Fitzhugh Fella

Having met the man and heard some of his/the club's plans I still have confidence the club are in the right hands. Yes huge mistakes have been made, they know that and there is a determination to get things right in the future. Parsons may not have "a football background" (although I believe he was on Woking's books when Cockerill was their manager), but he's commercially savvy, very hands on and committed to the cause.

But we are relegated so what's the point or are yousaying in the context of beating Derby's total?

Tend to agree with this. I thought the same. We were like a lower league team in the FA Cup. It was utterly futile and painful to watch. We had one decent player on the pitch - Fernandes, the rest were awful (although Captain Jack put a shift in and looked like he cared) and I thought Rusk was adapting some of Russell Martin's tactics. In the first half Ramsdale takes a goal kick sideways to Bednarek who then over hit a long ball towards the touchline about 10 yards over the head of Walker-Peters to give them a throw-in and possesion. Utterly stupid. A long kick into their half would have been preferable.

Thank you for taking the trouble to type all this. Although I accept my view is irrational I have to say Martin is my least favourite manager of all time. I did not enjoy his football in the Championship despite the reasonable results and eventual outcome. I think he was far too stubborn and was immature in his philosophy. There was something of the snake oil salesman about him. Towards the end the football under him was horrendous, how he can think he was on the verge of getting it right is beyond me. His pleasure at Pep being nice to him is also a little ridiculous.

Cooper ticks the most boxes for me. He's experienced, successful and available.

I actually posted the paperwork on here at the time and got a call from MLT threatening me with the police unless I removed it. He also told me I was going to cause the collapse of the takeover if I didn't immediately take it down. I then got a call from Lynham threatening me with the police as I wouldn't tell him who gave me the paperwork. Needless to say I never heard from the police but I did get a call from Leon about a week later asking me for all the "consortium members" contact details because he was trying to get some of his money back. I guess its all funny now but at the time Liebherr came close to walking away because of Pinacle - I wonder what would have happened next and where we would be today?

Cambridge not giving him much game time at the moment

I got the impression that HK was the man who has been blamed although I wasn't told that in as many words. I think there is a belief that there had been too many "differing opinions".

I'm not here to defend Rasmus. Undoubtedly he has made mistakes (and then some). But I was at Staplewood a couple of weeks ago and was introduced to him. He was very polite and friendly. Means nothing I hear you say and fair enough. Later when I was watching the first team train he was there also watching intently. It was pointed out to me that - percentage wise - he has invested more of his personal wealth than anyone else in SR. Again so what. But its worth considering that while his errors have led to us all feeling anger and pain he has a lot of his personal wealth wrapped up in our future and when it goes pear shaped - as it is currently doing - then he is not exactly popping champagne corks. I've given all this some thought and I still think as investors or owners go, SR are on the face of it genuine and committed. They have certainly screwed up big time by their contorted philosophy, but that has hurt them financially and reputation-wise as well. They are not going anywhere so, like it or not, its still in our interest to back them, even though they have no right to request our loyalty. We have no other choice at the end off the day, they are our club's owners. I wish they would communicate more frequently and more openly (and while I was there I did say that to them). Their heart is still in it, there's a lot of work going on off the field to increase our revenue which is getting unfair criticism owing to the poor showing on the pitch. But it is bringing in revenue and no one else has done it. I think they will bring a lot of positive things to the city in general, fingers crossed. This season is undoubtedly the worst in our history (albeit in the top flight) but their desire to right things is genuine and they are still highly motivated. I think they should be given the chance to make amends. Probably going to be shot down in flames for this post and be asked how much I have been paid but in my opinion its time for us all to take a deep breath and keep the faith for a while longer. Thanks for reading this.

It's certainly not worth paying his £10m release cause.

And the Marcus Liebherr pavillion has yet to be paid for. I believe that debt rests with his daughter.

The Spurs fiasco has obviously slipped from your mind. One of the reasons we have been so bad recently is Martin's appalling legacy. I'm not saying Juric is the answer but he couldn't have inherited a bigger shit show.

I sense weariness?

When at Staplewood last week I was told maybe 4 weeks away. Also Larios was working hard in the gym. I feel for Stewart. He didn't ask for any of this, he didn't set his transfer fee and no doubt he's as pissed off as we are about what's been happening. It was a gamble and one we lost. The shortages of number nines makes me think it was a gamble worth taking at the time.

Take it from me THB is injured. I was at Staplewood on Tuesday and he was on the treatment table.