I think "never" is a bit extreme. Perhaps he might turn out to be that good; he's young enough to have a lot of improvement in him.

Thanks. If so, obviously apologies to the poster I was responding to. Problem is that over the years there have actually been people who have made posts along those lines " worst manager ever" etc so you never quite know.

Nonsense. He left the club in a better place than he found it. Kean did the opposite.

His actual game time in the Championship - for a team who were relegated - is only equivalent to about 7 games so it is premature to say he has "failed already" at this level.

Neither of the above have (a) actually signed for us or (b) at a fee equivalent to what was paid for Armstrong or Brereton. I have no intention of agreeing with the nonsense you post.

Our criteria for a striker look pretty good based on the last 2 seasons. For 2020-21 Armstrong came second in the leading goalscorers in the Championship and in 2021-22 Brereton Diaz came third. But , hey, let's keep talking the club down, why don't we ?

Why do you think that ? In his career he has either managed a Championship club with parachute payments - which is a big advantage - or a Premier League club battling to survive with lesser players. It is very difficult to say how good he is.

It reduces the accounting profits of the VH Group but I would be surprised if Indian tax law gave a deduction against taxable profits in India for expenditure on propping up a football club in the UK - I would anticipate Indian politicians and public would be up in arms if they did.

To be fair, I think the Trust continued with the annual payments until the Global Financial crisis of 2007-2008 and then were left with needing to support other businesses like airlines which desperately needed cash to stay afloat.

2 seasons in the Championship as manager and 2 promotions - hardly "bang average".

The people saying "Venkys Out". Whilst they have been dreadful owners it's glib just to say Venkys Out without addressing who is going to take over, the terms that Venkys would demand on any sale, and the ability of the new owners to fund what still seem to be significant annual losses.

That is pretty much what is happening. The last 4 years 2 of the promoted teams have been teams in receipt of parachute payments.

And they say "the money we are going to raise by selling all the first team squad and raising money by renaming Ewood Park "The Totally Wicked Stadium" "

What happens if they ask for the money they are owed to be paid back ?

To be fair, I think it was Jack Walker easing off on the spending front which was behind it and was the reason for Dalglish ceasing to be manager.

Ain't that the truth, brother.

Agreed. I think the reality is that with so many younger players emerging, and developing at different rates that nobody can realistically know, this will be a season of transition. The "I want success yesterday" brigade will be up in arms at this but we have to understand where we are.

That pile of shit that Mowbray left behind won the first 3 league games of the season.

Can you name these better options ?

Maybe there aren't that many now that qualify for the work permit ?

Who do you suggest ?

He's been here less than 3 months ! We were set back years by the owners and the individuals they stupidly listened to .

You do realise that Waggott and Broughton don't select the team in the first half that was so inferior to the team in the second half ?

The decision to schedule the U21 games at the same time as the senior games is really hurting as players who could otherwise have been available are absent with the senior team.

AA was a net £10m after Newcastle took their cut.