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Well quite

Yeah he won't start I'm just saying he should. He's probably out as Virgil plays left

Robbo has to start cb tomorrow

I don't want to make jokes in case it's alopecia I may regret this if it's actually a bad thing

I mean, we've all been on here 20 odd years dissecting this stuff. It's what we do

He did an interview with sky at the end of last season and he was so clear about the needs for this. In terms of squad depth, rotation of players, that top teams play twice a week at the highest level and that's how it should be. Nothing we've done since then tallies in any way with those comments We're under staffed, unfit, we run less, we complain when it's difficult and we can't cope with adversity

Neither are in training today according to TAW on twitter

The most stupid way this can go is they keep slot, we continue on the current pace of the last 18 games which sees us finish on early 50s points. They then sack him and appoint Alonso Instead of him coming in now where we can salvage top four, he comes in with us in the conference league.

It you've forgotten his first then tell me your secret

I may have missed the joke here

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In an entire planet full of b******* nobody is full of more than ik

The idea that things happen purely on merit is wild

Yep it wouldn't surprise me if we start seeing young lads doing what Rio did to Chelsea

The club are definitely keeping quiet. I've not seen any softening of the ground at all from their chummy mates in the media. Until that happens I think he goes nowhere

Some good ones though, hassony's was electric, eel not think a better one

Sounds like it all can still happen with Robbo it's just on hold

I really don't think he'd interview for the role and say I can only join if I play certain tactics. Our whole model is built on this being sporting director led, so any coach would have to fit in to that I think that Slot has failed because he's failed to adapt his tactics to the recruitment

Romano says negotiations with spurs continue

Your final paragraph could be the key to the whole thing as to why this decline has been allowed to continue. If the two guys you mentioned are getting pressure from above by the American fsg contingent and being asked why is this happening, they're probably in self preservation mode. Deflecting true reasons and making it seem like the recruitment and the decisions have all been correct. To admit that the coach needs to go is to admit their own failings Better to say that it's bad luck and circumstances rather than admit it's failed

Sounds filthy

I'd completely zoned out by this point and I don't think I was listening to the comms but I'm assuming Joe has about four broken ribs here?

Do you feel this is certain regardless of the coach?

And we were were really poor in winning

Alonso isn't one for the Klopp style heavy metal etc football so it might not be a massive immediate change were he to come in in terms of style but the absolute minimum that would happen would be a sense of organisation, renewal, and players having an actual clue what to do when they have the ball at their feet. He's proven himself more than capable, he's available, he knows the club and he's going to be at a top club next season no matter what. To not get him in now (if they can) would be/is another act of negligence on the part of those in power We are in a massive decline and it is not being turned around by this guy. We've been out of form for 10 months