Marinakis to have his head turned by a recently available 'World Champion' manager?
1 Jan 2026
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You must be joking?
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That comment could be interpreted either way.
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The Brazilian keeper appeared to be properly blubbing.
At least we can go in to the West Ham game with our best keeper.
Thats the only positive I've got.
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Went for a walk at 0-2. I can confirm that listening to crap on Partridge is not as painful as watching it.
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He seems to be making us worse game on game. Has he got them fit enough for "his game" yet?
Given Edu took responsibility for him being the ideal manager for the £200m of improvements to the squad he identified in the summer, I'd be looking above the manager's office.
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Wolves woot!
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Does he? We looked as good as we have any time recently against shitty. We are inconsistent, and the squad depth looks a bit dogshit. Have three or four second choices in their postion in the team, like we did today, and there looks like a lot of holes.
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Who was second choice today? Just Jesus for Wood isn't it?
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I think we have the talent to survive. Not at all convinced we have the bottle/passion/fight. Shades of Clough's final season when everyone thought we were too good to go down. By the time the players and staff realised the truth, it was too late.
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John Victor, Bakwa, you (I) might argue Hutch, Aina (at current fitness), Jesus. All players who might not have started with the availability of a functional alternative.
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This is where I've been for some time. Assuming Burnley and Wolves are gone then it's whether we can be better than West Ham. Possibly but I'm not sure.
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More recent example is Leicester first time around.
Wolves and Burnley look short of quality. Wolves and West Ham similar attitude issues. (Statement of the bleeding obvious), Tuesday is critical.
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I'm pretty sure that we have that.
Not quite so sure about the strength/size.
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John Victor is only marginally less bad than Matt Turner and how he gets picked ahead of Sels is the most concerning thing I've seen in the Dyche era, but maybe (hopefully) there is some fitness reason. Aina back and through 60 minutes is good news. I'm neutral on whether spending £40m on a striker who isn't good enough to start for the worst team in the league is sensible, but at least physically he is up to the level. We will stay up, but this season is a lesson if one were needed in how backroom appointments, not selling high value unsettled players, a disrupted preseason and getting through three managers has more of an impact on what happens on the pitch than spending £200 million. Happy new year.
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Don't forget the pinstripe kit, for good measure.
