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No, but according to most reporting we shouldn't be complaining either

Even if they conducted identical surveys, the Chronicle will have a far larger reader base than the Athletic just by the nature of being free. Don't get me wrong, I think the Athletic is probably one of the best collections of sporting journalism going, but compared to a free long established (disregarding quality) paper is always going to be more popular

And if they think it's dreadful to watch under Mourinho....give them even half a season of Bruceball then they'll have something to complain about

Boo Hoo... Spurs fans need to manage their expectations. Wait no-one's saying that?

Don't think I am...the Athletic readership compared to the Chronicle is miniscule, and generalising it is likley to be the older more affluent crowd who can/will pay for the Athletic and seem to think that these last couple of seasons are good comparted to the late 80's

Older fans who have the means to pay and remember the truly grim times, and consider being in the top division the pinnacle of achievement

Well it shouldn't, but it does. As much as i don't want to be insulting i'd think that 60/70% of the fan base would not want to pay for an Athletic subscription. The ones that would be prepared to pay are more than likely better informed of the situation, and less susceptible to the 'support the team, not the regime' that seems to be prevalent amongst a large section of the match day going crowd. The ones that just go to 'get away from the missus, or a piss up day in town' are not likely to pay for any kind of serious analysis

Not really....the Chronicle is free, while the Athletic has to be paid for. Different demographics amongst fans so some variation should be expected

Still beggars belief that 21% think our football is entertaining. Have to presume they are masochists, or stuck in torturous lives where watching 11 in black and white hide from a football is more entertaining than being beaten with sharp sticks

Might as well...there's no enjoyment watching this team in the Premier League while setting up for every game like the opposition is Man City or Barcelona. If watching the team be outplayed every single week is what's going to happen (and has this season) it doesn't really matter if its Brentford or Chelsea. On the plus side we make everyone else feel good about how their team are playing since they always look like prime Barcelona when we rock up.....perversely this is probably the only reason Sky/Amazon/BT want us to stay up at present

This whole situation is Charnley doing a massive bottle job. If reports are to be believed he is in charge day to day. Even without any football knowledge at all, any company/director should be able to see that a 10% ( 2wins in 20) success rate is poor even ignoring competitors who are doing better. Regardless of his title, it's clear that he does not have the real power of a CEO. I don't believe anyone could be so oblivious to results to see that things arent working... So what is it? Fear of Ashley, overridden by Barnes? Incompetence? Assuming its a fear of being sacked himself for having to make a large compensation payout, then why is he not afraid of costing the business a few hundred million. As much of a tool Ashley is, given his money driven nature there's no way he would want a loss of the magnitude relegation would bring

He won't get asked

Would prefer not, but it doesn't really make much difference at this point. This club is Ennui.... Decision to be made? Ignore it till it goes away... Despite all the stick Charnley(deservedly) gets, lets assume he's treated the same as a Sports Direct Regional manager. ie (do what you want as long as it doesn't cost the company money in any way shape or form).

Does any other club have a manager who is so universally disliked by their own fan base?

No-one...but that's what Blackburn were asking for...and why he's still there

Armstrong who was being touted for 30M+ just a few weeks ago? Even with the alleged sell-on clause, 8M would just get laughed at.

The bad thing is, there probably would be 6/7 clubs in trouble if Bruce wasn’t so shit. As it is, it’s between us, Fulham and Brighton at a push. For the love of God/Satan/Buddha/Jesus/Yahweh/Mohammed please please say that's not a real quote from him

Clearly didn't pay attention to what happened to Nicky Butt when he went laughing with SAF after an obligatory humiliation.

Thats the one

He went through a long run of bad form and couldn't cope with the crowd pressure. Didn't like fans engaging with him when out and about, so went to London where he could easily hide, then had an absolutely disastrous game against us where he was mercilessly ribbed for the entire match cumilating in him missing an open goal and being laughed at....theres a brilliant picture of it floating around somewhere

Nah, he's hoping they'll continue to be as shit as us How about trying to get some points then? What an absolute charlatan....a 4 year old could have said that

I wanna play a game. Batty vs Tiote...who wins? You decide, make your choice

When he joined you, and I basically told you all exactly what was going to happen made some predictions about Bruce's tenure with you, pretty sure I mentioned his idiot son being bound to start being a cunt on twitter sooner rather than later. You did indeed mate - it was scary how much you predicted unfolded! About as scary as predicting that the sun might come up tomorrow. Everyone but Charnley and Ashley predicted exactly how this appointment was going to go.

Saw it almost work for Bobby in the 4-4 vs Troyes in the Intertoto McLaren used to do it with Boro in their Uefa cup run and almost made it

Sounds exactly like the sort of thing we'd do