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Recruitment was Walsh - CS was Nige's assistant at Hull and Leicester.

When did LJ have a lower wage budget?

Rather him than Scott Parker tbh. Keane would keep it simple, effective, and if anyone doesn't give 100% I'd rather not be in their show.

As Tesco say, every little helps!

I'm fully expecting one of Semenyo/Scott and/or Massengo to go.

My patience has finally run out. Sorry Nige, it's hasn't worked. The performances are no where near where they need to be.

It's just typical championship officiating.

To be fair. They didn't even have a shot on target which speaks volumes imo.

Our best upwards trajectory aside from GJ was under the period he nor Jon were chairman , under Keith Dawe. I think that speaks volumes.

Think this is probably accurate, a devolved structure under the chairman most likely, thereby probably meaning Gould slowly stepping back with the financials being hand over to another figure yet to be hired or one of the club directors short term. Although my query would be, who does this make head of youth development now? - usually a technical director (such as the likes of Ashworth) are not hands on with the academy. I may be being daft and forgetting something.

d club and a quick look at most Championship Clubs will confirm this. Our plight to stick within FFP whilst reducing losses is no different to most clubs who aren't getting PP. SL has been and is a good owner and has built a solid club with his own personal money. Should he decide it's time for a change then there will be some willing candidates but the rest is entirely speculation. In the case of those maintaining that the only possible man for the job remains Nigel Pearson are delusional. I just don't see it M. It's a matter of opinion ultimately, so we may have to respectfully disagree, in this instance at least. No other club had year on year spending increases that we did relative to turnover under MA (2017-2020) - all singularly down to lack of owner oversight, irrespective of the overall FFP impact on other clubs. The worst aspect of it, for me, is it's repeating the exact same mistakes of the end of the GJ through O'Driscoll era. The only thing the same now to then is our ownership and complete lack of direction. Cotts (and Burt) worked wonders, right people, right time. Different chairman (god bless Keith Dawe). Fan numbers while great, ultimately don't have a huge impact (Luton, Brentford, Bournemouth, Watford, QPR). Training Facilities (which aren't that great in the grander scheme of things) and Academy mean nothing, unless they save us from a relegation battle short term - which hasnt worked so far, nor the past 18 months. The latter will likely just help bring us back to financial stability (i.e. if we sell Scott), and it's not to dissimilar to some other clubs' output (Reading, Blackburn, Norwich, West Brom). Its more where our Academy output previously (pre Bryan/Reid) was completely woeful, by comparison, so at least the increase in output in itself is fantastic, however - we were playing catch-up in the first instance. There is one word that describes our clubs ownership. Amateurish. There are clubs worse than us, i.e. Reading and Huddersfield among others, but plenty more are better run from an FFP and ownership standpoint taking into account clubs size and consistency (Preston, Luton, Blackburn, QPR, Swansea, Millwall, etc).

I also asked for realistic options. Give me, at least, a counter-reason as to why Robins would be realistic. I don't see him leaving Coventry for us nor us affording his compensation, nor him moving to another clubs, unless they're more stable (financial and cultural) than Cov - such as Luton if Jones leaves. I don't consider is to be in that bracket due to our owner actively looking for investment/sale and our FFP situ. As for Schumacher - I meant to add him in the first place and I've not spotted posts mentioning him, so that's on me, will add him now. All the managers listed above are (albeit only very slightly in some cases) realistic because at minimum they're at least free agents (where their wages at their two previous jobs weren't hugely above what NP should be on), in League 1 if employed (ergo lower compensation), rumoured to be leaving current roles, or in a coaching/assistant role if in a division above/= to us. The latter two are at least at lower stock than Dyche with regards to current reputation. Question marks around SG without Beale, and Wilder's had a shocking past 18 months. Latter whom's wage is much closer to NP wage-wise at the very least. Considering Gerrard is ultimately the least realistic due to the salary he was on with Villa, I'll remove him as an option. Agree with all of the above. Just interested in wider opinions if the worst happens. Unfortunately can no longer edit... So stuck as is.

Think the compensation would make that near impossible. Unless there is a waiver clause for a managerial role for a percentage of salary/comp. Added.

Unlikely. He said before the last time he left it was a mistake. Coventry also won't consider letting him speak to a rival so doubt we could afford the compensation. Added.

Despite how much I shivered reading his name in my head Archie. Added.

Agreed - but it's what people who want Nige out do need to consider. Same for those of use that want him to succeed, as the current form isn't sustainable - and the wider fanbase outside of Otib aren't as understanding of the constraints of the club at this moment. Added him Gav. All options count!

Simple question. Apologies in advance for yet another thread, but just interested in the numbers aspect. To preface this - I'm still currently on the fence. However, I'm interested in who people would want to replace NP in the worst case scenario and he walks, or is sacked. Even I accept recent results and some performances have been simply unacceptable recently. So, ignoring the FFP implications of the above aside, who would people want? If any names people want added just let me know.

Wouldn't be so sure on that. Some of the talk out of Saint Mary's with the player culture sound like LJ mkII - he also sounded out retiring when his contract ended.

Was more towards the fact you mentioned you thought he wouldn't cost too much more than NP. Pearson Salary in the prem at Leicester was factored to be somewhere around £750kpa, £550kp at Derby, if you believe some tabloids. By comparison Dyche was on circa £2.5-3.0mpa. Wilder - further comparison, mooted figure of £675kpa in the EPL. Sportgrail mention a clause up to £1.5mpa but dont specify what said clause was or if activated.

Ducking what? You think we'd afford Dyche, let alone him entertain the thought of coming here? Better question is whether we can afford to sack NP in the first place. Sweet ****ing Lord. I didn't realise we were that deluded.

Mark vanishes whenever we do well and has been knives out for Nige after the half season of the mess he inherited. If you if ignore the first season - which no manager would have managed any better with a squad already on holiday and a toxic culture - it's closer to 33-34%. By no means great, but the last City manager with the same remit (wage cutting - and no where near as stark a proportion) saw us Relegated. Nige very well may get sacked - but I point the overall finger at the Board. No point having the money if you blow it multiple times bloating the wage bill with sh*te. This isn't the first rodeo under SL.

He'd get PTSD of Rolls in his head the minute he walks into the treatment room to talk to our defenders.

Indeed.

- Atkinson. The only player signd for fee in his tenure, bought for the same figure as O'Dowda, Engvall, and humorous other examples of failed LJ/MA signings. - We're cutting wages still. Ergo we can't beat out teams with lesser overheads. Other teams did this process years ago, such as QPR. - Good riddance to all of them. None of whom are (ultimately) value for money and on bloated wages, or, in HNMs case, doesn't want to be here. As proven by O'Leary, Vyner, Conway, and Pring, there's much better value out there. I.e. If you believe available sources, Bents is on 3x what Max is. The only one of them I'd keep, on greatly reduced terms, is Wells. I cant say I'd be sad to see the rest leave whatsoever. I'd try getting rid of Kalas and Bents for free in Jan, if it meant we could get a couple of loans in on lesser wages.

Fair enough - I had no idea.