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I'll happily bet my left bollock it is!

By type I mean those so called bargains with potential, I've seen the so called Dortmund model mentioned so many times issue is we don't have a recruitment team anywhere near as competent as Dortmund. If most of us are honest we were straight on google as each of last summers signings were announced apart from the loans we bought. Most sane people agree we should have brought at least a couple of experienced PL players last summer, I think if we'd brought in a Cahill or a Ings this season may have looked a whole lot different. We'll see I suppose, but can't see the club buying anyone that will make Jack have second thoughts.

Trouble is the 'type of player' we are likely to go for in the summer is probably going to be similar to the type we went for last summer.

Very poor player might help him if he stopped carrying those carpets everywhere!

I hope the stories are true.

Will be happy if we get one more good game out of him then wave him off to Süper Lig. If we stay up and he was to stay I'd be very disapointed if he was starting games next season. Just not good enough if we want to progress.

I dunno think we are pretty tolerant as fans go, look at the fairly easy ride DS is getting considering the poor season.

I think you're right a heavy loss tonight would have definately turned the crowd on the team and DS after this seaon. Probably wouldn't even take a heavy loss just a lacklustre display.

I look at that list and think there are 8 that shouldn't be on it if we have any chance of competing should we come back up, if all those are present I think we would have a similar season to this! We need a huge rebuild starting with the manager. That rebuild needs to start this summer if it means a couple of seasons in the Championship so be it!

McGinn will stay still has 4 yrs on his contract no one would pay our valuation, other 3 will go trez will be zero loss, will need to be very clever replacing the other 2 though.

Very true! This capitulation that happens every time during the last 20 mins when we are ahead is so draining you just know the opposition are going to press and press until they score it's so ****ing predictable! And it's down to Smith. I've not completely accepted the Championship next season yet but I reckon I'm just kidding myself. How can we play so well for periods then just give it up ffs I hate football!

Think there may be some truth in this, perhaps hes just not a good team fit, wouldn’t be at all surprised if he moved on next transfer window.

No far from it!

Have to agree, unless we do this we'll be back to square one should we get promoted. The likes of Eze and Karlan Grant need to be the type of championshio player we need to be looking at, but probably be someone from the Belgium league again!

Agree I think that would buy him some time. Just prolong things a bit really.

If you mean in which of those didn't we completely capitulate I'm honestly struggling.

You think we played well and narrowly lost those games?

Not a chance I would be absolutely amazed if Smith changed tactics! Not capable imo.

Not sure perhaps on the off chance the next Benteke or KDB comes along, it shows the level we are at currently. Samatta is Championship quality at best, tbf we didn't really have many options in January just look at the other striker we signed! Have a feeling we will see signings of a similar ilk in the summer as long as Suso and DS are at the healm.

Both those mentioned would cut it in the Belgium league like Samatta it's dog shit!

Have to agree he's dog shit, I thought Wes was bad but this guy is worse. Not even sure he'll cut it in the Championship maybe on the bench.

You simply don't know that! You can't make those sort of changes and expect things to turn out all peachy we are where we are through bad decisions like that.

We chose to, did we absolutely need to? Debatable.

We spent 130 mil on players no comparison at all!

Dyche has proved over and over he's a manager that deserves to be in the PL he gets results against the grain with a squad of bargain basement players. Smith can't buy a result in the PL!