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Lots of interest in here but this stood out for me: "The FY23 budget, he said, assumed a level of player trading that was realistic and achievable. However, the summer 2022 transfer window ultimately generated £5.1 million less profit from player sales than projected. Following the close of that window, it became apparent that LCFC would need to revise its financial plan in order to comply with the PSR." We sold Wesley Fofana for £70m right at the end of the 2022 summer transfer window. Did we really expect to make £75m in sales? How would we have done that? If that was the aspiration, why did we only (apparently reluctantly) sell Fofana at the end of the window? Seems like the kind of wishful thinking that the decisionmakers at this club have engaged in time and time again over the last few years.

'Family club' latest.

There's 'failing upwards' then there's 'promoted to CEO after 3 years as Finance Director where we lost so much money we were docked points'.

Loved the interview with GTF. Seems like a top bloke. Feel super nostalgic for that 2013-14 team now, what a bond we had between management, players and fans.

Genuine answer: the Football Governance Act passed last year places much more stringent tests on prospective owners. However it is limited in its provisions on existing owners, which is why it didn’t really do anything to address Sheffield Wednesday’s issues. It’s not perfect, but it makes it more likely that the situation you describe won’t occur.

Yeah I was being a bit facetious. Just frustrating that we desperately needed a striker in both the summer and in January, and on both occasions signed players who for different reasons aren't trusted to play.

Real galaxy brain stuff to release Carranza because he’s so bad he can’t get in the team ahead of Jordan Ayew, only to sign Richards, who is apparently so bad he can’t get in the team ahead of Jordan Ayew.

This sounds brilliant, looking forward to reading it.

This is a good summary. I think the task (essentially, stop conceding so many goals) suits GR. He's not being asked to build a team, just fix some obvious problems.

We're now at 24 days without a manager, which is almost half as long as Liz Truss was Prime Minister. Will we go the full lettuce?

Hilda, please. I beg of you. Have we not suffered enough at the Hand of Faes?

Will require a cast iron guarantee that Dennis Wise won't punch him in his sleep.

He knows the club. The stadium, ownership, players, training ground, backroom staff and most of the supporters may be different. But he knows the club.

Aiawatt: “Jon, we’ve lost 4 games in a row since sacking Marti. Maybe we should try to hire a replacement now?” Jon: “We might win next week though.” Aiawatt: “Good point. Let’s hold off for now and circle back to this in a couple of weeks.”

He was appointed at Leuven when Vichai was alive though. Top's thinking on NP may be different. But I'm just speculating.

Waiting For The Out on BBC is the best thing I’ve watched in a long time.

Suspect a return for Pearson wouldn’t go down well in Thailand. Given the emphasis in ‘saving face’ in Thai culture this may be a significant consideration for Aiawatt and his mother.

Relatedly - Baldwin's standing is far higher than it should be.

Charlton away, 2005. Don't think the concept of 'limbs' existed back then, but limbs there certainly were when Dublin popped up with that last minute winner.

January 2022 was when Rodgers made his 'refresh' comments. I'd argue we'd already had the refresh in Summer 2021 when he spent £60m on Daka, Soumare, Vestergaard and Bertrand, and didn't have to sell a key player as we had in previous summers. The reason he was still demanding more money for transfers at that point was because none of his signings in the previous window had improved the team.

In my time, off the top of my head: D Ward Canero Carey Faes McGivern Low Lewis Soumare Hammill Hammond Akinbiyi

Piper's comments on RL last night suggest it's not. Pearson strikes me as quite a private bloke so wouldn't surprise me if neither know very much about his health. Either way, can't blame him if he doesn't fancy walking into this mess.

Would love to hear a KPFC defence of the decision-making processes at LCFC. - Waiting until early July to sack RVN despite having about four months before that to prepare for the Championship - Waiting another two weeks to appoint Cifuentes, just three weeks before the start of the season - Leaving it four months (and counting) without a chief executive after Susan Whelan's departure - Promising in early November that Rudkin would move to a new role and a technical director be appointed, then nothing happening - Sacking Cifuentes and failing to appoint a new manager for 16 days (and counting) Appalling mismanagement of our football club.

Appreciate footballers are young guys and like most young guys social media is a big part of their life. But surely it cannot be doing any player much good to immediately mainline a load of online, often hostile reviews of their performance after a match. Go out for a meal, watch a film, bang your girlfriend…do anything to take your mind off football for a few hours.

Fortune favours the brave Kingy. Please don’t persist with players who have consistently failed us this season. Assuming the new players are fit (a big if) I’d like to see something like: Jakub Ricardo Nelson Lascelles Aluko Skipp Aribo Page Mavididi Mukasa Fatawu