Nick

Hmm BBC have it as 4231 with Thomas playing as a right sided CB with Okoli on the left of him and Nelson as the left sided FB? Could it be 3 atb in possession and Ricardo given license to press into midfield?

In his press conference the one thing that bothered me was when asked he said he didn’t know why our campaign had faltered and that if he had known he’d have already done something about it… “we started off winning 3 out of the first four but then…” I’d have really liked him to say “I’m going to make a few adjustments tactically and to the formation…” but it looks like the same stale side being told to be upbeat and play harder for the shirt and start running and attempting to compete for the second ball… Please let me be proved wrong or that motivation be what we need to be more cohesive.

Don’t sell unless it’s for silly money and we retain him till the end of the season. We are going to need to score goals to get out of this mess. It’s like a few seasons ago when we sold our midfield creative and scoring capable players and it left us in the mire we now find ourselves stuck in.

Should they be found guilty, the club is likely to be hit with a nine-point deduction for each charge, which could total as many as 27 points.

I think it was Portsmouth!

Yeah, I wasn’t referring to last season. Aston Martin I’m hoping will have a Newey bounce and they haven't tested yet as the car isn’t ready… I’m hoping that means they are not wishing for other teams to see their car rather it not be ready! It’d just be nice to have a competitive season with a bit of driver excellence coming through with the new electric turbo boost decision making!

Just read on another site that we face a potential 9 point deduction per each of the three charges… 27 points - can’t see it happening and probably untrue?

And this is the pond we are fishing in. Makes you wonder what the point of it all is.

It’s obviously way more personal than that. He needs to step up and be ruthless and if he can’t sack him - move him into KP elsewhere. It’s all tied up in trust and his fathers death in my opinion.

Please not another season where a Red Bull is half a second quicker than the next car in the grid… I’m hoping teams are keeping their powder dry and it’s gonna be a real competitive field.

Yeah, I see that perspective but being honest I think another temporary type manager coming in to a bunch of unfit and wantaway player filled group may not achieve what we are hoping it might.

For me, Carsley is the top of that list.

Lee Carsley would be my preferred option but it’ll more likely be somebody not in work, so Gary Rowett or Kingy till the end of the season or Russell bloody Martin with perhaps Robbie Keane on the radar?

It was the kindest thing to do putting him out of his misery and releasing us all from pain in the immediate term.

It's felt for a while that that there's a reluctance to sack him until we know our PSR punishment as we perhaps can't afford the payout or hiring a new candidate. Let's be honest, he was bargain basement anyway. Even if we did have cash to get somebody decent there's nobody at the club I'd trust at the moment to carry out a recruitment process.

Yeah, if you have others in the family that watch it I guess you are hostage to fortune... My wife isn't interested in 'people who lie' - so the show is not really for her!

I don't 'zone out' during the tasks I don't bother watching at all. I just fast forward to the table - I've watched all 4 series and never sat through a task, just like you say the breakfast then round table and traitor meeting. Around 15 minutes per programme.

He's Oxford and Charlton next and only 6 points will do tbh.

Love an FT match thread, makes me feel like anything is possible.

We're gonna win 3-1

Just how much time do people have on their hands?

Man City away.

This.

I’d like us to take a look at Chido Obi from Man Utd (formerly Arsenal). They’d be open to an EFL loan but no idea what wages the young lad would be on.

When does the club’s financial year end? I’m just wondering if the cuts and stalls in payroll might be trying to trim the outgoings due to PSR?