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Madueke Did the hard bit...

Or Fulham before the start of the season perhaps?

Torrential rain in Florida for England's friendly tonight...

One boss already gone...

Although, Claude-io Ranieri is probably better...

Claude Puel. Did I do it right

Amazing how that only suddenly came to light now, no? Surely these checks get done well before the tournament, not just as the thing is about to start!

Burnley got relegated because they're crap, not because Everton swindled the finances.

Yeah but you've got Chris Sutton there so it is automatically null and void.

And that League One is not the place for Pepball, even at its heyday.

My worry is that we've still got the same numpties in charge above Martin. And will we see him 'stifled' from getting his own players, or will we not have learnt from the past few seasons and end up paying more than we should (in wages at least) for players who won't give us much in return. The whole direction needs ripping up. And while it's not Martin's fault how we've been run as a club in the past few seasons at the very least, I don't think he comes in and changes much in recruitment.

Yeah wasn't clear. Probably get us up out of League One. And then struggle in Championship.

Modern era. GD of +76. 96 points. Finishes 2nd

Of course, again I totally get that and appreciate that. I don't want to dismiss that. I think if there's time to ban someone, it's only going to take a few seconds, or at most a minute or two to say why and what for.

Gonna go out on a limb here and say he probably will get us out of the league but there's a few caveats/things to note: - it's not an appointment planning for the future - it doesn't mean it's a good one - it won't be pretty. Having spoken to Southampton and Rangers fans, it's not going to be an exciting way of going up - it further emphasises the lack of direction and strategy and vision from the club to adapt. Possession football in his style isn't the way forward. It's not a novelty any more and too many sides know how to combat it. - the club still clearly don't give a shit what fans think; every man and his dog know Martin is not a legitimately positive appointment. - what do we do with him when we go up? He's not succeeded at this level and seems to be universally disliked because of how he plays his football, or due to his 'philosophy'. I can't say I've paid much attention to his recruitment but he's nowhere near the first person I'd look to to be in charge of a rebuild at what is such a crucial time for our club.

I accept all of that, always have done. Had conversations about it and I've got no qualms with how the forum is managed generally, always appreciated it. It'd be nice to know how long a ban is for and for what it was for . I think that'd be fair at the very least? You say 'usual racist offensive stuff'. I personally don't see that these days to such a level? And if those posts are getting deleted then again I've got no qualms with that. Or maybe they're quick to be deleted! Just seemed a bit odd this time round as it came out of the blue and seems to be the case for a few other posters as well...

Konchesky banging in those goals

Any answers @davieG @Ric Flair?

I totally get that people have different views but that's usually the best part of the forum. That we can be on here and 99% of the time have a decent discussion with debating views and still go about our day. Yes we have disagreements and perhaps polarising views but I don't think it gets personal these days, at least not to the extent it perhaps used to.

I genuinely don't even remember posting for the last few days in that thread, and definitely not anything controversial or more controversial than what else is being put in there. For the most part I thought things had been quite civil for a long time in that thread anyway!

Ahmed took 6-34 in the Lions game vs SA A.

'does a broken curfew amount to so much' Erm, yes? Given you're the captain, you surely have to be setting the good/best examples? Saw someone ask what's the point in having a 'head of security' there when curfew is going to be broken anyway. Granted we don't fully know the situation or reasons as to who ended up where, but it does raise the intrigue about the whole matter.

Great timing from Platini

Ah I've got you. I thought you were getting players constantly for Leicester in that specific season it spins and I was missing something