| Rest of the Championship thread 26/27 08:00 - Jun 11 with 167876 views | Northernr |
The season of evil begins with the birth of a new Wolves manager.
Rob Edwards booted. |  | | |  |
| Rest of the Championship thread 26/27 on 16:27 - Jul 24 with 5483 views | kensalriser |
| Rest of the Championship thread 26/27 on 13:24 - Jul 24 by nix |
I find myself defending him and sounding like a big fan girl but I think he absolutely has listened to the fans about some things. He has definitely become more open and given more information about injuries etc. We all wanted a new goalie and he’s got two! Similarly with FBs We always used to moan about pre-season and being shambolic and it’s been much more organised the last couple of years. One year the matches abroad were behind closed doors, he hasn’t repeated that.
While I don’t believe he has ever picked the team, I do think he agrees overall strategy with the Board and the manager, so I think they all listened to us after the League Cup fiasco and went for it in the FA Cup against West Ham and he’d have been part of that discussion.
Clearly he doesn’t follow the fans about everything. And clearly he gets things seriously wrong and has upset a lot of fans. But to say he doesn’t listen at all is not balanced. So I can see why he might think getting loan players in permanently who happened to be popular isn’t an outlandish conclusion. |
There's a small question of cause and effect there, though.
Have the goalkeeper and FB questions been addressed because fans were making noise or because they were positions that patently needed fixing? Ditto the pre-season shambles.
I do agree that some of the recent transfers have been influenced by fan popularity. And I'm not certain that's necessarily a good thing. |  |
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| Rest of the Championship thread 26/27 on 17:24 - Jul 24 with 5259 views | nix |
| Rest of the Championship thread 26/27 on 14:03 - Jul 24 by wombat |
can see both sides of this with him , i just dont belive what he says , maybe its how he says things maybe its his overall demeaner , as others have said his back history is full of large holes exp on experince , yes hes doing something way better but for example contract length is still top secret for some weird reason , the ben williams situation will be his achillies heel esp if those damn impact injuires start kicking in in the first month or so of the season ,
plymouth sorry when u see paul furlong walkout sheepishly you know that the head coach hasnt picked the team that night
west ham he was never not gonna pick a as close full strenght team when he had 9k from rangers behind the team. this is his fourth season now lets hope hes learnt from his previous mistakes dosnt speak to the fans in his usual manner esp when things do go wrong , this is the season he will be fully judges esp if the big ticket items dont make the profit he badly needs for next season . |
I didn’t say he did the right things. And I didn’t say it was good or bad to listen to fans.i I didn’t say there weren’t some things that could still improve. I just said I think in my opinion it’s wrong to say he’s never listened to fans.
That’s not a judgement on him overall. I just don’t feel ready or able to make a definitive judgement. |  | | |
| Rest of the Championship thread 26/27 on 18:01 - Jul 24 with 5148 views | BrianMcCarthy |
| Rest of the Championship thread 26/27 on 17:24 - Jul 24 by nix |
I didn’t say he did the right things. And I didn’t say it was good or bad to listen to fans.i I didn’t say there weren’t some things that could still improve. I just said I think in my opinion it’s wrong to say he’s never listened to fans.
That’s not a judgement on him overall. I just don’t feel ready or able to make a definitive judgement. |
Very honest and fair as ever, Nix. |  |
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| Rest of the Championship thread 26/27 on 20:13 - Jul 24 with 4965 views | nix |
| Rest of the Championship thread 26/27 on 18:01 - Jul 24 by BrianMcCarthy |
Very honest and fair as ever, Nix. |
Well not always Brian but thanks anyway! | | | |
| Rest of the Championship thread 26/27 on 20:46 - Jul 24 with 4871 views | Myke |
| Rest of the Championship thread 26/27 on 10:12 - Jul 22 by nick_hammersmith |
Sounds like a consummate pro, exactly the sort of figure you'd want our younger players to look up to |
That’s a different argument to ‘his legs are gone’ |  | | |
| Rest of the Championship thread 26/27 on 21:25 - Jul 24 with 4779 views | BrianMcCarthy |
| Rest of the Championship thread 26/27 on 20:46 - Jul 24 by Myke |
That’s a different argument to ‘his legs are gone’ |
Everytime I read that phrase:
"His legs have gone"
"Quick, after them!!!"
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| Rest of the Championship thread 26/27 on 21:54 - Jul 24 with 4697 views | dmm |
| Rest of the Championship thread 26/27 on 21:25 - Jul 24 by BrianMcCarthy |
Everytime I read that phrase:
"His legs have gone"
"Quick, after them!!!"
Copyright The Goons. |
Ying tong iddle I po |  | | |
| Rest of the Championship thread 26/27 on 00:05 - Jul 25 with 4555 views | FredManRave |
| Rest of the Championship thread 26/27 on 21:54 - Jul 24 by dmm |
Ying tong iddle I po |
dmm, move away from the drinks cabinet... |  |
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| Rest of the Championship thread 26/27 on 02:54 - Jul 25 with 4403 views | Lblock |
| Rest of the Championship thread 26/27 on 21:54 - Jul 24 by dmm |
Ying tong iddle I po |
You leave my Thai bride outta this !!! |  |
| Cherish and enjoy life.... this ain't no dress rehearsal |
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| Rest of the Championship thread 26/27 on 21:00 - Jul 25 with 4096 views | Beckenhamhoop |
Our opening day opponents, Portsmouth, were beaten 3-1 today by Wycombe.
They also just announced the signing of a new striker who scored 10 goals in 33 games last season in Portugal’s top flight. | |
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| Rest of the Championship thread 26/27 on 22:48 - Jul 25 with 3946 views | rbee |
Surprised West Ham's Crysencio Summerville couldn't get a deal in the Premier League. Seems wasted in the Saudi league especially at his age. |  | | |
| Rest of the Championship thread 26/27 on 23:23 - Jul 25 with 3882 views | vanrrrr |
| Rest of the Championship thread 26/27 on 22:48 - Jul 25 by rbee |
Surprised West Ham's Crysencio Summerville couldn't get a deal in the Premier League. Seems wasted in the Saudi league especially at his age. |
Per The Athletic Villa and Spurs were in for him but would not pay what the Saudi’s did - they paid £20m more than Roma offered.I expect he is also on silly wages there. [Post edited 26 Jul 16:31]
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| Rest of the Championship thread 26/27 on 08:58 - Jul 26 with 3584 views | Maggsinho |
| Rest of the Championship thread 26/27 on 23:23 - Jul 25 by vanrrrr |
Per The Athletic Villa and Spurs were in for him but would not pay what the Saudi’s did - they paid £20m more than Roma offered.I expect he is also on silly wages there. [Post edited 26 Jul 16:31]
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£375k a week supposedly. |  | | |
| Rest of the Championship thread 26/27 on 10:03 - Jul 26 with 3493 views | Watford_Ranger |
| Rest of the Championship thread 26/27 on 08:58 - Jul 26 by Maggsinho |
£375k a week supposedly. |
Nice work if you can get it. Couple of years of that tax-free and head back for a mere £4m a year or so. Not a tough decision whatsoever. | | | |
| Rest of the Championship thread 26/27 on 12:52 - Jul 26 with 3247 views | cpgerber |
| Rest of the Championship thread 26/27 on 10:03 - Jul 26 by Watford_Ranger |
Nice work if you can get it. Couple of years of that tax-free and head back for a mere £4m a year or so. Not a tough decision whatsoever. |
He was set for a good run as 1st choice in the Dutch team (assuming the new coach is not an idiot like Koemam was), becoming a really high profile player in a position we are not blessed with much at the moment. All of that in jeopardy now, we’ve been very reluctant to pick players who don’t play club football at the highest level and rightly so. |  | | |
| Rest of the Championship thread 26/27 on 13:02 - Jul 26 with 3217 views | kensalriser |
The Saudis can only do this because we keep on giving them money for their oil.
Another good reason for accelerating domestic renewable energy infrastructure and getting off fossil fuels asap. | |
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| Rest of the Championship thread 26/27 on 13:16 - Jul 26 with 3146 views | DavieQPR |
| Rest of the Championship thread 26/27 on 21:00 - Jul 25 by Beckenhamhoop |
Our opening day opponents, Portsmouth, were beaten 3-1 today by Wycombe.
They also just announced the signing of a new striker who scored 10 goals in 33 games last season in Portugal’s top flight. |
Who? |  | | |
| Rest of the Championship thread 26/27 on 15:40 - Jul 26 with 2979 views | QPR_Hibs |
| Rest of the Championship thread 26/27 on 13:16 - Jul 26 by DavieQPR |
Who? |
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/fo
Portsmouth sign striker Milovanovic for £3m |  |
| "Remember to listen to me but look at her. Don't get it the wrong way round. That would be hideous." |
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| Rest of the Championship thread 26/27 on 14:16 - Jul 27 with 2558 views | 89_50 |
Wrexham dropping £5m on a right back shows where the market is at the moment. Madness. |  | | |
| Rest of the Championship thread 26/27 on 14:28 - Jul 27 with 2516 views | Watford_Ranger |
| Rest of the Championship thread 26/27 on 14:16 - Jul 27 by 89_50 |
Wrexham dropping £5m on a right back shows where the market is at the moment. Madness. |
I saw he’s 23 and from Palace so was surprised I hadn’t heard of him. 16 games on loan at West Brom last season following loans at Blackpool, Bromley and Chelmsford where he was signed from. £5m! Hope Chelmsford get a chunk of it. | | | |
| Rest of the Championship thread 26/27 on 14:52 - Jul 27 with 2433 views | stowmarketrange |
They must’ve reinvested the Dozell money.Oh hang on. |  | | |
| Rest of the Championship thread 26/27 on 15:13 - Jul 27 with 2351 views | Rsole |
Certainly scratched that ‘itch’ |  |
| Those possessed by devils, try and keep them under control a bit, can't you ?
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| Rest of the Championship thread 26/27 on 15:40 - Jul 27 with 2262 views | HAYESBOY |
3 goals in 35 games. Payed 3m for him...................................  |  |
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| Rest of the Championship thread 26/27 on 16:07 - Jul 27 with 2186 views | Logman |
Millwall seem to have re-vamped markedly as well. Quite surprised as their team looked quite complete when we played there in April. It could be tricky on August 8.
Charlton have bought what look to be a few unknowns. I think they will struggle this year. I'd be surprised if he can carry the charade on for another full season.
I think Lincoln might struggle as well. I know they beat all-comers last season but I'm not sure about their squad depth and if results go against them it will be a different story.
Not sure about the third relegation spot - think it might go to a club who breach financial regulations, like West Brom. Or Bolton maybe. Don't really know much about them. | | | |
| Rest of the Championship thread 26/27 on 17:53 - Jul 27 with 2017 views | Gus_iom |
| Rest of the Championship thread 26/27 on 13:02 - Jul 26 by kensalriser |
The Saudis can only do this because we keep on giving them money for their oil.
Another good reason for accelerating domestic renewable energy infrastructure and getting off fossil fuels asap. |
Wonderfully crowbarred in.
I don't really get jeopardising what could be a really good career for the extra money - he's going to have more more than he could ever spend if he stays in Europe anyway. | |
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