I think on quiet news days, they must be under instructions to say something totally random to try and coax people to ring in. Mind you, with bright sparks like Agbonlahor and O'Hara on the show, I suppose you expect such shite.

I think they still have them on Talksport when literally their bunch of know nothing "pundits" say purposely provocative shite to try and get as many lunatic callers as possible!

The Tottenham job though?

Again, a huge oversimplification to put it down to success from attacking football and failure from defensive. Conte did get them 4th last season too, Mourinho got them to a cup final but was sacked before he could take it in favour of a novice. Their criteria should be results if they have any sense, not pretty football. Task 1, get some new defenders and get them solid.

Do Tottenham "need" to play pretty attacking football? Im sure a manager who got them back in the top 4 and won a trophy would "excite" their fans more. In fact, any manager who did come in would start by gutting the defence and getting shut of the likes of Dier and Sanchez.

Has anyone ever said that they would prefer Wigan's owners? Simply paying the players doesn't put Venkys in the top 10% of owners in the country/league which was the sort of ridiculous claim that @philipl made.

Because he isn't a very good manager IMO. A club that regularly challenge for the top 4 need better than a manager primarily responsible for taking a team down.

Set pieces have definitely been an area in which I have been disappointed in a lack of progress under Tomasson in. We don't have much in the way of good delivery but even when Thomas came in we didn't improve, lots of off the cuff short corners that clearly weren't rehearsed. We don't have the biggest team but our centre backs didnt get enough goals either. If we need someone else to come in to help things, so be it.

Rodgers would be a horrendous appointment. Ivan Toney is so lucky not to be banned for so much longer. Betting against his old teams.

It was specifically said that Venkys having initially promised to redo the pitch changed their mind for financial reasons. Simple as that. He certainly wont be let go by the owners as they dont show enough of an interest in the club to sack underperformers.

Totally agree, if he comes in, no way he stays. My worry is how much sentimentality there is in football. What is Dutch for "he knows the club?"

Very left field. Rumoured to be about to join Brighton.

No way will he turn down the champions of Holland who will be in the Champions League, he is a legend there, big pay rise no doubt, more money to spend, family ties, for any challenge here. If they come for him he is gone.

The second paragraph assumptions implies that Venkys are logical people. We are clearly planning on making sales to generate funds, Broughton said as much. And I dont personally really see anyone else in the squad likely to generate much of a fee.

I've no idea, I think it is very difficult to figure out how much he is worth/other teams will pay. I certainly don't think anyone will bid anything like the £20m banded around. My worry is that we are clearly anticipating sales, Broughton made that clear. People talk about selling Gallagher, Travis, Dolan, Edun etc, but they IMO would all fail to attract either interest or certainly a significant fee. The most likely sales are the ones other teams will actually want, Kaminski will be off but even he probably wont generate a big fee. If the only sale that would generate enough to give us a decent sum in the market, I would still decline as he is so important to us and his value will only go up. I really hope he stays.

Plus England Under 21 call ups will likely diminish further the small chance of us keeping him this summer. And yeah, he isnt better than Jones or Ramsey.

Surprising one. Definitely better than Bowyer though.

Can see arguments both to have him sitting where he is brilliant at calmly taking the ball and looking after it (Buckley for example struggles with this in holding midfield) but freeing him up could allow him more freedom, he played behind 2 strikers (with a back 3) against Boro and Birmingham earlier this season and was very good. Ideally we can clone him before pre season and have 3 of him. Will be horrible if we do sell him this summer.

How strange, seems you are right. Sky sports app seems to have shaved the 4 off the -24!

Wouldnt it require a 16/17 goal swing?

Cant see many "twists and turns" on the final day, Everton wont lose at home to Bournemouth. That Mina equaliser was crucial.

Considering we had the former Wales Head of FA at the time, surely we could have known about him as a person?

All for free unless he sells key players elsewhere and weakens other areas to do so.

The cupboard isnt bare, we can sign players for free. Right... The thing is though, sentimentality is rife in football. "Knows the club" and all that, so there is always a chance that even though managers who did better or similar in the second tier this season (Edwards, Robins, Rowett, Mowbray, Carrick) would be laughable to them, Tomasson could well come into the reckoning.

They cant blame covid. They had bids for both Brereton and Rothwell and turned them both down. Well into 8 figures turned away and that will now really impact us. No excuse. And as mentioned, youve just ignored the ground and pitch cut backs that dont even touch FFP.