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Difficult if you don't have total control. Marti is so fundamentally wrong it would take Kingy telling him some home truths which I don't think he would be able to do without falling out.

I wouldn't be against giving him a few games to see if he can get a reaction and make his mark, but ask me now full time job then no.

Is this interview not with Owynn? Hope he grows a pair and gives him a proper grilling. Pre-recorded I bet though...

Top never does interviews which suggests he's sacked him?

Was that the 'delusions of grandeur' episode? I remember listening it live on the radio at the time and falling in love with the man even more as he was completely right. A lot of fans getting above their station at the time and needed a check.

Appalling after leaving Sunderland! Think he lasted about 5 months at WBA! He was diagnosed with bowel cancer before taking the job at WBA and that will have taken a toll on him. Still would take him though.

If he's saying that you can see why we're in this mess. He should be screaming at them at HT about letting the fans down and understand these cretins are ultimately going to get him sacked. "YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO PLAY FOR THIS CLUB AND BADGE!!!!!!?- WELL IF YOU DON'T ILL HOOK YOU NOW AND YOU WONT PLAY AGAIN!!!"

11:14 I'm going for after aiming for 11.

Tony Mowbray for me. Did an absolutely amazing job at Sunderland getting rid of spoilt brats and focusing on youth playing exciting football. Exactly what we need and can back it up with actions not words.

...and why do we never do a board vote of confidence statement that usually always signals an imminent sacking? Top is taking the p*ss with his interview banging on about more communication. If anything there has been less since it and the only thing taken from it is confirmation that it's definitely not him writing the programme notes with his awful English! You'd have thought if you were going to concentrate on improving communication with the fans it would be a staged and planned process. Stage 1 - address the fans with an interview. Stage 2 - do A B and C to back the interview up with real evidence the club are trying to be more transparent. Stage 3 - gauge fan happiness with new ways of working and adjust where necessary. We haven't done stage 2 or 3. We've Just done a terrible interview and then back to the way things were - no... Wait... even worse than before! What multi-million pound business would ever operate like this?! Incredible.

Which is even more important that the local media grows some and calls him out. See some of the interviews by the Rangers media before Brussell Martin got the chop! That's how it's done!

Tell you what Fryatt in his prime is exactly what we are missing in this team. Absolute goal machine on his day. Wasn't as quick as Daka or as strong as Ayew but he knew where that goal was.

I created a "Marti Out" topic back in September (I think) when it seemed I was the true minority and it was instantly deleted. I journelled all my thoughts and reasons back then and it's horrible when people delete things as I'd like to remember what I said. If you still have access @Mark could you be kind enough to PM it me or add to the bottom of here?

That was it! Thanks!

Which player was it on a pod said he walked in to see Pearson about something trivial in his office and was just instantly headbutted? I haven't dreamt that have I? Was it Ben Marshall?

Not enough. I'd honestly want one of those mad 50 point deductions you get in the Turkish leagues.

True. Nigel Pearson's character references comes to mind here. Wouldn't sign anyone who he thought wasn't the right personality fit for the squad and would be ruthless in axing anyone who wasn't 100% committed. Do that consistently and look what it got us. Do the opposite now and look what it's got us.

Yeah but the type that would let off a few headbutts in the dressing room. My bar is very low at the moment.

They're such a bad advertisement for our academy. What's worse there's been players we've binned that have flourished after leaving and gone on to greater things but we keep these two clowns. We have this weird mentality that we owe them something. They both should have gone a long time ago and they'd probably be playing at their level of league 1 on £3k a week. Instead we give them massive contracts and let them help in destroying our club. Would I be wrong I saying they're probably costing us a combined £100k a week? It's just one of the countless bad decisions made by the club over the years.

Not a bad shout. He's probably tactically not the best but wouldn't take any s**t.

The thought of a fit Nigel Pearson coming in and getting his hands on some of them makes me feel all warm inside. I know it's a dream because he's working on his health but I'd love to be a fly on the wall if it could happen. The police would have to be called i would imagine!

If you Google him read his current bio overview 😂

Andy King is not the answer. We need some authoritarian bad ass that's going to filter out the poison.

I disagree. A simple style of play change would at least make us competitive.

I'd come out of Dry January if he's booted.