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Not for me.

I suppose all publicity is good publicity for Sean Donnelly and the Lions but pretty embarrassing for him and the pub that it is them promoting it..

I must say i was always in the ‘Vyner is league one at best’ camp but fair play to him he has really come on the past few months and proved the doubters (myself included) all massively wrong. I think its definitely a confidence thing with Zac. You can see him literally go within himself after a bad touch or pass but equally when he does something well and he senses the crowd’s positive response he looks a different player. He is growing into a very solid championship player.

I don’t think anyone is ‘moaning’ about Ronaldo just a bit bemused at the constant bleating from him about wanting to play at the highest level still and needing to be playing champions league football, then he moves to Saudi Arabia. Fair play to him may i add, the deal is staggering from a financial point of view. It’s just the bullshit and petulant childish attitude that me and many cannot stand about Ronaldo. He could have easily stayed in Europe and played for a more sensible wage but he choose $$. Can’t knock it just don’t lie to the general public about it.

I would hazard a guess that no European club that is playing champions league football were willing to meet his wage demands. Im sure there were plenty that would have loved Ronaldo but none were willing to pay him the dough he wanted (i would imagine around the £400k a week mark). There were plenty of reports in Portugal that Sporting were desperate for him back but he would have had to of fit into their wage structure, ultimately its all about money for brand Ronaldo, all this talk of ‘needing’ champions league football is bollox IMO. I don’t think his ego would have allowed him to have taken a substantial pay cut irrespective of if his new club were in the champions league hence why Saudi is probably the best place for him.

Indeed. As has been said over and over again on here SL and the board backed the wrong horse in Ashton and LJ. Had they of backed somebody tried and tested like Hughton chances are it would have yielded much better results. We certainly wouldn’t have been speculatively spunking millions upon millions on players from aboard for example. Hughton would have gotten in some tried and tested players at this level at least, which always helps..

But we’re prepared to let Little Lee and his side kick Ashton literally re-shuffle the squad every transfer window. Admittedly Hughton had a shocker at Forest but i think with time and a good amount of money he will do well for you at this level - take what he did at Brighton for example.

That’s OTIB for you mate! I must say i have woken up fairly positive this morning after last nights hard earned point. In regards to the OP, i have been as critical of any of Steve Lansdown on this forum over the years. There have been some absolutely shocking on field decisions and i think backing LJ and Ashton with the money that he did was arguably one of the worst if not the worst one of them all. Im certain SL is kicking himself privately for that now as he will know that had that money been entrusted to proper footballing people we would have at LEAST of had a shot at the play-offs again by now and possibly more. At least when all is said and done though and Steve does finally sell the club we have without a doubt been left in a better place off the field than we were in 2002. A superb 27,000 seater stadium still with scope to expand (if the new owners really wanted too) and a fantastic training facility. For that i think he should be applauded.

A very good effort. Fair play to all those making the trip ?

If my memory serves me correct it was SOD who first gave Bobby Reid and Bryan their opportunities in the first team. Bryan then flourished under Cotts, Reid not as much but yes i am certainly with you on LJ transforming Reid. Many wanted him gone and I don’t think anyone myself included saw him making it here as a striker..

Possibly, or is it because Nige has been in reality left with little choice but to play those 3 - the critic in me would probably lean more towards that way of thinking. I’ve always said however it would have been intriguing to see what Pearson would have done with the war chest that was presented to LJ between 2017 and 2019.

Odd for an agent to publicly come out and defend their ‘client’. Very odd in fact..

As @LondonBristolian has quite rightly pointed out the new CEO literally said we have a Premier League infrastructure at the football club - that is a fact that cannot be denied. On the pitch we are absolutely miles away (at this moment in time) from being a Premier League club but the stadium and training facilities are without question fit for the top flight.

Aswell as Curtis Fleming and Euell? You’d imagine one of them would have to be let go if Shakespeare was to come in. Suppose it all depends on how much of the budget it would it eat up. I do find Shakespeare an interesting one though, it looks to be the case that whenever Nige has had success at a club Shakespeare has been his right hand man…

Yup I don’t get the hype around Joe Williams to be honest. He has always looked well off the pace whenever I have watched him live.

You are right he wouldn’t come here now with the dire financial situation we are in. I’ve said it many times before on this forum but when are stock was at the highest it has been in long long time (2017 to the summer of 2019 ish) we could have had the pick of many managers IMO. As we all know the Lansdown family spectacularly backed the wrong Horse in the Ashton/Johnson regime and let the numpties spunk away millions and millions. We now find ourselves in the situation we are in.

Indeed. We’d have more than likely sold Andre Gray for a substantial profit aswell - unlike most of LJ and Ashton’s signings who were signed for big money and are being allowed to walk out the door for free as nobody wants them.

Indeed. The damage is far too deep rooted at the football club now IMO. A new manager may be able to get marginally better performances out of the players in the short term but many just aren’t good enough at this level. Anyone coming in would need funds to freshen things up and as we all know we are absolutely skint. It’s a depressing states of affairs to be honest but the Mark Ashton era has genuinely set us back decades.

Says it all. I understand Pearson has had a horrendous financial situation but you other managers are out there doing better in similar circumstances..

Just got back from today. I love nige and wanted him to do well for us but his win ratio is untenable for me, i feel action is needed but I’m at a lost as to who is either available or who can do better.. It’s a tough call and the worst thing i really really don’t trust Lansdown snr or jnr to make the right call…

Still a decent wedge if the supposed original contract he was on was £20 k a week as rumoured. Could be a case of Nahki wanting to stay and also realising at his age and without really setting the world a light over the past few season (fair play he has been much improved of late) then he and his agent both probably realise he wouldn’t have had much better offers elsewhere so staying put is the best option for him financially even on reduced terms. Either way I’m happy with the news, as others have said to replace him with somebody better wouldn’t be realistic with our current financial constraints. It’s a good move by the club for sure.

Maybe not but that was the lie that was feed to the fanbase. Of all of SL’s abysmal managerial decisions Holden is the worst of the lot for me.

Yup, i feel for the Charlton fans their board is clearly as delusional as ours..!

Fair play i can see why Charlton fans aren’t happy, without anything of note on his CV why would their board think he is the candidate to get them out of League one..?

I totally agree, people who riot irrespective of their nationality are animals. Why you thought the need to link rioting and looting of shops to the Euro final at Wembley however i do not know. No looting or large scale riots on the streets happened before during or after the Euro final at Wembley. ‘Echo’s of the Euro final’ were your words, the scenes in Argentina right now did not happen in London last year so stop trying to compare the two.