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You’ll win the league/get promoted this season. But that would be the equivalent achievement of Celtic finishing 1st or 2nd. It’s more difficult to fail than pass. If you want someone to stabilise you as a midtable Championship team playing stale football. He’ll be fine. However, if you want to progress year on year, he’ll need binning. Keep him for the duration of his contract, get yourself stable on and off the pitch and then bring someone new and progressive in without needing to pay him off.* *This assumes you did the sensible thing and gave him a maximum 3 year deal.

What a remarkably bad appointment. I mean it says a lot that his stock is so low he is having to go for it. He’s been a few agent for ages, if he was truly up for it and keen, why wasn’t he through the door months ago? To be fair, any professional manager should be capable of getting you promoted next season*, but he’ll need binning almost immediately as he’s not the answer to progress through the Championship. There must be a capable up and coming young manager in League One, Two or the continent who is worth investing in to grow together with. *subject to sensible transfers.

Why would Stockport agree to release him on a free when they were almost certainly going to get some compensation for him?

What is this based on? Administration of one of its member clubs is a disaster for the EFL and hold up a torch to its inability to regulate properly.

You think that All Star XI is bad? You haven’t realised it is Steven Davis the snooker player yet.

Is it that no ****er wants them, or is it the selling club have unrealistic expectations on the terms of the sale? How many players have left Leicester at the end of their deal for nothing over recent years? How many of those players could have left for a value before then?

Ah, fair enough, apologies, misread your post.

It’s interesting because, imo, the “model” isn’t necessarily the problem but the players targeted was. Nobody would have given Winks £90k a week. He was always a bang average player. Daka and Soumare signings made sense at the time but when it was clear they weren’t up to it, they should have been flogged to the Bundesliga or Ligue 1 for £20m. After wasting money on Winks, what would you not do… Buy his exact replica from the same club for double the transfer fee. You’ll never get every transfer right in this game but you need to know when to cut your losses rather than your nose to spite your face.

It’s not. £380 for a season ticket at Newcastle* *Although that is the last two rows at the top of the stadium Our family area tickets are also £507 for an adult.

You could try something like this?

Genuinely do not know where you go from here. I thought our support was tepid at times and impossible to galvanise into a force capable of making it hostile enough for Ashley, but those Facebook posts are depressing. People are just dangerous not comprehending that the best way to “support the club” would be to force change rather than sitting back and watching relegation after relegation, points deduction after points deduction.

Whilst I don’t disagree, some people in this thread suggesting people like Martin, Rosenior or Gerrard will have a rude awakening about the different market you’ll be operating in. Personally think you need an upcoming young coach with a good philosophy and evidence of working with a young squad and building morale and harmony. There is very little of that in this country, maybe someone like Challinor (but not convinced you’d pay for him or he’d come) so I’d suggest plucking someone out the second division in Germany or a seasoned number 2 with a good reputation. I don’t know enough of that level to have an informed opinion but good evidence of it working out in Eckert and others. Last thing you need in this mess is a recycled manager from the lower leagues.

Rowett definitely threw Winks on as you’re winning and he can’t be ****ed with staying on next season.

Told you.

You accept it but sob throughout?