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At least he's not an embarrassing nob

Anyone think Konsa would be a good DCM?

8 hours ago, Peter Griffin said:

We have a tax liability on the sale of Jack. That is the law. If we have other losses to write off against that profit that is irrelevant. We still have a 20m tax bill for Jack and if we use other tax losses we can’t use those to offset other costs. The bottom line is Jack nets us 80m and not 100m

Is that unique to football?

Otherwise not sure this is true.  I'm in business and if I sold something that netted me £100 mill profit, but I had already made a £100 mill loss that year - I wouldn't pay any tax on the profit as there wasn't any....

21 minutes ago, villa89 said:

I heard he injured himself sneezing. Out for 9 weeks. 

He was stifling a sneeze actually

23 minutes ago, stewiek2 said:

Interesting that he spoke about finding somewhere to live. I had assumed that he would travel down from Cheshire. Shows his dedication to do things properly. 

He hasn't looked around yet tho

Stirling is so much better on the left than him at the moment.  Shame

1 minute ago, MrBlack said:

I think this, but only for 2 reasons, and only just:

- new manager short term bounce getting us to January in a better place.

- owners now willing to spend most of that £100m of ffp expenditure we have available in January

 

I'm not sure any of it is due to who we've hired,  and think we may well have seen a similar recovery sticking with Dean and backing him in Jan. However, the owners might have been less inclined to give him any money if we were still button half (rightly or wrongly)

Yes, there's definitely an element of new manager bounce to my thinking.  But if you're the owners with £100s millions at stake, I can't really blame them for taking the lesser of the two gambles.

This is a gamble, but I'd argue less of a gamble than backing Deano at this point.  We looked clueless at times, unable to come back into a game and on a horrific run of losses.  I loved having Deano here, but understand the decision and believe we're less likely to get relegated now than we were last week.

Let's get off to a good start

2 hours ago, mikeyjavfc said:

Not well when McPhee stays on and we have 2.

Perhaps one coach can coach the player taking the set piece, and the other can coach the other players - but in two separate areas where they can't see each other. 

Would deffo be an improvement

1 minute ago, Jareth said:

Still no nearer to understanding this appointment, but I trust those in the game know what they are doing, many would like Gerrard at their club. Can't just be a fashionable thing can it? 

I think there will always be an element of profile now and how the club can raise it. I'm sure success to our owners in terms of trophies is important - but very difficult.  Success in increasing the value of their asset is easier and as moneymen their main aim.  Gerrard is the manager of a club with more global reach than us, has won more than us during his playing days and will no doubt raise our profile if he signs.  

1 hour ago, Vive_La_Villa said:

Apparently this guy is very important

Bbc link

Thanks for posting this. 

Initially I wasn't that keen on Gerrard, but for where we're at and what we need its probably as good as it's going to be. 

He has a high ceiling and his coaching setup can only improve us as its been chaotic for us this year.  Great player, untarnished managerial reputation and will demand high standards.  

If he does well, Liverpool may well take him.  We are deluded if we think whoever comes in wouldn't also leave for Liverpool...

1 minute ago, ciggiesnbeer said:

He does. He doesnt inspire me but I cant deny he has beat us enough times over the years that I respect him. I would be fine with it, we would stabilize, but it would be a bit underwhelming.

He has taken a smaller club than ours to europe in the premier league before with a lower spend tho. But yeah he isnt exciting. Maybe thats what we need I dunno.

I wouldn't be against him either.  Nice bloke too.  Depends on who else is genuinely achievable 

9 minutes ago, Wurzel said:

 I hope the owners know exactly who they want and are well on their way to appointing them. Whoever it is will give us a very clear idea about the owners intentions going forward.

I hope so too.  However after much consideration they thought Buendia, Ings, and Bailey would replace Grealish but they haven't.

My opinion is that we've bought big players, made promises about playing time that haven't fitted into a decent system.  You've only got to be misfiring a bit in this league to be found out.  What new manager can get our best players into an 11?  Not sure it's possible.

Will score today

5 hours ago, Delphinho123 said:

I think the obvious area we could improve on is left wing back if we persist with the 3-5-2 (Unless we have plans to plan Bailey there). 
I like Targett, but think he's suited more as a left back than a left wing back. 

Maybe a reserve GK aswell.

I still think we'll go big on a central midfielder in the Summer. 

I agree with LWB and backup keeper, but not sure about midfield unless we lose someone

I literally can see no way of us not beating them comfortably.  I am getting carried away, but on paper their running stats are awful, ours are great, their set piece defending is awful, our set pieces are great, we're in great form, they are not.

One day I will learn this means that we will lose, but that day is not today - 0-3 UTV

I'm to blame for his lack of goals, I backed him for pl top scorer at 33-1. Soz

1 hour ago, Mantis said:

Define "a while".

4 weeks

41 minutes ago, Peter Griffin said:

Was that in the pub or a reliable source? Not good if correct

Apologies, someone I know who works with the club sometimes hears bits and bobs.  And this is a Bob, hopefully not accurate

I've heard that he's going to be out for a while. Gutted

8 hours ago, ThunderPower_14 said:

I imagine you'd trust your wife to have checked the rules and ensured you were both complying with them if she was booking everything, just as the 2 Emis would have done with whoever from the AFA organised their trip.

I would, but if she screwed up it would be my fault.  Thats how marriage works. 

23 hours ago, Adam2003 said:

Mate, that’s just not the world these lads live in. They have people cooking their meals, booking their travel, paying their bills, etc. Every detail of their life is handled by someone. That’s PL football these days. You would believe the AFA if they told you they had sorted it with the Brazilian FA but more likely the conversation didn’t ever come up - they were just told “a driver will pick you up here to get on your private jet.”

If you think Mings, for example, investigated the quarantine rules to check he was fine to go to Hungary last week you’re mistaken. Not the world they live in.

I hear you, but just because that's how it is, doesn't mean that's how it should be.  You need to be aware of your responsibilities and the rules, laws and regulations that apply to you.  

If my wife booked all our travel, should I be ok to be ignorant to rules that applied to me?

2 minutes ago, WallisFrizz said:

Emi has said we didn’t know about Brazilian quarantine rules. Not sure whether he’s trying to defend us or say we’re stupid.

As a grown adult, perhaps he should have found out about the quarantine rules that applied to his trip