Most already know about my thoughts on FDB and his ridiculous change of system without the p[layers to carry it out
Now today we have the appointment of Dougie Freedman.
I don't care about how he left the club back in 2012 , thats football and everyone is out for themselves , clubs and employees included
What I DO CARE about is that this appointment of a VERY AVERAGE CHAMPIONSHIP manager has clearly been put in place so that Freedman can replace FDB when he fails , as he will do , probably before christmas time .
The first few weeks speaks bucket loads of the ambition of Parish and the club . Clearly FDB was the only manager available that was going to accept the limited budget , and in doing so said that he wanted to change style . In not having funds definitely speeded up Big Sam's retirement and definitely left Tony Pulis feeling less than confident .
So here we are , bottom of the table , a team in confusion , manager without a clue ,no transfer budget , and a sporting director who's managed a championship side for a season and half.
What a joke
This time next year , Freedman will be manager , we will be in the Championship .

And last season we had got Tomkins, Townsend and Benteke, people were saying how we could push for Europe and by Christmas we were hovering around at the bottom.

I can understand your thinking (though it's a bit negative!) and the signing of three youngsters (two on loan) doesn't exactly inspire confidence. I too can see FDB being sacked if it doesn't work out and Freedman drafted in as manager.

However, may be it will all work out. It looks like there are financial constraints and we have to hope it works out and get behind the team.

God forbid.

One positive is that we looked a bit more solid in the Liverpool game, well in the first half at least.

All the players playing 'out of position' is a concern, as is the perennial decision to not make all our signings until the end of August, effectively reducing our chances in the first few games as we 'make do' with what we have got.

I'm not too convinced by FdB, but will give him 6-10 games to see what he can do, after that though, if we are still rock bottom, he's gotta go.

You do wonder if Sammy Lee could do something, he must have a good idea about the defensive foundations upon which the team was built last season.

Holy f***!

The Voice of Reason In An Otherwise Mediocre World

Yup

I do wonder if the club decided pretty much to write off the first few games, knowing we weren't going to be competitive until after the last knockings of the transfer window. So we lose three League games and save goodness knows how much in our transfer dealings.

I am therefore expecting mucho exciteamento in the next two weeks but fully expect also that I may be disappointed.