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Good night sweet prince. A gob shite and nothing more.

Like we did with Vardy…

This is one of those, like you say shake hands and move on. Even if we have to subsidise some.

And taking into account the money due back to Genk which I am sure is in place but unsure at what %.

They can’t even use their North Stand now deemed unsafe due to the required repairs not being made. And this is after their tw@t of an owner used a Thai firm to assess the stand, this company had neither the qualifications or experience in the UK to do so - their assessment rejected but the owner was willing for fans to continue to use the stand. You have to feel for their fans.

Exactly. I have a spare old phone with working NFC.

Buy a cheap phone you can share.

I would agree with most of the points you make here. Enzo wasn’t hated, some were frustrated with his lack of tactical flexibility when he needed to change and some even disappointed when he left but who could blame him working with the current board and Chelsea come calling. Anyone that comes in is working with one hand tied behind their back, the fan base aren’t the issue, they’re increasingly frustrated due to the board also. I think there is huge optimism at this appointment amongst the fans but will the board live up to what they must now do to allow Marti and his team to really build what he wants to build for success - I’m skeptical.

Another highly regarded Matias we could be after who is likely not to have any interest in joining us. Having said that we need to wait for Jon to slowly move any players on before we can buy.

Exactly, if people think this current board will somehow ever make the right decisions to get us back competing those people need their heads checking. If it wasn’t for our current crop of young players (no guarantee they sign pro contracts!) we would be very thin on the ground for assets to sell next season. The club won’t get away with this forever while we slowly decline into mediocrity.

Im certain there is a sell on fee due back to Genk (they wanted more for the player from memory), maybe I'm mistaken. But that combined with a low release clause would mean we'll end up with possibly less money than we payed.

It’s hard not to get frustrated at seeing these articles and thinking what a load of BS. Allowed them to discuss terms but still haven’t agreed fee. Supposed release clause yet we’re holding out for more (12m euros is above the quoted £9m) and yet it would be classic Rudkin to hold out for more and then fail to sell or it drags on and he agrees later anyway. I like Wilf but at his age we need to sell to recoup before we lose for nothing, which we almost did!

Portuguese Empire which had South African territories, they used new & mixed local African spices then this became a Portuguese staple back in the home country. So bit of both I guess.

That's Portuguese, that's blasphemy to a Spaniard.

Our issue is offering huge salaries to existing average players, making too many poor signings and not selling on our assets prior to them moving for frees. That last part is not acceptable and is large part why PSR has been an issue, if only we had a trusted system (like we did with Pearson & Walsh) that meant we could sell and reinvest it into players that hopefully become assets themselves. But no we spend way too much on the likes of Skipp and Coady on massive wedges, the club never learns as no accountability exists for sub idiocy.

Well yes, but a system that works non the less for a relatively tiny West London club and they’re not afraid to stick and take chances. Frank was just a part of it not the sole reason for their success. They’ll no doubt they’ll lose Mbeumo too. No doubt if they got relegated they’ll have huge ability to rebuild and properly plan. In contrast we have to sell to buy, have players that shouldn’t be anywhere near the club again (Faes for example) but they’ll no doubt play in the squad next season, with pretty poor preparation and rely on a relatively unknown manager. I like the prospect of Marti but he’s working with a system that isn’t coherent or actually working. Being more like Brentford wouldn’t be a negative.

They have a system they rely on to replace the stats of the players that have left, to try and replace the goals and assists. If it works or not is the unknown, it’s not an exact science but it’s working. The fact they don’t have a gaping PSR problem because they sell players and don’t offer massive contracts to players is where they’re evidently doing it right and we’re not. They’re doing that and remain in the premier league so one club is getting it right at board level.

Yes we let them go for free. Like PSR doesn’t exist. Brilliant.

We also don’t know the amount for Rohl as that hasn’t been settled.

Fell off the Wagon Phil?

Nerd

Yes and Enzo had zero experience and got us promoted with by far the best team in the league. Enzo got us drilled and consistent in our style guiding a good team that should have been promoted. His limitations being his lack of flexibility which was all too clear as we limped over the line with more teams setting up to not let us play. It will be much harder this time as by day one we will not be the outstanding team in the league. So one word from a manager that we need is flexibility. Id rather Rohl but Cifuentes is an intriguing pick and I believe will be a good one in the long run. Definitely better than Dyche and Wilder.

Don't do this to us Stan, don't give us this blind hope

I agree. But it that backs up the notion that this makes no sense. I’ll be infuriated if we end up with O’Neil after all of this. To dither and end up worse off is what we’ve seen on repeat of the last half decade. Now at the point if they get this wrong then they’ll have completely fcked it, with years out of the top flight. So it has to be Rohl or this is just the board being their old usual incompetent selves, I’ve no faith it’s anything but the latter - I really hope it isn’t.

It doesn’t make any sense at all. Unless we so up the creek financially that we can’t afford to pay it.