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Please do not tell me we are about to appoint another rookie 'big name' manager as an experiment, especially one who cheated on his missus with his sister in law and then tried to use his huge wealth to take out a super injunction to 'protect his children', or should that be his image rights. Just in case that injunction is still in place I should use the word allegedly throughout this post I guess.

I am in complete agreement with Downsouth on this one, our midfield has been awful this season, no pace, no drive and no willingness to support the forwards, but De Roon has been the exception, and if we could keep him, he would be a huge asset for us in the Championship. As for the other three, I would not be too upset if they all moved on, and we left De Roon to anchor the back four and new blood was brought in. The serious failings of our 'trusty trio' may of course have been down to the tactics they were told to play, only time and anew manager will answer that onr.

Great thread Unger, probably going to be more enjoyable that the match itself. I expect Liverpool to win this at a canter, which at least will be a boot up the proverbial for ***nal.

Giggs as manager, to echo Snowblind, please God no, the man is so far up his own backside he has not seen the light of day for six years, and that is a comment from my next door neighbour who has his wall decorated with Man U shirts. I cannot speak ill of McLaren as I still remember Cardiff.

It can only get better, roll on next season, we will be back !

To all those who have me pelters when I offered my opinion that, (based on watching him all season at Villa), Guzan was not Premiership standard, I told you so lol

I have a bit of an insight into Aston Villa through a friend of my son and I know that our team who handled the negotiations as regards Adomah, Gestede, Traore and Rhodes were thought to be pretty much second rate and the Villa got everything they asked for.

Guedwho? I cannot even remember what he looks like and would not recognise him if he stood on my foot! How can this level of incompetence be allowed to continue, surely someone must be responsible.

Yay we have found a team worse than us ?

It would be very interesting to see how our current squad would look under Wagner, he plays a high pressing game with the emphasis on winning the ball and moving it quickly, the exact opposite of Karanka really. Would some of the squad thrive under this new system and come out of their shells, probably but it is inly theoretical. I do not know who would finish higher but I sure as hell know which style of football I would prefer to watch, I have been really impressed with Huddersfield this season, while karanka has got me watching Rugby Union !

Any chance of giving Bamford and Fischer a game, we might need them next season. It does not make any sense to me not having them in the squad, then again the logic of Karanka and Agnew nearly always passed me by !

Seems to me that Agnew is just a version of Karanka without the accent, a bit like a Karanka lite, both give me a headache, just one a little bit faster ?

I see Downing has come out in praise of Agnew saying he should have the job next season. Anyone else read that as ruthless self interest, in that it can be read that I have more chance to keep my place if he is in charge and my best mate is on the coaching staff /

Can Fulham please stay in the Championship, friendliest, most hospitable place in the league and I would miss my day out there.

Dont,t care anymore, bottom, second bottom it,s all the same at the end of the day, I really cannot be ***d!

The club belongs to the town and we the supporters, and frankly, although we may not have the numbers of Man U, ***nal etc, we are bloody marvellous people who have stuck up for this club through thick and thin, and I am proud to be one of them, and always will be. We do not therefore deserve what is currently going on, the club is a shambles from the top of the management tree to the playing and coaching staff. Steve Gibson needs to start talking to us and giving honest answers to the questions festering through the club, what truly happened that fateful Feb when Karanka 'walked' and why was

BBC commentator just called us abject, just about sums it up!

Do not know where we go from here. Rip everything up and start again with new management and recruitment staff is the knee jerk reaction but Villa tried that twice and they are still awful.

Just come in and logged into this thread. just going out again, this is the worst team ever to wear the red of our club. Embarrased and disgusted.

Think that's just the level of our team. If we open up a bit we can't keep teams out. And if we don't commit bodies forward we can't score. We no doubt have a bottom-4 squad. We have scored the same amount, we have conceded far more and Agnew wins half the amount of points karanka did. UTB Let it go Gwen. Karanka isn't out manager any more. FWIW: We have scored 4 goals in the last 5 league games under Agnew. We scored 3 goals in the previous 10 league games under Karanka. Even the most blinkered can surely see there has been an uplift in scoring? Seconded, let us just move

I was fortunate enough to meet him on two separate occasions and he came across as a really nice thoughtful guy with a great love of football. I am saddened at his death at such a young age, my condolences to his family and many friends at Boro and here in the Midlands.

Walk towards the light Betamaxman, just let it go, you will feel better We were relegated a long time ago, apart from Sunderland we are the worst team in this division, just read the statistics. Join me in now concentrating on the possibilities of next season under a proven manager with, (hopefully), money to spend. I have already talked our fellow forum member, Thomas, off the edge of the roof, so you can do it as well, embrace the inevitability of it all and peace and calmness will descend.

Ok so this team will break up at the end of the season and we will rebuild from whatever is left. What concerns me is how much confidence can we all have that we have the right people in charge of the recruitment decisions, based on what we have seen during the last two windows. By the way what happened to that guy we bought from Watford, did he ever turn up ?

haha gloat gloat So you thought he had a good first half then?

Date I say that Barraghan has been much improved that half, but Downing, where is he, what is he contributing ?