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According to the BBC in last nights Arsenal v Chelsea game every time Arsenal were preparing to take a corner Chelsea sent three players down field to prevent Arsenal packing the penalty area. It’s being hailed as a coaching master stroke !

And yet for most of the season, they have been playing Kahn Mental!

Cantwell could orchestrate the philimonica orchestra he uses his arms that much

Ohashi in the attacking midfielder role. As Emerald said. Cantwell can move on

People keep using the word potential in regards to Cantwell but he never really shows any. Yes he's one of the only actual footballers we have but we can't keep having the team set up just for him to drift around falling over. We aren't making the best of what he might bring and he shouldn't be anywhere near the captaincy.

Seeing pictures of steve kean while I'm eating breakfast is not doing my gut any favours.

I’m reading all this anti-Coleman diatribe & I think we all need to remember, he did a decent job at Stanley for many years…👀

We don’t know really I’d like to see him on either side of gudjohnsen with Ohashi in the 10 role as it’s clear cantwell is way too much of a luxury player in the circumstances we find ourselves

Agreed (again I hope) I think it's either a brilliant wind up by someone who is aware he once worked with Kean or an innocent over-reaction to the early betting odds.

A couple of Bo's, Svensen and Henriksson both recently turned down Werder Bremen. Could it be ? I mean, who wouldn't turned down a German giant to come here. Maybe they fancy a challenge 😄

Agreed (I hope) A lot of us have remarked in the past about how it seems to suit the Club's purposes to stay in the Championship for whatever reason. Whenever we have a realistic shot at the play offs they seem to deliberately derail it. Conversely the last time we were in danger of relegation they did actually remove Coyle (albeit too late) and relatively speaking threw the kitchen sink at it trying to get back up by refusing to shed any high earners and signing Armstrong on loan in January. Now they've sacked Ismael as well which many of us thought they wouldnt do having given him a 3.5 year deal. I don't think even they are stupid enough to spend money on potting Ismael then put themselves back in exactly the same position by appointing Coleman.

What do we think are the chances of having a new manager in place in time for Saturday? Unlikely I'd say, I suspect that they will breathe a sigh of relief after the win last night and feel some pressure is off and send DJ to Norwich on Saturday, giving them a full week after that to do something. Although we won I'd say the need for a new manager is even more clear after last night - I'm not suggesting DJ was responsible for that performance but it is quite clear we need a strong, experienced, no-nonsense manager to get to work quickly to give us any chance of survival.

It won;t be Coleman

I totally get people who have had enough of Cantwell and his potential; however, one of the key attributes of the next manager (and his team) must be to get the best out of the players we have. For many of the players, that presumably means very simple, clear directions and playing on their, it must be admitted, few strengths. When it comes to Cantwell, I don't know what the trick is. But there must be a trick. Somewhere. When he played his first 45 minutes for Rovers at Ewood against QPR, he was clearly rusty as hell, but his movement and vision were still better than anyone on the pitch. Eustace even got a tune out of Gueye...

Ohashi’s willingness to run has made Gudjohnsen’s job easier. Is Jorgensen capable of the level of effort.

stop looking up pictures of them then?

based purely off his friendship with the most vile man in football, if they appoint Coleman, i'm done with the club until he's gone.

Last night's win was necessary to give us any sort of chance of staying up but was in no way any sort of reliable guide of whether we actually will do or not. I can't believe West Brom will do nothing for the rest of the season if they continue to struggle. At the moment they're the only team apart from Oxford and Wednesday I can see us finishing above.** All hinges on the quality of Ismael's replacement. If Johnson stays until the end of the season Id have it as 60/40 in favour of us going down. If Ismael had have stayed we were 100% down without a whimper. **Subject to Leicester not getting a points deduction. When will we actually know about this? If they do get one at the last minute and are relegated they'll surely appeal and we won't know the outcome until well into the summer?

18 points needed from 16 matches to get to the magic 50 points which will probably be enough this year. 5 wins and a few draws or 6 wins. West Brom and Pompey at home and Oxford away are cup finals now, if we can win those games, that should do it. Edit - i'm aware our record against the teams around us is stinking and that we haven't beaten any of those three yet

Don't worry about the odds. The betting market will be small and the amount of Coleman tweets will drive a few to have a flutter; it only takes a few to drive the odds up. Another rumour today will see that fall. Appointing Coleman will piss off a lot of hardcore fans, let alone the already stayaways. It will be devastating to the ST sales next year and despite all of the detachment our board have shown even they are not that silly.

He won't spill anything He has left by mutual consent - basically, here is your payment, now keep shtum about any misgivings you have and it won't go on your record as a dismissal.

Makes me feel a bit sick....

I think Bilic is this years smokescreen, I'd be very surprised if we got him. Was only there a couple of years ago, don't imagine him going back to be honest. I don't think its any exaggeration to say though, if it's Coleman then we might as well have kept Ismael.

im 68 and i could replace De NEVE

If we stay up and get a decent manager. Big ifs I know then I can see jorgensen and gudjonson having a fruitful partnership next season