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There’s no need for the ‘obliging’ defeat is inevitable. It’s just a case of how many we lose by, and will we score?

It’s the fact everyone can see it too..

Ah that will bosh that. I hope Aluko gets a chance….. he genuinely can’t be any worse than Thomas…..

He’s definitely not the man for he job.

Briggs has been heavily involved in training apparently this week…. Wonder if he gets a space in the squad tomorrow?

Spot on! We got caught up in our own bravado and abandoned what got us to that place in the first place….. meticulous planning, and smooth operation throughout the hands on part of the club, from Physio to psychology we had experts across the board. Slowly that’s eroded and like you say, we resorted to blindly splashing out on overpriced players with an inability to sustain it….

You’re not wrong. Seagrave is definitely an issue….. I remember being told Brendan had to get the players off the training pitch to take their dirty plates back after lunch. I mean, as trivial as it seems, that’s self entitlement at its finest……. And I think this can also transition to the managers too, Cooper, Marti, I get the feeling we’re and are just ‘happy to be here’ vibes! I mean, my suggestion would be, seam the men’s and the women’s team around. Have the academies and the ladies at Seagrave and send the men back to Belvoir drive. There’s no room for self entitlement in sport, not at any level because everything can crumble…. We see it time and time again with teams like Man City et al, but they’ve got the finances, and the dirty tricks to refresh, and their finances. We on the other hand can’t miss a beat, otherwise, well the proof is in the pudding……… Seagrave is an elite facility, so players with ego’s that surpass their desire for their football will just get too comfortable…. They’ve everything they need and work for nothing….. as pipes said “no hunger in paradise” that’s it in a nutshell……

I’ve got three like everyone else!

I’d go for Dean Smith. We need to hit the reset button, and go back to basics a little. He knows the league well, is pragmatic, and would pribably be able to handle the shit we’ve got at our disposal now. We’ve got to think differently, we’ve got to move away from this obsession with possession based football at the moment, we need to go for someone who will manage the group. We need a period of stability before we settle (be it a take over, or Top comes to his senses and restructures his boardroom). Can’t be a rinse and repeat of managers just hoping one comes off. Sometimes you’ve got to put your preferred options to one side, and go for what benefits the club.

I don’t know, I half expect Top to interview in his underpants, he that useless. I suspect you’re right though, I think Top says I want this, Rudkin then goes and finds who he wants, and Top says “brilliant choice gromit”.

I’m not creating an account for Porn Hub!!!!! so I’ve got more free time on my hands now!

I’ll start with the manager. In my opinion, since Maresca we’ve largely got it wrong….. Maresca was exactly what we needed at the time he arrived, and he did exactly what he needed to do to get the job done. He showed some inexperience, but that’s expected with his first proper job as a head coach. But what I really admired, was his my way or the highway approach, he quickly binned off those who didn’t fit his plan, but the obvious difference was he was backed. Since then we’ve got it wrong. Cooper was the right kind of manager, but he had the wrong character, he was the opposite to Enzo, he wasn’t cut throat enough, and I imagine wanted to be everyone’s mate rather than manager, and I think he lost respect for this. However, I think his slightly more pragmatic approach would actually be ideal now for us. Ruud was terrible, and Marti seems to be going the same way. We’ve had three managers with personalities that just don’t fit with the club. Cooper I think probably did to some degree, but perhaps he was too far on the left, and too nice of that makes sense. The problem is, Top seems to want to hire coaches to play “total football”…… he’s hellbent of possession, so that’s the type of coach he is constantly lusting over. The first thing to change is the type of manager, and to think of a style I’m talking Dyche style manager. As unattractive proposition as it is, it is unfortunately what we need. Or a Pearson style manager. We need someone who will play a style of football that benefits the team, a manager to come in, analyse the squad and with their coaching staff say “right we need to play like this to maximise the potential in the team”, we’ve simply not seen this recently because the managers we’ve had since Brendan (excluding Enzo)…. Haven’t done this. Dare I say it a Dean Smith may have been an option. If something is on its arse and not working, by constantly hiring the same type of manager, will yield the same result. For arguments sake, if we Sack Marti tomorrow and appoint Russel Martin, nothing will change. Top has got to now consider a manager who will play to the squads capabilities, not their individual ideology. We need a fixer upper, because that is where we are. We need more of a motivator, we probably need a “manager” coach combination, Ala Pearson Shakey, the manager to focus on managing the group, and the coach to coach. When times are hard you have to go back to the basics, and build. Regardless of where we are and what the stats say, this group of players is better than its current showing…. Even with 6 months left on a contract players can be motivated, they just need to right kind of coach to motivate them. In terms of playing staff, we’ve simply got to inject some bite into the team, and this means potentially sacrificing “technical ability”. The championship is competitive not because of quality, because of fight, and the reason we’re losing so many points, is because we’re soft…. We don’t win 50/50, we don’t scrap, we will continue to play “football” with minutes left trailing or drawing a game, we don’t throw the kitchen sink in, in fact, I don’t even think Marti knows where it is. As unpopular as it may sound, we may need a Hamza in midfield, just to add some bite and aggression, we may need to start being more direct, well, we do….. we need to start looking to attack in the transition…. We need to be getting more balls into the box, because then Daka, Ayew and Carranza may be presented with more clear chances. At the moment, it’s just rinse and repeat, we sack like for like and expect a different outcome. Marti is doing what he can, but it probably isn’t his fault, because he’s the wrong fit….. Top wants him to play a certain way, and it’s clear he can’t, the imbalances within the squad just means his philosophy fails before it’s even started. In short, Top needs to hire a firefighter, a leader and someone who will maximise the potential in the squad and play to its strengths. Thats how you potentially break the cycle in my opinion, but it’s likely to get a lot worse before he even considers such a move, by then, it could be too late.

He’s got to go, simply because he’s doing even worse than he should be. A manager will get a time out of this squad, it just needs to be a strong enough character to do what benefits the team, and not what Top wants.

Clearly chat GPT’d his finals.

@Ric Flair and I should interview Top……

Cov will piss it. They’re plus 20 already…… they are by far the best team in the league. The rest of us are utter dog shit.

Exactly this. I’d prefer it if we could ask the questions. Plus the BBC will be PC about it and ask dumb questions.

This.

We are definitely getting relegated. All of the signs are there. We’ve seen these slumped shoulders before, no belief, no desire and no ambition to be at the club. This is a carbon copy of the season we went down under Smith, all we’re relying on is blind hope. We can’t score goals and we concede every game. 1 win in 10…… we’re doomed. Genuinely can’t see where the next win comes from.

We’re losing to Norwich all day long. Got 1-0 written all over it.

1) Division and position in the league - 16th League 1 2) Will Aiyawatt and Rudkin still be here - Yes 3) Who out of the current crop of players (if any) will still be here - no one. 4) Our biggest player sale that will happen - Ben Nelson £40m to Chelsea. 5) Player with most potential - Darren Motsi 6) Anything else - Remember we were in league one onc………oh wait….

Stolarczyk Nelson Vestergaard Faes Ricardo Winks Fatawu James Bobby Reid Monga Evans.

I also noticed watching it on TV, (whilst looking at my empty seat) that it’s just rinse and repeat…… turn up, crap beer, sit in silence for 45 minutes, half time MnS sandwich and thermos flask, sit in silence for 35 minutes, and then leave to beat the traffic and watch call the midwife. No wonder Top’s getting a free pass to piss the club away.

Hire a double decker and **** the lot off.

There’s proof in the past that you can polish turds in this league. We need a manager who will at least inspire this group to play for him, that’s the best we can do at the moment….. We just need someone who will maximise the players we have, and get them inside…. Even if their contracts are winding down, make the players have a sense of pride and play for their futures in the game if not with us.