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I must admit to being less than enthused with the McCullum appointment chaddy, but the more I read about him the more impressed I become. What he did for NZ cricket starting in 2013 was staggering. He brought a completely new ethos to NZ cricket that we so desperately need here, culminating in NZ winning the test series last year. I wish him all the best.

Like Sheffield Wednesday you mean…..

What Sheff Weds, Ipswich and Pompey would give for a 2nd place and promotion. Stupid comment.

As Sheffield Wednesday plan for another season in division 3, with the biggest budget in the division and the highest paid player, I think it’s worth pointing out……. Promotions are hard work, budgets and money guarantee nothing. Cheers Tony, Doncaster, a night Rovers fans will never forget.

Looks like Nixon and the press have been reading my posts on Carlos Carvalhal. He was loved at Hillsborough, but he spent a few quid in the process and ultimately failed at the final hurdle. He was also at the club when the owner got his maths wrong, sold the ground to himself which ended up with Wednesday getting a points deduction which sees them in the 3rd division today. He had the excellent Fernando Forestieri pulling the strings in midfield alongside Barry Bannan and just missed out on promotion, beaten by Steve Bruces Hull City in the final. His Braga side this season have been excellent to watch, but he's spent over £10m in the past 2 season at Braga, he spent heavily at Hillsborough too. Blackburn Rovers mid 2000's I'd have said Carvalhal was a good fit, but the skint shell of a club are today, I'd so no chance he would come here, he's got bigger fish to fry and a higher profile than Blackburn Rovers under these useless owners.

Simon Grayson fits the Venky mould perfectly, cheap, available and useless.

Nope. Mowbray gave us stability, a steady hand until the owners sod off. Now we’ve rolled the dice, I think we’re relegation candidates for next season as a result.

That was a lifetime ago but it did happen. Our spending over the last 4 transfer windows = £1.99. £300k for a new pitch = No money. Ground maintenance = No money. Playing assets new contracts = No money. If you think the new man is getting serious funds good luck to you.

We need a manager who can put this club into the Premiership in the next couple of years, do you think Ainsworth is that man roverandout?

From a financial point of view and the clubs reputation, both have never been in a worse state in the modern era. We have an ex-manager, widely seen by many as punching above his weight, bringing stability, whilst shopping in the bargain basement for free transfers and loans. Despite the initial bravado at the managerial change about to happen, you all know what’s coming next don’t you? King rat, Berg, Appleton, Bowyer, Lambert, Colye, Mowbray…….xxxxx

Only in 12 months from now will some see the real merits of what Mowbray brought to this basket case of a club. He picked up the pieces after another disastrous managerial appointment and put the club back on a firm footing in the Championship. The promotion night in Doncaster will live with me forever, those nights don’t come along to often. The club has no structure, skeleton staff, depleted squad and missing owners, who wouldn’t want that challenge?

You’re a window cleaner not a football manager 😉

Fans are desperate for a decent manager to come in, I get that. Its been 11yr+ of absolute pain and agony for us all, I get it, but let’s be realistic here. We have only a snowballs chance in hell of attracting Dyche or Farke, managers that are looking for Premiership appointments on big money and nothing we have to offer will attract them to Ewood. As a famous dingle once said, after a 5-0 tonking at Ewood, it’s minis vrs Ferraris and we’re shopping for minis.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-61378243.amp A real working class hero, this place and many more Hatfield Main Pit Club - Stainforth Doncaster

Not wanting to turn this into a bitch fest as this is a celebration of our tremendous support. The CEO and owners couldn’t care less Matty, we are a far cry from the John Williams and Tom Finn days sadly. The frustrating part is we don’t have to be, bringing in qualified people who care is relatively cheap, which adds more weight to this all being orchestrated failure.

As Matty says above, you rarely get less than 1000 away fans following us these days, which as a far cry from the 200/400 I’ve seen at Liverpool, Old Trafford and Goodison in the not to distant past. It would be normal at any other club to do some market research on those that go away, are they local based that don’t attend home games due to useless owners? Or something else? But that will never happen as nobody cares enough. Support has been tremendous all season home and away for me, great effort by all concerned and shows just what the club means to many.

Better get him to spec savers - Dyche is currently in La Manga.

A manager sacked by Preston? With a worse record than Mowbray? After 4yrs he was sacked because he was taking them down, but he has a bit of oomph? Madness.

Makes perfect sense to any football fan across the world Waco, but with Venkys and those wonderful advisors, we’ll get some absolute cheap rubbish. I fear for us next season, I’m going to PM @jim mk2 and ask him to start the relegation thread early.

Loyal to Wednesday, I’m told he’s on £20k per week, highest paid player in league 1, which puts him over our wage structure. Good player, sublime pass for the goal last night, good shout Aqualung.

Lads a good player, but we couldn’t afford his wages.

Mowbray has been here since 2017, does that help?

Luton rigger, unless you think they’re going up?

Yes everyone wanted us to follow the Barnsley model last season, we even had a thread dedicated to it, with respect it’s a lazy argument and we’ll be playing them next season I’d wager.