Sunbury Fox

We need the whole club, manager, players and supporters united next season to have any chance of staying up. Appointing Cooper will immediately create a disconnect between the manager and (I think) the majority of fans. These fans will be on his back very quickly, I suspect, which is exactly what we don't need.

Hopefully it puts him off then.

Deeply underwhelmed by the thought of Cooper. There's nothing to get excited about with him at all. He's already proven his limitations in the PL and, whilst I agree that we need to be pragmatic to have a chance of surviving next season, his football in the PL was honking under that lot up the road. What happened to Top's alleged commitment to see us playing progressive football? In the message above about him being favourite I didn't understand the references to his concerns about safety and security. Does he think his safety could be at risk if he took the job because of his history with (gushing love for) F*rest?

Balague off the blocks early propagating his weird Maresca personality cult at Chelsea. He'll no doubt be saying that Enzo was too sophisticated for Leicester and how he needs to be in an "elite" environment, blah, blah.

Really, really hope it is not him. His style of play can barely be described as football from his time in the PL.

VK never seemed happy here so whilst I do think he is a decent player, I'm not sure we will get the best out of an unhappy player. If we can get the right fee, I think it is probably best to cash in.

Everything about Chelsea as a football club sickens me. Nothing more than West Ham in blue until they lucked out taking dirty money from Russia 20 years ago, which then allowed them to buy success. The current regime there is arguably even more classless than Abramovich. They sum up everything that is wrong with the modern game. "Sensitive to disrupting our plans for the new season"? Don't make me laugh! This new found sensitivity hasn't stopped them repeatedly picking off her assets, each time having classlessly conducted the whole business by doing all they could to unsettle their targets through leaking stories and details of the negotiations through their endless media contacts.

Is there any way in which we can avoid getting stung by the EFL if, as likely, we're relegated next season? They've been desperate to hammer us for a decade and it could get really messy in the Championship if they give us a big points deduction and impose a transfer ban. We'll be fighting relegation to League One if we're not careful. To avoid this, am I right that we need to make sure losses are no more than £83m in the 3 year period ending June this year?

Jose in London for the CL final. Must be here to meet Rudders for talks after the game.

Patel and Madsen absolutely love playing us.

Rudkin is going nowhere.

Samit Patel does this every time against us, even though he must be about 45 now. This is a really poor show so far.

He has played in previous T20 campaigns but his record in T20 is much worse than it is in the other formats. The main issue is that he lacks the power hitting that is so crucial in T20. Of course, you can have 1 top order batsman who is steady and keeps the scoreboard ticking through 1s and 2s, but you can't really have 2 - and they have chosen Hanscomb in that role this time.

I was all for Corberan too but I'm stupidly excited about the idea of Sarri coming in!

Superb performance. Need to follow it up tomorrow.

Sadly, he'll get even more airtime now, given the media's obsession with the Greedy 6.

From what I saw of Forest under him in the PL, he played a very deep block, protected by a couple of CDMs, and relied on 2 or 3 fast players to hit teams on the counter on the rare occasions they had the ball. In quite a few games they had possession in the low 20s.

Whoever comes in, I hope they pay a lot more attention to our attacking set pieces. Again, last season we were largely woeful in this regard and yet you can get so many cheap goals from corners and free kicks - Everton basically stayed up this season this way, with over 50% of their goals coming from set pieces. Being good at set pieces, coupled with being solid at the back, means you can win games against far superior opposition, who in general play will inevitably dominate. MON's team were another great example of this approach. To be honest, Arsenal showed last season that even the top teams can gain an advantage over competitors by improving their productivity from set pieces.

It's a massive no to Cooper from me. His football in the PL was an abomination.

Let's hope we rinse the scumbags for every penny we can.

Totally agree with all of this.

This didn't age well!

That won't be enough for their mental owners. I'm pretty certain they're going to hit financial restrictions too as well, bearing in mind they've given 30 players 9 year contracts on huge wages that nobody else will pay, so shifting those will not be easy.

They are way off Man City and Arsenal. The squad is simply not balanced.

Was thinking the same. When Poch was sacked, it never even crossed my mind they'd be interested in Enzo. They seem utterly obsessed with us and Brighton.