The Saunders Depart & Alves Steps Up

[CamPie]

One concern has to be that the coaching staff will have a significantly increased workload now being 2 bodies short.
Also I understand that when SM arrived that the 3 of them were sharing accommodation (or at least close by). So if SM has not moved up here with his family (and maybe he has?) then he is going to feel pretty lonely and isolated for 4 or 5 nights a week.
He is going to need a lot of support all round.

I think he?ll be alright. There?s a few more who?ll buy him a pint now than a year ago.

[jackal2]

Our owners are hardly going to say anything else are they now. Staff leaving any club get a glowing tribute., no mater why they've left.

Some press releases from football clubs simply announce that staff have left by mutual consent and say little if anything else except "further announcements will follow", while some get "thanked for their efforts" in the most summary way which implies "...not that they amounted to much!".

I think when the club says that someone has played a "significant role", and the manager thanks them for all their help at two successive clubs, it's a bit more than a 'go through the motions' message.

Now granted, I think we have particularly classy owners who probably are more polite and liable to say nice things than others, so maybe this is just their standard departure message, but I can't help thinking fans just love creating rumours of backroom strife where none necessarily exist.

Perhaps after twenty years and many previous owners where stories of backroom fallouts probably were true, Notts fans are still struggling with withdrawal symptoms from all the drama and and have to fill the boredom and endless stability of the past five years with something!

[i961pie]

As Durham would say good riddance, overrated trouble maker glad he's gone.😜😂

[Mud Pie]

well I for 1 appreciate the bts itk gossip on here because I don't do X and it's frustrating hearing the gossip from there being alluded to here and on YT without knowing what's being said.

Of course, many of the itk ers aren't really itk and just want the glory/attention, but that's ok. Strikes me there's at least 1 real itk on here, but I won't say who I think it is as it might unsettle the fragile MAD ecosystem.

[Mud Pie]

Some press releases from football clubs simply announce that staff have left by mutual consent and say little if anything else except "further announcements will follow", while some get "thanked for their efforts" in the most summary way which implies "...not that they amounted to much!".

I think when the club says that someone has played a "significant role", and the manager thanks them for all their help at two successive clubs, it's a bit more than a 'go through the motions' message.

Now granted, I think we have particularly classy owners who probably are more polite and liable to say nice things than others, so maybe this is just their standard departure message, but I can't help thinking fans just love creating rumours of backroom strife where none necessarily exist.

Perhaps after twenty years and many previous owners where stories of backroom fallouts probably were true, Notts fans are still struggling with withdrawal symptoms from all the drama and and have to fill the boredom and endless stability of the past five years with something!

this is a great overview and should be pinned to all departure threads from now on. The only thing maybe not mentioned is the choice of pic to go with the message - Dan Crowley's sullen mug one the other week was no accident, imo.

[CamPie]

well I for 1 appreciate the bts itk gossip on here because I don't do X and it's frustrating hearing the gossip from there being alluded to here and on YT without knowing what's being said.

Of course, many of the itk ers aren't really itk and just want the glory/attention, but that's ok. Strikes me there's at least 1 real itk on here, but I won't say who I think it is as it might unsettle the fragile MAD ecosystem.

You like your TLAs don’t you?

[Mud Pie]

You like your TLAs don’t you?

tbf we still have one ****ager in the house, and he doesn't have much enthusiasm for learning our language, so...

[Old_pie]

tbf we still have one ****ager in the house, and he doesn't have much enthusiasm for learning our language, so...

And by treating those on this board with the same language your posts are as clear as your user name. At least expand your and your son's vocabulary to FLAs.

[1955pie]

You like your TLAs don’t you?

What is a TLA?

[SwalePie]

What is a TLA?

Three Letter Acronym