I'd suggest it's nothing more than our refusal to pay decent wages and having 17 layers of sign off. The club generally keeps a lid on signings these days.. Whether that's because of the above or intentionally remains to be seen

The expectation that one good appointment makes everything OK is naive in the extreme. We're still owned by the same useless c&nts that have no interest in us other than keeping the lights on. And we don't even know if its a good appointment yet. Really hoping it is and JDT is the miracle worker we need to get promoted but it's nothing more than a very slim hope for me.

I do look forward to reading how you blame Mowbray for us not signing anyone prior to the season kicking off..

Already shown more passion and drive in one interview than Mowbray did in 5 yrs. Really do hope the wretches back him

LOL

Always thought the JDT appointment would end up going to shit. Too good for Venkys and he may not even be all that. Utterly wretched

Ignore the way JDT was employed at your peril. It was clearly being run like an absolute shit show - as anyone with a functioning brain would've predicted - until Broughton was head hunted by this mysterious agency. Yes it's a positive outcome but what happens if JDT bails in 6 months? We'd have to hope Broughton hadn't also fucked off and that he genuinely does have the owners ears. Given the last 12 years I don't see how you couldn't be wary and that's not being negative that's being realistic.

I think if we finish above Boro we'll be promoted. Expecting a mid table stability type season and to hopefully push on the season after.. If JDT doesn't realise that our owners don't give a shit and bail on us that is! Though I'm hoping Broughton's direct line into them should help on that front.

Not going to miss Lenihan's stuttering panic bringing the ball out of defence to then lump it up towards our 5ft striker. More likely to miss his robust defending but still feel he's replaceable.. If our illustrious owners given the new team a budget, of course.

A few seconds of a video in which Dacky look disinterested and suddenly he's never going to the play he was 😭 Granted he's had a couple of nasty injuries and chances are he will struggle to get where he was, but he has more than earned that chance

Love this, very Scandinavian. If he can respond like Kimi Raikkonen does to the press then I'm going to be a big fan..

It's not over until the fat lady/HSH candidate sings

Absolutely looks like he fell in our lap rather than having a plan in place to get him - or someone like him. However, we all know Venkys don't have a plan and if they did how the fuck has that worked out of the last 12 years? Really hoping we've stumbled across a gem as if it works out it doesn't matter how we got there.

Very hard to gauge if it's a good appointment or not based on JDT's history. Overall though I feel it could have been a lot worse - Grayson, Woodgate, Cocu etc Still feel we'll never get back where we want to with the owners and their set up but I would file this appointment (when confirmed) under 'pleasantly surprised'.. Let's see where we are in 6 months.

You know when you made your user name when you were in your 20's and you thought it was amusing.. I had a shocker

I think it was a smoking reference

Clutching at straws; (as straws are all these wretched owners leave us with) having listened to Broughton's interview he seems like he has his head screwed on, so he would have asked for some kind of guarantees over the head coach role, surely? He must have asked who we were looking at and the timelines or he wouldn't have taken the role, right?

Feels like lazy journalism to me. Broughton wasn't first choice and wasn't mentioned before being appointed so no doubt it'll be the same for the manager.. though I can't think of anyone that hasn't been mentioned, in fairness!

I like the fact after 314 pages of people mentioning that the odds don't mean a fuck that on every single one of those 314 pages someone has refenced the odds.

Given the fact that the DoF was originally going to be employed after the coach/manager I suspect the assumption that it's Knutsen we're looking at is pretty unlikely. No idea who this guy is but he seems to have his head screwed on and interviews very well. We do still have Venkys running the show though so I back them to pull out an absolute stinker on the management front.

Do you think it's because of the fact the clowns in charge haven't a fuck what's going on so there's nothing to keep under wraps?

Given how much they ignored Mowbrays appalling runs of form I'd be concerned that if any of those three made the effort to go to India then they'd be left in place to take us down to League One.

Given Venkys previous I honestly think Ainsworth is an ambitious appointment. I would put Woodgate, Adkins & Cocu much more in their wheelhouse..

I mean, it's going to be a dud isn't it

If you don't give any air to the fire it'll go out.. Or, ignore wankers that try and impress strangers with knowledge they don't have