Mattyblue

Mowbray came...

Why?

1995 wasn’t particularly different than 1990, just a re-branded league, though the seeds had been sown. Serie A was still the go to competition. It is this last decade where the finances have got out of control. Bigger attendances doesn’t mean the game itself is in a good place. The EFL is a basket case and even in the PL, 6 mega clubs are now playing a different sport thanks to the globalisation of the game and CL cash. I for one can’t wait for 4 of them to play each other once again in this weekend’s semi finals. Untold billions in to the game, but the vast majority of it straight into the pockets of agents and players. The desperation to get playing BCD shows how financially precarious the whole thing is.

8 years on, never even had a job laying out cones in the UK since, considering just how morally corrupt football is and he’s still beyond the pale, says it all...

So what’s your point Chaddy? Pay peanuts, get monkeys?

Lovely artwork BBC, presume the other promoted sides will get the same?

Always a myth that it was the incident cost them the title. Their form actually improved after he was out, whilst it was us that staggered over the line in the run in.

Indeed Gav, end of the day it comes down to the ‘model’ - young English forwards increase in value exponentially if they do the business. But it’s a very risky business as football is littered with promising 18 year olds that never kick on - BB is looking like he will fall into that catergory. Therefore price and value is key, risk v reward - initial £1.7m for AA, great deal as it’s a relatively low cost and he was already a goalscorer, big chance of a profit. Low risk. £7m for BB, highly risky for a club of our means and big money for a teenager with very little behind him, always going to be difficult to profit on. And potentially leaving the club financially hamstrung.

The fact we ‘sold the goalie’ to help buy Sam Gallagher doesn’t exactly make it better...

Shame Venky’s didn’t do that...

Mate of yours?

And I gave it you...

I’ve absolutely no idea and neither do you.

You’ve got on your high horse this morning, but you wanted him sacked earlier in the season. After a couple of games from memory, that’s far more reactionary than someone wanting him gone on the balance of 40 odd games into his third full season. 5 years? Why not 3 or 2? The Championship is a fluid league, clubs often replace half their team each summer. 5 years ago is ancient history in Championship terms.

Did they?

We aren’t close to West Brom and Leeds. Surely a better barometer would be clubs like Millwall. Similar gates, but certainly not spending £12 million, yet every chance of the playoffs.

Who doesn’t like watching players develop? Not sure how we differ there, especially when they are from our precious academy. (Oh and everyone wrote Nyambe off? Did they? I didn’t) We don’t cut our cloth accordingly, that’s the issue. We are attempting to play a ‘possession based game’ without the players.

Our first choice back line and keeper cost zero in fees. Half a team. That to me is most strange when compared to the money splurged on just a couple of young, unproven forwards.

I’m not particularly arsed about ‘good football’ ‘entertainment’. I’m entertained by winning. But come on Gav, you surely can’t think we a side that plays exciting, dynamic football?

STs on sale Monday then? To try and catch up with the rest of the league who have thousands sold already. As presumably the club has been briefed and is prepared. Get that cash flow going. Or do we have to wait until the virus in a city half way across the world is under control?

Don’t disagree, but I remember all too well how disgruntled the majority of fans were on his appointment. There are always managers out there. But this whole discussion is moot and a waste of everyone’s time, as he will be in situ for as long as he wants, with the possible exception of imminent relegation, yet even with that, the Waggott/Mowbray axis and his relationship with the owners is on the surface much stronger than anything our last few managers have had as a protective shield.

Did you see Mowbray coming in ‘amongst the dross’ after Coyle?

I’m just waiting for FFP to be scrapped, as our billionaire owners are ‘desperate to invest in players’, what a willy it’ll be!

Poor signings, lop sided squad, numerous substandard players, average manager, dysfunctional club. I certainly didn’t expect the play offs.

Of course we had injury problems, Dreams, but trying to make out it was just bad luck we couldn’t possibly deal with doesn’t wash. We lost Cunningham (who played a handful of games) in October, ample chance to bring in a replacement. Bell and Bennett are not Championship quality. Dack was injured before the January window opened. Holtby is a well known crock, you take a risk in his signing, then injuries for him are par for the course, yet lockdown meant he actually missed relatively few games post Dack. We have signed copious amounts of central midfielders, so Evans (another crock), whose form has always been inconsistent missing 15 or so games shouldn’t be fatal. The others are niggles. But as we do not buy defensive players, then of course we will always be on the verge of a crisis. You also can’t bemoan bad luck when perennially injured players continue to get injured. Why didn’t we reinforce in January? A team with real aspirations for the top 6 would’ve done just that. It is fairly obvious that the £12 million undoubtably meant we had no wriggle room budget wise, so that kind of goes back to TM’s poor signings and a lopsided squad he has put together.