Christ it's a good job you don't do negative. The average before Moyes 2nd spell is 11.7. During this spell it's 10.25. ...all the while having a nett spend and wage bill (i.e., resources afforded to him) more in line with the first number than second. That's without even factoring in the impact Eu...

scatts wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 8:45 pm Remind me - why didn’t we get Cole Palmer?

Because he wanted to go Chelsea

Once he decided he was leaving Man City he was only ever going there

Earlier in the season I said the hype about Palmer start at Chelsea was ott

It was then

It's not now... what a player

Man City got anything else like that knocking around they dont want? Bobb? Lewis?

Random name for shits and giggles

Kevin Denkey

26 goals in Belgium already this season... 23 year old Tongo International... been heavily scouted by Tottenham... available for about 20 million Euros

No idea of what he offers beyond that...

Not many positive words from him about some of the training ground infrastructure he has seen so far in England. Being directly asked about, if he meant our training ground he just smiled and gave us the "my mouth is shut". A tad harsh on the portacabins They came directly from a bunch of...

i remember foncesca's name turning up this time last year to little fanfare. seems his star has risen a bit since then. Who you would back? I do remember you posting that you'd never wanted Moyes and would never back him (I think you said you'd tolerate the success while it was there)... I'm paraph...

Bubbles Fortuna wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 4:41 pm What has De Zerbi done to get the Bayern job?! Surely they aim higher.

Nagelsmann is favourite... but he is 3/1 according to a betting website in 2nd

Lord knows what he has done tbh

If De Zerbi goes Bayern... I wouldn't be surprised to see Potter back at Brighton.

DusseldorfHammer wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 4:27 pm Paulo Fonseca is a Jorge Mendes guy.

While I generally detest anything to do with him... sometimes it's a necessary evil.

He's not one of this top guys is probably the silver lining.

While I don't want to see Moyes go... I do feel like it's now inevitable and am resigned to it (a bit like I was last year at this point) Should we see a change, the manager I would most like to be seen given a shot that we've been seriously linked to is Fonseca. He's had a few learning curves (Roma...

Hammer in Hornchurch wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 12:11 pm I was thinking more Ian Dowie

Bilic was lined up last season if rumour is to be believed (which I do, given it's sources on here)

Payet isn't a free agent is he? Dammit.

Humbug... probably worthwhile removing the link to that absolute trash

They don't deserve the publicity and any reaction would really test the swear filter on here.

Johnny Byrne's Boots wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 10:23 am Monday's vaguely relevant BBC Gossip

Newcastle United have made Nottingham Forest's English attacking midfielder Morgan Gibbs-White, 24, one of their main summer transfer targets. (Mirror)



and that's it.

Again Moyes has done a good job, but what has improved this season? What is better now than 12 months ago (other than, ironically, our league position. For now at least). I don't see a foundation for what next season would look like under Moyes and I think it would be the same inconsistent mess. Le...

Take set pieces out of the equation for a minute. How many times this season have you walked away from the stadium thinking 'I really thought Ward Prowse got the better of the opposition midfield today'. Depends on your expectation from his role in the team. What do you mean by 'get the better of t...

I'm not being deliberately argumentative, but I think it is blind hope that he can turn it around, and whilst I would agree that we had one of the best moments of our lives in 2023, the season as a whole was largely disappointing. But for balance, it's equally blind hope that a new manager will imp...

diehardhammer wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 9:16 am kind of ironic using the word hope

I "hope" moyes can turn around this honking form so we don't end up bottom half and no europe next year

Not ironic at all

We have proof that he can... very tangible and very real!

Without wanting to add to the division, but isn't it also the case that hope seems to be the only strategy it will get better with Moyes? Reduced for brevity. Fair point... But at least history has taught us Moyes can do it. It's not blind hope that he can turn things around. After a shocking 2022,...

This is all somewhat hyperbolic, I know, but it does surprise me how many people seem to give the impression that Moyes is almost entirely blameless in the situation we find ourselves in. Very hyperbolic indeed... literally nobody has done that. Not even IB would do that. My comment was very tongue...

why is it the default position to just assume everything will turn to :thdn: when moyes goes? History and that we are punching above our weight. Hope seems to be the only strategy it will get better. Hope Sullivan will release control to some fella who has never made these type of decisions before ...