RedArmy

Careful. Saints might sign you.

He absolutely gets credit for hiring Koeman, it’s one of the best decisions this club has ever made. But he also has to take responsibility for letting him go to Everton off the back of a top 6 finish which started the downward spiral.

His problem was thinking he had much to do with it in the first place. When you look at the important signings we made during that period, a lot of them are clearly heavily influenced by the Koemans (either Dutch or from the Dutch league) The one he could probably have taken credit for if he hadn’t fucked it up so spectacularly would have been Alderweireld.

One thing is for sure, if Les Reed says “we” he almost certainly had very little to do with it.

Not really surprising when he’d just been in charge of their first champions league win, was it?

So Cortese loved him so much and he was available when Adkins was sacked but he chose another manager entirely. Makes sense I guess.

The same Di Matteo that had just won the champions league with Chelsea? Yeah that’s far more believable “Talks were had” I bet they lasted long.

I’m not sure where any of what Les Reed said makes that untrue? The story I remember is that Cortese went out on one of the scouting missions for Coutinho during our second promotion season and decided then and there that he wanted Poch to replace Adkins at the end of the season and had to be talked out of it because the fans wouldn’t accept it. As soon as Poch was sacked the wheels were put into motion. I can’t remember why it took so long to get it done, especially as the timing of it made it worse (as nobody could see into the future or really knew who he was at the time and Adkins was loved) because performances and results had picked up.

Damian Downs was never injured and they fucking shipped him off. Run by clowns.

Don’t tell me he’s cup tied ffs

Not unless he’s changed his name to Thomas Frank

We have Matsuki. We’d have been better of spending £9m on a right winger and having Matsuki as cover for both positions.

Brilliant. Boro dropped points this week though..

A £9m dud.

Two dogshit first half’s this week have cost us top spot.