Rammy03

Good - no room for sentimentality!
We've got to do what we need to do to stay in this league and then some!

Now I do think we need to improve on Korey for this season, but an attitude problem?! What a load of s****. 

So on May 2nd all good contract offered but then 2 weeks later it was remembered he had a bad attitude a few months back so they withdrew it? 

1. The aim is promotion
2. The hope is promotion
3. The reality is midtable

I genuinely think we might surprise people this coming year.
I think if we recruit well in the forward positions and maintain our defensive consistency, I don't see why we can't finish 12th-16th.

This is the third time I've watched Norwich in as many weeks and they have looked awful each time. How did they get in the playoffs?

Derby County mentioned more times than Norwich, ha.

Leeds v Norwich is the most one-sided playoff game since Derby v Brighton.
There is a big gap between these two. Makes Ipswich’s success all the more impressive.
Assuming it will be Leeds vs Southampton, I can’t think of a stronger playoff final.
Some contrast to last year’s final.
 

"BLOW BAKERIES UP"

He scored and had one cleared off the line in his 25-30 minutes on the pitch. Prior to that Mings was stood on the halfway line taking a s*** whilst reading the paper.  Villa were good on the day, but there job was made a lot easier with erratic defensive work caused by nothing up front and the ball constantly being recycled

4th member of the boy band A1..?

Legs gone, but heart hasn’t gone. It’s a shame he has a job as a coach already with Villa as if he is staying, I think he could be of good use to us. He’s been a consistent player all his career and won a number of promotions, he has the mentality that’s needed, it’s just the physicality is going. For what it’s worth I think he’s still been a good captain for us, he’s enjoying the good times, but was equally accountable when things weren’t so good earlier in the season.
https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/derby-county-conor-hourihane-message-9283263

This is one of those nonsense myths around Warne that some people just won’t drop. Just because the press or questionable football accounts on social media link us with a player doesn’t mean we’ll sign them. Last year we signed players from the following clubs;
Arsenal
Blackpool
Bristol City
Cardiff City
Charlton
Coventry
Hull
Luton
Notts Forest
Peterborough
Rotherham
Stoke
Sunderland
Wigan
The January window the season before we signed players from Norwich and Spurs. We’ve been told the club is looking at players across Europe, yet still some people want to peddle the myth that we only sign Rotherham cast offs 🙄 

You've got to ask why this has suddenly happened...

I suppose you can see the thinking. Foreign coaches (Maresca, Rohl and Cifuentes are three good examples from this season alone) usually adapt pretty well to Championship football.
Most Championship clubs are looking to bridge a financial gap and sometimes unearthing a quality coach that can elevate the team and make the overall unit stronger is the answer. Bielsa at Leeds is the impact everyone is looking to emulate.
Hull might be taking a gamble but if they uncover a maverick coach who takes the Championship by storm, it will look totally worth it in 12 months.
There might some method to the madness. Let’s wait and see.

Yep all public
23/24 - 27,278
22/23 - 27,259
21/22 - 23,010

He’s had a great loan move and shown that his quality is not limited to youth football.
I think we should give him a chance to impress in pre-season and have him in the squad for the start of the season.
What do we have to lose? His confidence and appetite to impress will be through the roof.
He may take the opportunity and run with it…

I would imagine that the kind of person Paul Warne is - that he would want to tell each player “face to face “ if they were being released .

I wonder if we might enter our U21’s into this next season?  Now we’re in the Championship it means we can give our youngsters a taste of competitive football against experienced teams and playing in bigger grounds.  It would help their development so that, hopefully, they can be nearer to the 1st team squad in 25/26.
Reading the Dajaune Brown thread I’m torn between keeping him and loaning out in the 2nd half of the season or a loan in the first half with a recall in January.  If we enter this it could give the best of both worlds.  He can be part of the 1st team squad when needed - especially as we’ll need 9 subs - and get competitive football against L1 and L2 teams - if that’s possible.  We can then take a view in January depending on his progress.

That always seemed the most likely outcome to be fair, Forest just a bit better than the relegation fodder down there. For all the "Plucky, spirited Luton" narrative of recent months the reality is that they went down with a bit of a whimper in the end and the bottom three will all finish below 30 points even if they win next week. Luton lost 4 and drew 1 of the last 5. Burnley had 1 win in the last 6 games. They simply didn't put any real pressure on Forest at the sharp end of the season. Sheff Utd were just rubbish and are on a run of 6 straight defeats and setting some records.

Well let's all cross our fingers they manage it next season 🤞

There is a moral here : break the spending rules if you want to survive, keep within the rules if you don't.
Who's going to save their asses next season?

The clubs coming up look to have a bit more about them for next season although I suppose Forest won't get 4 points deducted so who knows, a glittering 17th place finish may be within reach for them.

Best season in return of goals and assists ever in Birds career. I think he will probably hope Bristol adapt a a style like Warnes, rather than some of the others he has had to play under 😏