Indeed blue blood. How could he possibly know who other managers would be able to bring in? How do you know they come here solely because of Mowbray? What is this ‘style of football’ you speak of? Players are loaned in from the PL throughout the league. Other managers could’ve built a side that isn’t so ridiculously unbalanced that loanee teenagers aren’t relied on to carry the team in the first place. A lot of assumptions at work here to defend a manager that is currently failing by your own laid out remit for success one post ago.

So 8th is fine, 9th is a failure? Is there a prize for 8th in the Championship?

The pitch was even worse in 1994/95. Didn’t do that side any harm. But from then on until this regime, we had a cracking, often award winning surface.

Why? What did you think was going to happen to even get the ball rolling? - A ‘board’ meeting? - Balaji or whoever demanding a morning Zoom call for answers from Pasha and Waggott? - The manager hauled into the Chief Exec’s office for an explanation of recent form? You reckon anything like that has occurred?

Sharpe’s obviously seem enough, he’s flagging that Hughes wants back in management this morning...

Always find it fascinating when folk take what football managers say at face value.

Two more home games in January for it to get through too...

So why haven’t the optimum owners sorted it?

There’s always a time with a manager when you can see the players just aren’t really responding anymore, a new voice is usually needed - and at a normal club the board spots it too. However, as it doesn’t work like that here, we will just stagger on as interest within the fanbase rapidly wanes...

Little dig from Sharpe in his verdict. Though a bit snide if it’s only ever in copy and not held to account in interviews... ‘But of late, neither your eyes or the statistics are offering much comfort to supporters, many who fear that just two league games in 2021 another long run to the finish line awaits.’

If/when he goes the TM fan club will merely say ‘nice guy, but time for a change’, even now he is far more popular than an actual top manager like Sam ever was here. So will he buggery end up a Kean-esque hate figure.

We can’t compete with Brentford because they are a highly functional, professional football club with an effective business model and we aren’t? That is undoubtedly the case.

That’s because they are a well run club with a set plan and on a budget they have found a way to buy cheap and sell high. In 2019 they had one of the smallest wage bills in the league. They are not blowing us out if the water due to rich owners or parachute payments. You are getting in a muddle here, Gav (unless your point is that we can’t compete with all manner of clubs due to being a basket case of a football club - then fair enough).

Brentford have no particularly rich benefactor, no parachutes, average crowds of about 10k and are run on a ‘MoneyBall’ basis - they’d be doing it wrong if they paid ‘massive wages’.

Stoke still have a squad full of PL failures they can’t get rid of us due to their daft wages - doesn’t make them a particularly good Championship side - it’s why many a relegated sides struggle in this league, demotivated players and a club with a losing mentality. It’s why the Championship is so competitive and you don’t have the same three bouncing back up each year. O’Neill is slowly turning them around, but let’s see where they are after this season when the parachutes end.

You all need to stop caring what Chaddy or Facebook think. Like I said last week, he goes on Monday and it will be a procession of ‘it was time for a change’ ‘took us as far as he can’ ‘you seen the latest odds?’ ‘I reckon x will be great for us’. Was ever thus with some folk, so don’t get wound up or it will be another weekend of the Chaddy Show on here.

‘Infrastructure’? I suppose he’s brought in more gadgets for data work, the fabled ‘scouting network’, but in what ways has he ‘rebuilt the fanbase?’

Thanks for clearing that up.

And that’s kind of the problem...

Oh yeah I remember. Waggot just lets on he’s the main man.

Any ideas on who they are?

Like I said...

Just don’t read his interviews. I stopped listening to managers after Kean and it’s been great for stress levels ever since.

Very 2021 to disagree with facts. But ok, we’ll leave it as I’m sure it’s boring for everyone else.