marketharboroughfox

On the positive side…them Mexicans were bloody brilliant weren’t they?

You get the club you deserve.

3 hours ago, indierich06 said:

Think this has shown up in another thread, but there is NO WAY we should be loaning-out-with-a-view-to-maybe-buying any of our dead wood this summer, sell them and get them gone. We don't need this loser hanging around the club like a bad smell, he's already made those comments about 'not signing for Leicester to play in League One' - well he can go as soon as he likes far as I'm concerned.

Ah apologies, I’d had a browse through other threads and found nothing.

In any case I agree, he needs moving permanently or at least on loan with obligation to buy.

Who needs the Russell Mart?

Now here’s the tricky part

Oh won’t you rhyme with me?

Who needs the Russell Mart?

His football is shitty-Mart

It makes me sicky-Mart

Let’s hurl a bricky-Mart

The Russell Mart is good-

D’oh!

Who needs the Russell Mart?

City!

Just sack the Russell Mart

Goodbye to Russell Mart

Who needs the Russell Mart?

City!

9 minutes ago, SafewayFox said:

Reeves too.

 

I honestly think my late Nan would have been a better fitness coach for us.

I reckon even now she gives Patson a run for his money.

19 hours ago, kingfox said:

But on the other hand, Cardiff also got promoted by dominating every possession statistic.

 

But we all know what’s coming with Russell, a way more extreme version of what Cardiff produced last season. 
 

I think heavy possession systems still have their place in football, but I mentioned it on here numerous times last season, you were starting to see a real shift in 24/25 where more teams looked to go fast and direct. 
 

Cardiff showed it can still work, but with the changes we’re likely to see in our squad, it’s going to take probably a 10/10 transfer window to potentially make it work. 
 

It’s just a shame this board are obsessed with being a poundland Man City, when Iraola’s Bournemouth have been the best team to watch in the Premier League in recent years imo.

It works when you have some of the best players in the division. We may or may not have that next season.

It’s boring, pretentious and is rightly being phased out higher up.

A quote of his at Southampton stuck with me: 

‘I would carry on playing this way even if we lost every game’

That should be a red flag to anyone thinking about hiring him. Refusing to adapt, or even think about changing approach to suit the players you’ve got is just bad management.

Pissing around at the back is dying a death higher up the chain in any case.

At least he won't swear at the fans on his way to the team coach...because he'll be sneaking out the back door like he did at Rangers.

We’ve got super Jonny Rudkin

He knows exactly what we need

Nepo at the back

Rowett in attack

City’s going to the National League 

56 minutes ago, RichardGearman said:

A player we should've gone all out to sign as vardy's long term replacement but nooooo we had to go buy oliver skipp ☺️

Seriously? 

7 minutes ago, fox_favourite said:

I do reckon they'll want to go for Chris Davies, as I think the board will think he's got Brum out of the league and will be sacked by Brum

 

I'm not so sure he's the right man. 

Birmingham also were able to spend over £15 million on a single player in L1.

Just now, Leicesterpool said:

Bookies ain't got a clue either most of them names were the same names three months ago and possibly the same names last summer.

 

Most likely ones out of that list I think

 

Dean Smith

Wil Still

Lee Carsley

Robbie Savage

 

If it's Russell Martin that would be enough for me to boycott games. And I've been very, very patient this season.

Just now, Claudio Fannieri said:

My fear with Robins is he looks like he struggling without Viveash. 

Stoke were flying early on but have been ruined by injuries and fitness issues. He'd be a good fit here.

Genuinely, Mark Robins. Will be sacked by Stoke imminently and is best managing clubs in crisis rather than ones where it's plain sailing.

Bromley. 

1 minute ago, Chelmofox said:

Everytime I’ve seen Okonkwo I thought he was decent. No idea why they are now playing Ward. 

Dunno, I saw what Okonkwo did against Swansea and can't unsee it.

Also, there is only room for one 'Market Harborough Fox' on here mate

With the away fans, usually a lot of fun.

I will say, how shite must Okonkwo be if Ward is being selected ahead of him. That free kick brought back some memories let me tell you.

2 minutes ago, jayfox26 said:

Norwich have definitely looked decent since Clement joined them. Cov have had a good season and been consistent so cant take anything away from them. Southampton have definitely improved but were absolutely awful until after xmas. Boro showed some consistency early on in the season but have massively dipped over that past couple of months. Ipswich have been up and down but have found a bit of consistency recently. Millwall have done well to be fair but im not sure how. I rate very few of their players and their manager has always been average at best but they just seem to grind out results. 

 

Regardless of quality, the main things these teams have shown that we haven't is hard work, passion and fight. Them 3 things can go along way, especially in the championship 

Alex Neil has just done a brilliant job in getting that Millwall team well drilled, I think the nerves got to them last night and the Coburn injury unsettled them too. But they're a well managed outfit.

2 hours ago, jayfox26 said:

No its my opinion. I have watched most games this season and no teams have particularly impressed me. Who have you been impressed by?

Cov

Boro

Norwich

Southampton

Ipswich (in patches)

Millwall 

1 hour ago, Corky said:

We probably should have beaten all of the top 8 at home this season. Beat two, lost a 3-0 lead, conceded two last minute equalisers, dominated a 0-0 and conceded equalisers having been in control of the other two matches.

Yeah well we didn't, and it still doesn't prove anything about the quality of the league. Wrexham and Birmingham have spent like pseudo-parachute clubs which practically never happens for promoted teams, and only Sheffield Wednesday who were kneecapped by Chansiri have been seriously poor. Ipswich spent big, McKenna hasn't managed to get them consistent. Southampton spent big, but appointed an idiot to tank their first third of the season. Sheff Utd largely retained the same side that got 92 points last season but again, appointed an idiot at the start.

It is no better or worse on average than a typical season. People will point to Cov winning the league as more 'proof', but they were on for 100+ points before illness caught them in December. 

7 hours ago, jayfox26 said:

No. Poor sides like Millwall and Hull/Wrexham will most likely make play offs which shows how bad the league is. Derby are the worst team I've seen this season and are just outside the play offs. It's not sour grapes as we deserve to be where we are but this league is trash this season. 

This just reads as a sour grapes argument to me.

3 minutes ago, jayfox26 said:

We are where we are for a reason, because we have been utterly shite all season. To think Millwall are turgid but are currently in the automatic promotion places shows how horrific this league is. The worst championship I've ever known and we've been relegated from it with the highest wage bill. Grim 

As and when Ipswich overtake them and Southampton win the playoffs will the league suddenly become ‘good’?

If the defence had shown that sort of bottle all season long we wouldn't be in this mess.