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They have a poor squad but still, surely West Ham have to get rid of Potter? Crap manager.

I dont get why whether one England under 21 manager selects him or not, why that determines how highly rated he was across the board? Also, international selections are often weighted towards bigger clubs. Surely more reasonable logic is to look at the direct circumstances. Where we desperate to sell? Yes. Was it in the summer when clubs spend far more, especially on players not necessarily to slot straight in? No. Brings the price down.

Isnt pointing out the mistake "micro scrutinising" him and not supporting him?

Ismael is very much in your good books now, he can do no wrong.

If you cant see that the twitter account in question is someone on the inside, trying to manipulate fans against departing players and trying to make the club seem helpless in such situations, then I dunno what to say. It is someone who has a 100% record in revealing news. For that, they must be right up the food chain. Whether its one of Gestede/Sufi/Owen or someone they are purposely feeding news to, I dont know. The account aside from revealing incomings has been happy to repeatedly imply that Brittain and Travis have been unprofessional, have defended the club on contracts and claimed they were offered ages ago despite all of those players saying publically that they hadnt, and has got into spats with fans who have not swallowed the bullshit, even calling Glen Mullan a "doom merchant." For someone so keen on strong communication, you surely not only can see that but recognise that its grossly unprofessional from the individual and the club to communicate like this from behind an anonymous twitter handle. I did expect Travis to leave but only because of our pathetic inability to sort contracts out. I also knew that these issues would totally overshadow everything else. Its depressing to see another key player leave and replaced this time by a guy relegated from the Swiss league, on loan, who is injured.

Both of them signed permanently but on short term deals.

Why has this Alofayan rumour snowballed so much? Not seen anything beyond a rumour along with about 14 other teams.

Its a shame we have terrible set piece takers. Because hes so important in terms of leadership etc, and because hes going, his importance on the pitch is being underestimated. He might be average in terms of passing but he wins the ball back really well, he is athletic, he reads the game well and he helps to protect the defence well. Leaves a huge hole and it wont be filled if his replacement is doing rehab.

So just to clarify. We are replacing our captain who the local journalist is bigging up the fee of. With an injured player on loan?

He is an important player for them and sometimes plays further forward so i cant imagine that it will be either or.

If Baradji does sign, surely we have to loan a midfielder on top. We wont, but we should.

For the next few months, our immediate midfield cover will likely be someone clearly not ready who was playing in the 9th tier last season. In goal, we might have a season where our immediate cover is an 18 year old who isnt ready. And our sub par attack from last season is now far worse with no sign of being strengthened.

Whoever it is on the inside again trying to turn people against Travis. Wonder who it is. Whoever it is, grossly unprofessional. Net effect for us. Replacing our captain with an injured player.

Can you answer how anything I have done will have affected him in any way? It doesnt need "micro scrutinising." It wasnt a minor mistake, it was a gigantic one which pretty much killed the game after 4 minutes. Off the back of some questionable keeping for the first. He shouldnt be playing senior football for a Championship team. He is an 18 year old keeper who in one senior appearance showed that he blatantly is nowhere near ready. He should either be playing for the under 21s or be in non league on loan. You also want senior cover for Toth, but for some reason you seem to want to argue for arguments sake, presumably aware that theres a chance that a penny pinching, dysfunctional club like ourselves are probably stupid enough to go into a Championship season with one senior keeper. And suggesting that I wouldnt or havent been supporting him. Deplorable, meaningless rubbish.

I was against him being number 2 from the start, correct. He is a bloody untested 18 year old. Well, he was tested once against a League 1 side and failed the test. Its too early. Its not fair on him to put him in a position where a Toth injury leaves him playing games at a level hes not ready for, it will do him damage and it will jeopardise our chances of survival. Its not about being patient. Hes 18. If we chucked in a 15 year old tomorrow and he struggled and I said he isnt ready, would that again just be me showing an unreasonable lack of patience? Pears should be 2nd choice until a senior replacement is found. He isnt beyond 3rd choice for footballing reasons. Stop just swallowing everything the club says and does. You never quite commit to saying that you DEFINITELY would have Michalski as 2nd choice, but you defend it nonetheless. Would you be happy with him as 2nd choice? If Toth has got a knock during the week, would you be nervous or comfortable if he started tomorrow?

That he wasnt happy with the interviews and felt like he was throwing under the bus? Then its an issue of our own making because he played the first game. And yes, I know, you appreciate Ismael being "open and honest" I dont need to hear it again. Its just a shame that it leaves the team much weaker ahead of an important game.

Massive game already. Lose again and the concerns really grow. I have always thought that people have overestimated our likeliness of relegation in past seasons but this one feels different. Birmingham and Wrexham already have miles better squads so they wont be close to a dogfight. Potential rivals like Hull, Charlton and Preston have all started well so a loss would just leave further ground to catch already. We also know that no matter what results are, Ismael is safe as they wont be paying between 2 and 3 years of his contract up. I presume we again will be choosing not to include our captain despite him still being a Rovers player for the time being?

Michalski is not ready. There are no cup games until Jan partly because of his performance. We have to have senior cover because if he is chucked in at Championship level, it will cost us points. None of that is a criticism, hes 18. Shouldnt be an immediate Championship deputy.

Its not harsh. Hes 18 years old, it would be harsh on him by the club to expect him to be second choice at this stage. I didnt say I want Pears to stay. I want him to be replaced really. If he did stay and/or in the mean time, he should be second choice over Michalski. To be fair, Venkys were the ones who nearly relegated us single handedly. I certainly dont rate Pears, but my point is that he is still a more capable deputy than an 18 year old who clearly isnt close to being ready for Championship football. I would want a new senior goalkeeper but such is the cost cutting, they will probably want a kid who is clearly nowhere near ready to be backup.

Hes an 18 year old who in his first senior game made an error as bad as youll see leading to a goal 4 minutes in, 2 minutes after letting a shot go under him. He also got fortunate again spilling a simple shot back into danger. Pears is poor but you have lost all sense of balance with him. He is still an actual senior goalkeeper who is a far safer bet than Michalski. He is very much a bad number 2 keeper, as he is today, at this level.

Chaddy, everyone is obviously aware that Sky offer clubs more money to show more games. That isnt escaping people. Sky want more games to justify continuing to flog increasingly expensive subscriptions, clubs just want as much money as possible, which only then goes to ever increasing wages, all the while ticket prices go up in spite of these TV deals. No one doesnt understand the above. But the above doesnt justify the disregard shown towards fans. 7 games all at that same time is a kick in the face to fans. And I would love to know the viewing figures on those extra 6 red button games. What can anyone do other than moan? Your whole argument in trying and failing to justify it boils down to you thinking that people dont understand, which they do, or to just tell them to stop moaning. Its all a build up, clubs, the EFL and Sky would all happily do anything to inconvenience fans if it led to more money.

Have things really got that desperate?

Who said that and to who?

Will give the benefit of the doubt and assume sarcasm. New poster so otherwise, a club plant.

Some people go to regular away games. Will they have to repeatedly go down the night before and get hotels and book time off? @arbitro highlights examples of the nightmare it can cause re public transport but you dont use it so you dont acknowledge it. And what about even home fans who might have for example their kids playing football in the morning? Ive told you my alternative and it isnt a series of different kick offs across the weekend. Its to revert back just to 1 game each Saturday 12.30. The viewing figures for the other 6 games must be very small because you can only watch 1 at once. Its not worth the inconvenience. Yes it means clubs getting less money, so less greed which only ends up in the hands of players, agents, directors etc anyway, clubs are still losing loads of money. It also gives Sky less chance to keep putting up their prices. Its not going to happen, football clubs, the EFL and Sky dont care about fans, but at least acknowledge that it causes massive inconveniences up and down the country for fans and is just greed going out of control.