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Apparently we were lucky to get Luggy! I heard one of the other options was a right chancer...

D&G lost about 5 on the bounce including the FACUP loss to Bristol Rovers (a division below).

Lallana is injured. Lambert is injured / not fully fit after his preseason injury. Those two alone significantly improved us last season. In addition, Antonio and Waigo are history, Puncheon isn't scoring and Barnard is suspended. So we're effectively four attacking players down and two more are not firing at 100%. No wonder we're not scoring like we were last season.

I don't need a rallying cry. I am a wall of positivity. (or the fact that I'd written off getting results Swindon in the JPT and at their place before the season even started...)

No, you should keep boycotting the Sun.

Why do you assume that it's taken him until now to realise that he's unfit? You only had to watch him during the games to see that he knew he was off the pace and wasn't happy about it...

I think it's the combination of the whinging followed by the rallying call...

Maybe NC said 'were' not 'are' but the guy misheard it, or NC simply misspoke.

Has it been stated by anyone who actually knows what's going on, or is it just part of the rumour mill?

The last manager that we got from another club was a bit naive for quitting his job before the clubs agreed compensation as he ended up having to settle it himself.

It basically comes down to good taste and decency.

Is it me or does it sound exactly like Solent except for a few different names?

I think it depends on the people involved and how they do the roles. As you say, with Harry and Billy then you're on a hiding to nothing. Something that made involving SCW here worse was that Harry and a few of the other coaches (Cole, Bassett) were never going to buy into it, so things looked even more out of place. Interesting discussion about it on Five Live last night where Stoke and Reading (under Coppell) were cited as examples of a DoF type system working. I've heard it suggested that David Dein had that kind of role when he was at Arsenal. Funny thing I notice however is that some on here (and elements of the media) are super quick to point out the Cortese has no experience of football. Cortese then recruits someone who apparently has some standing within FA coaching circles to advise him and some criticise him for that as well...

I've seen the reports about coaching staff resigning, citing difficulties working with Pardew but the idea of him (a) not buying into the available technology and (b) interfering with development employees work appear new. Where does this come from? (apologies if it is already on one of the threads somewhere...)

Do you mean the big fat pay off which would be put in jeopardy if AP spoke to the media?

I think OAC and Puncheon on the wings. I half wonder if he'll be radical and put Guli in for Spiderman.

Doesn't actually say much though.

You think he should have gone after a couple of months??

"South Coast club appoints new manager". I'd assume they wont name him.

Start of a sentance...

I thought the Orient game was a perfect example of this - Pardew stood on the touchline apparently unsure whether to change things or not.

Can we just not take their manager? Problem solved.

This post and the subsequent discussion:

Nobogy seemed to want to pass to him, yet he didn't seem bad when he actually got the ball. I'd definitely have preferred to see him in the middle, however that would mean dropping Hammond and I can't imagine a caretaker doing that.

Is this irony?