Farmer Saint

Yep, issue for me is not Martin, it is piss poor recruitment.

But we had our best CB's out there - we can't have conceded 3 goals?? Maybe, just maybe, our CB's aren't good enough. Just saying.

Now resigned makes much more sense than gardening leave.

Stop talking so much sense.

Just wondering, but was that first half because of Martin and his team selection and tactics, or in spite of him? Asking for a friend.

I wish my companies were that pissed off with me. Tbf, it does show that actual football recruitment at the club is extremely strong under SR - perhaps too good.

Great half of football - great team selection and tactics by Martin.

But you'd make him see it out actually doing his job, wouldn't you? Otherwise he's just being paid for doing nothing. That's not a punishment.

Fucking Martin and his shit coaching of free-kicks. Sack him now.

Oh fuck off Martin you fucking clown.

Why would he be on gardening leave? Cos United are a big rival?

So is Martin doing well with the tools he's given, or should we be promoted automatically anyway considering that Wilcox has made a major cock-up this season in putting together a team?

Some of the people on this forum post as if they've been following football for about 3 weeks.

Well yes, it was a far more talented team than we have now - if you created a team using both sides you would end up with many more from the Adkins side.

One main issue for me - and whilst I agree we haven't been as good as we could be at the back - if we had someone decent up front (maybe someone like Ross Stewart) we'd be promoted automatically imo. I think it's as easy as that.

@AlexLaw76 Think you've been spotted!

This guy 😂😂😂

Thank God I bet on a draw/loss. Not good enough defensively.

Do I think so, no. Do I want to, also no.

That will be interesting as they'll need to move money around, but it's not insurmountable. If Hunt was clever he'd use the Non dom money on the NI cut. Agree with the rest.

And he's one of the better ones...

If you're a massive racist uncaring cunt, I can see why you might.

It depends what the losses are (they need to be football related). Share increases are also not taken into account, and I think Covid losses can be written off as well. I think we'll be OK but only because of the sales made last year (which is what I was telling everyone when fans were losing their minds over how many players we were selling - we had to due to FFP).

Because they're disguising their losses through commercial earnings or share increases, and amortising transfer fees over very long contracts (in Chelsea's case).

But obviously you can't do that around the world? So it just means any decent player will go and play in another country. In no sports do you have a wage limit for players. You have salary caps for the whole club, which could work, but then you need a full re-structure on transfer fees (ie get rid of them), young talent - essentially you would need a worldwide adoption of the NFL model,which is just not possible.