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Didn't realise Marc was looking to get into management. I think I'm ok with this.

All I know is that RVN follows Peter Schmeichel on X and Peter Schmeichel is the father of a Leicester legend. Make of that what you will.

The timing seems a bit weird. If the board were thinking of ejecting Cooper and didn't have anyone lined up, then the beginning of the international break would surely have been the time? Not us though, we wait until one game after the break then get rid. Common sense would suggest that conversations with potential replacements may have been taking place during the break, in which case an announcement should have happened? Not us though. I wonder how long it's going to take? The last couple have taken around 2 weeks which os 3 more games. We need someone in very soon.

Yes. But say it quietly around here because lots of people are expecting exciting, free flowing, progressive football.

I'm Potter Out, but I can see it being him. Strongly linked in the summer, I can imagine that Potter was tempted but the baggage that came with the job like a pending points deduction, no money, likely to be relegated made him walk away, almost with a "if things were different, it'd be different". So we go for Cooper, who is cheap and we have low expectations for the season. Then the points thing goes away and all of a sudden, things look better. If only things had been cleared up before Cooper came in, Potter probably would have signed. But with Cooper at the helm, it seems fair to give him a fair crack. 12 games is enough to figure out we were in trouble. I'm sure there's been a late night text to Potter saying we've sorted the baggage out, things are not going great with Cooper, would he be interested in trying again? Fully expect Potter to be unveiled before Thursday, but Moyes would be my preference.

Different managers bring different strengths to a club. Some are great at building squads, other do well with good squads already in place. We need someone who can get the most out of what we've got and keep us in the division for 2-3 seasons so we can start building a squad that can compete for Europe.

Anyone except Potter. Football is dull as dishwater and a lot of the "success" he experienced at Brighton was down tona fantastic infrastructure at the club. No coincidence that Brighton have got better since he left. He would do nothing here.

Northamptonshire. No, wait. I take that back. Not Northamptonshire.

Greed is generally the root of all evil. Not money. In fact, there's a lot more good in the world because of money. Imagine what would happen if you removed all the money from the world... Pretty sure evil would still exist.

I just don't get it.

On paper, that was about our best team. For me it highlights the lack of depth. There's not much on the bench that can come on and change a game. You always need a plan B. When you set up with a strong Plan A, but it doesn't work, it's done.

We were bereft of creative attacking ideas against a well organised defence and made Sunday League errors at the back. It's a fatal combination. Second half, can't deny that Forest were better than us.

The information relating to him being a suspect for an attempted murder 5 days previous doesn't matter because the judge didn't allow that to be disclosed to the jury. The police were responding to the vehicle being noted as involved. When it didn't stop, they have to think of the reasons why it's not stopping, and in the circumstances it was probably reasonable to suspect there might be a firearm in the vehicle. I don't think anyone has said that Kaba was known to be driving, only that the car was involved in a shooting previously. It means that this vehicle is more likely than the average car to have a firearm inside but it's certainly not a given. As it turns out, there wasn't a firearm and it's probably more to do with Kaba simply trying to get away as he thought he was about to be arrested and likely about to go to prison for a long time. At the time of the shooting, the officer has said it was because he believed the vehicle was being used as a potentially deadly weapon. They certainly don't have to wait for someone to pull out a firearm and aim at them before they can shoot them.

I don't know the inner workings of the CPS but then again, I'm not sure anyone does. What I do know is that years ago, it was the police that made the decision whether to charge a suspect or not. There were a lot of cases back then that fell into the "Hmm, I dunno, let's let the court decide" category. The case would then be passed to the CPS for them to handle at court. This led to many cases clogging up the court system that shouldn't really have been sent to court in the first place, and a load of cases that went to court that weren't evidentially "court-ready", leading to offenders being found not guilty when really they should have been. So, early - mid 2000s, the responsibility of charging decisions were transferred from the police to the CPS. The theory being that the CPS can robustly and independently test the evidence to ensure there is a "realistic prospect of conviction". Now, let's say the aim of this was to increase conviction rates from 50% to 80%... The CPS have a mandate for demanding very thorough evidence to be in place before a case gets to trial, but that does allow for some wriggle room for high profile or highly sensitive cases to keep falling into the "Let's let the court decide" category. The decision whether to charge Martyn Blake or not would ultimately have come down to one person, probably with lots of other people chipping in with opinions. There were undoubtedly questions that needed answering and not charging Blake, effectively dismissing the case before it starts, would scream to many "cover up", which brings a whole host of problems with it, that would likely never, ever be cleared up The CPS were stuck between a rock and a hard place, for sure. Damned if they do, damned if they don't. I think justice has been served here, and importantly, seen to have been served. I just feel sorry for the officer and his family who are the ones who have been put through hell to get to this point.

Interesting. The family never mentioned anything about this.

It wasn't political in the sense of playing the game of politics. It was the government acting how a government should act. The first job of any government is to keep our borders secure from foreign military invasion and the second job is to maintain law and order. Without those two things, literally nothing else matters. So when there is widespread disorder like we saw, the wheels of government start to turn to return order to the streets. In this case, that was swift and harsh justice, but guess what - it worked! When people see that people were getting arrested, charged and then thrown in jail for two or three years the next day, all of a sudden people weren't so brave. A wise man once said "Chat sh*t, get banged". Oh, how true.

No.

Let's be real, whether you are Cooper In or Cooper Out, it makes little difference. Football management is a results game and results are good enough right now.

One defeat in the last 5 games (to Arsenal). Back to back wins now. Cooper is going nowhere.

Genuinely thought the FA would come in for Steve Cooper during the international break and we would have swooped in for Tuchel. Looks like that ship has sailed now.

Statue for Ward please.

Win this please. A good cup run will do us wonders.

It's fairly standard. If everyone who was convicted of indecent images of children offences were sent to prison, you'd need to double the number of prisons. Suspended sentences are typical in these cases. Whether that's right or wrong, is probably another discussion, but it is the way it is.

Happy with that

Just got back yesterday from 2 weeks away, using Birmingham. No issues at all. Baggage claim was a little slow but that wasn't the fault of the works going on.