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Absolutely ridiculous analogy! I didn’t hear anyone citing his attitude problem during his time under Enzo. So again maybe he’s frustrated with the managers he’s played under since (and who can blame him!) and their poor tactics. Which let’s face it, the rest of us are as well. Again I’m not blindly defending him nor want him to play for us again, but without inside info it’s mainly hypothetical.

Not even sure a free coconut and reintroduction of the t shirt cannons at HT will save the board from a roasting at this one 😫

Let’s be honest, without meeting the guy or actually being involved in the club day to day none of us know if he does actually have an “attitude problem”. Maybe at HT vs Sheff Utd he tore a strip off Marti for his tactics and laid into others for their lack of effort. Not blindly defending him but for whatever reason this doesn’t appear to be the club for him. So given his contract best for all parties if he moves on in Jan if possible.

Personally I’d rather see him spend the second half of the season in L1. Yes we have some midfield gaps but for his longer term development it feels like the right next step. Then fully integrate him here next season. Probably in L1 😆

Normally really happy. Singing, smiling, celebrating goals. Stark contrast to the home end.

I’ve always wondered what a match filmed on an iPhone from the ISS would look like.

7 academy players on the pitch is a fairly limited plus point.

Just told me family it was 2-2. My daughter asked who to. Even she knew we needed to make a change 10mins ago!

So much space behind, think I’d have Daka on just to drop their defensive line and ease some pressure.

Twine tied in knots for the pen.

“Hugo’s on fire, your defence is terrified… that him and his chums will implement tax breaks for corporations and the super-rich while slashing public services and telling the working class that we all need to 'tighten our belts' to pay for it.” 🎶🎼

Good. I obviously don’t want anything really bad to happen to him (it’s only a game after all), but wouldn’t be bothered if he went Spain and got slightly sunburnt just to teach him a lesson.

Overpaid less in relation to the players value and more in relation to our pretty obvious need to sell for PSR reasons. Every club knew we needed to sell so whoever came in held all the cards in the negotiation.

Thought it was widely reported as £4-5m. Almost the same amount Chelsea overpaid for KDH 🤔 He just looks slightly awkward when I’ve seen him. Almost like a toddler who has had a growth spurt and isn’t quite used to the new size he is. That said, I hope he does make a career out the game either here or elsewhere.

It was pretty clear to anyone who's seen him play! It’s a great example of a well intentioned rule being bent and abused by those who can, in this case Chelsea who used it to build an entire business model on essentially trafficking young footballers. Is he good enough, would he have made it at Chelsea… who knows. But I bet he never dreamt of moving to the East Mids as an 18yr old.

Problem with him is I never know under which circumstance I want him on the pitch. Opposition playing a high line… Daka. Need to hold up the ball and win possession… Ayew. Looking for an ill tempered Argentinian with a penchant for a booking…

Respect. I wouldn’t tattoo the BC Game logo on my Johnson either.

Hopefully he becomes a mainstay of the starting 11 now until the end of the season.

I’d probably just take up another completely different hobby. Like spending time with the family at the weekend.

It’s more given the situation he’s in, could anyone really thrive. Let’s say we sack him and bring in a new person; they still have a dodgy squad and incompetent board. Until these things are fixed I can’t see any manager thriving. I’ve been in a position when I have a bad line manager and a sh*t team and you’re on a hiding to nothing until you can change one or the other. It’s impossible to know if Marti would thrive with a better board and motivated squad, or if another manager would do better. But given where we are (and yes this may be apathy on my part) I can’t see the point just now for gambling on a new manager transforming our fortunes.

If Top intervenes and gets us a Dennis Wise Commemorative Disabled Toilet I’ll happily renew my vows to King Poweranity.

No point sacking him. He’s sandwiched between an inept board and a squad where some don’t want to be here and others think they’re too good to be here. And given the wages most are on won’t move. All in feels like we need a massive reset of the board and playing squad. Only then will we be able to really judge him and know if he’s the right person. The counter is his obvious flaws; dull football, loses tactical battles, keeps playing certain players and hoping for a change. And if we do keep dropping points though we may have no choice but to gamble on a new person or L1 could be a real possibility.

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There’s a host of players I’m actually sick of seeing play for us (Vesty, Faes, Winks, VK mainly) and Skipp isn’t one of them. Club need to quickly realise with the points deduction impending we’re in a relegation fight and for this reason we need to start selecting based on attitude not aptitude. On this basis I’d happily see Skipp start and see what he can do alongside James with a run of games.

We just massively lack people who love defending and have the character to block shots no matter the cost. A defence with a Huth in or a Morgan and we win that yesterday. Not that they’re a brilliant footballers, but they take pride in clean sheets. By contrast we have Vesty, Faes and then Winks as DM. All nice in the eye footballers at times, but not a true defender on the pitch. I’d take Nelson and Okoli or even Souttar at CB and Hamza at DM all day long right now. On the plus side we won the last 90mins yesterday!