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Surely Bruce can't have long left, 1 win in 11 for WBA so far this season.

Take the win happily, but certainly doesn't change my mind that we'll finish mid-table this season (which I'm ok with, assuming towards the end of the season we're showing some level of consistency in playing style).

Seems clear at this point JDT doesn't see Dack as being a part of our future. Imagine he'll go in Jan if we can find a buyer. Sunderland perhaps?

Yeah it's a very well put-together series. I think it's on hiatus now - from memory an increasing number of the series' regular talking heads were becoming annoyed with how their quotes were supposedly being used out of context.

Correct, go to literally any other football forum and it's exactly the same if not worse. It's cute that people think it's a phenomenom specific to this forum but the reality is that fans across the footballing sphere are made up of the same types. Nobody is unique in playing devil's advocate, there's a version of this type of poster on practically every remaining active forum. As humans I'm afraid we aren't as unique as we like to think.

It can be used to mean both things technically. One a historic/archaic meaning and the other a more modern understanding of the word. I think most dictionaries will list both definitions.

Cardiff sack Steve Morison: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/62947486

Yep, although we can't keep giving up like this. If we're going to lose let's go down fighting at least.

Disappointing. We have a long way to go unfortunately. Mid-table for this season is going to be about right.

Exactly. This place is a very small section of the overall fanbase, it's not a barometer for how Ewood will react and never has been.

I can see McKenna getting poached before too long. Ipswich P8 W6 D2 L0 as it stands, and McKenna had a good reputation before signing with Ipswich, so there may be a few Championship clubs casting an eye to him in the near future.

Lack of draws make a huge difference.

Xisco at the match apparently. I imagine he'll be in situ by the international break.

Huge relief to see this kind of performance after a shaky few weeks. Watford have been poor, but we've been at it from the off and a few players are looking like they have a point to prove.

Similar to last year I think, going to be a very open league.

We're doing well but it feels like there's heavy responsibility for goal scoring on BBD's shoulders, as none of the others on the pitch are exactly known for their striking ability.

In fairness to Khan, he does have huge, almost encyclopedic knowledge of wrestling. He's very much a legit fan. The problem is he's a weak leader and has done a really bad job of creating a professional structure in AEW. In the early days when AEW was a renegade company with only a handful of stars he could get away with it, but nowadays with a ton of big names and big egos it no longer works. The lunatics are now running the asylum, WCW style, and it's just falling apart around him. He's ultimately just a big kid who wants to fantasy book, but doesn't want to deal with the more boring but significantly more important professional aspects of the business.

https://www.blogtalkradio.com/wadekellerpodcast/2022/09/06/96-wade-keller-podcast-flagship-live-special-with-wade-keller-nick-hausman PWTorch apparently doing a live show in 10 minutes or so which has been made free, and it's been suggested there will be breaking news on there. Possibly the announcement of Punk's departure, if it doesn't leak in the next few minutes.

The only example I can think of, and this is going back a long time, is when Jim Herd fired Ric Flair in 1991 whilst he was WCW champ, and he headed to WWE with the strap. As for the Elite, I suspect there will be some kind of punishment given to them, but likely just a fine and/or suspension. Basically a token gesture just to make it seem like all sides were disciplined. If Punk does go... well, that totally blows the MJF return. That was literally the entire point of him coming back.

A lot of rumours now that Punk has been fired. I mean, it's the most logical outcome from all of this, but would still be a major development. If we consider AEW a major promotion, has a reigning champ ever been fired like this? Literally days after winning the title, no less?

Maybe throw Enzo in there for a laugh just to balance things out. They've already hired Big Cass, because their roster apparently wasn't large enough already, so why not?

Ominous from big Dave. Sounds like a decision has been made.

Trick Punk and the Elite into entering a room with William Regal and lock the door. Ten minutes later all is resolved, one way or another.

Honestly none of us will ever really know what is going on, as it's all he-said she-said nonsense, but one thing that is clear is that AEW is very quickly spiralling out of control. It needs a strong hand on the tiller, and Tony Khan isn't that guy. It's obvious Punk doesn't respect him in the slightest, and if he doesn't show some serious leadership skills here I imagine he'll lose the respect of much of the locker room. One can only imagine what the likes of Jericho, Regal, JR, Mox, Schiavone and Danielson are making of all of this. Some of them will be having some nightmarish WCW flashbacks, whilst others will be wondering what the hell is happening and how it's gotten to the point where the champion and top star in the company is literally getting into fist fights with the EVPs. Two things Punk can't be defended on, in my view, is his comments on Hangman and Cabana. He just comes across as petty and majorly unhinged. Young Bucks and Omega is a different story - just a case of multiple big egos clashing in the worst way.

Tony does love a good tournament though. Tournaments are to Khan what tag team matches were to Teddy Long.