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I think that’s a simplistic way of looking at it, we still have much of the squad that got promoted before and have assets to sell. With the right amount of investment and a decent manager we should be in a good position to challenge. We have a big squad of championship quality players (apart from 2 or 3), unfortunately in the Prem that means you get dicked every week, in the Championship where players like Armstrong can bag 20+ goal a season it should be a different story.

Is it really racist to suggest a foreigner’s grasp of English might not be as good as that of a British person?

All three that got promoted last year got spanked and sent down without a fight - unless we get really lucky with some signings or academy players we will never be promoted ready for the Prem. Leeds will probably find that out next season.

Smallbone and Stewart - fuck off Rusk

But Cooper knows the Championship and knows how to get promoted out of it.

But who have at least managed in the Championship. And have other attributes, Rohl with his links to the club and Lampard who is a name who could attract players.

I would go for Cooper. Would be happy with Rohl or Lampard.

I’m not against getting a manager from abroad with no experience of English football, just prefer it if they have actually achieved something. Still would be a pointless gamble IMO.

That’s just football though, Coventry wouldn’t think twice in sacking him if results were bad. I would prefer Cooper but wouldn’t be against Lampard, I would have him over Still any day.

Only if they stick to the rules.

You don't know that.

Is getting a top half finish with Lens really a great achievement?

This. Would be a weird appointment, has he actually achieved anything?

I guess it depends on what Saints can offer compared to Coventry, if it's a massive difference in terms of salary and money to spend on the squad he might see it as a good opportunity. He's got a patchy record but Coventry played some decent stuff last night, looked like a well coached outfit. Plus I think having a 'name' might be a benefit us in our current situation.

Except "Every single election in my lifetime has been decided based on personalities. "

Except elections are 100% a popularity contest.

No strikers and 5 shit defenders at the back, this could get really messy.

I’m in. I’d rather my tax went to asylum seekers than scrounging, entitled northerners. Even if they are economic migrants, which most are not, at least they are showing a bit of get-up and go instead of blaming all life’s ills on people who don’t look like them.

I dunno, I think it was more to do with Labour in general looking like the more competent party. I expect they could have wheeled out almost anyone as leader and still won. Starmer’s lack of personality probably cost them votes.

Because there was no problem with small boats until after Brexit, before that we could just send them back to the first EU country they arrived at.

And is now a very good tourist attraction which I expect actually makes money. Went there a few years ago and was impressed with how they made an interesting experience out of something that is not even that old. The bloke is just a complete loon.

If they were that concerned about small boats they should have asked him when and why the small boat problem started.

Agree with this. Surely if a club our size is going to copy a playing style it should look at the Leicester side that won the league as an example of how to punch above your weight in this league. They never had a lot of possession and were strong on the counter attack. We were the perfect storm of shit players playing an open style, probably made worse by the fact that all the other clubs have spent years facing Man City so when we try and do the same thing with Smallbone n co, playing against us was the easiest thing in the world.

I dunno, taking off Fernandes who is probably our only outfield Prem quality player and replacing him with Smallbone deserves criticism.

Man City, Arsenal and Everton away - we could easily concede more than 12 in those.