The payment date was announced in advance. The “normal monthly date” is the date agreed and shared.
Changing payment dates at the drop of a hat is at best very bad practice and a serious red flag as an employer
He had his chance to play for us and he decided that he didn’t want to.
That was entirely his choice and I respect his decision. However as far as I’m concerned you only get to say once that you don’t want to play for us.
We’re second choice for nobody
I think that is definitely it. Robins rebuilt the whole club with a siege mentality, and the fans bought into that.
Post 2023 that didn't really work anymore. Like you say it'll definitely return if we go up
I don't think its embarrassment. I think its just that its out of sync around the ground by the time it gets to that point.
I've said a lot of times before, Singers Corner has a real problem with tempo. They think its a race.
Wasn't there an interview with him in the summer where he said he wanted to help us do well, and that he then hoped that would lead to something permanent?
I think everyone knows the chants in fairness (well most of them)
The problem is by the time the rest of the ground has a chance to respond, the corner has stopped.
I wonder if Lampard, in his initial interview, asked Doug how he would approach a promotion situation?
I agree with what you say, Lampard would not accept relegation as an option