24 May 2026 20:29:02
Glad it's all over now, a huge clear out is needed and Edwards is going to be watched closely too one thinks.
The Championship won't be the walk in the park some think it will be either.
But we got the World cup to look forward too now and as always i've enjoyed chatting with you guys, the banter and posts throughout the season.


Also huge thankyou to the Eds for giving us a place we can chat, rant, speculate and grumble on.

1.) 24 May 2026
24 May 2026 21:31:24
As you say, a huge clear out is needed. Top to bottom. Rose-tinted lenses will say keep him, he's worth a chance. However, reality sets in, and you have to accept that so many of the players are stale and/or not good enough. I love Rodrigo Gomes, and he should do well in the Championship, but he's not a Premier League player. I think a few goals is clouding that. Maybe he's gone stale at Wolves and he'll thrive elsewhere. I don't rate Lima, but he's young.

None of the keepers are worth keeping. Even with Bentley, he's part of the old guard, and that needs breaking up. Toti Gomes has to go. He's never been good enough. Again, part of the old guard. The problem is he's on silly wages. Traore and Doyle have to do. Nowhere near good enough. Some players want to leave. Some need to leave.

It's not a case of who to get rid of. It's who is worth keeping. There aren't many.

2.) 25 May 2026
25 May 2026 08:49:08
There is a common consensus that the club need to get rid of a high percentage of the players, but before we are too hasty and throw the baby out with the bath water, we should consider if their poor performances are, in part, down to below par training and naive tactics deployed by the manager. The squad has no identity, no recognisable tactical approach, and seemingly no direction to succeed, which requires some commitment, and at least some understanding of what the manager requires from them.


There are good players in this squad, but the manager, rather than getting the best out of them, seems to have reduced almost all of them to shadows of what they could be. Edwards needs to go. He has already shown us that he cannot compete in the Premiership, so why delay the inevitable.