Popular Post Lionator Posted 12 January Popular Post Posted 12 January Alonso gone from Madrid, we’d be mad not to try. 18
BrilliantFox Posted 12 January Posted 12 January Alonso to bring us our first invincibles Premier League title 1
Angus Scott Posted 12 January Posted 12 January On 10/01/2026 at 14:38, sm1 said: It's not as weird as bringing on a 34yr old who's leaving in a few months, instead of one of the most promising players at the club, when you're 2-0 up and dominating the game. Have you thought that perhaps Ayew may be staying. Nothing would surprise me with the idiots running our club 1
mad biker Posted 12 January Posted 12 January On 10/01/2026 at 14:49, Rubbersoul said: Coventry will be a bloodbath Or not, as the case may be
Popular Post Fox92 Posted 12 January Popular Post Posted 12 January On 10/01/2026 at 16:05, Pliskin said: The FA cup is irrelevant to us by and large. We’re not going to win it, and it’s highly likely we won’t be signing anyone in January, so this would have been the ideal game to start Evans and play him for 90 minutes….. Theres far more pressing things for us to focus on, and Marti as per usual has embarrassed himself yet again by deciding to play Daka and Ayew over Evans. Not to me it's not so don't use "us". I want us to go as far as possible in the competition. Wasn't that long ago Cov nearly (and should have) been in the final. 14
Patrick Posted 12 January Posted 12 January 30 minutes ago, Angus Scott said: Have you thought that perhaps Ayew may be staying. Nothing would surprise me with the idiots running our club I reckon they will give Ayew another year. 1 1
1972 Fox Posted 12 January Posted 12 January 43 minutes ago, Joe90 said: Surly be gone if we loose Saturday? Unfortunately not.
gurru991 Posted 13 January Posted 13 January 7 hours ago, Angus Scott said: Have you thought that perhaps Ayew may be staying. Nothing would surprise me with the idiots running our club I was having a fairly decent day until you dropped that turd in the punch bowl.
AyewJoking Posted 13 January Posted 13 January 8 hours ago, Patrick said: I reckon they will give Ayew another year. i think he would want the security of a longer deal
ClaphamFox Posted 13 January Posted 13 January 10 hours ago, Joe90 said: Surly be gone if we loose Saturday? Not a chance Saturday’s result will affect his position. 1
Mickyblueeyes Posted 13 January Posted 13 January I think with the way Faes, Winks, Soumare and now Vestegaard have been moved out of the starting 11 suggests (and it is a guess) that there was some pressure on him early on to play these guys. And that is not a healthy position to put your manager in. Hostility from the stands, players with questionable character who had let the club down significantly previously and no money to actually enforce your own style. It’s a recipe for disaster. For Cifeuntes this club, if they are sticking with him, NEED to bring in 2/3 players of his choosing. That will improve that 11 significantly. That’s for Cifeuntes or any other manager we have. However, with all of that, and I can sympathise if he has been put in that position (if you want a budget, we need to sell these guys etc.), his style (if you can call it that) is like watching paint dry. His side collapsing on multiple occasions is unacceptable. I don’t think even with the losers here that this squad should be sitting 12th with spankings from Sheff United and Southampton on the board. Even against Chelthenham - it wasn’t a performance to write home about. It’s very hard at this stage to find anything to latch onto re: his management. He’ll start Luke Thomas on Saturday, the wingers will be isolated and Silko Thomas (who I think gets some unfair criticism but is well behind Monga) and Ayew will be his first subs. It’s predictable, it doesn’t work and it’s boring. I don’t think he goes. I don’t think he goes unless we lose 3 in a row and have a real danger of being in a relegation scrap - because we have a lazy board. But he is a long way from being “our” guy to fix this. 1
Pliskin Posted 13 January Posted 13 January 11 hours ago, Joe90 said: Surly be gone if we loose Saturday? I really want it to be the case, but as many have said it’s wishful thinking. I don’t think he will go unless we are on the brink of relegation. Then, not if, when we fail to go up, they will sack him in the summer.
Stuntman_Mike Posted 13 January Posted 13 January 17 hours ago, Fox92 said: Not to me it's not so don't use "us". I want us to go as far as possible in the competition. Wasn't that long ago Cov nearly (and should have) been in the final. I say it every year, but these people soon forget about it's irrelevance when we get Chelsea in the Quarters for example. I'm not confident we'll even get by Southampton, but we're a couple of jammy ties away from Wembley and everyone would be sniffing around those tickets. It's a good distraction from the league and is about the only part of the modern game that still gives me a purist kind of feeling.
filbertway Posted 13 January Posted 13 January The gaffers definitely not getting sacked if we lost to bottom of the table, never mind away to the league leaders.
BrilliantFox Posted 13 January Posted 13 January (edited) 26 minutes ago, Stuntman_Mike said: I'm not confident we'll even get by Southampton, but we're a couple of jammy ties away from Wembley and everyone would be sniffing around those tickets. Maybe if we had a competent manager, fans would share the feeling. But we have one of the worst managers in our history in charge right now. There is no reality where Cifuentes wins the FA Cup for the rest of his managerial career, he is just that awful. Edited 13 January by BrilliantFox 3
Stuntman_Mike Posted 13 January Posted 13 January 6 minutes ago, BrilliantFox said: Maybe if we had a competent manager, fans would share the feeling. But we have one of the worst managers in our history in charge right now. There is no reality where Cifuentes wins the FA Cup for the rest of his managerial career, he is just that awful. Not saying we're going to win the cup under him, but we 'might' win against someone our level, progress and try and have some fun along the way. Wishful thinking, but he could be sacked by then too. I know following City is dire at the moment, I'm just trying to cling onto something to keep me interested.
BrilliantFox Posted 13 January Posted 13 January 8 minutes ago, Stuntman_Mike said: Wishful thinking, but he could be sacked by then too. If he gets sacked and we have an interim like Andy King in charge for a Quarter Final or Semi Final, I'm all on board. Its just that I can't feel anything with Cifuentes at the helm. 2
LCFCJohn Posted 13 January Posted 13 January 13 minutes ago, BrilliantFox said: If he gets sacked and we have an interim like Andy King in charge for a Quarter Final or Semi Final, I'm all on board. Its just that I can't feel anything with Cifuentes at the helm. We wouldn’t win the squad in our current situation (ownership/playing squad) with anyone in charge to be fair. We did make the 1/4’s of both cups on a few occasions during our 10 years away from the PL but I still don’t think their is any manager who could achieve even that in the current climate.
Muzzy_no7 Posted 13 January Posted 13 January Despise the bloke. Honestly I think Trigger would do a better job with his bloody broom 🧹 2
Dmitry Posted 15 January Posted 15 January Club with the highest wages bill in the league is in 12th place, with a -1 goal difference. How is this manager still at the helm?! 3
filbertway Posted 15 January Posted 15 January 2 minutes ago, Dmitry said: Club with the highest wages bill in the league is in 12th place, with a -1 goal difference. How is this manager still at the helm?! Had the manager been responsible for spending a massive wedge of cash on dossers then you'd probably have a point. Not sure he can be held responsible for having a squad of massively overpaid players, some of whom have made it clear they don't want to be at the club. 4
ceebeefox Posted 15 January Posted 15 January I agree, he should have gone after Millwall, but only for tactical reasons, he cannot be blamed for the wage bill, nor does it show the best team, we proved that in 2016. We know who’s to blame and until we get a manager and recruitment combo we’re staying where we are. And obviously new ownership or a DOF who can run the club properly. 2
filbertway Posted 15 January Posted 15 January ^^ Not to say I don't think he's made mistakes. I've found him frustrating in terms of his approach not aligning with vision he outlined in the summer. I do have a degree of empathy of the task he's been given though. I'm really not convinced another manager does all that better. And Russell Martin is still out there. Watching him stick to his boring yet somehow suicidal football with these players would be even worse than the...nothingness that seems to currently exist. 1
BKLFox Posted 15 January Posted 15 January 1 hour ago, Dmitry said: Club with the highest wages bill in the league is in 12th place, with a -1 goal difference. How is this manager still at the helm?! Winks, Faes, Vestergaard & Soumare drive that wage bill & this manager has begun the drive to get them out of the squad, would you rather a yes man that had all 4 playing? In other news the person with the newest most expensive fancy car in my cul-de-sac doesn't have the biggest house 1
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