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Tom Rawcliffe said “hopefully by the end of this week” on 3Ps pod. Dunno, shop window for those who are going and want to play.

Matt Elliott, former Torquay player, looked like Uncle Fester!

Glad you’re so chilled about it. Not everyone is as flawed.

Does he? Not from me. Right in the thick of it with SL, JL and LJ. All culpable in their own way. But don’t forget that Ashton was brought in specifically to help allow SL to step away (to Guernsey), and to provide expertise to JL. He royally took the piss. So I think he’s fair game personally.

You don’t get paid £500k+ a year to absolve yourself of any responsibility and accountability!

Couldn’t agree more.

Fully deserved too. MK have not dealt with Crawley making the pitch massive with their sweeper keeper wing-back keeper!. Lets see if Williamson has an answer, because they are on a for a stuffing as it stands.

He got a bit arsey in response to replies too.

Thing is, you and others are trying to rationalise success at your club (Ipswich) to absolve him of anything bad at Bristol City, and prior to here, at Oxford and Watford. Like a lot of debates on OTIB, it’s perfectly reasonable to take each in isolation. He can be the devil incarnate here, and the messiah at Ipswich. He took advantage here, is the politest way I can put it. It makes little difference to me that others allowed that, it highlights his character flaw that he did as he did. It makes no difference whether reined in Ipswich that he’s gone on to do a good / fantastic job for you. Its about what he did at Bristol City that counts for me and some others. Your view is fine to hold btw, it’s just not mine. (congrats on promo too, hugely deserved)

Merits to both sides of the debate. We can re-open when we hear the next set of ambiguous expectations ahead of next season!

No way, he’d lose his loans right off the bat.

Ta, guessing it doesn’t exempt Reading for having to submit in normal timelines, so they’ll have to produce an interim set.

This feels a bit like LJ in 19/20. Promised playoffs if he was allowed money. Didn’t achieve. Got sacked. Don't get me wrong feels harsh, but that can be the nature of the business at some clubs. In terms of Rosenior I don’t think he concentrated enough on defence. I loved some of his attacking patterns, but we carved them apart twice this season at times, once with each manager.

Just Reading left who’ve extended. Have you got the staff numbers for Swansea MrP?

Illegal substances! The usual hearsay!

“Promotion” seems pretty clear, but even that can be taken apart. It either means, 1st or 2nd, or 3rd to 6th, but winning the play-off final. So is 3rd but losing out in semi’s or final, acceptable? Or do they really mean top-6, ie in with a chance? We don’t know! Ditto the term “top end”. Frustrating!

Why foreign owners per se?

Definitely think this is a valid argument. Think there are numerous ways to measure “progress” too. The fact that we are debating it, probably shows what a poor job the hierarchy have done in positing the expectations…and how they measure.

I guess the easiest thing @RedRossis to use the report button, or post something in the thread itself, to ask the mods to merge with an existing thread. That keeps things neat and tidy too. Either a thread grows becayse there is something worth discussing or it tails off onto page 2 and beyond.

Yeah, don’t get me wrong, it’s a huge achievement with what they went into the season with, but Morsy was in a top 10 team in Boro, when he switched to Town. Incredible signing really…must’ve got a great contract out of it! But otherwise, Wolf and Burgess, yeah didn’t see them coping at this level for example. Fair play.

Rumour was Ashton wanted Appleton!

https://www.doncasterroversfc.co.uk/news/2023/december/rennie-appointment/

This was one thread that didn’t need bumping…and I’ve made it worse!