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Not sure who the bigger bullshit artists in this thread are - the people who claim that TM told them all his secrets in some kind of pre-season truth or dare, or the people who apparently have an intimate knowledge of every player's contract details in the Football League.

It's weird that TM made a point at the time of specifying that Ricketts would be more of a club captain who played occasionally. Since then no sign of any replacement as far as a regular team captain goes - presumably one of the targets we missed out on? Not ideal to bring in a new captain...

Because of the 'City of Rugby' initiative of course. We haven't seen a more sinister or powerful social movement since the Chinese Cultural Revolution. I'm amazed they haven't got to you already.

I don't see anyone writing him off in this thread tbf? Is there a threshold of minutes played we should wait for before we start commenting on any player?

Surely if we're spending all summer targeting unrealistic signings then that's worth complaining about? Clearly there's been some pretty major miscalculations from Venus/Mowbray somewhere.

Well I can't remember the article offhand, but I'm willing to bet that the team's manager openly admitting we could get a tanking was the most unusual and noteworthy line from whatever interview he did. Maybe he admitted to murdering Lord Lucan as well later in the interview, but you'll have to...

I read it plenty. But doesn't matter if you work for the Coventry Telegraph, Daily Telegraph or Earlsdon Primary School Telegraph, if you ask someone a question and they give you an answer, you report it, right?

REPORTER: Could we be in for a tanking tomorrow? FOOTBALL MANAGER: Yes REPORTER: OK thanks I'll be sure to completely ignore that answer when I write this up EDITOR: You're fired chiefdave's journalism school, everybody!

I have my doubts that it's a direct quote, but I wouldn't be in the slightest bit surprised if he said something along those lines. Alternatively, the fan in question just outright lied. Depends which you think is more likely.

LA LA LA I'M NOT LISTENING LA LA LA Seriously though, the language sounds unusually frank for TM, but what he's saying is hardly out of the realms of possibility is it?

Probably the biggest transfer gamble we've made since the Richardson days. Vincelot is undeniably a top player at this level, so if you're going to sell him a fortnight before the season starts (to a divisional rival!) then you better have a pretty good plan in place. And I don't count throwing...

I'm really not. You don't have to be some kind of brave freedom fighter to not be intimidated by a string of press releases.

It's incredible how insecure people are about this insignificant program. Local authorities are no more likely to persuade the people of Coventry that it's suddenly a 'City of Rugby' than they are to convince them they're using the wrong recycling bin for plastics. The fact that some people feel...

Who says it's being favoured? Loads of sports get promoted this way. The paranoia around this one is bizarre. Have a bit more confidence, people, it'll take more than a website filled with stock rugby images to completely wipe out football as we know it from Coventry.

Not sure which is more hilarious, the idea that Wasps are this genius sporting powerhouse with a grand plan for domination in which we're just a pawn, or this idea that the 'City of Rugby' is anything more than a glorified press release. The way some people are talking about it on here you'd...

I don't really see why CCFC playing at the Ricoh stands in the way of it becoming a "home of rugby" (whatever that means). Wembley hosts all kinds of sports, including rugby - does that mean it's not the "home of football"? Be objective about it. If Bruce Springsteen told Wasps that he wanted...

I can't believe that Jamie Jones was our worst goalkeeper over the past decade! Although I do remember a pretty heated debate on here as to whether he was a worthy loan signing or not. I also remember Danny Swanson looking decent for at least one half of football. Was it Doncaster away that...

Good for him on sending this letter. As for those who think he should get a pass on the Twitter fiasco because of it - well, I'm sure Marlon King was nice to kids a few times as well. Oh look, he's just been charged by the FA too. This gets worse and worse.

Exactly! I just find it strange that people who by their own admission have little to no idea about how gay people might react to that word seem to already know what the right level of outrage should be. Apropos of nothing, here's Louis CK's sketch on it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CK5KmhLKEwM

Admit it, you don't really know though, do you? When was the last time you talked to a gay friend of yours about how they felt about people using words like that?