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Eh? I don't give a bollo@s about apparent agendas. I simply think Reed has performed poorly on recruitment and NA is the fall guy.

Our "buy 5 strikers and hope a couple work" policy was just a bit silly. You reckon that lot and JR with what we had was sensible? We also extended contracts all over the place. We're stuck with all sorts of players on crazy contracts.

Who? See Turkish posts on this. Reed has not overseen a successful recruitment campaign.

You think we could have afforded 12m of defenders having spent 12m on Gaston? Obviously you can "prove" that we could?

really? Who?

Our budget was blown on a player we arguably didn't need to the detriment of players we did. Are you seriously saying we needed Gaston more than a top notch left back and centre back? No one attacking player can compensate for a poor defensive unit.

Turkish is spot on. This guy runs the football and recruitment side, which is in a mess. NA gets the tools that are largely determined by others, and presumably the head of recruitment has a large role in those recruitments. The recruitment during the Reed era has largely been shambolic. It staggers me that people call for NA head but can't look further up the food chain.

I've said before that Reed should go before NA who has a thankless task. NC has relied on this guy to basically act as a general manager. He's f€cked up bigtime and should go.

We should look at this game in context, ie away in a meaningless tie with a scratch team. It shouldn't be viewed in the context of the season.

Ffs, "fans" on suicide watch cos we're one down in the Mickey mouse cup.

Quite. Our youth players won't get a chance if they don't, erm, get a chance. Tough decision whether to do it in the Mickey mouse cup or away at Man Utd in the prem.

And you would have doubtless been the first to moan if the likes of Morgan and Lallana etc played and got a knock. Do you not see the benefit of keeping fringe players sharp, resting the regulars and giving youth a chance?

Couldn't disagree more. There's no point in having a squad and not using it. This is an opportunity for fringe players to stake a claim, which in turn could make other players raise their game.

Seager. Hoskins and Sinclair deserve a chance ahead of him imo.

Who?

That's a sensible line up. Those included all need a game. Reeves at LB will be interesting, as will seeing how Lee plays after his layoff. I'm glad to see a bench full of nippers too. Hopefully Hoskins and Sinclair can get some game time and show what they can do. It'll be interesting game. Goals galore I reckon and a narrow win.

He drifts there which highlights a problem of playing him in a 433. If your isolated striker goes out wide you've got no central attacking threat. If you play him wide he'd offer very little offensively or defensively imo. He will get us goals this season, but JR offers something different and is probably better suited to the central role in a 433. Personally I'd love to see them together in a 442.

Oh come on. I'm always reading on here that RL is our best player. He isn't. He's our best goalscorer, there's a difference. Yes RL has a great first touch and can finish but he lacks pace and mobility. If we're gonna play 433 it's hard to accomodate a player like him. In that system the wide boys need to pull wide and track back. That isolates the middle man who needs pace and movement. JR hasn't scored many but he's barely played up top. Stick RL on the left wing and see how many he scores. I'm not saying RL is a carthorse but he ain't the resurrection either.

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That makes little sense. To see us winning more games than not in a lower league season after season would mean getting relegated and then having to settle for being a team who never quite get promotion. Why would you want that? If we drop down and win loads we get promoted. We either then flounder like we are so far or consolidate playing "tedious" football as you put it.

Absolutely. I can't head my head around people: (a) saying that it won't happen simply because they don't want it; and (b) not being able/prepared to consider that the bloke might actually be able to improve the team; and © saying that they'd rather see us go down than have him as boss. I don't want the fella here but I'm prepared to accept that he has a decent track record and could bring something to the table.

Cross purposes. We would have avoided admin if we stayed up. We didn't. If HR was the cause of our relegation then indirectly the admin was down to him. I agree that the rot had set in before HR arrived.

If he was the reason we went down then indirectly I suppose he is.

My point is that his signings improved Spurs on the pitch. As for overpaid players, If we go down we'll be stranded with overpaid players. Indeed, we're stuck with overpaid players now. Dickson couldn't be moved on as his wages prevented even a loan deal. I suspect wages are the reason Butterfield, Barnard, Forte etc are still on our books. I want to make that I don't want HR near our club, but if we're gonna make a change then there's a convincing case for him.

They'll be a few that do that, but not many. The fairweather fans will replace them if the results are coming.