I had truthfully forgotten that he played for us. He's like a new signing!

Georgee Paris wrote:You are supposedly there to support the team right?

It's tough love

Up the Junction wrote:Anything's possible. My own view is that there's more chance of Oscar Pistorius appearing up front for us.

Surely even the South African justice system isn't that cruel?

Maybe I wasn't clear but I meant Personal as in YOUR dislike. And your comment that you'd get rid even if even if everyone at the club thought he was top banana says to me you are so entrenched with your own egotistical views that you can't see the woods for the trees. I do wonder whether the const...

A new low.

Turns to Stone wrote:....Sticking with the manager unless there is an guaranteed improvement abailable.

There are never any guarantees. You'll struggle to find a safer pair of hands than Sam's giving any potential replacement the air of a gamble.

Any Stoke zombies yet?

Sloop John B wrote:Thought we looked a bit disjointed going forward....

Sack Teddy

DaveWHU1964 wrote:That seems a fairly significant step up for us.

All clubs have far more money again this year, it's all relative.

I think the problem with Sam Allardyce is that he is too far behind the curve of modern football now. Although it's an interesting point I think the players he was able to bring to Bolton, and not just the names everybody knows, were at least as key in their success as style. It was a unique time f...

Quinton We have been (on this thread) making lists of managers that (might) on balance be a better man for the job than the current incumbent.... True, but none of us will be making that decision, so if you want Sam gone you have to believe that G&S will do better. At least that's the only rati...

The attitude you are taking is much the same as that of Brown et al when he sacked Harry. Apple and Oranges, Brown is not Sullivan. G&S have always gone cheap, but via a circuitous route of 'head hunting' by trying to get managers to walk and use the context of their contracts to get out of com...

Bring back Duckers and Nani. But aren't we only in business because of Sullivan and Gold? Yes I know you're being facetious. The "play attractive football" diktat carries very little legal weight IMO if they tried to sack him for failing to follow reasonable instructions as it's so subjec...

As with all stats, it's all about the context Sure, there might be a stat saying we have been the 7th highest net spender (or whatever it is), but you also have to look at the bigger picture, when making such comparisons We have been relegated during those 5 years. A relegated club generally sells ...

Graza wrote:Transfer league has us 6th for net spend, 10th for gross spend over the last 5 years

Does it include all the money spent this summer?

They are including this summers spending in that. Previous 5 years we were 11th Yet the page says In the Nett" column the total of transfer fees received from the sale of Players is subtracted from the total money spent in transfer fees on purchasing players since 2003 So obviously maintained ...

Statistics and comparisons with other teams are really too nebulous. Not really, if you know the relevant spending then it simply shows who is making the most efficient use of their resource. If people are going to use that argument as a stick with which to beat the manager then they need to both g...

goose wrote:hahah people asked for last 5 years and thats what they got.

Well, actually I pointed out that 5 years transfer spending would show more clearly the transfer spending impact because it's incremental. I edited my reply above to give you some more tips on how to evaluate things.

net spend last 5 years = 6th according to the transfer league. gutted?? Why would I be gutted? What are the net wages over 5 years? The transfer spend is only a part of the picture. You'll notice Arsenal's spending is well down from the positions they achieve. Sorry to be boring on the subject, but...

RM6 wrote:Indeed, but because he dared to utter an obvious truth he's being c*nted off left, right and centre but many a reactionary f*ckwit.

To be fair it must be a bit boring being surrounded by all those clean athletes running over 10 seconds....