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Yes, all of that. Plus the winning, scoring for fun and fan adoration at the start. Whoever comes in inherits a tired, multi-injured squad low on confidence, potentially with split loyalties in the team and fan base, and a club that has already achieved more than expected and now has a higher...

Very much agreed, but I've been wondering why RDZ would recommend him in that case. This led me to going down a bit of a Farioli rabbit hole, from which you see there are plenty of articles about his attacking, possession based football, especially in Turkey. What I would say is that none of...

Having not watched Nice much this season - make that not at all - I think this is just proving you can find anything you like on the internet if you look hard enough :lolol: Here for instance, his former side Alanyaspor tells a different story. "As Alanyaspor progress into more advanced phases...

But do you see the similarities between Bielsa and De Zerbi?

Where do people get this stuff? He's De. Zerbi's former assistant and prioritises attacking football and beating the press. https://the-footballanalyst.com/francesco-farioli-ogc-nice-tactical-analysis/

A distinctly average and underwhelming looking squad for one of the favourites.....until you get to the Forwards, when it's 'can we play all of them please?'. I guess there's some versatility in our cover. TAA can cover at right back, Bellingham can drop into midfield etc. But it still feels...

A while ago now though. Best to draw a line under it I think.

Sure, that's why he got sacked. But Marsch barely kept them up, needing the last day of the season, before Marsch, Gracia and Allardyce combined took them down. You could argue that, for us, finishing 11th instead of 6th with Palace above us is going downhill. That would ignore a tremendous...

Yep, that was exactly what I was told. It takes a real effort for MA+ folk to go to away games, given the STH first points scheme. Then, when they try to join the STH group they're behind people who live 5 mins from the Amex. Glad it worked out in the end though :thumbsup:

I own a nearly 18 year old. It's my duty to listen to him. I'm also part funding his travels, whereas, when I was that age I went home and away funded by part time work at the CoOp. Another thing that's changed for the worst (though here we can blame the whole Premier League, privatised rail...

You'd mostly have to ask them. I've already stated an example just above though - kicking out opposition fans in our end, home and away, would at least be consistent with the five game bans handed out for ticket infringements or disputed ejections. Another is lack of representation on the FAB /...

Flying rats. Vermin. And stupider than a Reform voter. But enough about Palace fans on Ryanair.......

Well they are speaking up, but not necessarily on NSC. This is old fart central, in case you hadn't noticed. Read Dogma. Read 'X' (i.e. Twitter) or Insta. Talk to fans in pubs before games. I'll give you a specific example though. Fans of 'that type' banned on the say so of stewards versus...

With the greatest of respect, you are a rational, well paid man in late middle age who has seen the very worst of times this club has been through and goes to, what, one or two aways a season? If you were worried about how the club was being run I'd be very worried indeed. You are EXACTLY the...

You're still not prepared to answer why the club would be against it either.

Mine's backed up with facts. Avg attendance last time round 3-4k down on this season with visiting teams including Burton, Barnsley, Rotherham, Wigan and Reading.

The IFR proposal is that it would deal with exactly that. Its triple remit would be: 1) Club financial soundness 2) Systematic financial resilience 3) Heritage...

While not the OP, I see he's responded without mentioning parachute payments. They are currently factored in I would think and explains why the club is against any regulation or law change that would see them removed (despite complaining about them when we were in the Championship IIRC)...

Agree with most of this. It's the next appointment that worries me. Marsch was just an awful choice for Leeds in hindsight, yet he was a bright young coach with a pressing style that should have suited players who'd been got fit by Bielsa. The process should deliver an equivalent or upgrade...

Circumstances completely different on Friday night to Saturday night. As I type this I'm happy in my current job. If I get made redundant at lunchtime you bet I'm whoring my hairy backside all over LinkedIn this afternoon.