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Nah, he was wrong about that too.

Nothing new here - Linnell is fanatical. I remember last season he categorically said "I'm sorry, but if you think Andy Thorn is a bad manager, then you don't know anything about football."

Shaw sounds far more impressive than Thorn.

A tad harsh. Even if SISU had walked away, Hoffman would still have needed financial backers to complete a takeover. That said, it is a bit naive for anyone to think that "Hoffman was just a fan at the games" considering he'd turn up at the casino with Keys, Elliott and Ranson in tow!

The contracts are being honoured. If the club chooses not to play somebody in order to avoid the appearance bonus, it's not dishonouring the contract.

Some examples of them disrespecting and dishonouring a contract?

As Torchomatic said, this seems to have been going on for a while - and management/labour negotiations usually go to the wire. And was there a non-aggressive and confrontational way to do this? The nature of the new agreement means the players don't have it as easy as they once did - there's no...

I must say that I struggle to sympathise. The contracts of the players are not being torn up - they are being honoured. If a player refuses to renegotiate their contract, then they will still be paid their appearance bonus if they are selected; if they are frozen out, then the club is well...

Which article is that?

To be fair, collective bargaining agreements usually go to the wire.

Let's say the appearance bonus was rolled into the win bonus - £2k for a win. Surely it would end up having the same impact - players wanting to get in the first team, training hard and being responsive to do so, giving more effort.

You lose any credibility if you deny that Dublin gave his wholehearted effort during his time at CCFC. That's one way of looking at it. Another is to say - hypothetically of course - that the chairman determined that he was going to profit from his sale, attempted to unload him to Team A...

There was a legendary college basketball coach in the USA by the name of John Wooden. Results were not his concern, but rather hard effort. And, rightly, he figured that if his squads regularly gave their best, good results would be a natural by-product. Sums up my feelings towards any manager...

Worst: probably the FA Cup quarter final loss to Sheffield United in '98. Best: easily Tottenham away, '97. Crazy euphoria in the away end.

Nothing wrong with that, though.

Dublin's a CCFC legend. No criticism is warranted - his accomplishments FAR outweigh the negatives - especially without all the facts to hand (i.e. Senor Richardson).

That Desailly joker was a bit of a soft touch, eh?

Why speak of pre-season results? As far as I can see, nobody is judging Thorn based solely on them.

Bollocks. That's a common claim made by AT supporters with no basis in fact. If you think AT is making the most out of what he has, fine; just don't assume that those who disagree have expectations of FA Cup glory or whatever.

Look above you.