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Agree. They are neither an adventure capital business nor asset strippers. What they are is a bunch of incompetent clowns who listened to Ankersen's big ideas. He sold them the dream and they now find themselves floundering out of their depth in a business they know the square root of diddly squat about. I don't think they have an exit strategy but Ankersen probably continues to lead them by the nose because his ego won't allow him to admit defeat and quit.

I said this yesterday. No way the fans will want him preparing the team for a trip to Fratton Park if we lose on Wednesday.

Until we identify and clear out the bad apples it doesn't matter who comes in as manager.

2 good players until, like many others, they were subjected to our fitness and coaching methods. Nearly every player who arrives at this club has a decent spell then regresses. It aint coincidence nor is the fact that quite a few who move away improve rapidly.

Agree, this club has developed a toxic reputation under SR. Remember Jesse Marsh wanted nothing to do with them after being interviewed.

We've been that club before.

Well we know there'll be chants from the Pompey inbreds. I'm predicting constant renditions of 'Sacked in the morning' will be bellowed from the terraces on Sunday.

The players will be at home in their plush mansions or out and about in their flash motors, not a care in the world or any thought for the long suffering fans. Along with others I can think of a few of our ex pedigree managers who would have had the lot of them up at Staplewood today and they'd have been metaphorically hung, drawn and quartered. They'd have had the riot act read to them and been told their fortunes before some hard sessions to teach them some harsh realities. It's all too easy these days and the players are allowed to get away with murder. No discipline and zero accountability so it's no wonder they continually coast along doing the bare minimum.

Agree but Ankersen still dines out on his time at Brentford and there are still people who believe he was key to their success. Solac still seems to respect him so we are stuck with him and his 'If it aint broke break it' nonsense. The man is a fraud.

Imagine he'll be on the bench for both games.

Agree. Tony Bloom is clearly light years ahead of Rasmus Ankersen.

In a way but the key difference is that they don't have access to Brighton's secret algorithm. Not many do even those at their club.

There are plenty of decisions and actions they have taken to demonstrate their complete incompetence but this is probably right up there as a yardstick for their stupidity. I can't imagine there is a worse set of coaches in the Championship and probably not in Div1 either. The sheer arrogance that the SR goons believe this group of coaches can do the job beggars belief.

I expect one of the sports science guys checked the data from the vests players wear these days and told Eckert that Fellows should come off. That's how it seems to work these days. There's no argument or option to see if he recovers and gets his second wind - no, it's get him off immediately. Game has gone crazy.

Agree he is quiet on the field but he strikes me as an immature character - like a student who forms a little gang and is disruptive. Some of his interviews in the past have led me to see him in this light. I just can't shake off this image of him clowning around during training, putting little effort in and influencing others. He never really got over the sacking of his mate Russboy. Maybe I'm wrong and he's nothing like this.