The season after Italia 90 he was pretty well unplayable.Spurs played a cup tie - possibly against Blackpool - and he was so much above the level of everyone else it was ridiculous. My dad always reckoned Duncan Edwards was the best player he ever saw play and even he said Gazza came close. Then Gazza's recklessness did his knee and he was never the same again.

Just an update, Coalition have received a response, and as predicted from Lindsay Talbot who has been appointed as point of contact for all supporter queries. To cut a long story short they are stating they will meet the fans forum in July to settle differences, despite 80% of the coalition panels groups not members of the Fans forum. They are avoiding at this stage engagement, backtracking on the CEO and their public statements. Of course this is as predicted, and it plays into the coalitions hands in terms of media traction. I've now emailed the club on behalf of the Action Group Members also now separately. Part of the group's constitution is to remain democratic and for transparency in meetings with the club. Including none edited minutes. I'm also going to contact the FSF and ESA. Along with the EFL in my capacity of AG. Though it's also likely the coalition may do so also. It's currently being discussed.

We are 5 months away from the big day yet our head of commercial is still talking about ideas, committees and projects. That time has passed. They're quite cute with this involving fans stuff. They can pretend that they are doing it to be inclusive and give the supporters a voice but really it is just a way of cutting corners, passing the work on to fans and absolving themselves of criticism if it's a damp squib. Anything that requires significant planning or expense - new club crest, prestigious friendlies, major events - already too late

Not seeing an invite? Any chance you could send me a PM?

Someone left the safe unlocked and Swag stole the transfer budget on the way out.

We have emailed the club requesting an update on 150, so will wait for their response on this matter, especially as some supporters have put a lot of time and effort in over the last year trying to mark the 150 and their efforts and dedication needs to be applauded. Once a response is obtained then as always everyone in the coalition will have an opportunity to formulate what comes next democratically. I note all these ideas down as its these suggestions which do prompt options for all to discuss and they are very much appreciated. @K-Hodcould you check your whatsapp invites please, as ideally it be better if you keep people updated, It allows me to post things not coalition related 😀

Gazza could run with the ball, Hoddle couldn’t. Players that can run with the ball are a defenders nightmare. Gazza could play for 90 minutes, Hoddle couldn’t.

Probably for the best. According to Glasner, Wharton can't remember the FA Cup final.

It is a shame, but he deserves a proper break.

Wharton has withdrawn from the under 21s. Shame

We can't re-invest because of the latest mess the ownership has created or concocted. If they were willing and able to fund as they were then over the last few years there would have been no excuse not to use any sale proceeds or at least a nice big chunk of them towards investing in building a promotion seeking team. It is the only way to do it without parachute money and of course the better the team the more the players are worth anyway so it ticks that box as well. Conveniently though there is the excuse that somehow manifested itself a few years so they've even managed to balls up the best opportunity we've had since we actually had parachute money.

Yeah. As we all remember, Dennis can win a header, but…..

I say invest in the women's team and put us in League 1 with new owners

Agreed, again their choice to use the money to prop up their disgraceful regime, they could have used it to improve the club/squad if they wanted to, but have made a conscious choice to try and avoid that. Nothing to do with: a) Low crowds, small town b) Covid c) FFP rules d) Admin errors e) The weather f) Rogue secretaries It has always been a choice for the owners and they have always been the issue

Marcus Harris has extended his contract until 2027. Would have probably hit 1,000 runs if he didn’t have the captaincy dragging him down.

Sadly most of that £40 million is now gone with no owner input for the last two years together with Suhail comment of moving away from a benefactor model I see little prospect of meaningful investment in the first eleven.

Agreed, point taken.

We don't need to , we choose to. We could, if we wanted, use some of the £40 million+ to recruit ready made Championship quality players like other clubs do after selling assets. The owners and their stooges have different plans. Their choice.

Absolutely. Perhaps the the coalition can go to the press with it and make it abundantly clear that we are doing this on our own, with no club involvement, purely down to the clubs pathetic attempt at it so far.

you need a good spine in a team. To lose Baath, tronstad\trav would be criminal imo. I get we need to deal in the cheap foreign unknown market, but you have to keep a core of experience of the level. Lets hope these rumours are just that, rumours. I find it hard to trust anything I read about this club, when someone says someone's close to leaving, signing or anything contract related in any way, I would ignore all of it until released by the club, and even then that might not even be true!

We can afford to replace them, we just choose not to.

Gascoigne was very good but he wasn't a patch on Hoddle imo. I've never seen an English player like him.

Not a valid comparison at all really. Those Clubs can afford to replace said players. And even if other Clubs make the occasional mistake, that doesn't excuse us making the same mistake once, let alone time after time after time.

In this instance it made sense. He was doing well in League 2 but you obviously arent going to get anything other than a nominal fee for a player doing quite well in League 2. A step up to League 1 made sense but unfortunately he wasnt quite good enough. Makes sense to let him go and try and forge a career.

Right well I don't believe that's a persistent problem for him, and half the post I was replying to was essentially claiming he doesn't win headers.