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Comment | Cifuentes placed on garden leave as reign that promised so much unravels
at 09:42:19
If it becomes a battle between CEO and senior manager, and it clearly has, then CEO wins 99%. But, at what cost?
We have 7 senior players out of contract; no manager; Xavi will probably follow Marti; and we're relying on a 28yo with minimal football experience to sort that out before August.
How did it come to this?
I wouldnt be surprised to see this team phoning it in from the Stadium of Light, while those who aren't total p1ssed off sing songs in support of Cifuentes.
The near future looks horrible. Culminating in relegation?
What's the lowest total of points for a team relegated to L1? |
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Comment | More injuries and home woes for QPR against form Swans – Report
at 09:58:02
IF we can get Cook, Dunne and Frey to sign new deals I don't think we'll need a major overhaul this Summer. That is a big IF, though. However, if Marti goes, and he's already the 5th longest serving Championship manager, then that would paint a different picture.
I'm reasonably optimistic, for now.
I did splutter at a body count like Midsomer Murders. Priceless. |
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Comment | And breathe... – Column
at 16:46:15
Moving in the right direction is good. Y2 deals for Cook, Colback, Andersen, Frey if, as rumoured, less so. But gates are good and the new TV deal is due to boost revenue. The heavy loss from 21/22 drops out of the 3 year FFP calc. Now, if only we can get a large influx from player trading, even if it is based on what Palace do. |
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Comment | And for my next trick – Fans Forum
at 17:15:12
With CN, you're always going to get a helping of management consultancy speak. However it does seem that we are professionalising the club in lots of little ways. |
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Comment | Who are you, what are you doing here? – Preview
at 21:29:56
The first half of that preview was one of your best. Laugh out loud funny.
Then you ruined it by writing about football to come.
Good luck to the 600+ travelling to Blackburn. Again. |
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Comment | Preston/Sheff Wed/Ipswich – Awaydays
at 18:57:11
There's a friend of ours who tells barely believable, comic stories about his Sheffield ancestors, usually leading to the audience clutching their sides from laughter or falling off the chairs in disbelief. Clive - you just top trumped anything he could come up with. |
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Comment | Stop me if you've heard any of this before - Report
at 11:03:45
We've been looking for 3 tams worse than us. Well, we've just played one of them. And still ma,aged to lose, or throw it away in first 15 minutes.
What is going on with Willock. If he can't get in ahead of Adomah or come off the bench ahead of Smyth and Dixon-Bonner, he can't have any sort of future under GA. |
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Comment | Each goal more farcical and easier to score than the last - Report
at 11:21:27
It was a day when none of the so called senior players did themselves justice. Couple that with a set up that left huge gaps between defence/midfield and midfield/attack. All against a side that were fluid and quick.
Managers cannot legislate for so many having an off day, but the setup was down to Ainsworth. You almost feel sorry for Larkeche, asked to make his full debut at RB, when almost totally left footed. And for Armstrong, completely isolated.
God knows where we go from here. |
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Comment | Savage amusement - Report
at 22:33:43
If the crowd can see what's going on, and judging by the jeering for every delayed goal kick, they can, with all the time wasting, why can't the referee.
If Nicholls had been cautioned on 50 minutes, like he should have been, he'd have saved himself a shed load of pointless gestures. |
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Comment | A different kind of nil nil - Report
at 20:42:53
I know time wasting and failure of referees to address time added on are betes noires and, in that respect, Donohue was no better/worse than many others.
I've only seen the penalty incident once, just like the ref, but it didn't look like a penalty to me. Opinions, eh? I'd like to see it again. |
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Comment | Fair enough? — Preview
at 14:08:47
Who pays 16m for a LB? Not many PL teams unless said defender is exceptional.
The deal is clearly as dodgy as fck, but what can the authorities do about it. See also Forest-Olympiakos. |
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