Unbelievable

We would never have been relegated if he had run the club properly from the begining. He is a moron and has surrounded himself with morons. He’s added 75m to our debt directly on the back of his catastrophic running of the club resulting in multiple relegations. This is all on him, yet the club (and any potential new owner) will have to pay for it.

Genuinely one of the worst refereeing decisions I have ever seen. He saw what had happened and made totally the wrong call on how to punish it.

Never. A goalkeeper handling outside of the box to stop a goalscoring opportunity is as red as it gets

Downing hits the bar.

Sending off surely?

As a young father this doesn’t bear thinking about. RIP and all the best for his wife and kids.

That last sentence man

Their prospective new owner has sold his old club Eastleigh FC, which was a requirement for the takeover: https://www.eastleighfc.com/statement-update-on-ownership. Looks like their takeover is about to be completed then. They're jammy cunts for getting a clean slate without debts, but they have to hope that the investors behind this deal have the will and the means to cover their massive losses for the foreseeable future and get them back up the leagues sharpish or they could be in far greater trouble than they are now.

Well done mate

A peace offering? By saying he will “continue to ensure that every penny generated by the club is available to him” he’s basically saying Rafa was wrong for suggesting promises were broken during last summer’s transfer window. Great way to head into this one.

It made perfect sense man. I just think we can’t ignore how mediocre he was pre turn of the year in a POTS vote. Most would have gladly seen the back of him in January. Still, deserves all the more credit for his resurgence, but let’s not go overboard. Without Lascelles leadership and defensive qualities we would have gone down this season, no doubt in my mind.

I totally get Lascelles getting the vote like. He's been so obviously influential that you can't ignore him. For me it's probably a case of Lascelles' consistency at a lower level and leadership vs Diame's consistency at a much higher level, but for not quite as long. Diame, brilliant as his second half of the season was, has been anything but consistent over the course of the season. He’s gone from regularly being dropped to being arguably our most in form player. God knows how he shows up after the summer. Our MVP has to be Lascelles. What a fucking great season he’s had When I said 'consistent but for not quite as long' I meant that he's been consistent since he turned his form around at the turn of the year. Since then he hasn't had anything below a 7/10 performance in any match imo. Aye, but in a Player of the Season thread I would have thought the time span to judge would be the full season, over which Diame has been very inconsistent. I would gladly give him Player of the Second Half of the Season though.

I totally get Lascelles getting the vote like. He's been so obviously influential that you can't ignore him. For me it's probably a case of Lascelles' consistency at a lower level and leadership vs Diame's consistency at a much higher level, but for not quite as long. Diame, brilliant as his second half of the season was, has been anything but consistent over the course of the season. He’s gone from regularly being dropped to being arguably our most in form player. God knows how he shows up after the summer. Our MVP has to be Lascelles. What a fucking great season he’s had

Get in, great way to end the season!

30-0, get in!

Great effort

Yup, his connections & coaching pedigree (and that of his offsiders) has to be a drawcard when dipping into the loan market too. Especially when it comes to borrowing & blooding promising youngsters from clubs (like Chelsea) who have stockpiled that talent (where first team opportunities are limited, for now). I don't think that is what is being inferred. Sounds like they are trying to pressure Rafa into committing early by laying any blame for failing to get in his transfer targets at the uncertainty of his own contract situation. Doesn't surprise me in the slightest, but he should flip the table on them and seek black on white assurances before committing. In any case, the mind games will be unbearable this summer. Wish the fat cunt would just sell up and leave already.

Oooh man Jacob

Oooh man

Can’t fault that finish like

Of course

Oh man Gayle