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In fairness, his Boro side were overachieving and then he was replaced with, in my opinion, the current best coach outside the premier league. So yes, they did technically play better without him, but he did absolutely fine there. He won’t drop to league 1 though.

Ravizzoli Aluko Souttar Kanga JJ/Burns Smallbone Page McFarlane Cullen Alves Riis

Yes easily - but they’re unfit and tactically unprepared - again. On paper (and yes, I appreciate football is way more than that), this is the strongest squad in the league. However, for Martins tactics to be successful it needs really comfortable key players at GK, CB and DM. We do not have these at all. If we played pretty basic attacking football with an urgency on ball recovery, and fitness to back it up, we’d be the strongest team in the division and any message other than that massively lets the manager off the hook.

Challinor is the obvious standout candidate underneath that - Robbie Keane would be a top choice but likely unobtainable then for me it’s Damien Duff, followed by Fuchs

This - will be end of the season when we’ve been taken over. and that’s being optimistic

We are a shambles - he has to go. But we are so awfully ran that he won’t. They won’t dare pay him off

It’s genuinely impressive how much as a club we’ve ****ed up since Enzo left. An unreal level of incompetence

Fully agree on this Make no mistake this is a huge match, we could easily play through these, show better finishing and knock 5 past them. similarly, a loss to an animated Robbie Savage playing direct front foot football could be the final straw to the season turning toxic.

Is it okay to think he’s absolutely bang on with what he says, that the fan is being ridiculous and that Martin is still the wrong guy? cause that’s where I am

Nomads away at Macclesfield or Scarborough Harborough at home to Spennymoor

Complete own goal by the Green Party - makes them appear way more radical and is pretty much a “Jews aren’t welcome” message. Or at least, it gives that impression. Burnham must be bloody temped by an early election.

Not sure if anybody on here listens to the football boardroom podcast, but Christian Purslow made a great suggestion in that Man City would be wise to accept relegation and a huge fine, which the PL itself divvies out to all affected clubs (Which is all PL clubs during that time, with more going to those that missed out on European football, titles etc). This would wrap the whole thing up quickly, and stop an absolute raft of legal fees going Man City's way.

Can we please play Kanga now

Nailed it didn’t i Ravizzoli Aluko Faes O’Hora Kanga Thomas Neale Doyle Carr Hutchinson Bristric

If it has to be 4 starting from last match. McCarthy Aluko O’Hora Kanga Thomas Neale Doyle Carr Howell Hutchinson Bristric

Spends all summer talking about changing the culture, building something, the squad being young and needing time. then brings Faes and Woyo straight back in after a good win last time out. deserves everything he gets, horrific decision maker.

Wout starting is just unreal - absolutely ridiculous

5-2 win. Riis x 2 Cullen Braybrooke Souttar

Faes is like Cags, but only on Cags’ bad days. prime Soyuncu was an absolute cult hero

I can see us going up this year (Optimistic I know), but then the increase to wage bills etc being the thing that pushes us into administration. Complete fire sale in the summer & a 12 point deduction that see's us go down Sheff Wed style> Fully rebuild this club with hopefully good owners in 28/29

Yeah to echo a few other comments on here - gutted Jake’s off, really undervalued how he holds the show together from the chair. Big shoes for Jord to fill, but every confidence. distinct lack of eye candy now though - handsome ****er isn’t he

McFarlane for Thomas. keep the rest the same

He forgot that defensive positioning was a thing when we played against Oxford. And then 7 subs means you’re tied up with how many make match day squad. Kanga and Aluko made sense for those defensive sub spaces

My favourite by a country mile - took absolute ownership from minute he got the ball, knew exactly what he wanted to do, how he wanted to execute the shot and just nailed it - brilliant finish. He’s a bloody unit too isn’t he, good early signs

We’ve just had absolute nuggets in charge of team selection and recruitment. the only one in those positions with any sense in the last 5 years is Enzo, who decided very quickly that Kristiansen and Thomas were shit and he needed complete alternatives. everyone else has gone off past reputation from his very early days under Rodgers and felt there is a player in there. He’s a complete liability - I’m not utterly convinced by McFarlane either tbh, but Aluko is surely worth a go