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There is more to them than Granit Xhaka although I agree he was an astute signing. They have packed their squad with pace and power because they realise that is what is needed to compete in the Premier League. Our little snowflakes would be like lambs to the slaughter if we were playing Premier league teams and they aren't physical enough for the Championship either.

No thanks. Another slow, small player who can't compete physically is the last thing we need.

We continue to recruit players who are too lightweight. Spors suggested he was going to fix this but he has done little other than signing Quarshie who is one for the future and the recent signing of Romeu. Spors should be studying other clubs like Bournemouth, Brentford, Palace and Sunderland. We have far too many shrinking violets who shirk at the first sign of a physical battle.

I think there is a clique at the club and the ringleaders are Capt Jack, THB and Downes all of who were dropped by Still.

Probably not available but there is a guy in Scotland who currently has Hearts unbeaten and above both Celtic and Ranger. Derek McInnes has his side playing 442 so no 3 centre back nonsense. Some of his success is attributed to the fact that Brighton owner Tony Bloom has a 29% stake in the club meaning they have access to his analytical scouting network tools. If only we had someone as clever as Bloom instead of Rasmus and his off the wall nonsense.

The unique thing about football managers is that 99% of them become available because they failed elsewhere. So you either have to pick the one that looks a decent fit for your club and hope it works out or take a chance on someone young, who shows promise, has a side playing good football and looks ready to step up. Both are gambles which have the potential to go horribly wrong but are less risky than considering a 32 year old U21 manager who was never a pro and has never managed in men's football. Spors is paid very good money to make the correct decision. Let's hope he does so.

Yeah, plus all those hairy arsed scotsmen who support Rangers. Strangely they didn't see the attraction of suicide football, poor excuses and underfit players. Funny how this has changed so quickly under Rohl - you'd almost believe the previous bloke was clueless.

I think many believe he didn't take kindly to being dropped by Will Still who had never been a professional footballer and that's when he ejected his playthings from the pram. If true it means Eckert, who also was never a pro and has far less management experience than Still, will never have the minerals to drop him however many howlers he makes,

No, I'm comparing results. I said nothing whatsoever about the management credentials of either Still or Slot.

Liverpool have 3 points over the last 6 games so I guess Arne Slot will be available soon 🙂

Well he's younger than Will Still and from what I can gather he's also never played football professionally. He's far less experienced than Still at management yet, because he's scraped a couple of wins, we are expected to meekly submit as SR make an even worse decision than their last one. We were told Still wouldn't work because his lack of a playing career would mean our little wallflowers wouldn't respect him and here we have someone who will be in the same boat. If it happens it's madness.

No, it sounds like they are hoping he gets decent results in the next 3 games which look fairly tough. We have Charlton away led by Mad Nate who will be desperate to put one over on us. Then it's Leicester at home and we always really struggle against them. Last of the three is Millwall away and they currently sit 6th so must be doing something right. If Eckert manages a minimum win and two draws I think SR will let him carry on. Anything less and they may be forced to bite the bullet and bring someone in but a degree of damage will have been done depending on how bad the results go.

Actually they can and will.

Maybe you're right. However, I think the fact that WS dared drop Capt Jack, THB and Bazunu (rightly in my view) was poorly received by the thee players concerned. Downes is another who would probably have joined this cliquey group along with the likes of Manning, AA, Aribo and Edozie. It's very easy to see how the dressing room turned against WS for just calling it how he saw it. I liked that about him. He was honest but, in the end, it was his downfall because once you lose a group of senior players it's all over.

Agree but I bet he's super popular in the dressing room.