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Reply | Marti gone...
at 18:39 25 Jan 2026
With two huge payoffs in 7 months I imagine the next place he goes will be a 7* resort somewhere hot! |
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Reply | Marti gone...
at 17:03 25 Jan 2026
It’s been inevitable for weeks - now the third manager they’re simultaneously paying not to manage them.
Hiding to nothing job ultimately - their fans think they’re a top 6 PL side while they’re languishing in the championship mid table with a points deduction on the way and a lazy squad of players on huge salaries. |
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Reply | Just back
at 10:30 25 Jan 2026
Of course there is more than one reason, but they all stemmed from the same issue - Mbengue had a meltdown and got himself sent off.
Obviously the manager takes a huge part of the blame for not having taken him off when he’s been a walking red card for 6 months and also for his immediate reaction being putting Bennie in at RB but of course the players, many very experienced and extremely well paid, let themselves down completely by not taking any personal responsibility to see the game out. |
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Reply | Mbenge
at 17:36 24 Jan 2026
Even without the brain like a goldfish with late stage dementia, a serious discussion should’ve been planned for the summer anyway.
Gives his all but never a full back at this level and 5th choice CB now - would’ve been 6th choice if Morrison hadn’t asked to leave - there needs to be some deep thinking as to how/if we move forward with him. [Post edited 24 Jan 17:36]
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Reply | Would a newby be a booby ? Match thread
at 17:14 24 Jan 2026
I hope not, it would be stupid even for this club.
But 1 win in 8 would be firmly in the hot seat at any other club where the self proclaimed boy wonder hadnt tied his future career to your success, and had the same boy wonder linking us to Gregory fcking Vignal on his own blog, and getting overruled when he tried to sack the manager when it happened last season… [Post edited 24 Jan 17:14]
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Reply | Would a newby be a booby ? Match thread
at 17:03 24 Jan 2026
I’m just glad this manager is the one ‘the Lionel Messi of boardrooms’ has tied himself to.
1 win in 8 for many previous managers would’ve had the expensive PR agencies bots on here telling us we need to make a change to get back to the good old days of Bobby Z in the 89th. |
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Reply | Rest of the Championship thread 25/26
at 11:41 23 Jan 2026
They had a mid table championship wage bill already back in L2……they’re absolutely going to be right at the top of the table now on wages.
As you say, the goal will be for the owners to unwind their positions in tranches and get down to a ‘vocational’ shareholding without it falling apart.
As others have said though, the whole thing is underpinned and funded by companies jumping on the hypewagon and getting huge exposure through the tv show. If/when the Hollywood guys wind down their involvement and Disney disappear they will need to find someone willing to take over United’s £10m+ per season shirt sponsorship or they’ll inevitably fall back through the leagues. |
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Reply | Player Sales
at 11:10 22 Jan 2026
I’d be a bit surprised if Nardi was willing to move in January as he can secure a nice signing on fee back home in the summer. |
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Reply | January transfer rumours
at 15:58 15 Jan 2026
Not a sexy one, but Sutton is going back out on loan to Hartlepool. |
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Reply | Cat 1. Academy Plans
at 11:27 14 Jan 2026
At the risk of finding negative in the positive, it’s frustrating that they could’ve done this when building Heston from the ground up only to now need an expensive retrofit because Ferdinand told the owners not to bother |
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Reply | Ronnie returns, but is it the handsome deal QPR hope? – Signing
at 03:44 10 Jan 2026
Glad you’ve asked the awkward questions - we rejected activating the clause to sign Saito last summer, only to blow £5m on him because we had sacked a popular manager and the new guy was having an inauspicious start so they needed a panacea and Derby were about to sign him so pitchforks would’ve been out at LR.
Edwards is obviously a very promising player, but blowing the last of the Eze money on him because we had a crap Xmas has the feel as you say of a ‘look over here’ when that money could’ve arguably been better utilised.
Hopefully it works and we go on a 15 game clean sheet run now with lovely Ronnie in defence, while Saito smashes 20 goals by the end of the season, but yeah… |
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Reply | Burrel out until March
at 15:24 9 Jan 2026
As you know HH, the reality of what they’ll tell you to your face is very different from the reality on the ground. |
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Reply | Burrel out until March
at 13:00 9 Jan 2026
At the risk of being a stuck record, Williams is DOF now. Player availability is *technically* not him anymore. |
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Reply | Ronnie Edwards
at 16:42 8 Jan 2026
Obviously I can’t provide proof on a message board, but it was the very thick end of £5m with add-ons that admittedly likely won’t ever be met. |
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Reply | Ronnie Edwards
at 16:25 8 Jan 2026
LOL! We committed closer to double that on Saito….  |
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Reply | Ronnie Edwards
at 16:25 8 Jan 2026
At the risk of saying ‘I told you so’, I did tell you the deal was agreed weeks ago… |
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Reply | Burrel out until March
at 16:23 8 Jan 2026
I mean they realised they couldn’t have him come back after the farce of last season here and in Boston with a straight face so he failed upwards into the DOF role over the summer and thus probably gets some leeway here. |
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