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Only the other day Gary Neville said Ferguson did very little coaching but employed the likes of McClaren and Queiroz to do that. But what does Sir Alex know compared to Jon and Brian eh?

I don't know as this guy Rand Tand was the only one who got to eat.

On a side note, Premier League clubs have voted by 12 to 6 with 2 absentions to tighten the rules on associated party transactions (sponsorships and transfers). One club is rumoured to be threatening legal action. You guessed it, it's Man City.

My abiding memory of the crumbling Ayresome Park was the sign on the outside of the stand that read: RAND TAND EATS. Quite a symbol of the trouble they were in that they couldn't afford to replace the missing letters.

I see Cardiff have settled their claim against Willie McKay but their negligence claim against Nantes goes on. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/feb/08/cardiff-city-emiliano-sala-transfer-willie-mckay-settlement

Apparently using a baked bean tin and a very long piece of string.

Though Come On Eileen came later their first album Searching For The Young Soul Rebels is a classic imo. And who can forget The Nabob of Sob? Well most people actually apart from you, me and Kevin Rowland!

Poor old Johnnie Ray .. ... as in the lyrics of this song? Top post if so. Bravo!

Absolutely. There's plenty of interviewing skills training available (though most interviewers in the media don't seem to have had any). But what BT and JL both need is training for interviewees. That might at least stop them blurting stuff out without thinking like Tinnion did, as you say. It might also have stopped Jon saying this was the first time in 20 years that they knew exactly what they wanted from a head coach, apparently unaware that he was admitting they had been getting it wrong for 20 years! Hard to believe I know but it's just possible though that they would not be up to the job even with training.

A column from Jonathan Wilson that gives more detail on Chelsea's finances (sourced from Swiss Ramble). https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/feb/05/todd-boehlys-chelsea-are-a-1bn-mess It's hard to see how they can avoid sanctions in due course.

But a player too closely associated with Pearson and who, because of his experience and knowledge, is seen as a potential obstacle to one or more of the hierarchy perhaps?

As I understand it a relatively recent law means the Venkys would have to apply for emergency permission to transfer money out of the country. Though I imagine greasing the right palms might help.

No worries, you are not alone!

Your reply seems to be a response to somebody else since it has no bearing on what I actually posted. For the record I have no problem with the latest window but that is not what I wrote about.

Yes, the best squad in 20 years was underperforming because of Nigel and his staff we were told. All that we needed was a progressive young coach to make the most of that top end squad. Now the people who made those claims have written the season off, presumably thinking we will have forgotten what they said. There are all sorts of adjectives that apply to them but for me it boils down to them not being very bright.

Yes it was so obvious at the time that we were lied to when we were told there was no money and we had reached the limit of our wage budget. It's bad enough that they are liars but worse that they think we are so dumb that we will believe their lies.

Do keep up, he joined Bayern Munich on loan.

That was rather my point. I responded to cherry picking by cherry picking alternative games to suit the opposite argument. Picking games and excluding others to suit a narrative, whether positive or negative, invalidates the person's case.

It's not yet clear what the "way" actually is. Though perhaps we're telling 8 year olds they should play this mysterious "front foot football" and building from there. Europa League in 15 years then!

I'm not one to berate Manning as it wasn't him who made ludicrous claims when he was appointed. But I would disagree that we have had a run of impressive performances and results in the league. There are differences in how we play but no improvement in either. The cup run is fun but he wasn't brought in to win the FA Cup!

What about Birmingham, Millwall, Preston, pretty wretched stuff eh? See, I can cherry pick games to make a spurious point too.

I blame Dave Rennie.

Yep, the chart with RAGE on the y axis with the scale from MEH to WTF?! and BANTZ on the x axis. Beat that @Davefevs !

The Premier League Board proposed a sliding scale of sanctions. The clubs, including Everton, rejected it.

I'm no accountant but I thought expenditure had to be allocated to the accounts for the relevant financial year. So if a player is paid a sum next year that in respect of this year that sum should appear in this year's accounts. If that makes any sense!