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Slapped Maggie Philbin around too. Bit of a W'anchor apparantly!

Yes, take him with him wherever he goes next after he gets his P45 in May.

Les Dennis or Cheggers?. Les'den's been **** for years if you where refering to the former!

Hope you have not had to pay. Get a refund now if you have.

No thanks.

I agree on your previous post with the majority of what you say. As much as it would be mental to sack him after immediate promotion, many would prob deem it mental that we are not currently walking away with this league. Yes that kind of immediate sacking is mental and unheard of, but I am sure you would agree football is changing all the time. Managers in other countries have been sacked for achieving a whole lot more.

As you say, for and against on both managers. Hillarious I guess?

So if we are promoted under Bruce, you believe he should be given a further one year in the Premier League?.. Even though he can barely get us out of this league. We would be slaughtered by any Premier League team if we where to play them in our next game. I believe if he got us promoted it should be a golden handshake and all the best.

Going by reactions at the time I think it would have panned out as an almost equal ratio.

No it wouldn't.

I slightly disagree. I feel we have a decent team more than capable of winning this league, but we just have the wrong manager and coaches that appear unable to get the best out of them. The managers approach and style of play does not suit or compliment the attacking players that we have. I agree as things stand it would appear that way, however I am sure that if we where to turn one of our next 3 games that many of us anticipated a draw into 3 points instead then things could alter. Agreed I don't believe he was the answer either but the board felt otherwise and went for candidates with promotional experience. His poor start to the season could be a very costly one if we do not improve and climb towards 2nd again soon. I agree we should have been looking at an alternative replacement after 7 games but the board felt better that he stayed put, plus the financial implications of FFP regards sacking him and his backroom team and all the compo, plus the compo/release clauses of any replacement manager and signing all his backroom staff too would have amounted to a fair sum and a gamble they where not willing to take at that time. Again this is down to our current manager. I have said it before, there are other managers out there that would easily have this team playing the football we all know they are capable of. Ask yourself, who would you rather work under as your manager: Pep Gaurdiola or Roy Hodgson? Many players are in need of a better manager here to get the best out of them which are current manager is unable to do. Again, it is not like we have not got the players to do this, I believe under a better manager we would probably be going neck and neck with Wolves right now in terms of league position. I don't just mean someone like Dean Smith, but someone who actually can get the best out of this bunch on a consistant basis and able to continue to build us long term. Even with the right backing I don't believe Dean Smith would be able to aim for Champions League places once we we're promoted. There is no excuse why would should drop out the play-off places now, it would be just unacceptable. I know I am going to get pelters again for this but depending our position come January, if we have lost more momentum and results are poor then Bruce really does need to go! It could be that we could have lost far far too much ground on the automatic places and will be banking all our season hopes on winning the play offs! If this scenario panned out then Tony Xia should really replace him and go all in, in terms of our next manager, to which we all have our personal desired replacements in mind who that should be.

True, they did - but one who now seems to have outdated himself in his methodic style of play that is not attack attack attack but more stay back, stay back, stay back! Hindsight is a wonderful thing but maybe we should have gone for Neil Warnock instead perhaps if it was all based on past promotion records?

What has drawn you to such a conclusion may I ask?

Definitely a prick of the highest order on all levels.

Seconded. Sitting at my desk looking out the window at these buffoons attempting to climb a snow sodden icey hill in a 1.4 T reg Corsa. My message to them.. Give up and just stay in your f***ing house!

Max Clifford Dead aged 74.

9cm of the good stuff fallen here nr Leicester, more on the way at 3pm.

Suprised Lambert never mentioned to him that 'We go again'? Class about GT and the cup of tea though.

Nice. Believe it when I see it, but bring it on.

True, we have to provide our own consistency of momentum but I will the next few weeks will start to find a few teams out.

Out of interest, who was the the hightest profile Villa player he had as a tenant?

I feel after this month of intense fixtures it will make the table for interesting reading.

Really shocking to read this about Kevin Mac. Will be interesting to see the conclusion on this but I hope he is not guilty as it is unacceptable behaviour on any platform.

You will find if the guy is daft enough to bring him back from the wilderness to the first team then you can bet your neighbours dog he will offer him a new extension!

I am on Vic De Touzaine (20's) and Highland Lodge (12's) both e/w in the same race. Other races I might take a glance at deeper and see if a bit of value can be also found elsewhere across the cards.