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Well we were favourites for relegation with bookmakers before the season started. This after having the core of our team ripped out (Westwood, Turner, Gunnarsson and King) We had 5 teenagers regularly in the side and more on the bench. In January we sold our only player that could score (which...

It doesn't throw my train of thought. A very plausible explanation is that we lost our 4 best players in his first summer in charge, and were favourites for relegation with the bookies before a ball was kicked. Consequently less people renewed their season tickets. As we had a much weaker...

Coleman did a good job at Fulham, Boothroyd did a better job at Watford than Wise did with Millwall. Can't draw assumptions from his spell at Millwall, Poyet was the man at Leeds, when he left for Spurs they fell apart. I'd be gutted if Wise got the job.

Steady, Nick.

Please not dennis wise!

Yeah I have a feeling this could also be true. Hard bloke though, part of the Wimbledon, 'Crazy Gang'. Although the plenty of successful managers have come to blows with players, SAF, Tony Pulis and Di Canio but to name a few!

No one is talking about him like that, all people are saying is that when judging Thorn you must consider the external variables that plagued his managerial time at City. Therefore the support came for Thorn because the majority of the fans could understand he had a huge task to keep us up last...

Are you a Coventry fan or did Thorn sleep with your wife? I'm starting to wonder..

We slid down the table because we played predictable football, the exact same thing happened at Colchester when Boothroyd was there, top 6 in January but bottom half come the end of the season.

I don't think anyone has said they're remotely upset by other fans taking the piss, it just highlights the fact this is not a positive move for the club. 12 managers in 12 years does give other fans reason to have a laugh. As for the title to the thread, I think Martin has noticed that several...

This was Boothroyd who had King, Westwood, Turner and Gunnarsson at his disposal. Eventually of course we dropped like a stone down the league table.

Well what you're saying is all well and good, but for large parts of last season we were operating with two 18 year olds and one 17 year old in the starting line up. Are they as physically fit as a 25 year old senior pro, absolutely not. This wasn't Thorn's fault, it was through having no...

Literally ridiculous, our squad wasn't competitive last season. Had Thorn kept us up, then I think it would've been the best Managerial achievement since we were relegated. Any manager would've struggled immensely to keep us up.Unfortunately he did not, but over the summer he has assembled an...

Yeah that's what I cannot understand, if there were off the field problems, why not sack Thorn before pre-season. Surely they've not sacked Thorn on the basis of 45 minutes against Bury?

I'm indifferent to Thorn to be honest. Not sure I ever believed he was the man to guide us to any success. However last season he barely had 11 senior professionals (and this was after losing 5 of our best players in 6 months) that could play 90 minutes, had he kept us up, I'd say it would've...

You can't see how rival fans can take the piss? Is it not glaringly obvious. I've received texts from several mates along the lines of 'see cov started well, manager gone already'. This is not something to be celebrated, it represents 18 awful months. If there talk of him 'losing the dressing...

Wood and Malaga both better in the air, Hussey took most corners and need one defender back

Well I think we're going to have to gamble to a certain extent, we won't be able to attract many big names. I'd be looking for someone in the Eddie Howe mould.

Wise was poor at Leeds in League 1, with Poyet there they did well, but as soon as he left they collapsed. Seems too volatile to me, wouldn't like him to be in charge. I'd like us to appoint a lesser known candidate, young manager who can demonstrate genuine tactical awareness and has a great...

Last season, at times, Thorn barely had 11 senior professionals that could play 90 minutes. We lost our 5 best players in a 6 month period, and this is from a side that with those players had finished 18th. Realistically we were never going to stay up, and now three games into the new season...