roversfan99

I knew you loved to deflect from the owners but I didnt realise your views are so ludicriously extreme. You will struggle to explain what was going on and why we was so shoddily run and why we was downsizing continiously for over 7 years prior to his appointment.

Do football managers do their jobs purely for enjoyment? Or is money not the main reward?

I am looking forward to seeing us recover then similar to how healthy we were in the Venkys years before he arrived. To say that he specifically is the architecht of the downsizing of this club is absolutely ludicrious even for you. He may well have played a small part in enabling it but come on.

Venkys are the downsizing architecht of our destruction and it began well before Waggott came in. Yet more baffling deflection.

Was a general comment about the state of football. Specific to World Cups, also consider expanding the tournament diluting the quality for a money grab and selling out to countries with shameful human rights records.

The best role for him would be at a different football club in a much lower league.

Football sadly has long ceased to become a game directed for the benefit of the fans. Prices, kick off times, further attempts at greed, we are just collateral damage.

Lots of I think and guesses as to what might have happened at Boro but ultimately he will be better off financially, he will be probably living back at home and they are factors you ridiculously said at the time he shouldnt consider. And backed up with saying that Theo Walcott said the same as if that was a clincher! Money is still important even if you earning a good wage to begin with, its better to have a lot more.

Not only his connections but a massive pay rise and at least being a Premier League manager short term You didnt respect them reasons, you said that he shouldnt consider those reasons.

We have needed him from the start of the season, especially when Hyam was sold. His body is incapable of being a Championship footballer.

He is one for the future. Sadly its a grim future.

Really big blow. And it seems that none of our defenders will be back fit and obviously we cant sign or recall anyone before January and there are 3 or 4 games before that.

I would be surprised if the first team came in to play a friendly today, the day after a first team match.

If Suhail is still around? Of course he will. He is bullet proof. He is a snake who has been attached to Venkys all this time. We could get a brilliant CEO and he would be set up to fail here. Would be like appointing Pep Guardiola as assistant manager to Steve Kean.

Makes no difference if it is someone underneath Suhail. Wont have any power and will be overruled.

It makes no difference. It will be someone with absolutely no power beneath Suhail. At least Nixon has got about 400 stories about it.

And how do you know hes good at it?

We did know that Baradji would take months and months to be fit when he signed, yes. But you can question these decisions. You dont just have to just shrug and agree. Mind you, if Tavares wasnt so shit, maybe it wouldnt have been as problematic.

But what I am saying is either scenario falls back to poor recruitment. Tavares is crap and Baradji is unfit. Forshaw played 3 games in a week. So if neither is seen as a potential alternative to Tronstad, why sign them both aswell as TGH who also plays a more box to box role? That suggests imbalanced recruitment signing 3 players to do the same thing. If Tavares in particular wasnt chosen to start in any game because he is shit, in favour of repeatedly flogging Forshaw until he got injured, then again poor recruitment.

Its pretty blatantly implied. They are all centre midfielders, and we seem to be in the habit of boxing off midfielders into holding midfielders and box to box midfielders. He said that Tronstad (our holding midfielder) has back up of Forshaw and Montgomery. He also said Baradji is box to box and suggested that Tavares isnt either. In which case, why sign 3 players for the same one position?

The irony. Its realistic to try and rectify all of our transfer and squad issues if the owners are willing to do so.

Ive no idea what your point is anymore. That makes no sense.

So its just pesky injuries. We finished 7th last season. Travis and Tronstad missed big chunks of the season, Ohashi was out for ages, Beck was out repeatedly, Carter was out repeatedly, Wharton was out all season, Kargbo ripped his hamstring as soon as he started a game, Cantwell kept missing games. Sorry, doesnt add up.

If Baradji, Tavares and Gardner Hickman are all considered "box to box midfielders." Then why arent you asking why we signed 3 of them when we play only 1, whereas we have just made do with Montgomery who came into the season having never started a game there (he seems more of a box to box midfielder too to me) and Forshaw who clearly doesnt have the body to play regular Championship football. I dont think Tavares is a box to box midfielder either to be honest. You are really tripping yourself up trying to deflect any blame away from the club in favour of just blaming injuries.

You dont factor in quality. We have a large number of players mainly signed in the summer who in theory should provide that cover but are that bad that they dont. The injuries we have in midfield wouldnt be problematic if Tavares wasnt woeful, Henriksson wasnt woeful and Baradji wasnt signed with a long term injury. Its easier just to make excuses. Cut backs in wages overlooked. Cut backs in concourse food quality for some reason not overlooked.