Norbert Rassragr

In order to return, I would have to start going. I get enough exercise from work and cycling.

All true, though SISU tried to buy 50% of the Ricoh through a holding company that was being liquidated, which sounds dodgy. I can't remember if it was the council's half, or the Alan Higgs Trust's half. And there was a whole weird set up after City went into administration, whereby SISU put the club into administration, and then effectively bought it back whilst other bidders were ignored (some American guy called Preston Haskell was involved in a bid, that vowed to buy 50% of the Ricoh). Would you trust these guys do pay you the money you agreed on? With Wasps having financial issues, it may just work out for the vulture capitalists that own Coventry city, but that money will disappear to Panama or wherever, and not build up the club into much more than it is now.

Not this season, but Coventry city may one day..... possibly have a stadium. Warwick University have been battered by Covid 19 as both they and Coventry University have loads of students come over from Hong Kong and mainland China so probably need the money. My brother in law works for the IT department and he's been working from home since it all started, and whilst his job is OK, it seems that the facilities, marketing and so on will be run on a much smaller scale. Anyway, if the stadium is built, I'm guessing that it'll be in the Canley/Tile Hill area as that's where the university is. Of course being Coventry city, some NIMBYs will probably destroy the plan, and it'll be back to square one.

Mark Robins said Coventry city will have the lowest budget in the league on Saturday when he was a guest on Final Score. SISU have also been asset strippers for years, selling any good players/promising prospects as soon as they can. It's surprising they've spent any money at all so far.

I don't know if Marinovic of Wellington Phoenix could make it here, but his team are having their best season in ages after losing many good A league players like Krishna and Singh. He may be a left field choice that works out.

He seems to be a younger version of Warnock in that respect.

Now some of you might find this funny, it seems that my TV is showing Ben Brereton scored a goal. Does Urgot infect tea bags as well as Rye?

I can understand the fear of another Kean or Coyle coming in, but to do nothing would mean a slow drift towards the bottom of the table as happened with Bowyer when we ended up with Delfonso, Brown, Guthrie, Akpan and other uninspired signings. If Mowbray is given the 2 years of his contract, we'll be looking at the bottom 3 more than the top 6.

Even the facebookers are starting to criticise him.

I hope he had a bad case of the shits today and no toilet roll. I think he's still ruining some Greek or Cypriot club.

Nothing being mentioned in the local press, if you're wanting an update. The corona virus has left Wasps needing to shed their budget, with Coventry Rugby having to lose about 10 players and a number of office staff to make ends meet and stay professional (the RFU also halved what they give to teams in the second tier and haven't postponed it due to the crisis).

I still think he should go, and we need to either go for it with a manager like Hughton, or if we're going to try and survive a financial starvation diet, get Mark Robins or take a bit of a punt on Ainsworth. Sticking with Mowbray is not really doing either, just plodding along with no direction, being happy with a slow fade into obscurity.

If Gerrard thinks he can be considered as Klopp's successor, he had better start dominating Celtic and winning leagues. Rangers have been a solid second best for a few seasons after the meltdown and recovery prior to his arrival.

Keane is a 2 dimensional clown. Sure his abrasive personality will shake things up, and perhaps get a result of two but he does not have the intelligence to know when to be that way, when to try and inspire confidence and has no ideas about tactics. He is all about fear and intimidation and nothing else.

Robbie Fowler, Lee Bowyer and Nigel Clough are the three favourites on Sky Bet with Craig Gardner and Lee Carsley knocking about.

The 50%+1 model is probably not perfect and has drawbacks, but some sort of link to the city and the fan base is needed. Otherwise you may as well be honest and change all the names and have a franchise system like US sport. Man Utd can become the Manchester Red Devils, until an unscrupulous and grandstanding local mayor bungs them a massive wedge of cash towards a new stadium and they become the Hartlepool Red Devils.

And the premier League is interesting? Watching a bunch of clubs owned by money launderers, slave owners and crooks from god knows where jizzing away billions for players from across the world whilst the only people able to afford a decent ticket is some South Korean tourist with cash to burn and a desire to do something novel on their holiday. Was it ever really exciting when Man Utd, Arsenal and Chelsea were winning almost every FA cup and Premier League going for about 15 years whilst Jeff Stelling and co. we're having a big circle jerk about Abrahmovich and the UAE guys who had just bought Man City from a dodgy Thai bloke? There is no point in watching Premier League football as a neutral as it's just as fake, alien and ruthlessly commercial as WWE or the NFL. Chelsea or Liverpool could play games in Sydney or Lagos and it would be no different. Sure the few fans from London and Liverpool will be angry, and they will miss out but outside those people no-one would care. They don't count, and the TV hype machine would describe the match as historic, as a great opportunity like the NFL games in London. The clubs are now brands, nothing more, steadily cutting the roots and their heritage from their identities as they chase money from any kid who wants to look cool and back a winner.

It could be a load of Bassini types, or even the man himself allegedly leading a foreign consortium of business people.

I voted go, as this is the best Tony can do and we need promotion. If we are serious about promotion, then Hughton or a talented young foreign guy like Brentford, Huddesfield, Forest or Norwich have done. If we are going to slash budgets, and try and survive on ashoe string then Robins or Ainsworth should come in. If Mowbray stays, then a slow drift towards a relegation battle will happen.

Out of your list I would say Houghton, Karanka, Ainsworth, Robins in that order. Keane is a moron who loves his own 'hard man' hype, Monk is a crook, McCarthy is no better than Mowbray and Starchan is finished.

If we're going to end up cutting costs, and go on a starvation diet I'd suggest Mark Robins. He's used to a revolving door squad and scrabbling for loans and free transfers at Coventry city. If we are really hoping to improve, get up and be a contender for promotion, we might need either Chris Hughton, or take a punt on someone based abroad like Norwich, Brentford or Brighton have done.

My dad should be the goalkeeping coach. Sure he only played one game in goal, in a charity match in Hong Kong, and only because he didn't fancy running around in 30+ Celsius heat but he kept a clean sheet against John Spencer and Dale Tempest.

I think you will win then as I will guess you've actually played a proper game of football. I was always the one who watched the others run around the playground whilst standing next to the goalkeeper and wait to tap it in.

Those numbers are subliminal messages, and you'll have an urge to assassinate some world leader or buy the next U2 album.

There's hope for me yet. I have crap knees and can't run so I'll do Sam's job for half his wages.