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Well the pussies won’t like Dick because pussies will get ****ed by Dick. But Dick will also **** the assholes. So basically every member of the squad will be ****ed one way or another.

It's an indication of just how jaded our fanbase has become that so many just can't bring themselves to believe that Rudkin's grip has loosened and better things may be ahead. People are so demoralized they treat any potential bit of good news as a phishing scam.

Maybe those two 🤡 🤡 aren’t the ones leading the recruitment process?

I'd never heard of him so asked ChatGPT which English team would be the closest in style to a Schreuder team. It suggested Brighton under De Zerbi.

To be fair that would be very on brand.

I guess it comes down to whether we're going to continue in the same mould (which has led to successive failures and our worst ever season) or try something different. I understand why many remain cynical, but maybe the appointments of McCarron and Davies really did signal a change of approach after all...

Presumably it was because he didn't want to just play a weakened team and hand Millwall the points as it would directly impact the automatic promotion picture. He spoke a lot about the integrity of the league prior to the game, so it was likely that. I was amused to see a number of Millwall fans online suggest that our players should be ashamed of themselves for actually putting in a shift on Friday when they hadn't bothered all year...

I think if the season ticket is in your friend's name he has to cancel it himself even if it's through your account. My brother's ticket is in my account and whenever I've had to make changes (ie, moving seats), they've insisted that he consents personally rather than taking my word for it. If you can't get through on the phone I would email the ticket office and explain. They'll probably ask you to get your friend to call them himself.

I enjoyed celebrating in Southend when we won League One in 2009. I will enjoy it again if we win the league next season, which we have a good chance of doing.

His attitude and mentality will likely improve massively when he joins another club.

It's a rule to avoid putting relegated clubs in an impossible position re: SCMP because they can't offload all their high earners at once. The salaries of players signed on three-year+ deals before September of the previous season (ie, September 2025 in our case) are treated differently to help the club avoid an immediate SCMP breach. I'm not sure whether they're excluded from calculations entirely or counted at a reduced percentage, but there is some provision there to avoid punishing relegated clubs for commitments made under a different financial regime (ie, PSR).

Yes I would. Because there’s zero chance of it happening.

It would not only show the board have learned nothing in terms of finances, but also that they've learned nothing about why things have gone so badly wrong for us on the pitch. I mean I get why people are very cynical about Top and Rudkin, but appointing Martin now would be suicidal given the position we're in and the mood of the fanbase. This assumption that we'll choose Martin because "we're incapable of learning anything and Top and Rudkin are so stupid" etc feels a little overdone to me.

Yes we do . Every single time we find ourselves between managers, somebody always pops up to claim that Martin is a done deal. Thankfully so far they've always been proven wrong. The big problem with Martin is not that he favours possession football—plenty of teams get out of League One while dominating the ball— but that he has no track record of coaching a team to be resilient in defence. He prioritises principles over defensive pragmatism, even when the trade-off becomes costly in a very obvious way. Our core problems in recent years have been fragility under pressure, poor defensive structure and vulnerability in transitions. Not only is Martin not the solution to those problems, he would likely exacerbate them. For the club to appoint Russell Martin, they would have to completely ignore his track record or somehow hope that he's undergone some kind of Damascene conversion. It would be an insane appointment given the position we're in. And I'm hopeful—possibly naïvely so—that McCarron and Davies will recognize that and persuade Top to appoint somebody else.

I’m kind of the opposite in terms of gut instinct but completely agree about the pointlessness of predicting anything right now. I’m actually looking forward to seeing a Leicester starting 11 that includes Page, Braybrooke, Evans, Aluko and possibly Alves, with a couple of other development squad players on the bench. If we manage to offload a few of the remaining high earners in addition to those out of contract, the opportunity will be there for McCarron to bring in some proven quality combined with a few quality loanees from PL clubs (most likely Man City). I don’t think it’s unreasonable to suggest that we might have a very strong side by League One standards next season. Likewise I think we’re in a good position to attract a decent manager. The chance to resurrect a club that was top of the world a decade ago but has fallen on very hard times will be a compelling one. We’ll be the biggest club in the division with the biggest crowds and a lot of media attention. Our story will be closely followed. A lot of managers out there might fancy a gig like that. But there are so many questions. How bad is the financial situation and is administration a genuine possibility? Who will the new manager be? Will McCarron turn out to be any good and even if he does, will he be given the autonomy to make a difference? So many variables. None of us really knows what will happen. All outcomes, from an immediate promotion to a third successive relegation, are in play.

I'll be very surprised if it's Martin.

No. We were charged and docked points for the three year period ending 2023/24. We have not been charged for 2024/25 and it looks unlikely we will be now given that West Brom have had their charge fast-tracked and we've heard nothing. The big question is whether we breach for this season and we probably won't know the answer to that for a while yet. The transfer window opens on 15 June and I expect us to be scrambling to sell any player who might command a fee before July...

We didn't fail PSR for 24/25.

I think they decided early on they wanted Rohl but pressed the panic button when it looked like it would be difficult to extract him cheaply from Sheffield Wednesday and went for Mart instead. Just imagine how our season might have gone if we'd have just ponied Rohl's £2-3m release clause...

RVN was on a long term contract and we had to wait until 1 July to sack him for PSR reasons. Rowett’s contract ends after we play Blackburn.

What makes you think Dean Smith is returning?

Three minutes after coming on.

He’s had one job and failed spectacularly. As bad as our owners have been, that is not the kind of profile they’ll go for.

Why?

Isn’t it 75% in the first year for teams just relegated?