The Kraken

The same dance but it’s very funny every time. Poor old Ralph, so many potential savings and yet cant be specific about a single one of them. HS2!!!! Quangoes!!! Welfare!!! And not one specific reference of where the savings come from within those.

Fairly predictable. I wonder if he’s got ambitions of doing a Lallana. One or two more years playing, hang up his boots and go into a coaching role.

There are signs there that they want Eckert. - Club have nobody at all lined up to replace Still, in fact saying they want to take their time choosing who to install. - Lallana and Trollope retained so a coaching team is already in place. - Oriol Romeu signed right after we sacked our old manager. Could be wrong, could just be part of the transition process. But a few things are starting to stack up weirdly IMO. That Sheff Wed game is absolutely massive in determining what SR do, I reckon. QPR away, really not expecting much at all though the players could do us a favour by putting themselves in the shop window and busting a gut for once.

I just get the feeling that Eckert is who they really want.

I guess we’ll find out eventually, but I’m wondering a little why Oriol has had two months without a club. Various reasons why it could be, but a bit strange that at only 34 he was seemingly unable to find another side before now.

Definitely a good deal to be had if he’s a free agent. It remains to be seen whether we’ll get many 90 minutes out of him, I somehow doubt it. But with someone like Jander alongside him he could thrive.

I don’t see us getting someone who is in a job already. We’ve done it before but I can see us going for someone out of work, and accepting that the llama and Trollope ore part of the package.

Of course you did.

Yeah that’s how I recall it too. He had said he wanted to retire at a point. Also, he had a terrible, terrible finish to the previous season of results, really appalling results over a large period of time. The club then decided to forcibly appoint Ruben Selles as his number one, we know where that ended up. i will always treasure Ralph, I thought he was great. But his time was done, and then the club completely undermined him leading to an eventual dismissal. A fuck up that kind of defined SR really.

Yeah, not really true though. Ralph was great but he was cooked at the end of his time here. The fact that we appointed complete muppets to replace him don’t alter the fact that he needed to go. in any case, SR have shown repeatedly that they are largely incompetent when it comes to appointing managers. Expecting much of the same next.

Of course it would be welcomed, Flynn and Cpt Jack get their days off and don’t have to run around too much.

Excellently put. Clear as day 👍

You just know that SR want to give it to Eckert. Former SR/Spors history, and they kept on Trollope and Lallana as coaches to bed him in, I can see this dude getting given the gig if we actually pick up points at Loftus and against the utterly turgid Wendys.

Let’s not go overboard. Still was a risk. A lot of fans got behind it and hoped for the best. “Backed it” is doing some heavy lifting. Spors’ recruitment will be mostly judged on league position. He has little credit in the bank.

When you think you’ve hit rock bottom, this club have an unbelievable trait of reminding you that you haven’t yet.