Gone ?? Or free agents ??

[sinkov]

View From The Boardroom

It is now inevitable that we will be relegated.

Next season we will attempt to win promotion from the Championship back to the Premier League.

Our research shows that Mr S. Parker has an impeccable record for winning promotion from the Championship and the Board recommends that he is employed next season to win us another promotion to the Premier league.

As Mr S. Parker is currently employed as manager of Burnley FC, the Board hereby recommends that there be no changes in that department.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

By Order Of The Board.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

View From The Boardroom

It is now inevitable that we will be relegated.

Next season we will attempt to win promotion from the Championship back to the Premier League.

Our research shows that Mr S. Parker has an impeccable record for winning promotion from the Championship and the Board recommends that he is employed next season to win us another promotion to the Premier league.

As Mr S. Parker is currently employed as manager of Burnley FC, the Board hereby recommends that there be no changes in that department.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

By Order Of The Board.

Thee and me have both previously mentioned how "lucky" Alan Pace is mon ami, it might be pushing his luck boundaries to expect a straight back promotion three times on the bounce.

He will certainly need to sell players like Edwards, Esteve and Ugochukwa to balance the books and we have a lot of players coming towards the end of their contracts.

Next season might not end well.

[ClaretinBudapest]

Thee and me have both previously mentioned how "lucky" Alan Pace is mon ami, it might be pushing his luck boundaries to expect a straight back promotion three times on the bounce.

He will certainly need to sell players like Edwards, Esteve and Ugochukwa to balance the books and we have a lot of players coming towards the end of their contracts.

Next season might not end well.

I did mention this in my "relegation worries” post.If Pace & Co. think cardy will get us promoted next season after the inevitable fire sale of our mediocre “best players” then he is living in cloud cuckoo land.Lucky would not be the word to describe it.

[ballcock]

I did mention this in my "relegation worries” post.If Pace & Co. think cardy will get us promoted next season after the inevitable fire sale of our mediocre “best players” then he is living in cloud cuckoo land.Lucky would not be the word to describe it.

Some fans seem to think that it is guaranteed that Parker would take us straight back up due to his past achievements at championship level.

I am in the other camp of that the fan base will be toxic, and that once a manager has lost the dressing room (like he obviously as, after the Sunderland sh!t show) there is no way back

[ballcock]

Recruitment, like under Kompany has once again been poor. I honestly can't think of one signing that has excelled they have all been gash, and not helped by a coach who is out of his depth at this level

The owners just appear to be happy to pocket the Parachute monies and hope we bounce back the year after. There is no long term strategy or planning, they don't learn from past mistakes and just keep repeating the same old ones, with this season being a mirror of the Kompany one in the EPL

[sinkov]

Thee and me have both previously mentioned how "lucky" Alan Pace is mon ami, it might be pushing his luck boundaries to expect a straight back promotion three times on the bounce.

He will certainly need to sell players like Edwards, Esteve and Ugochukwa to balance the books and we have a lot of players coming towards the end of their contracts.

Next season might not end well.

It might not end well mon ami, if not next season then, sooner rather than later, we will miss out on promotion. The examples of what may happen then are legion. My best guess would be we follow the WBA route, Yo-Yo club to just not quite good enough Championship club and then a slide into the relegation battle. it took WBA about five seasons, we might do it quicker.

[barrie_burn]

I think Parker would be as popular in Burnley town centre as Andrew is at Sandringham

[wmdave_b]

For me, not just Parker. Take the useless set piece man, and also take Michael Jackson, if he has any football nouse he would be in Parker’s ear pointing out the mistakes game after game. Clear out time, get Allardyce or someone in for a bit.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

For me, not just Parker. Take the useless set piece man, and also take Michael Jackson, if he has any football nouse he would be in Parker’s ear pointing out the mistakes game after game. Clear out time, get Allardyce or someone in for a bit.

I have long thought that Jackson is content to collect his wage and keep his gob shut.

[ClaretinBudapest]

Recruitment, like under Kompany has once again been poor. I honestly can't think of one signing that has excelled they have all been gash, and not helped by a coach who is out of his depth at this level

The owners just appear to be happy to pocket the Parachute monies and hope we bounce back the year after. There is no long term strategy or planning, they don't learn from past mistakes and just keep repeating the same old ones, with this season being a mirror of the Kompany one in the EPL

At least we had a few moments to smile(and laugh) about in the Kompany season BC.Wathching this dross is soul destroying.