squad place and a waste of money. Not the worst player in the team by any stretch, but a signing symptomatic of the muddled mismanagement that we’ve now come to expect from the club

Hmmm …

Not my point

It occurred to me looking at the Premier League table that it’s a similar points distribution amongst the top six to that of 2015/16. I remember that much was made of that at the time and the relative poor quality was given as a reason that we won the title. I wonder if a similar analysis will be made to explain Liverpool’s success this time around

I remember when he was at Forest getting into an argument with some Forest fans on a discussion forum. They absolutely insisted that Jack Hobbs was better than Wes Morgan and would go on to have a better career

How would you describe Lamine Yamal?

Astrit Ajdarević

Well, at least we now have the “M69 Derby” to look forward to next season 🫤

I think that’s true. Cooper was such a poor appointment because he was so far unaligned to Maresca’s methodology and the squad had to start again. There was no continuity. It would be good to have a model and then recruit into that model at all levels of the club. If it’s done really well then the manager role would almost become a coach role, which mitigates against the inevitable succession of managers at a club our size. I’d hoped that we might keep the style and philosophy that won us the Premier League. Most teams try to replicate the Pep G style, but come unstuck with inferior quality players. It would be good to be a bit different in the way Forest have this season. Whatever the style is though - and everyone will have their preference - just pick one and stick to it. Going from Maresca to Dyche in three seasons is a bit like going from a Ferrari Purosangue to a souped up Ford Capri

Yes. Surprised not to see the obvious headline of: “FOX NO LONGER A FOX”

Your statements about becoming a stable PL club and looking in the short term are somewhat contradictory. Especially if it’s used to advocate the signing of someone like Sean Dyche. LCFC will always have short term managers. The size of our club dictates that the best managers will be poached and the worst will be sacked. The best thing you can do is have continuity off the pitch. The investment in the Training ground, youth development, scouting network etc. all should have helped more than they have, but it’s still the right thing to do. The failure at boardroom level is something that should be addressed with a long term plan. Hiring Dyche to sack him in the PL is a flawed plan, not because of the individual, but because of his style. The reason Cooper was such a poor appointment is that the players had all got very used to a system and way of playing only for it to be completely torn up again. We need to decide what sort of playing style we want and then recruit consistency with managers who’ll keep our identity. Things off the pitch is the only stuff you can really control and is the measure of a successfully run club. Managers will come and go and Sean Dyche is very much a yesterday’s man