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I don't even necessarily blame Thorn. The only aspect of his tenure that truly annoys me is that he lacked self-awareness to call it a day when the time was right. The decisions made by SISU/Dulieu over that entire season were appalling and would've put any manager in a hugely difficult...

No capable manager would've stayed under those conditions. If Thorn had any integrity and or self-awareness he would've resigned at the very latest in November.

I don't know taking a year out to spend time perfecting his latest selfie poses. Why?

Oh fair enough I reading something the other day and it was discussing Kean being sent back to Everton and where his next destination could be (PSG), but it must've been completely wrong. I think Alli was a dreadful signing personally. He's the absolute last person you'd want in the trenches...

Wood has been relegated from the Championship three times with Rotherham (didn't sign for Charlton until the season after we were relegated) and Christie didn't play for Derby for a further two years. Cranie was the one of the three I mentioned in my post. Norwood was the obvious one from the...

Kean hasn't been sold as the loan condition was an option to buy and I don't believe Juve are taking it up. The other high earners under contract are of course an issue, but their wages should in theory be largely covered by the influx of cash Everton would receive from player sales and...

I think that's a stretch. The majority of the players we have this season are of far superior quality in comparison to what we had back then. And we've exceeded expectations this season because the recruitment has been by large successful. Our success this season isn't down to a manager making...

Would they though? They've spent an inordinate amount of money over the years but people are focusing too heavily on their last set of accounts and not actually realising that the level of cost cutting being carried out at the club currently. They've rid themselves of Walcott, Rodriguez...

It's not really a myth though is it. Look at who we had on the bench in the 2-1 loss vs Palace in the third game of the season. Dunn, McPake, Cameron, Ruffles, Jeffers. Equally, and I sound like CC84 here, but where do you believe the goals were coming from post Jutkiewicz? Our second...

Although Thorn was terrible I'm not so sure we would've stayed up if Robins was in charge. The Starting XI wasn't awful but the squad on the whole had zero depth so there was no one we could bring on to help change things when we were chasing the game. Couple that with two terrible windows...

Yeah there's that as well, but I do think it entirely depends on who's in front of them in the first team and where we are in the pyramid. All the players you mentioned broke through whilst we were in L1/L2 - it's fairly obvious that it's far easier as a young player to break through in such...

Adversely though, the standard of U23 is appalling. So, in order for our young players to succeed, they need to take that next step in their professional development to enhance their experience - and a loan really is more or less the only option to achieve that if they're not getting sufficient...

Exactly the arguement is completely mute so there's no point making it. You're making it sound like they're forced to go. Players like Sambou have their own free will you can't prohibit these players getting a move which really is a life changing opportunity for them. But that's football...

There were all those that were signed under Pressley also. Loza, Akpom, Petrasso, McGeouch, Delfouneso, Eccleston.

You think it's a much bigger problem than it is. Chelsea's model is already backfiring on them. You just have to look at the fact that more youth players are now refusing new contracts to prove that. The departures of Lewis Bate, Myles Peart-Harris and Tino Livramento are recent examples of this.

It really isn't. Nor will it bring wages down. You do realise there's new regulations which state clubs can no longer send more than eight players out on loan in any given season. That's automatically going to put a grinding halt to Chelsea's ridiculous loan model.

Terrible idea. If you're like us, who will start the summer with multiple players (most of which are on high contracts) that are likely to not play a part next season, how would you feasibly free up their wages? Equally, what happens if a player is unhappy and wants a move but the club can't...

Jones is likely to never play for us again and there hasn't exactly been glowing reviews of Reid in the U23s. Personally don't see the point in giving either of them an opportunity. Would much rather see us try to finish as strong as possible.

Parker is wildly overrated as a manager. Wouldn't be at all surprised if they blew it.

Not looking good for Bournemouth so far