Riaz

I went on at ten past and it wasnt working. Come on about 10 minutes later

Hope not ?

Something amazing the night before - go way over the top. Jobs a good un.

same here

Obviously thats different - but 9 times out of 10, thats not the case.

Cant stand it, when i see kids in prem tops.

Already been thru it with @Davefevs We got a lot in and we spent a lot. Possibly spent more than we got in. But not loads more. But to say SL gave him loads of money to spend, just simply isn’t true. He mainly spent the clubs money, which had been generated from player sales

As I’ve explain earlier. Lansdown did not chuck money at LJ Do you want me to list the player sales again?

Yes. I think they were doing well when concentrating on young hungry, but unproven players. Webster brownhill etc But there was a clear change of direction. “Going for it” and signing expensive players. Palmer, Wells and buying kalas for 8m. That’s where is went wrong for me

1 of note. Tomlin. We were going down. And we played very predictable. Until Cotts went My point remains. He didn’t spend a shit load, like some claim

Listen, i don’t disagree with anything you say. I’m responding to people saying he spent loads. Totally ignoring the player sales. Totally aware that player wages and agent fees come into it and are costly. does not change my point tho. He didn’t get a blank cheque and spend loads. He was often replacing players, with money the club got in sales. did he spend slightly more than he got in? Maybe? But to look at the transfer fees he spent and totally ignore the big fees we got for players is…. Horse shit.

We were in the relegation zone. the players he had weren’t mid table or top end players at that time. Otherwise we wouldn’t be down there

Nah. He was sacked for far worse than that

Finally some sense. We we’re newly promoted and Cotts was going for some totally unrealistic players

I’m not saying the club shouldn’t have sold the players. Point I’m making is, when people say he spent a lot or had a high turnover of players, it’s not telling the whole story.. he improved many players. Webster and brownhill as you say. Took Bobby Reid from his career going nowhere to a 20 goal striker. Joey Bryan improved immensely Aden Flint had his best years under Johnson.

Again, the club kept selling our best players.

Kodjia was refusing to play

People forget how bad we were, before Cotts got sacked

Again. Another myth. Cotts went for unrealistic targets. Amongst other things

Cotts was talking us back down. LJ Kept us up. Gotta give him credit for that

Nothing to do with the kodjia sale then??

Ayling out his hands. Freeman? Really? He was bang average for us at champ level and couldn’t beat a player. We brought in Pato, who is a much better player

Again this is a total myth. soon after joining the club had to sell kodjia for 13m… and then during his time, we kept selling his best players… and he spent the money from the sales. He actually had a negative net spend

If he was out of his depth… How did he take a woeful team ijn the relegation zone and move us up the table in his first season? And then establish us as top half side?

No, sell ons are standard for us now. Lansdown said this years ago