I was just reading in my paper that - the latest Asda income tracker states that discretionary incomes for the under 30’s was down 26% in April compared with a year ago. Even for those aged 30 to 64 it was down 11%. That’ll have a bearing on peoples ability to purchase luxuries such as season tickets.

And then they leave of their own accord anyway. Rendering the whole process a fiasco.

How smart would you have to be to spot that Mahrez and Kante could play a bit ? It took me ten minutes of watching Mahrez.

It’s their way of ensuring we get a cheap appointment who won’t rock the boat.

Unfortunately that won’t work with modern players any more. You can’t put a fighting spirit into players if it doesn’t exist already. It might work for a game or two but long term it’s a non starter.

That’s because the owners have no ambition. They never have had.

That is the problem. There are better centre halves then Lenihan. For me he’s still making the same mistakes he was making years ago. Still easily drawn to the ball and away from his man. Not my idea of a good captain, he only got the job because of seniority in my opinion. The trouble is we’ll probably recruit somebody worse as Mark says.

I was expecting the Kiwis to declare before the close of the play. The’ve probably got enough already.

We’d be better off with Victor Silvester and he’s dead.

It’s an extra blow him leaving on a free transfer.

All that the numerous candidates being interviewed tells me is - they haven’t got a clue. When we had a board that had their fingers on the pulse of the British football scene they identified the chosen candidate and then went out and got him. I would imagine then that the directors would have had a potential candidate or candidates in mind even when things were going well with the current manager. You never know when Sheffield Utd, Newcastle, Birmingham or Everton will come calling.

We’ve got Ayala !

Who is there to agree a new deal with ? Looks like he got tired of waiting as well.

He wouldn’t have been near the job but for the fact he was a ‘Boro lad.

Maybe 2 days.

They need to realise that you don’t have to score off every ball, or every over in test cricket. You can fill your boots when you’ve worn the bowlers down.

I keep telling you it’s there master plan. Piss everybody off so when they sell up there’ll be nobody left to protest.

Anybody else remember Brian Clough at Derby parading Ian Storey-Moore around the old Baseball Ground before a game only for Storey-Moore to sign for Man United over the weekend ?

Where’s David Steele when you need him ?

I haven’t watched any of it today. Were we batting with the bat handle again ?

Kiddo was working with Prem players in a Prem set up under one of the best managers that has ever been but he was clueless when he got here.

I can’t see Pogba getting in over Travis.

I just looked in my “ Wisden “ for 1962 Jim. The 1961 season Aussie tourists played Worcestershire ( the traditional opening game “ ) on April the 29th and May 1st and 2nd. They then played Derbyshire, Yorkshire, Lancashire, Surrey, Cambridge Uni, Glamorgan, Gloucestershire, The MCC, Oxford Uni, Sussex. All theoretically three day, two innings games. After that they played England in the first Test on June 8th. All the main batsmen had made hundreds by then, some had made two or more.

I’m an old tosser. I’ll do it for £1000 a week.

It’ll be somebody desperate to get a job, that’s for sure. Why else would you accept Lowe as your first team coach ?