Fitzhugh Fella

Didn't Beattie and Co shaft Sturrock?

More money and an extension = a new contract so don't know why Fonte is claiming otherwise.

Killer Calloway still goes I saw him in the Kingsland recently

I saw him in action and you would not want to cross him for sure but he never picked on anyone who wasn't also prepared to be involved. I don't want to glorify what went on but most young lads in that era got their kicks from a dust up on the terraces and then bragging about it at school on the Monday. It was a national past time then.

Partial to a cruise too! His old sparring partner Malc Lovejoy still regularly goes to away games.

Not if we had signed him before the Europa games he wouldn't have been.

He actually got on the bench for us on one occasion - I have a photo!!!!

Maybe but I don't remember Koeman to be sacked polls with more wanting him out than in

I am not asking for them to conduct their business publicly, just quickly bearing in mind it's been a month since we lost Austin and even before that we were struggling to score goals. I expected us to hit the ground runnning once the window opened. Sorry my expectations seem to irk you however.

Fair stab at an analysis

That was 100% Cortese, without a doubt. Reed did what he was told under Cortese. He is more powerful now.

I am with you here (that must worry you) and have heard similar whispers. I have said he must be kept on but I can't get myself to actually vote that way. I think I will wait a few days but I know that quite a few people I would regard as moderate have had enough, which is indicative.

Still digging for scraps I see. Shame matches are 90 minutes I guess. And I bet Hitler wished WW2 had ended in 1943.

All this waffle about the players being tired at Everton yesterday (This morning's Guardian gave that as an excuse) is a red herring. Romeu was the only outfield player to play all 3 matches the whole 90 mins and he had just had a fortnight off as he missed the Bournemouth game. The only two other players who played more than 2 matches were Rodriguez who played the equivalent of 2 matches and 20 mins (and let's face it his season has hardly been arduous) and Ward-Prowse who played for 2 matches and 15 mins. Fatigue should not have come into especially as two of the matches were at home and we had 10 days off prior to the Spurs game.

All this waffle about the players being tired at Everton yesterday (This morning's Guardian gave that as an excuse) is a red herring. Romeu was the only outfield player to play all 3 matches the whole 90 mins and he had just had a fortnight off as he missed the Bournemouth game. The only two other players who played more than 2 matches were Rodriguez who played the equivalent of 2 matches and 20 mins (and let's face it his season has hardly been arduous) and Ward-Prowse who played for 2 matches and 15 mins. Fatigue should not have come into especially as two of the matches were at home and we had 10 days off prior to the Spurs game.

Fair OP post. Complacency is our biggest enemy right now plus the fact we are in the LC semis!

If Monsieur Puel choked on a mussel tonight (I seriously hope he doesn't) then I would give Mr Monk and Mr Beattie a call. They would lift the club and the fans I reckon. (Can I just repeat for the benefit of Lord Duckhunter, Trousers and Pamplemouse and other happy clappers lurking tonight, I no way am wishing any harm to Claude or his wife and I hope they enjoy their meal tonight).

If Monsieur Puel choked on a mussel tonight (I seriously hope he doesn't) then I would give Mr Monk and Mr Beattie a call. They would lift the club and the fans I reckon. (Can I just repeat for the benefit of Lord Duckhunter, Trousers and Pamplemouse and other happy clappers lurking tonight, I no way am wishing any harm to Claude or his wife and I hope they enjoy their meal tonight).

I love the black humour on this forum

The depressing thing is, this was so predictable and we are all repeating ourselves over and over. The fans can see what's wrong but Puel and the Board have got their fingers in their ears. The lack of goals was always going to be a problem last September and since then we have lost our one striker who can find the net and yet Puel and the Board have not began to address the problem, or at least that is how it is beginning to look. Personally I don't think Puel should be sacked, there is no one obvious to replace him and the upheaval would be destabilising but players should have already been targeted to bring in. My worry is they have not intended to spend in January and there may well be a panic buy now. The Board are more to blame imo. Cheap skating hoping the Chinese will buy seems the name of the game.

Guardian (that's a newspaper by the way) has him being fit Jan 14th but it's a state secret.

Punished for his being subbed strop?

Redmond and Ward-Prowse not Premiership standard so predicting a struggle

Feel for Long, scores and yet still dropped

Gave Puel an under strength squad which forced him to over rotate?