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Tbf 33% win rate keeps you up in the Premier League (even without drawing any matches) Went horrendously wrong in his his second season but the rot had set in before his arrival - not sure his managerial style helped though! Obviously decent coach to have worked with Ancelotti for so long though.

In big trouble. One of the lowest budgets, huge turnover of players every summer and a new unproven manager (again). Longer term I assume there may be issues with the ground as well if the Dragons disappear from regional rugby.

Best thing Coleman did (well apart from reaching the Euro semi finals 😂) was not arranging any friendlies. Helped our rankings and meant there were less withdrawals from squads. Pity that UEFA/FIFA don’t allow that any more. Only thing more pointless than the game on Tuesday is the one against...

There was definitely a directive from the PL that we had to have a designated loans manager (Alan Curtis initially I think). Not sure what the requirement is in the EFL? Assume that there’s still something needed, especially for U21 players, but they can probably watch most games online now...

In no particular order and not 100% if this is up to date: Ollie Cooper (Wigan) Florian Bianchini (Portsmouth) Cameron Congreve (Dundee) Ben Lloyd (Newport County) Joel Cotterill (Bristol Rovers) Filip Lissah (Falkirk) Kyrell Wilson (Falkirk) Aimar Govea (Girona B) Evan Watts (Galway United)...

Confidence should be sky high now!!

Every league cup game is live on Sky so I’m not sure it’ll make any difference that it’s the main game?

1-0 it is 🤣 Need the ‘bigger’ players… Johnson, Wilson, Neco Williams to step up more in games like that though. Job done and move on I guess

Unlikely with Tuesday’s game being a friendly. No doubt there’ll be 10/11 changes. He’s likely to get 90 mins then. Possibly even captain the side in Swansea 🤞

Very surprised with the centre half choice (not that I’ve seen much of Lawler) I do understand having Brooks, Dan James & Jordan James on the bench for when the game opens up in the last half hour. Many will disagree, but it’s become a squad game and having a couple of game changers on the...

Doesn’t deserve a thread of its own so thought I’d tag on the end of here… Ravi Bopara rolling back the years atm. Just smashed a century in a rain affected T20 blast quarter final at the Oval. Hell of a knock 🏏

Concussion protocols I think tbf. Think he’s available for Tuesday - although would seem a bit pointless him playing in that one 10 days after a head injury.

Going to be tougher than many think, especially with the defensive withdrawals. Take a 1-0 now! Bottom line is we need to win out to have any chance of topping the group and probably have to win 3 out of 4 to finish second and get a home semi final in the playoffs.

No legal expert, but I guess it comes down to whether they could prove it was deliberate or just incompetence. Everything in the doc suggested the former.

Playoffs the target, but like a few on here think we’ll fall a bit short. Looking at the table there’s probably 16/17 clubs that think the same as it stands. Top 10 and being in the mix until Easter would still be a successful season for me - anything better than that is a bonus. Roll on a...

Interesting watch and some sad stories. Not surprising that people try to take advantage of young footballers with lots of money but crazy how this company seemed to have so much influence on high profile PL footballers and managers.

Agree with the above, just hope ‘we’ don’t get too impatient if things don’t click immediately. Introducing half a new starting XI and likely another 5+ new players on the bench each week is going to take time to gel on a regular basis. Not trying to dampen expectations but there needs to be...

Always used to wonder why the East Anglian clubs averaged so much more than us as it seemed as close a comparison as you could find in the EFL. Put it down to 20+ years in the bottom two tiers and competing with rugby for those interested in sport. We’ve been at this level or higher for almost...

Great, considered article as always. I think I'd even edge towards a 9/10 for the window if we get these last two over the line. As always can't really judge the incoming players until the end of the season but I'm not sure much more could have been done off the pitch in terms of profile of...

100% Turning it around so quickly is very impressive. Obviously not all incomings will be a success but can’t fault the fact they’ve somehow balanced a squad (assuming these last 2 are confirmed) that’s been all over the shop for years.