Bellis80

I don’t think anyone wants him sacked but he’s not got the previous experience/achievements to be untouchable for where the club want to be. If any of the current top 7 sacked their manager I don’t think he’d be considered by any of them if he was available. Maybe Tottenham.

You should probably let every club in the world know that you watching a game and looking at the score is a better indicator than xg.

Because every club in the league uses xg to assess performance rather than results.

And not using Ritchie to take a penalty. He’s getting every decision wrong at the moment.

Fucking unbelievable bring someone on take a penalty and it’s not Ritchie. Incredible.

They weren’t though. They were spending as much as anyone.

This was before ffp and they were spending 50mil a season on transfers.

Getting Bournemouth promoted was a great job. But if you get relegated 5 years later, signed 40 players in the meantime and still playing half the team you got promoted with I don’t think you’ve signed very well.

Agree with that. But they didn’t get any better in the five years they were there. When he needed to sign Premier League players he struggled.

I think Howe seems a good cunt and will be disappointed when he leaves but the way he’s handled some things this season (general approach away from home, Lewis Hall, Dan Burn/Livramento) and the comments when Ashworth left (and having his nephew working in recruitment) does suggest he wants more of a say in recruitment. His recruitment was a big reason he got sacked at Bournemouth and the manager shouldn’t be anywhere near signing players at a big club these days.

I think Howe is conning people with Burn. Before the Forest game he talked about how much Burn offers tactically when i’ve never seen him play like anything other than a normal left back (other than being ridiculously tall for a full back). Near enough every team in the history of football playing a back four would have one fullback stay deeper if the other was high up the pitch. Then a day later he does change tactically, Trippier going into the middle of midfield in possession and Burn narrower in a back three and he still got done on the break for the 1st goal and a massive chance before that. The only thing he offers different to other options is height and he still plays at home to Bournemouth then gets left out against the best team at set pieces in the league away from home. Absolute certainty we hear about defending set plays for two days before Blackburn and he starts on Tuesday.

Cost us about 6 goals in 6 weeks the daft cunt.

How many times this fucking arsehole.

Saudi thing seems nonsense. None of the players that have gone over there you would want. No one was interested in Neves until he went there.

I can’t believe if the club is really worried about ffp they’d have spent the money how they did in the summer. Very unlikely to make a profit on any of those players they signed.

It took 7 hours to go to a game half an hour away. Previous games on the bus weren’t much quicker.

I can’t believe anyone thought that was alright.

Couldn’t move on the concourse. Not loud but could barely stand still.

After the Chelsea semi final we played West Ham a few nights later and was half full. Our away support has always been good but it’s not as glorious as it’s made out to be when we’re slagging current away ends.

Fair enough. Know you go every week. Last season was good because we were flying but were already starting to see people who it had seemed like had never been to a game.

I’ve not been as much this season but everyone seems to think the two good atmospheres were Old Trafford and Chelsea. Both of which we were winning for most of the game. Probably also had people prioritising CL games and missing league games. Don’t agree with most of the ticketing changes but don’t think it’s changed a huge amount.

Unbelievable how Gordon has played the last 2.5 games. Not ran a leg.

They’re done these guys. I know they’re tired but this and Forest looks more than that.

Being restricted by FFP and buying players from Premier League clubs doesn’t make any sense. Recruitment has been strange the last two windows.

He shouldn’t get sacked but the choice of potential managers is much bigger now than when he was appointed. He probably wouldn’t be considered now if he was available.