LiliansLeftPeg

Completely Dreamland stuff, I know. This batch of hopium is potent. I can't see myself giving a Fuch if (or rather when) they do go any other way tbh.

Assuming he gets the job done with Newport, I want self confessed fan of the club Christian Fuchs. Complete heart over head pick to begin with but there's also some logic behind it. Newport's mindset turnaround from winless to resilient is needed here. He's had to focus on youth - roughly half of players with most appearances are under him are 24. He has switched to a back 3 on occasion and won ugly a few times too. I don't much care for the realties of whether this would actually happen this summer. I just need the hopium hits and the fantasy that Aiyawatt & Rudkin have big enough balls to bring back people who were successful for us as players and who might do so again as staff.

Highest paid squad in the league. 3rd most expensive squad in the league. ~£150mil spent on players since the FA Cup win. One of 5 teams ever to be relegated back to back from the EPL. Relegated with 2 games to spare. The depths we've sunk in the time we have is incredible and to think we've not bottomed out yet feels nothing but bleak.

Done. Took 5 minutes. Seeing complaints from some here about survey length in the context of the club's abject failure to engage meaningfully with the fan base is just bizarre. I hope those who made this survey happen see this as nothing other than a job well done and I'm sure the survey response figures will reflect that.

"A mere 10 years on from our finest moment as a club, we go back to where it all began. League 1 football has been secured for the 26/27 season. We go again 👊"

In an attempt to cut through some conjecture here... She's on record defending a 116% wages to turnover ratio; specifically saying that the "associated budgets for 2022/23 were entirely reasonable". At best, she was part of a team who agreed to gamble in order to be "best of the rest" and we're still feeling the affects of decisions she was involved in making. IMO she was overdue leaving; the only saving grace is that she actually left unlike the other barnacles who've then grown in influence.

This Dyche thing reminds me of being in my 20s, in town with the boys on the pull. You start the night all confident in your new shirt and this saucy ginger northerner with a reputation of keeping you up makes eye contact and it feels like it could happen but you pursue the little Spanish one because on paper she's more attractive. In reality she keeps talking about the same thing which at the start felt insightful but now it's predictable and boring. So you make some excuses, part ways (she was never the one anyway) and spot that ginger northerner across the bar again. You're thinking "let's do what I should have done earlier" and make your way over. She's looking just as she did all this time. Problem is, by this point in the night, you're desperate, a few jars in, your hands are sticky from the sambuca you've spilled and you've got piss sprayed on your jeans.... At this point you're just hoping shes feeling charitable enough and that she sees you as a rebound for her very, very recent ex.

I believe absolutely that Vichai would not have let this rot happen on his watch. I think he would have made different choices, held more control at KP and protected the squad culture and relationship with the fans. Nobody does what he did in life by accepting failure, regardless of what's gone before. So to answer your question, no. Our pre-October 2018 ownership model wouldn't have accepted this at all and I doubt we'd even be in this position. I also doubt our current ownership model "accepts" it either - they just don't have the capability, acumen or strategic thinking required to do anything about it.

I don't say this as a reason not to sack the melon but genuinely who comes in to replace Marti at this point. They're on a hiding to nothing. With Aiyawatt mixing it up and stepping in as CEO, maybe Rudkin fancies another go in the dugout and I'll bet he wears that tracksuit too.

I know you're joking, but some people actually think like this. 5 years ago, we won the FA Cup. 10 years ago; the league and our highest point. Now we're a points deduction away from being in a relegation fight to equal our lowest ebb. Vichai's dream is becoming a nightmare on Aiyawatt's watch.

Recent performances like this, this side of a points deduction... We're in a relegation battle now.

This is where the focus needs to be. While this clown is still here, bringing in a new manager is akin to trying to keep the Titanic afloat by rearranging the deckchairs.

Her name was increasingly mentioned alongside Rudkin's towards the end of her time here, so I don't think we miss her specifically. If Aiyawatt had even an ounce of Vichai's business nouse instead of bobbing around with a big stick on a horse, he'd have had a succession plan in place and wouldn't have had to take on the role himself. What we miss is a competent, experienced CEO.

A bit surprised there's as much traction behind the idea of sacking him again. 7 points from 9 going into the game and most observations on the squad and XI before kick off was positive. Having said that, wasn't at the game so assuming individual player brilliance didn't mitigate tactical misgivings this time. I still can't muster the passion to see the back of Marti this side of a new leadership team (or ownership, ideally) though. Aiyawatt replaced Whelan and Rudkin with himself and the supply chain manager - both downgrades and speaks to his wider judgement. There's worse than Marti out there and Aiyawatt definitely has it in him to appoint them. I'll be ****ed if Winks, Bouba and Daka get another "fresh start" too.

Got my eVoting link through this morning. Any word on which candidates you're endorsing?