I would be more confident of Eustace picking up enough points here and there to keep us up. I think JDT was a zealot wedded to a style that was not going to work with a view of receiving a better job offer, which he eventually got. That said we are in for a bumpy ride because I think there will be nothing available in January and I expect there will be outgoings.

Pears Hyam Carter Baath JRC Tronstad Travis Beck Cantwell Ohasi Leonard/Gueye

We cannot afford attacking flair. We can hardly afford the bibs attacking flair would wear.

Sorry but if you spend less than 10% of what you received, being on the same points as the previous season is a success sort of. Its a numbers game, all these teams are looking to buy a bargin same as us but we have literally nothing spent. If and its a big if we can finish above where we did last season, we should all be counting our lucky stars because this only ends one way sooner or later. Downgrades of the playing staff, downgrades of the backrooms staff (Gestede, really) We will be in League 2 in the next 5 years unless there is a change of ownership.

I appreciate that this took a long time to type out but I am sorry noone out there was an 8 that is insane.

442?

I think the difference between JDT and Eustace is the the latter is more pragmatic and has set up a team to snatch points here and there to keep us safe (only just). JDT didn't give a fuck about us and was playing a style of play that was there to get him a better job. Just like Kompany did with Burnley last year. Truth is it worked for both of them.

Depressing to see the team 2-0 up showing more desire for a goal than the home team losing in front of their own fans.

Has he a long term contract with the u10s team? Never mind we probably can't afford him.

Should have been red. He doesnt look like he has a clue what to do on a footballl field.

And there is it is.

It's a Blackburn Rover's nosedive, we have done it under JDT as well.

It is screaming out for 2 up front but its gonna be Mak for Ohashi isn't it?

Powder puff at the back as well.

So sad, the man was doing God's work. Hopefully Ruud scrambles together a few results, the fans insist he gets the job permenetly and we can have a repeat of the Ole Gunnar shit show all over again!!

He was cheap/free would take tiny wage

If you are talking about Leonard getting into that team then its an indictment of Ohashi and Gueye. His level is L1 or L2 in my opinion.

Pay peanuts, get league one (at best) quality players. The idea that you can spend considerably than 10% of the sales value without reducing the quality of the team is stupid. Spend 50% and you have a chance of finding a few bargins and maybe progressing.

Stop press! Gueye not within an ass's roar of that goal.

He also has a short term contract, so he is playing for the next one.

Like politics nearly every career ends in failure. I think compared to the dross that was being bigged up (Lampard OMG) you have pulled off a blinder.

@chaddyrovers if it came to a straight choice between Pep, Klopp and Frank Lampard, would you still insist on Lamps as he is English? I would say the only time nationality should come into it is if all other factors are equal eg if Pep and Anchelotti were going for the Spain job. Honestly I would have been gutted to end up with Lampard as the Ireland manager, (not because he is not Irish) and we basically gave the job away in a raffle.

I cannot believe anyone is suggesting Lampard with a straight face.

Nein! Nein! Nein! Nein!!!!!!!

Even "footballer" is in brackets 😁