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Top has very little football knowledge, has very few personal contacts in the industry that's why Rudkin runs the football side, runs the stables and a few other bits too. He won't move him to one side because he has no idea who to replace him with, he trusts him completely. I'd be amazed if he's even considered the idea. It's a Mr Burns and Smithers relationship.

Maybe watch the game from there too to enhance the experience?

It won't come to anything. He won't sack the guy who runs his life for him and similarly who's going to come in - with top level football experience and run things for him? The last time I joined in with a sack the board chant a lovely guy with badges all over his hat asked me who would run the club with no board Stockholm Syndrome.

And there's plenty on socials who say he's the best they've had since their relegation. I don't see the sense in binning off a player of his age when we're almost certainly heading for the Championship and more than likely losing Vardy. He's clearly capable of bagging a few and his value can only increase. Hard to see us replacing that pocket money signings.

The extension is a different matter, it automatically attracts ST sales and new business but they can't avoid the gaps round the ground now. Top corner of the family club was empty and big chunks of seats now in the main stand. Maybe it's the results on the pitch, the prices or general apathy. But the silence after their first goal was about 20k people expression resignation at the situation.

See them all in the "FANZONE" with the £8 pints and clapping along to the entertainment and you realise how conditioned so many of them are....we may need a double relegation to start cleansing the wound. What I would say as well is that there's no real point chanting against Rudkin when Top is 5000 miles away.

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Congratulations to him for still being a thing in 2025 though. The definition of a journeyman midfielder.

The positive of that is that they aren't stinking out the starting XI. If they do their jobs the bench is irrelevant. My money is on BDR coming on at 84mins

The demand isn't there? Half the people in the ground for QPR were casuals/part time supporters/ticket borrowers and general sales. Family Enclosure is currently oversold as many that were kids ten years ago are now being asked to relocate as they get older. There's no capacity for new fans and we missed the boat in expanding after the title win. Bear in mind how many people said in 1997 we couldn't sell out a League Cup semi final (17k out of 22k) so why move to a bigger ground? It's the old addage - build it and they will come.

And everyone's well aware that Little without Gregory, O'Neill without Robbo and Pearson without Shakey never quite worked the same.

Gonna have to dig out my "We should get Nuno" shout out from one the multiple "Rodgers Out/who can we get/next manager?" threads from March 23. A few people openly laughing at the time. Even if they miss top 4, even top 6, he builds well-organised sides. They're a mile above our spineless wonders right now, hard as it is to admit that.

Wycombe home. What could possibly go wrong?

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I'd start him at RB instead of that useless git Justin

Ah, I remember this time last year....were Villa "doing a Leicester". Couple of defeats later and it was back to reminiscing about Peter Withe and Co. Same with Forest. Moment in the sun with people far too young to know about Brian Clough remembering him like your favourite uncle.

Bournemouth, Brentford and especially Brighton seem to be having enough fun. Imagine having competence at the top end of the club.

Like some sort of a banner around the roofline? Good call. Bring it back.

I have no idea how he goes to hit that shot at 0-0 with his instep and manages to strike it with the outside of his foot. Ultimate confidence player. Was the same after that miss at Leeds away last season. Vanished for 5 or 6 games afterwards.

One line match report - put it in the ****ing stand

That's re-writing history a bit. We needed cover, he was available and had notched a few goals under a new manager there. He hasn't worked out for whatever reason but he could have done an Ayew scored a couple of important late ones. It's a gamble but we haven't really lost anything.

No problem with him moving but being on strike at a club that paid your wages for a year when your foot was pointing in the wrong direction was arsehole behaviour.

Our wide players tore him a new one last season. Not sure he's better than what we have.

In terms of their squads though, they're all on a similar level. One or two injuries and Fulham's back ups aren't that great.

Nobody would pay what we want in the summer either. Our financial situation means anything we get is take it or leave it. As we found out over the last two summer windows, we're not in a strong position to negotiate.