Brainy

Probably means when he signs for Sheffield Wednesday and he swaps shirts with Jordan Ayew on the opening day

Did anybody read any more than two of these

Is this guy an ITK?

If we're going to place a bid then I hope we've asked Forest for permission first

Let's be honest we have the first two, and picking and choosing which strikers of ours class as a striker isn't the greatest argument!

Just what I've been told

Second one

Incase anybody is wondering how to pronounce his name, it's Martí Cifuentes

On the plus side for Palace with a bit of luck it gives then a European trophy they could possibly win

I'm feeling a 5 or 9pm announcement

He was informed of our impending 12 point deduction on Tuesday I'm told

I was hoping he'd go to the MLS so that I can become a lifelong fan of that club and do really cool fanboy stuff, like whine on their Facebook page if he ever starts on the bench

Re. Faes, if he's good enough for Belgium he's good enough for someone at a higher level than us out there, regardless if none of us would put him in our children's u7s side. Kristiansen should attract someone and so should Daka. Soumare will probably just be one of those no one wants on a permanent.

Losing Maresca derailed us and Marti in the same situation would too, especially with how the club is currently run. If he absolutely kills it here this season to the point where a bigger side has no choice to poach him then it'd be daft to complain, but I'd rather he only does a good enough job that doesn't warrant him leaving next summer

Fofana did well for us I sorta get your point but doubt the general reaction will be "good luck you earned this opportunity" it he suddenly decides to down tools.

I think it's a tad unappealing that he looked to have his head turned by WBA (not exactly a giant step up either) to the extent QPR decided to can him. Look at Fofana, us rejoicing when he sulked his way out of St Etienne and now hated because he did the same to us? Hope this has a happier ending

Phil Brown has not long left Kidderminster Harriers, not sure if he's joined anybody else yet

In theory this should be an ultimatum from the Verstappens saying that either Horner goes or I go, and unsurprisingly they chose Horner

And you bet that why? In order of the ones strongly linked I'd go for Rohl, Cif, GON, Dyche, Wilder. Rohl and Cifuentes id say are intriguing because less is known about them. O'Neil and Dyche meh. Wilder no. However I'm just more open minded to believe that just because someone had a below average experience somewhere else doesn't mean they're guaranteed to stink the place out here.

Well 1) I wouldn't call not building on their first season form "a failing" and 2) I'm not against hiring them. Just not gushing over them like most are

I might have this wrong (particularly with Rohl) but Rohl and Cifuentes didn't seem to really build on their first season form. Rohl perhaps has more excuses. QPR last season (from memory) started poorly, were in hot form maybe two thirds of the way through the season and then fell apart again? You're right though if this was Martin Clements and not some cool foreign name it'd be all "meh" at best. That and we're petrified of a manager that has ever failed.

In the same way we turn a blind eye to positive points to the "less desirable" managers.....

It's an absolutely fair point

We're not so quick to put a positive spin on negative things around certain other manager prospects

Wonder what sort of influence he will be on the team