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Started brightly but gone very flat. Kyle Walker pissing me off, playing far too narrow in possession.

Anyway if it is Lampard then hopefully he can get us a slightly better quality of player who didn’t make the grade at Chelsea. I hear Mo Salah and Kevin De Bruyne are out of contract soon.

I actually meant to add a comment that it doesn’t mean we’d be the team to do it, but rather that it is doable.

At the same stage of the season last year, Norwich were 7 points off the playoffs. They ended up 3 points clear in 6th. 10-point swing. At the same stage the season prior, Middlesbrough were 7 points off the playoffs. They finished 4th with clearance of 6 points from 7th. 13-point swing. At...

As soon as you think of ‘the structure’ as the departmentalised ‘Football/Performance/Recruitment/etc’ and not the literal number of coaches, it makes sense of most of your points.

I know this isn’t solved overnight, but seems to be radio silence on attempts to clear the asylum backlog. I will maintain that the greatest ‘deterrent’ is a properly functioning asylum system.

Gut feel is Boateng and Carr survive, Delaney and Dempster back to U21 and Williams let go.

Only thing that annoyed me about that was that Thomas should therefore have gone through the middle. It was the only means of disrupting Derby’s shape. If he’d done that on a couple of occasions someone would have had to step to him which then opened up other areas. Couldn’t for the life of me...

Given me a great idea for a CCFC-themed monorail.

Gerrard can come in as Lampard’s assistant. With the new rules about only one member of coaching staff being allowed in the technical area, one would have to sit whilst the other went.

Generally agree, although I’m unconvinced he was entirely to blame for that. We’ve spoken about his injuries and the fact Robins used to leave him on the pitch when it was clear he couldn’t move.

Equally, the attitude that stability, regardless of the quality of manager, is the only means of progression is for the birds. I wasn’t wholly ‘Robins Out’ but on a football level I’m not too disheartened about the decision, and I actually agree with a lot of those who are making the case that...

Couple of observations: - Concern around Lampard moving on if he was successful. Given his style of play and his struggles at Everton, not entirely convinced I’d want him in charge of trying to keep us up if we made it to the PL. - He was manager when Simms started getting some game time at...

Definitely 92. The 98 iteration was in the running til Overmars and Cocu were the final 2. Not that they’re particularly bad players, just not the same level.

It’s almost better to have a points target in mind. You can’t legislate for what the rest of the league does. 67 points this season given where we are at the moment would suffice. And whilst Wright may be out, it’s up to any new manager to find a system that gets the best out of others in his...

Think if I started talking about the Standard Deviation of XG some people may spontaneously combust. Apart from Philosorapter.

Statistically, if a manager doesn’t get at least 8 points from their first 8 games then they will never turn things round. If we end up in that mess then pull the trigger sharpish.

I’ve voted playoffs but there would be some leniency in there. If the playoff points total was abnormally high (don’t think it will be) or if we’re still in contention at 44 games but don’t quite make it, that’d suffice. The idea that we should just be aiming for a top half finish lacks...

The whole episode has been pathetic. I do, however, feel he has a bit of the Brendan Rodgers (or David Brent) about him.

The thing I pick out of it all is the comment that the new coaches ‘haven’t got the tactical nous’. It suggests to me how much Robins was leaning on AV/DL tactically. Setting emotion aside, if the manager isn’t setting out what they want to do tactically then what’s the point in them? It strikes...