UniFox21

Decision making was appalling. Should have offloaded in the summer. Consistently looks lost or at sea

I was impressed by Aluko and Nelson CB pairing. They combined well, and having Aluko able to just drive with the ball and underlap was really useful.

The void of information is just letting the media outlets fill it with absolute crap. No one knows anything, this is a novel situation, the leagues probably don't know how this is going to turn out.

He said what was needed and did speak well. But Marti also spoke really well in the media but very rarely followed up with actions.

Both were part of a problem, not necessarily the cause of it. I understood the need and want for change at the time

When have you not seen a manager describe an upcoming game as tough?

Sadler retuning is interesting, I imagine he should be kept around, we need a more core coaching staff contracted by the club and not manager linked

If the new coach for whatever reason doesn't want him there, we should absolutely be making him an academy coach.

Always suspicious when a qatari club comes in for a very nobody player

For a moment I thought you meant Steve backshall the explorer

This is prime international break/summer topics

They also had £70m rated Cunha, Strand-larson quoted at £35/40m and Ait-nouri.

He was a bit of a flop at Villa, really didn't do well at then end. But something he's probably learnt from. Emery is an elite manager however, majority will fall hugely short compared to him. One of the comparisons I'd bring is Lampard. Having been alright at Derby and a strong Chelsea, then pretty underwhelming at Everton and Chelsea again, he's doing very well at Coventry.

Fwiw, I think he'd do well here. Yes he won't be the one who'd carry you to mid table prem. But he'd definitely drive quality standards and have us for promotion

He'd have to have been registered for both so I'd imagine he'd be unable

Will he play anymore here? Probably unlikely.

Paul the psychic octopus is my bet

Prior to that, he'd been a decent second choice doing well in the cup games. Obviously then spectacularly fell apart

But he did do that funny dance one time after we scored

No mention of fee or loan, which does unnerve me

I'm thinking that's where he ends up, group head of sport and be over the clubs, polo etc

mercury interview - generic really. They've acknowledged Rudkin has too much to do, and sounds like we have a person in mind for the role.

Talksport reiterating Rowett this morning. But important to note most sources didn't have us sacking Cifuentes until a few hours before, having all said we weren't sacking him