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Something?? To loan to Goztepe ?

Should have been marked with a black arm band at the very least. Chris Nicholl’s passing should have been acknowledged as well. Didn’t the club do something after they were shamed into it ?

Good write up in case not seen: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c24g1nrg85do

Tried looking him up but couldn’t find what I was looking for on LinkedIn. Anyone know how long he worked for Barclays, Barings, or German equivalent?

Not if results continue to plummet we won’t.

Agree about the good save. Second goal though I thought was poor. You describe it quite well, he came off his line then hesitated leaving him stranded. He’d have had a better chance of saving it staying on his line. Either come out for it with commitment - stop a free header going unchallenged- or don’t.

Anyone told Sports Republic ? New Rasmus motto : if it hasn’t been fucked up, then fuck it up.

The main positive about seeing Downes in the current kit is that from a distance a bloke with blond hair is reminiscent of David Peach. As for the contributions Flynn makes now, there’s not much of a case to make.

Certainly lost a lot of time for him after that, and then his sulk when Legohead was booted out.

Typifies the thinking at SFC fromtop to bottom. It’s just not joined up

Less inbreds noticed in the 70’s though.

Not arguing at all, think we’re largely in agreement. I too can understand baulking at £5m, but suspected there could have been some negotiation on it had we been so minded. Accept your description of Still profile as it might appeal to the club, but for me it was too much of a leap of faith to appoint him at all. Beneath the back story of ‘young’ modern (to be polite) type of manager there was little to commend him. ‘Getting him in early’ is a bit of a flawed argument although the club liked to dress it up as such. There’s a difference in getting the appointment early (before player’s return) or late July/early August. Making the appointment ‘early’ for the sake of it achieved nothing. Witnessed one match, met Rishi, (allowed us sight of his Doris !) then everyone fucked off on holiday for over two months. Unless his appointment was designed to ensure we signed Quarshie and Downes it was pointless in May. Making the right appointment was more important than an early one.

Bree unfortunately is forever tarnished by being signed by Nathan Jones from his former club. I don’t think he’s been worse than some of the other options we’ve used at RB.

We’ll never know what the compensation was, but with Wednesday skint there was probably a deal to be made. £5m on a manager we want (if we did) or waste on Damion Downes??? Pure speculation but I’ve since wondered if perhaps it was clear Rohl wouldn’t commit to playing the club’s way. Even allowing for discounting Rohl there was no reason to appoint Still in May, rather than widen the search. Or anytime after in my book.

Rohl thought he had better options last May when we appointed Still. But didn’t. He was out of work when it was evident that Still was shit, but we left him in place too long. That may not be why he hasn’t ended up here, but our selection and timings have been diabolical