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A promotion, better pay and potentially being closer to home, correct? If so, was there anything the club could have done to keep him? Managers and coaches are like players, there’s plenty of talent out there so there’s no point in fixating on old personnel.

Agreed, we’ve been here before and things turned out alright. Of course, this doesn’t guarantee our form will pick up, it’s a cause for optimism that MR will turn it around. On hand, you’ve got people saying AV leaving is a cause of things going badly, conveniently ignoring our bad form in...

We’re still early in the season so despite the bad performances, there’s plenty of time to turn things around.

It was a bag of wank today!

Free agents - we tried and failed (Browne) and at this stage all of the good ones have been signed up. James would be a logical signing imo, but it’s not a game changer as he’d still be 4/5th choice. Loan market - what Prem team would loan a promising youngster to be 3rd or 4th choice for us...

Man, if only the club thought of that…

We didn’t have the chance on deadline day. By all accounts, there was activity on and leading up to deadline day but couldn’t get a deal over the line. It’s no good panicking, getting desperate and signing any dick, Tom or Harry to fill a need. That’s how you end up either paying over the odds...

Palmer forced a move, it was out of the clubs hands. We’ll have to make do until Jan-Feb - it’s not that big a deal.

Players will have to play through some fatigue throughout the stadium. Football is a contact sport and injuries are part and parcel of the game, unfortunately. It’s unlikely that Allen’s contract gets renewed past this season. He’s been a good servant but his injury record is getting worse and...

Agreed, the money was fronted and the deal was ready to be signed. If anything, it’s the recruitment team for failing to identify on targets that MR would sign off on.

I remember the days in preseason when Allen, Eccles, Torp and Sheaf was enough depth… Going into match 10 and we’re down to Eccles and Torp only. It was always a risk given Allen, Torp (last season) and Sheaf’s injury records. In fact, Allen probably has a worse injury record than Sheaf.

Cap cheat hall of shame! 😂

Logically, we’ll struggle but think we’ll somehow pick up a point or 3 this weekend. Either way, it’ll be an early start and on the sauce early doors and I’m looking forward to it!

What does ‘fitness’ mean specifically here… does it mean he’s unfit because he’s lazy and not kept in shape, or does it mean his body is struggling to adapt to a change in regime following an injury. From MR’s comments, unless what he’s said is completely fabricated, it’s the player needs to be...

Simms is still our best striker and like last season, there’s a lack of good chances for him. Basette is 19 and is energetic and raw but he is a longer term project and probably does not have the skill or consistency to start regularly in a Championship campaign.

I’ll be honest, I haven’t been paying close attention to your mood on the new government. There is no cast iron economic laws because if there was there’d be no need for politics. Keynesians believe that increasing aggregate demand won’t cause inflation, monetarists believe the exact opposite...

It sounds like you’ve got some buyers remorse Ian?

It’s ok to disagree but to deride anything you don’t like as ‘myths’ and ‘right wing’ is just not discussing a topic in good faith. I’ve not said that increases in public spending will definitely always cause inflation. These things are contextual and 2010 to 2024 was characterised by a...

Spending as a % of GDP is not the same thing as debt:GDP ratio.

So it doesn’t have infinite funds then. Inflation, economic confidence, debt burden are all limitations and you know this. One of the many reasons our inflation is stickier than our counterparts is our public spending and debt.