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There's the funny one Baggies fans were singing at Villa when they had Steve Bruce in charge after a cabbage was thrown at him by one of their own supporters: They've been to Rotterdam, and everywhere, Liverpool and Rome, Now they're throwing cabbages, Cabbages at home, Cabbages at home...

It still makes zero sense to sack Robins, the only argument people have for it is that he was exposed without a suitable assistant... So find a suitable assistant then!?! Ok, maybe Robins was a part of the failure in setting up an ideal coaching set up after Adi and Dennis went. But if the...

My prediction is that under Lampard, we'll beat the teams we should be beating (arguably Robins biggest weakness), but he'll lack the tactical nous to beat the better teams (Robins greatest strength). When you look at Frank's first Chelsea stint, he inherited a great squad that finished 3rd. He...

That's the thing with Lampard, I think he'll get more wins than Robins against the poor teams, but lack the tactical nous to beat the better teams, which was Robins biggest strength - other than the first half Vs Luton in the playoff final, we always turned up in big games under Robins. If you...

Yeah exactly, like the Yeovil 2-6 at home the year we won the playoffs, or the Rotherham 4-0 the year we won the league, or the Luton 6-0 the week before we beat Fulham 4-1. Would have been typical City under Robins to go up to Sunderland 3 days after the Derby debacle and get the win. But...

I dunno, we were averaging 1.75 points per game in Robins last 4 games, around the same time he always starts to turn it around.

Awesome, I love the old grounds, so really hoping I get to tick it off before they knock it down! 🤞

100%! Last chance to tick off Goodison Park.

There is an element of tongue in cheek in my post, but if Doug does mess it all up from here, then it could crazily be true. The Robinson/Richardson all but killed us, the initial hands-on SISU era did kill us, Mark Robins brought us back to life - which was facilitated by the hands-off SISU...

I dunno, maybe in a few years time we'll look back over the previous 20-30 years and think that actually the apathetic SISU era was the most stable, football wise at least. At least they would never have sacked Robins and just left him to it. As good as the off field improvements are, I'd still...

I agree the list is uninspiring, I wouldn't be excited about any of them, I'd maybe be ok with Rosenior, but at this point I'd just be delighted if it's anyone (within reason) other than Lampard. There will be some great talent out there, Eirik Horneland for one, and if we scoured the leagues...

I really hope you're right, but it can't help like feeling like a return to the madness/normality of the managerial merry-go-round and lunatic owner days. Hope I'm wrong, but Doug has outed himself as either another nutjob or an unexpected football genius. If/when Lampard is finally appointed, I...

I hear what you're saying, and I'm not one of those. But I've seen the list of candidates (grim) and Lampard being deemed the strongest is probably sillier.

We'll never know, the Middlesbrough win felt like that switch had been flicked, and it's typical Cov to lose against Derby and beat Sunderland to win 3 out of 4. There certainly would have been no harm in waiting. King was clearly desperate to do this. Personally, Robins is allowed a midtable...

No, but it is giving more like the second coming of Peter Reid/Chris Coleman vibes. Hope he does well, just doubt it and have grave concerns.

Waiting 2 days until the international break would be better though?

No, I agree, it's not the same. King was frit scared we were going to go on our usual run from November onwards, so panicked and desperately sacked him after the Derby game in case we battered Sunderland in true CCFC style. No other reason to do it 2 days before a game when there's a break...

Well the same man is making the decision on the appointment, so there shouldn't be any reason to delay the announcement (other than protecting Lampard) the short notice before a game shouldn't be a problem!

But on the other hand, you sack Robins 2 days before Sunderland away and see it how it goes, rather than waiting until after that game when there's a 2 week break...

This. The last 7 years have been a joy. Win or lose I've been fully invested in the journey and direction. And full of the belief that Robins would get us there eventually, and by playing the right way. Really does feel like a return to the madness/normality of the managerial merry-go-round...