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Hope you’re right. But he’s got himself noticed with us, and he’s about the play in the biggest shop window in football.

It's not ideal but I've seen worse. I am the matchday announcer at Fareham Town and a couple of seasons ago Blackfield & Langley (I think) rocked up with green numbers on green shirts for a Wessex League fixture. As you can imagine it was quite tricky identifying the players 🤣

Now's the time to buy if you want one without a sponsor!

Word has it that Gibson has got his best men on the case, desperately trying to find a rule that Hull might have broken. He's hoping that the 4th time is the charm and his club can finally regain their rightful place amongst the other members of footballs elite...

How do we sit on PSR legacy issues? £53.9M loss 25/26 £5.7M profit 23/24 Total = £48.2M loss Vs a PSR limit of £61M. This season our transfer profit is circa £75M on face value? But for PSR purposes, that figure doesn't consider outstanding player transfer amortization, nor payments by installments for transfers in/out. Next season it's also all change, and we are limited to the new squad cost rules at 85% of revenue.

Depends on your POV. If you think the penalty levied was excessive (I and probably the majority of independent spectators do), then it’s the EFL’s panels fault we lost the opportunity to progress by bending to Boro’s manufactured media storm demanding the punishment that ultimately was given. If a proportionate penalty had been levied and Saints had won or lost the final Eckhert would have been a hero and probably sought after by top clubs.

What will getting caught systematically breaking the rules for six months have taught him that he didn't already know? To cause such enormous sporting, financial and reputational damage by your deliberate actions can't be waved off as a "learning experience". The guy's a liability for us now. His conduct destroyed this season - and if there are further charges incoming when, inevitably, more evidence comes to light of our cheating on his watch, the only weapon we'll have to try and mitigate the punishment is to show that we've gotten shot of the perpetrators and installed a better culture. We've got to clean house.

No, but that’s the fact, his or certain people’s actions cost us that opportunity to progress. You can’t deny the results, but this has now happened and the club has to distance itself.

Well for starters, I meant post January when he switched to a 4-2-3-1, and which was then further supplemented with larin for AA. His return is 14W, 5D, 0L. Which is 2.47ppg, or 113 points in a 46 game season. A run that excludes beating Arsenal and Fulham, but belies the fact we were playing essentially 3 times a week post the international break with severe fixture congestion and against some proper quality sides. Equally, there has been 21 championship seasons since it's inception in 04/05, or 504sides. Only 13 sides have exceeded your metric of 94 points... But why you would judge him on that when clearly the team improved significantly in January with the adoption of a 4-2-3-1, a proper target man, and the turn around in morale / confidence. I.e., If we started the new season with him, you would expect to pick up from where we are now, not picking up morale from a 12point prem season, languishing at the bottom of the championship, and without the right players for his system / bazunu.

Sorry of been asked already. Did any of the players know what was happening? How high does this go? Is Tonda a total control freak or would he accept a proper old school manager act as DOF on a part time basis?

If we had got a fine and not the ott punishment we got then would fans call for his sacking??

EPL - spy/scout on other teams whenever you like? Knock yourselves out. EFL - spy/scout on other teams whenever you like? Knock yourselves out (unless it is after 72 hours before a game and then you become disgusting cheats and are the scum of the earth). This is what this is all about. For God’s sake, get some perspective. We broke some dumb rules. We shouldn’t have done. We have paid a disproportionate and very heavy price. Why throw away something positive just because an administrative body is bloody useless?

That’ll be as minging as the team SR puts out next season.

Of course I do. Do you realise how much he changed things around so that they got into this position. I’m guessing no.

Agreed, their fanbase has got x100 more lead in their pencil though. Imagine the reaction if their club had just fucked up like ours had? Dragan is hardly quaking in his boots.

Already on DH Gate 😂

Got far more guts and get up and go as a fanbase, that’s for sure. Giving it to Sullivan for a couple of years and they really cannot stand the stadium, which will be a millstone around their neck v Lincoln less than half full https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/west-ham-relegation-statement-fan-anger-b1283511.html The chant of ‘You sold our soul for this shithole’ was powerful. Our lot can’t even decide whether to change a manager who is probably about to banned by the FA. Even Cheltenham Town fans successfully called for Gary Johnson’s head as DoF early season and it’s worked for them. When your fanbase is less ambitious and outspoken than Cheltenham’s, you’ve got existential issues as a football club.

Sort of read the same as ours to me, except the bit about claret and blue.

The best polls are the ones that are close. 😉 Looks like a photo finish. If you haven't voted yet, get your finger out!

Chelsea won’t be playing in Europe next season - hahahha!

Isn't he a student at Derby University on a work placement?

and also none of them would have given a thought about promotion and the financial implications back in December.

I think Jander and Charles are the ones likely to be sold. Leo and THB are probables although Leo is one I could see staying. Azaz could be looked at by a Prem team. Beyond that I think it all depends on the fall out from Spygate. Sadly we may be looking for a new GK though as I'd be surprised to see Peretz back. We just have to deal with the losses as they come and hope signings are up to it.

Potentially gone up in smoke. Regardless of how they played yesterday it wouldn’t have been a given in the final.

I blame the heat, my reaction times are off. I'm not as quick as @trousers at it.