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1 hour ago, harrys said:

So no idea then other than ‘a new owner’ the local builder perhaps or a fake Sheik?

We don’t know about potential future owners and cannot be expected to, but we all know SL by now and are reasonably qualified to pass (some) judgement on this club with him as owner.

2 hours ago, Numero Uno said:

I agree, sooner we get a new owner in the better.

Well, better or worser. Or both. But quite possibly more interesting, and less stultifying/dull.

Just as dogs, and their owners, come to resemble each other, so, perhaps, do football clubs and their owners. 

Care to comment, @Merrick's Marvels?

38 minutes ago, And Its Smith said:

Couldn’t motivate a drowning man with a life raft 

Wouldn't need to. Drowning man has intrinsic motivation. And life raft. 

5 minutes ago, Merrick's Marvels said:

"Where do we go from here"?

To the pub, mate. 

Aye, aye, aye, yaye, yae; yae; 

Ay,  aye,  aye, ay, yae, yae 

Then I call:

Ring, ring, ring, ring

La, la, la League One

Haircut 150m

36 minutes ago, ohhhshauntaylor said:

If not Nige. Who then, realistically. 
 

 

A Johnny Foreigner. They play the game all over the world now, you know.

It's a bit like Einstein and his "appointing broadly the same sort of bloke - English, pale, stale etc - from the same small pool of "talent" and expecting different and better results" thing. When the stats prove English coaches are not as good as those from overseas.

We tried it 25 years ago, let's try again!

On 28/03/2022 at 11:34, headhunter said:

Not getting the job in 82 which Joe is quite open about [he went to Oldham with zero managerial experience that same year and look what they did over the period 82-94 with arguably less resources than us], but he wasn't specific about the more recent occasion. If you check his employment record since leaving Ipswich in 2006 he's seems to be fairly busy but with nothing substantive. I guess it could have been any of the occasions from Coppell [2010] onwards.

Joe is 73 next week and that makes him younger by two years than Roy Hodgson who's still managing at the highest level - many would argue that in 2016 LJ could have done with an experienced head above him and I've no doubt that Joe could have performed that job admirably. If that rejection Joe alluded to was in 2016 I can understand why it never happened - LJs ego and MAs controlling nature.

On 28/03/2022 at 13:29, Davefevs said:

Comes across as a lovely guy.  

Definitely a letter from Ashton if it was last 5 years, wasn’t it?  Really interesting him comparing the role he was offering as like the one Tony Collins did for Alan Dicks.  That would not have got down well with Ashton.

I bumped into to Joe in an upmarket North Somerset supermarket the day we played Leeds in September 2012, when George Elokobi was crocked, and very chatty and genial he was too. We stood near the deli counter as he waited for Mrs Royle and he was easy to talk to and get to say something interesting. A few ex players attended that day iirc and Joe was making a weekend of it, spending the weekend with I forget now which former teammate. 

I remember him saying he used to live in Congresbury back in the glory days,

He told me that day that he had applied twice for the job, once when TC got it, and again more recently. When DMc got it, I think it was.

As much as I love Coops, just think what Joe Royle might've done here. Just-think-for-a-minute. Or don't, if you don't want to depress yerselfs (any more than you already are).

5 hours ago, The Bard said:

. I much prefer being lied to by charlatans. 

From "Tellin' Stories" iirc?

3 hours ago, Tin Soldier said:

Well said. Just ignore the idiots who don’t understand how bad Ashton, Johnson and Co were.

Tbf to the "idiots," we did finish 8th and 11th under those two and contested a League Cup semi final, so they'll be struggling to grasp why Ashton and LJ were rubbish, and Big Nige is doing a good job. Unless you explain to them, and not ignore them.

Because the club don't explain these things. The club, like all clubs, are not open and transparent. They are economical with the truth. And pretty disingenuous at times. 

And it's also possible that they - the club - don't understand fully either, see JL saying "come on Nige, this is shite! We should be not-shite."

Or, Nige is shite, and the "idiots" know something we don't. 

Just now, Davefevs said:

Just to be clear, I’m not saying it with any authority / knowledge.  Hope you’re right.

Don't back-peddle now, Dave. The Genie-us, LJ, is out the bottle, and all over otibs 

I think LJ coming back here now would remind him too much of the (uphill) job he faced at Oldham, so I'm going to say @Davefevs has got this one wrong, and wait to see what kid in his riot van says.

LJ to return it is, then. And his first signing - Marlon Pack. 

15 minutes ago, Super said:

Brought up listening to the likes of Peter Jones Mike Ingham, Alan Green along with Jimmy Armfield. 

And Roger Malone.

On 03/04/2022 at 17:40, GrahamC said:

They cheated FFP to get there, that’s not luck.

No? Not making your own luck? A bit like delaying the kick-off to a critical end of season do-or-die game so as to know what result you (both) need to stay up. Naughty, and not nice.

We're too nice, nicer than bloody Bournemouth. 

On 24/03/2022 at 15:23, chinapig said:

 

As an aside, when interviewed on the Price of Football podcast recently the Luton CEO reckoned their budget was in the bottom 3.

On 24/03/2022 at 19:16, Davefevs said:

 

I fully expect Luton are bottom 5 budget…and might possibly be bottom 3.

This is simultaneously demoralising and encouraging. Depressing and inspiring. To think they were in the Conference in 2014!

5 hours ago, Abraham Romanovich said:

Anyone else concerned there may be another thread in a few days on how NTTDS spent 7and half hours negotiating a new deal with Sky.

Not so much concerned, more thoroughly looking forward to it

8 hours ago, Never to the dark side said:

Although I don't have sky maybe a good idea to dump the service for the summer and save a few pennys

As you have to give one months notice of cancellation

8 hours ago, phantom said:

If you solely buy it for football then maybe, but there are so many other sports covered on there. 

I usually watch more live sport over the summer months as have no interest in any other team than City 

8 hours ago, Never to the dark side said:

Mark serious question,can you reccall when the ticket machine was installed at Parson Street

I don't have sky, I have otib/this ^^^

23 hours ago, sugarwray said:

Interesting piece in the Times today. 8 players have had a single touch in the Premier League, since Opta stats started in 03-04. Kieran Agard played for Everton vs Chelsea, December 2009 in a 3-3 draw.

seven other players had just the one touch; Andrew Barrowman, Christian Negoyai (managed to get sent off), Anthony Grant, Arturo Lupoli, Louis Lang, Marcella Trotta and Rafael Camacho.

Agard scored 15 times in his 64 games with City

Do we have any more detail on Kieran's one touch - was it off his shin, by any chance? 

Fake (team) news. "Bristol’s Scottish Butchers" I think is/was more accurate 

2 hours ago, DaveInSA said:

Can’t stand Forest. Nor ITV.

2 hours ago, One Team said:

Hope Forest win, can’t stand Liverpool. 

I hate Nottm Forest, I hate Liverpool too, I hate Man Utd ....

22 hours ago, ExiledAjax said:

But in 1963, when Pearson was born, life expectancy for a man was 70.8 years. So he's got less time than you might think.

Hadn't thought of that. Poor Nige

30 minutes ago, Robbored said:

Just noticed Van Dijk………..

You should accompany @Harry on some of his scouting trips ....

Average male life expectancy: 79.3 years; Nige: 58; answer: about 42 transfer windows

2 hours ago, GrahamC said:

, beyond a health issue I can’t see a circumstance where he doesn’t start next season in charge.

He tries another stroll in the Carpathians? Ukrainian Carpathians?