He scored 28 goals and I think partly because his goalscoring came in front of empty stadiums, he was massively underappreciated. Talk of even him holding us back despite his ridiculous goalscoring.

His nose was knocked out off joint because he had radio silence when he wanted a new deal. He clearly wanted to stay.

Topped his pension up, then pretty much instantly got another job when he left here. If the issue is him earning money, everyone in football is a ****.

Indeed, it is bizarre. The reason that his comments triggered so many is because of who said them, not what was said. It got well beyond people being able to take his comments at face value. Tomasson has spent a whole season dampening down expectations, we arent expected to be in the top 6 or to chsse promotion, yet those comments are never micro-analysed, they if anything are echoed. Its just textbook manager talk, play down expectations. Our own fans regularly dampen expectations themselves regarding comparisons to previous years, and happily encourage selling key players. He is a dour man in general, but he is a pretty good Championship manager who did a pretty good job here. Happy to have Tomasson now, fresh start was badly needed. Its so strange how many hold such a grudge.

Is 2nd in League 1, then 15th, 11th, 15th and 8th, never ever anywhere near the bottom, just avoiding a complete disaster?

Those January funds were never verified and almost certainly not true, but he left soon after anyway, so spending would have likely strengthed his position, not weakened it. You must have a really high opinion of his managerial skills if you think that as soon as he starts trying, success follows. If we had gone up under him, his wage would have gone up and likely his deal would have been extended.

My point was that Mowbray wasn't doing anything but trying his best here. He did a decent job, if that was whilst barely trying then he must be an incredible manager when he does try, it was tongue in cheek. People are so twisted against him that they come up with any way they can to try and have a go, no matter how illogical. 10m of that money "spaffed" on strikers was clawed back, and a profit would have been made on the 3 deals if our owners weren't idiots.

He must be an excellent manager if he can match the points total that Tomasson has been praised over when half arsing it.

Mowbray derangement syndrome indeed. Bizarre.

Mowbray was doing his best too. Deary me.

But you have done a 180 since initially defending him following your chats.

Easy as that, 2 weeks in advance, regardless of where you work.

Getting time off work?

Why are we back to shutting people down for being negative/moaning.

Lot's of generational talents for one club!

Leicester seemingly in talks with Harry Winks and have also been linked in the last couple of days with Zack Steffen, Conor Coady, Tom Cairney and Joel Piroe so they could be strong if they get some of them.

To compete with, ie as good as/at a similar level to Pears? Definitely. As good as Kaminski and better than Pears? Not impossible, but very difficult, especially if not all of the chunk of proceeds made available is needed elsewhere.

Im sure they will put loads of thought into supporters. So Friday night it is.

"No one has said that Kaminski is irreplacable" = thinking he is irreplacable. He was a brilliant bit of business and a bargain at £500k or whatever. He clearly is worth more hence why he will likely move on for considerable profit. Doesn't mean you can't find another for a similar price, but it is a small chance, proven by the fact that Kaminski himself is worth much more now.

As far as I am concerned, Pears hasn't made loads of terrible errors, both of the ones you mention were errors but not terrible ones. He just isn't as good all round, he doesn't keep us in games like Kaminski did many times this season. So it's not just those errors that determine my opinion, unsure on others. No one has said that Kaminski is irreplaceable. But because he was so cheap, he was an excellent bit of business, there aren't loads of keepers of his quality at that price.

The Kaminski was poor last season thing keeps cropping up which must either be recency bias or confirmation bias to justify what is expected to happen. Kaminski was superb until those last few games, keeping us in games as the stats reflect. The disparity between the superiority Kaminski as in terms of shot stopping and command of his box far outweighs Pears being a bit better with his feet.

Point being, if it isn't announced then they won't be able to confirm. Otherwise they would without the need for prompting.

If they had sorted it, they would have said as such. The club won't reply saying "oh I forgot to announce it" and Elliott Jackson won't have a clue.

"Willing to work under strict budget" often is an indicator of a manager not otherwise particularly rated. Reminds me of when we appointed Owen Coyle.

All outweighed by being shit.