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I genuinely don't understand this comment. We were at rock bottom when appointing Robins. Plus he actually had a good record managing teams against the odds (only really underwhelmed at Huddersfield) and most importantly, had had a promising stint with us. There's no similarity at all.

Top 4 for Chelsea would be the very lowest of their expectations. It's relative. The squad he had was stronger than that of all but a few of the rivals. I just checked the results for them against the other 3 teams in the top four for that season: W 1 D 0 L 5. He was then sacked quickly the...

I'll be very happy to be proved wrong. But also very surprised.

Our squad that season was nowhere near the quality Derby's when Lampard managed them.

Well, one thing to say is that we don't know how serious the links with those people are, or who else is / was genuinely in the frame. Of those three, probably Carsley. I'd be happier though to take a punt on someone less experienced, rather than appoint someone who's record it's erring on...

Everyone who's ever managed them has kept Everton in the Premier League. I'm not sure 6th with that Derby side can be said to be a huge success. It had players like Wilson, Mount and Tomori in it. Wasn't that basically in the era that ultimately screwed them? They had to get promoted or they...

Apart from a very promising stint with us. We were also about to be relegated to the fourth division. It's not the same.

What do you mean by 'qualified'? That he's the most experienced? If so, then in terms of games managed, then possibly, but none of that experience was anything other than underwhelming. If he'd have been a lesser player but with the same managerial record, there's no way he would be anywhere...

A man whose managerial successes amount to a grand total of absolutely fuck all. If this is true, I am genuinely pissed off.

If we're going to compare them (which I wasn't): last season Luton lost a lot of points from winning positions (often big winning positions), and lost a lot of games late. That suggests a squad without the quality / experience (and this can apply to the manager, too) to manage and see out games...

You respect that his team got relegated without a fight because he didn't know how to get them to play in a way to keep them up? Ok. Strange take, but ok. I want someone with the pragmatism to succeed. We're never going to have the best players in the division, so if a manager tries to play a...

Completely agree. He's only ever succeeded when the players he has are better than everyone else's. His squad were good enough to have stayed up had he changed the style to suit the league and opposition, but he didn't have the nous / ability to be pragmatic. Same with Maresca; he didn't seem...

A better bet would be to not appoint him in the first place.

Whilst I think there's a lot of mistakes you can lay at King's door, I'm not sure how Hamer leaving is one of them. He was off as soon as Dabo skied his penalty. Just because we hoped / thought he might stay doesn't change that. We desperately miss his vision more than anything, but it's not...

Also probably overhaul of the coaching set-up and poor recruitment. I don't know how much of that was down to the manager.

One of those managers who's a manager purely because he was a good player, and isn't in work because he's a bad manager. Would be pissed off with this.

Giving us back pride in our club.

If anyone has downed tools (and I don't for a second think that Simms comes across as that sort of character), then they should be shipped out at the earliest possible opportunity, whoever the new manager is.

Are they still legal tender after that?

We lost to an awful team who couldn't buy a win away from home up to now. It doesn't matter if their goals were freaks or world class. We never looked like beating them, it was pathetic.