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A problem that no manager from the last how many years has managed to solve? The article makes a valid point that these guys are paid huge sums of money to make sure they're fit and able to play. The signings we made over the summer can't all have the same fitness problem as last years squad - elphick and jedinak not included. i agree that there's a whole host of things going wrong somewhere, but how much can you actually change without getting any result?

Article on MOMS about previous managers all using the same fitness excuse, Houllier, McLeish, Garde... Bruce is no exception. Sorry but it just can't be a fitness issue here. We've replaced the squad with "leaders", we've invested heavily in "fixing problems", but we're still struggling. The problems much worse than this fitness excuse

Didn't garde or sherwood or one of our other recent managers complain that players just weren't fit enough.... Have a feeling it was Garde. But seeing as we've replaced a lot of the squad and the fitness coach... How would this be possible? Surely they've been working at fitness since last year now. I could understand if they were demotivated and lethargic towards the end of last season but right now there should be no excuses about why the team isn't giving 100% physically or mentally

On the contrary if we keep this amazing form going we WILL be going down. You can't just wave it away, if we end up going down again it'll be a disaster for the club. So I would call it a huge risk, granted what's at stake right now. You can't draw games all season and stay up. We need to start seeing games out. 3 wins in a calendar year is purely laughable. Being relegated to a lower division and struggling to get any more than a draw is laughable. Norwich and Newcastle are cruising and were badly struggling. We're the laughing stock of the division.

Technically it'll be 2017 when the transfers will come in

Does this mean the whole back room are getting the boot then? Thought we were looking strong on the training ground for once

More like Curry G?

Not good enough. He should have come in, assembled a new team and got them winning 4-5 nil every game. We should be promoted by now. Bring in Guardiola or Mourinho. Spend the cash Tony. RDM out! ... Wasn't even a ten games ago we were praising him for his clear out and the players he signed. Granted we need to be a bit more ruthless and turn draws into wins but we aren't getting duffed every week. We just need a bit of luck at this point. Yeah we're all frustrated at the lack of wins, but too much baying for blood on here atm I think

We really couldn't even win a lucky dip at the minute. Same old story - we've no mental character, no determination to either take games on or see wins out. Sort it out RDM. Get some drills going, attack vs defence and have both sides try and win a game standing at 1-0 to defenders.

" Whatever! " Tony the 90s called. They want their sass back

Never rated him. The only upside to signing him would be to sing "nono nononono nononono nono there's no dandruff" during the matches. He'll never be interested anyway *edit* if someone can mention the fact that he's a bit flaky that'd be great...

"Di Matteo and Doctor Do Deadline Day Double Deal Despite Defensive Departure Delays"

Hahaha. That's actually hilarious. You'll be considered ITK in no time! Just goes to prove how unreliable Twitter can be as a source

Would agree that we just need a bit of consistency. We've had four managers in less than a year now, basically three starting elevens, a couple of sets of back room staff and two owners. That's anything but consistent in any level. If anything we need a break from all the chopping and changing. Finish this rebuild and see how this season goes. unfortunately Dr Tony doesn't seem to be the one to settle with the results were getting. He'll be demanding successes. Another big talk needed

Worst part about this is that if we continue to struggle this season Tony might either give up with investing so much money or just lose interest altogether. Tonys in it for the long haul, but I'm fairly sure he'll be expecting at least a bit of an improvement from his investment so far. Today was just embarrasing