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Make them try to play, anyway.

I think Grealish should play left when available.

I’d like to see Ward Prowse, although Phillips looks a safe bet as a continuity type player.

Sterling adores a dive.

I don't think they're bad TBH, have a lot of decent players. They could sometimes play without the second pivot in midfield, or pick someone more adventurous there (Ward-Prowse for me). They're also involved in a lot of easy or meaningless games.

It's exactly what I would expect.

Does Ryder say what the shit he’s been doing?

I definitely avoid saying 'us' now too, usually use 'they'. Nephew is coming up to the age where we'd be getting him into football too, but can't see the justification. He can always glory hunt later in life if Ashley leaves.

Yeah, it's a weird one with True Faith. They pretty much get it right on the podcast with regards to Ashley etc, but they never discuss not going to the match.

I just think they’ve been through it too many times now, and Bruce has crushed their spirits. How many times can you fight relegation just to survive and fight relegation again? This time without any decent coaching.

More accurate headline would be ‘needs to play better football’, which is fair enough really.

Yeah, pretty good.

Andy Woodman confirmed as new manager of Bromley.

Not in the context of a survey that has those options IMO. Encouraging that the majority realise it’s mainly Ashley. Rafa will have confused matters as well I guess, making people think that the manager can succeed even under Ashley.

I said throughout, it was a nice distraction but there was always the feeling it was a temporary sticking plaster on the disastrous club. I was enjoying it, but not completely because I was always waiting for it to collapse.

I'd accept nuclear war on those terms

My intention was genuinely to find out, it's valid that people might have reasons of their own which override hatred of Mike Ashley.

He doesn't do coaching, he doesn't do transfers, really not sure what his function is.

He might not want to stay, he might just want to secure 3 years of salary in case he can't get a move or gets injured before the transfer window.

This is important I guess, just the club protecting an asset.

Yeah, I mean I agree, that just leads me to the conclusion that it doesn't matter what league we're in.

Isn't being one of the worst teams in the PL shit?

The fuck?! I actually like Gayle but it's mental he wants to stay. Critical lack of ambition from both him and the club.

It would be nice to be able to watch the PL without us in it, much more enjoyable. That’s a benefit. I quite enjoyed the Championship before, it’s a good league. But this time I wouldn’t really be following us.

No, but I don’t really care if we do. If I knew the takeover was going to happen, I’d want us to stay up. But I haven’t a clue about that.