Charlie Wayman

That's a bit far fetched but he could attract offers which might suit the club.

So what was all the fuss about? The new stream lined Jack Stevens looked decent. Any criticism today would be churlish. Great result. COYS

It's OVER now then! Monday morning will be interesting if we don't win.

Not the time to hold one's breath, doubt we'll chuck any money at the problems in Jan irrespective of our financial situation. Gao must have a real fear of relegation and the loss in value of his asset so will not be wanting what accrued monies there are at the club to be wasted on trying to save a sinking ship.

Ralph is not some super amazing manager and that is the nub of the problem. His arrival was pumped up by the club and the media as some kind of coup with no regard to how many more renowned and illustrious managers had failed at PL level. Even his nickname Klopp of the Alps misleadingly suggested he was exceptional. The guy never had a snowball's chance of living up to those preconceptions. It remains to be seen whether he will be regarded here as any better than Puel or Pellegrino but things are not looking particularly rosy for him right now. At least they can blame Ralph K if it all ends in tears.

Britain fell into decline in the 70's simply because people were NOT asked for their opinions by anybody, so the likes of Triumph, Norton, BMC / Leyland and so on churned out products that the engineers thought "were good for them" but were in fact complete rubbish so people stopped buying them and turned elsewhere. here we are now with no industrial base worth the name. In my own experience Marketeers can be at times waste of space bull sh*tt*rs but they are also far more likely to find the key to customer satisfaction than a bunch of bean counters or over privileged public schoolboy con-men. When the team is performing as badly as it is at the moment, these guys are probably doing their best to keep as many fans as possible on board. Whether making the match day experience more satisfying helps is a mute point. Of course there are limits, even offering healthy eating options served at table by waiters probably wouldn't quite offset a 0-9 drubbing on a wet cold November day to make it more bearable on the trudge back home.

I think he is pointing out the pointlessness of it all.

Dusic, top marks for diligence and effort and having nothing better to do in the run-up to Christmas but your entry is far too long to read so for that reason I won't be responding.

What is the point of picking a fight we can't win. Best Johnson & his buddies concentrate on a few more pressing local issues like Social Services, the NHS and lawlessness. The days of Empire and being the World's policemen are long gone.

So how is that different to what's going on in India?

Truth is somebody has to do something with this bunch of players 'cos they are the best we've got this year and probably next. If we go down we will be in even deeper doggie do as we will get stuck with people like Stephens forever and lose the wiser old heads who will quit for pastures new. "He's one of our own" won't be around bet your bottom dollar Don't know if you chaps watch Quest highlights but the average ability and intelligence of a Championship player is there for all to see, most are well past their best, lots of 'em are over-weight and balding and most can't pass the ball five yards without giving it away. Imagine Stephens as a stalwart for the next 8 years....

An egg can be cooked in many ways, we've tried fried, boiled, poached, scrambled but it still tastes much the same. Haven't tried baked yet so scope for a new manager although he will need to watch out that the eggs haven't gone past their sell-by date.

Does Antonio always score with his hands? VAR is probably why WHU are now struggling. Cheating ********!

Yesterday was. must win!

Keep up

Ings off in January? Could get decent money for him.

Cedric about the only player on our side who looked as 'though he cared. Best of our very poor bunch.

Identifying what we need has never been a problem and Mr Gao will know this as well as anybody. Finding the people and paying the price are the real challenges for him. No-way he wants us to lose our PL status but if genuinely there is no money what the hell is he supposed to do? His credit rating must be close to zero with the debt he already has on the club.

Bit of a shocker to hear Hasenhuttl bigging up "our" Dave for the Bertrand set piece side shoe shuffle. Most on here have him marked down as a useless git? Surely he gets an assist for this, more than Redmond all season and he's only on the bench.

It's on Sky for a tenner if you want to do 'cheap'. I have no choice.

Never more serious! Read the guy's post.

Not really as he seems to fit with Ralph. I'd rather we took offers for Redmond and move on with Boufal and Djenepo

Not many people take pride in being a free loader. Hope you can sleep at night.

It'a on Sky anyway.

Ralph should stick with his current 'best XI' team who on the whole have been reasonable decent in the last 4 matches. No need for disruptive changes yet. Looking like a draw probably 2-2. Calls for Valery to be a starter are ridiculous as he has not played at all well this season whilst Boufal might well be at his most effective off the bench at HT when their defence is on half empty tanks.