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I'd love Nico to succeed. He comes across as a nice guy, and clearly cares about the club and the locality. But if he was a dour northern bloke with ginger hair, he'd have been hounded out of town by now. When a manager is popular, poor performance is blamed on the players. When a manager is less po...

In which case the only reason they'd be stalling is because the deals on the table aren't perhaps in the best interests of the club long term.

Quite right. But it's kind of a good job for all of us that they were prepared to step in when nobody else would then isn't it?

Appreciate the idea that 'for the greater good' they should sell and move on. It's a lot easier said than done though when it isn't your cash isn't it? They're not looking for a profit remember - they simply want back what they've spent, and these aren't rich people. Could any of us afford to kiss g...

My guess would be it is set aside for paying debts. But it's simply a guess. Which is what many should concede they're doing...

:goodpost: pretty much somes it up. But will they? Presumably you know the details of the offers on the table then? Remember when Chris Roberts took over and had all the wrong intentions? Then when GI nearly got their hands on the club, and would've likely seen us homeless? If the right deal isn't ...

Darksiders and Rosetinters, an interesting observation: Up to a few (three? four?) seasons ago you could guarantee a sprinkling - sometimes a flood - of 'rosetinters' on this site. They have vanished. The 'darksiders' have won, and won convincingly. I'm afraid to say I was always a 'darksider'. Not...

Lucy6lucy was castigated by some posters for this statement and although rather an exaggeration, there is no argument that we are heading for yet another relegation scrap. At the beginning of the season, it was generally agreed that we had to pick up points against teams in the lower half of the le...

Yep. But what do you propose a club with absolutely no money does about it?

Blame Nicholson, blame Phillips or blame the players. Fact is, whilst it would be far simpler if there was a single problem to fix, it's far more complicated than that. None of them are singularly to blame. When Nico took over, my personal feeling was that he was the easy, obvious choice. Cheap, loc...

Southampton Gull wrote:
I for one would like to read them

Nice of you to say so Dave.

All too painful though - for me and anyone who read it!

I should clarify. It's the state of club/football team (not the forum) I was referring to. It's become too painful to want to write about. Imagine a massive pessimist like myself writing down my current thoughts. It'd be painful for everyone. As for the forum, its naturally suffering because of the ...

You know if you've ever been in a relationship that has ended. And you're still really fond of the other person, but you know there's no future in it. You think about them all the time, but you're trying desperately not to. It just hurts too much to think about what they've become and how things mig...

samuel wrote:No, wasn't blaming Elliot, he tried his hardest, it was the tactics. Agree with the comments about Crawley and their manager and I am not knocking the players who tried.

Fair enough mate.

Sorry, we lost against Crawley because Elliott Benyon was up-front on his own? That was probably one of many, many reasons. Benners has had a lot of criticism in recent times (some of it justified). But let's not blame him for losing us '£3m' (no idea where that figure has come come), and the curren...