Good grief. Anybody who pays for the privilege of reading Alan Nixon’s made up nonsense needs their head examined, and deserves to be parted from every penny they spend on the service. You nailed it in your second paragraph - from a logical perspective anything he reports about rovers has to be fabricated, and why anybody gives his gossip and rumour-mongering a second glance is beyond me.

TM has done a good job here so far. People forget about the shambles we were in when he took over, the unbroken succession of clowns, crooks and jokers that had previously managed us, and the general air of depression and futility that surrounded us. However… If we finish outside the top 6 I do think it’s time for a change, 5 years is a long time in football, and the general boom/bust cycle of our form is indicative of a pattern that could repeat ad infinitum if we don’t switch things up. That said, TM could leave with his head held high and should be thought of as the best manager we’ve had post Venkys. If he gets us to the Prem then I’d consider him one of the best coaches we’ve ever had, although that doesn’t seem likely, even a playoff spot would mean he deserves another bite of the cherry as clear progression would be shown. I cannot believe that some here still criticise and claim that they would sack him now or even after a successful promotion.

That is a very depressing read but probably as good a prediction as I have seen.

Thanks for the recommendation, that’s right up my street.

The halftime show was immense. Dre, Snoop, Mary J Blige, Kendrick Lamar, 50 cent, and Eminem with a west coast greatest hits show. Great entertainment, Kendrick absolutely killed it 👌

Ryan Giles is unreal putting those crosses in. Brilliant debut, what a left foot.

He’s not great in the final third but so important with his energy and physicality down the right hand side imo. Normally very positionally aware as well but just got away with a dodgy back pass.

Decent debut for hedges, I’m looking forward to seeing more from him.

Looking much better now. Buckley is definitely not at his best today and on a yellow. I’d swap him for BBD and push for the equalizer, we could very well end up with 3 points today.

Nyambe has been excellent today, I’m coming to realize that we’ll really miss his energy and wit if he goes for free. I think we could be winning this game if we had a striker on, Buckley just no good up there. Get BBD on and see what happens.

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Ridiculous post. People are responsible for their own actions and you can’t blame TM for letting this news out. I’m sure if nothing was said we’d have the same boring old crap from the same people about “silence from the club” or a “breakdown in communications”. Some people are so desperate to blame the manager for everything. It’s sometimes funny but it’s getting exasperating now.

Yeah I thought he was walking funny after the match too.

My thoughts exactly. He’s earned another crack at it, he built the squad, created the system, and he has definitely overachieved with these players. I wanted him out last season but it would be unreasonable and foolish to discount the excellent progress this time out.

We’re on a tight budget. Hardly likely to sign another backup GK when we’ve already got two. Pears was bad in his last match but I think everyone is just hoping that we’ll not have to use him again. The odds are pretty good for that given that we’re approaching the end of the season. I’d far rather we spent any remaining money on a backup striker or a backup for Travis, which would be a much more sensible use of any resources we have, rather than spending on a fourth GK.

If Khadra could find him with one of those crosses we might be 1 up, he hasn’t done a lot wrong tonight to be fair to him.

Khadra is very quick and skillful but his final ball has been poor today. I think SG has been decent so far and I am not a fan of his normally.

Didn’t see the match today but Lenihan has impressed me in every game I’ve caught this season. After his performances last season I thought he’d reached the limits of his development and would have been happy to see him go, but he’s kicked on and taken his game to another level now. He’s awesome in the air, positionally aware, and has become very accurate with those long balls from deep. What’s changed? Is he more suited to a 3? Is it because Ayala has had more appearances this season?

Article I found on Markanday. Exciting stuff, Spurs fans do seem very upset that he’s going. https://www.spurs-web.com/spurs-news/opinion-dilan-markanday-his-play-style-his-achievements-his-future/

https://bulinews.com/news/11141/report-blackburn-closing-on-hertha-defender Ajax graduate, transferred in to Hertha for €4m, fair few appearances in the Bundesliga. An exciting signing on the face of it. However, the real question is…. Is he any good in fm2022?

Just because you think that, doesn’t necessarily mean it’s true. 😂

I suppose you are right, I was in full on fm2022 mode there! I completely agree on Sturbridge but I got carried away with the romance of signing a Chilean legend off the back of BBD’s new fame. The model is working beautifully and almost every time we sign an older, “legendary” player, it has been a disaster. It’s nice to dream but for me the most important transfer business would be tying up some contracts for our star performers.

Ben Arfa could be the new Berkovic. Arturo Vidal would be immense.

Hopefully so. I know that Brad Lyons was a top player in the NI league and he hasn’t made any impact at the professional levels. Admittedly the Irish league is nominally professional so a slightly higher standard. I suppose Jamie Vardy is a good example of a late developer that made the grade.

Thanks for your input 👍