Dr Jinx

Rob Lee was superb, up there with Bruno in terms of impacting a game. Bruno very cool under pressure and just keeps everything ticking over and he does get goals occasionally. Lee was a great goal scorer though, I think he’d find his way into the starting 11 if any era since he did play for us. Batty was a tough bastard.. good footballer and overall likeable character, especially given how elusive he’s been since retirement.

They were saying something similar about an imminent approach a couple of months back. NUFC were not approached but Ashworth was and the answer was no. Unless something dramatic has happened to change his mind, I can’t see him leaving. But all the media speculation is going to become a distraction so now is the time for him to make a statement about it, either way.

I’m not worried about this at all. He was approached already and gave no indication he wanted to leave here. Man Utd may well be interested but nothing has changed. I think they have fuck all to write about so it’s a free hit.

Burn ?

Games like these are going to have his confidence shot. Poor from the manager to include him today.

Who decides what’s fair value?

Why? It’s fairly well documented at this point that managers are getting totally burnt out by how intense a job like that is.. how many seasons can a manager give 100% like that before standards start to slip?

Ha! No that doesn’t work as Liverpool found out way back when, but if I was running the club, I’d seriously look at having 2 elite managers on the books with a similar ethos in how a team should play, with some differences that would keep things fresh.. Say give 1 manager 2/3 seasons in the hot seat and have them go all out for success. Then change things up.. have the other man and his staff come in and take over for him to do 2/3. While this is happening, manager 1 stays on the payroll and takes a different role with the club.. essentially doing what Eddie Howe did while he was unemployed.. become a student of the game again.. visit places and see new methods, maybe scout players. But ultimately having a rest and reversing that burn out that happens while you’re giving a job like that everything you have.

I don’t want him sacked or anything like that but maybe a slight reshuffle in the back room team might pay off. Someone just to freshen things up. We're all over the shop currently and can’t even blame it on the energy levels now as we were still in it right up to the end. I think Eddie Howe is as burnt out as the players were over Christmas. What the remedy is to that is unclear, it’s not as if he can be given a holiday in the middle of a season.

She did not look impressed which made it all the better ?

BDB getting a lot of hate tonight ? He had a shit game but he’s never been the quickest.. the issue is that overall the team is not defending as well as we did last year. The midfield isn’t as good, we don’t have Pope and our forwards are like broken glass. It’s a combination of events that’s leaving certain players totally exposed to look poor. Yes he did have an exceptionally bad game but cut him some slack, he’s been brilliant for us since signing.

Midfield fucking up again, shite tackle, sloppy pass, another shite tackle.. then boom. Team needs a rollicking at half time

We’ll murder this lot if we can tighten up the loose passing.

No but they hold the purse strings. I think you’ll find that the next bid won’t be anywhere near as much. Subs have to be down massively on a few years ago with how easy it is to get an IPTV account? Ad revenue is huge for them.

Like it or loathe it, the Sky money makes the premier league what it is. What should be one of their busiest months in terms of reporters everywhere and people tuning in.. (which feeds back into their ad revenue) is essentially tumbleweed this month, aside from Klopp. There’s been no reason for anyone to tune in. That conversation may not happen straight away but when they see their own revenue reports and wonder what happened, someone will point this out.. they pay enough money to the PL to have a voice in someone’s ear.

City are a Pep away from being an also ran. Some eejit in charge and a couple of bad signings and then suddenly they’re in the same boat as the rest of us.

There’s a necessity but I also wonder if this pretty much worldwide slowdown in transfer activity is making a point to UEFA, FIFA, and various domestic leagues that the system is broken. Its not even suiting clubs like City, Madrid or Barca anymore.

Signed a new long term contract ? well done lad

Howe has Ornstein in the mud

Onana goes for similar money to Gordon I reckon. They desperately need money.

No to Ramsey, he’s had a pretty bad injury iirc.. if he was playing like he had been 1-2 seasons ago he’d be straight back in that side. Something amiss if he’s available.

You wouldn’t know what’s going on behind the scenes.. Chelsea could be really pushing their FFP limit and the close to 30m (x3 when it comes to what they might spend after receiving that cash) could be the difference between them being able to afford someone like say Oshimen, or not.. Or it might just be as simple that the kid is shite, but I don’t think so.. think a run in the side would see him improve massively.. but it’s not likely to happen at this point. He has the look of a kid that’s just biding his time until the ordeal is over.. such a waste of a year for him.

Can football clubs have a patreon account?

Not liking Howe’s quotes on big Joe this morning.. “a possibility he’ll be sold in the summer” He should be on Bruno money. If that’s what he’s looking for.

Financially are we not into a new period than the one that’s just been reported?