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Orient's always a fun away day. Plymouth are in the League 2 play-offs, so that'll be a good one if they get promoted. Other than that... er, what's Peterborough like now the terrace has gone? I would have said Bristol City as I've got friends who support them, but they're coming the other way :(

Quite. Reading had 65%(!) of possession against Birmingham this weekend, and lost 6-1. Possession football worked well for us under Gus with a good side (and could do so again with the right squad), but it's clearly useless trying to play that way if you don't have the players to do it. Number...

This is an odd poll given that the options aren't even mutually exclusive - it's perfectly easy to be both decisive and inept. Still, given that they are the options we have: Inert: Nope. The player recruitment may well have been diabolically poor, but it did happen (on and off the pitch). Also...

I don't think that's quite right. I was at the meeting and I interpreted Tony's comment to mean that, when they were recruiting, it wasn't important that Sami's style matched the tippy-tappy style we'd been playing under Gus/Oscar. I think they liked the style Sami was offering, so it's not that...

Get a good reference to Hyypia getting sacked on this thread and Bloom might Acton it.

Maybe now is the time. Maybe Tony cheekily laid Hyypia (behave) on the Next Sacking market, and now Adkins has gone we can use the winnings to pay off the contract... :thumbsup:

Indeed - those are the total figures, not the home figures.

If this is right, the point has to be made at the meeting. What a difference that would make.

:ohmy: No, thankfully Tony has made it pretty clear Ched Evans will not be joining the Albion.

Surely leaving after 20 games - with us in the relegation zone - would itself be a blot on his CV? Certainly not clean enough to give up a million pounds for?

You could well be right - I have no idea on the figure. The same logic applies though - if the cost is £2m then the probabilities become 20% relegation / 80% survival, etc etc.

I see where you're coming from, but Bennett is in there for his performance against Wigan which we did win - so I'll go for that one.

Tony's clearly calculating the pot odds on this one. Say relegation will cost us £10m, and sacking Sami will cost £4m - 40% of that. If the probability of being relegated is greater than 40%, the 'right' move is to sack him as the "average" cost of keeping him exceeds the cost of firing him...

I think it's pretty certain (unless I've misread El Pres's analysis) that relegation will cost the club a lot more money than sacking Hyypia. Therefore surely it can't be the money option in this poll - because that only adds up if Bloom doesn't think we'll get relegated with Hyypia in...

When Fergie was (allegedly) one game from the sack, United had picked up 2 points from 8 games and were only just outside the drop zone - including a 5-1 defeat by Man City. Then they stuck with him and won the FA Cup, beating Palace in the final..... (If any of this is wrong, blame Wikipedia...

I assume that vital cross only comes in because Gerrard gives the ball away just like v Chelsea last season too...?

Win, for sure. I'd never want us to lose, but this game is even more important than others as it's a proper relegation 6 pointer. Of course that doesn't mean I don't want Hyypia out - and out in time for his replacement to know what he wants to do in the January transfer window. Would it be...

Personally I think the opposite: I don't believe that Bloom would fire Hyypia without having his replacement ready to step straight in. I'd probably go further - when (or if?) Hyypia is replaced, the announcement by the club will only be to announce the new guy being appointed, as if Hyypia had...

I really don't think so - losing away to the league leaders is hardly unexpected for any team in the division. It's Millwall next week that could be make or break.

Derby 3-0 Brighton The back 4 won't defend terribly, but we'll offer absolutely nothing in midfield meaning that through sheer number of attacks Derby will still score 3.