It can't be quota players though. There is little room for manouvre this season.

You mean he hasn't mentioned mergers and thrown money at our rivals? I must have dreamt that then

Maybe pay Obst off?

Sorry Standee, I was quoting White with Clover over Allam not Pearson. I have a great respect for Pearson. My colleague some years ago now, went to work at Hull City, he interviewed her for the job and she has nothing but praise for him. A very reasonable man by all accounts.

Some people are cautiously optimistic without seeing the need to begin all out worship of the new owner on the first day of his tenure. That's all. It's hardly an astounding position to take. Life isn't about constantly being at one pole or the other. There is a centre ground.

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Ah, apologies, I misunderstood.

He is reasonable, reasoned and articulate, he wont be "the face" of FC but if and when he needs to comment he will, he certainly won't tie people's hands behind their backs when he knows they know better than him what they are talking about, he is what I would call "an enabler", someone who allows people to shine in their own right.

And Staffs, nobody is worhsipping the new owner, we're being optimistic.

Nice to be able to be optimistic as an FC!

yeah colchester.

Phil brown kept city up, got city promoted then managed to even keep city up for a year.

with parkinson and molby he quickly realised he'd made a mistake and then replaced them.

I understand where you coming from regarding blind faith but I've been very happy with what James Rule has done whilst he's been at the club and this mean he will continue and be provided with cash as well.

it's hard not to get carried away by todays news.

See above

hadn't seen those two posts.

Just a side question that may have been discussed already, but it has been said Rule had his hands tied by the BoD andhe may well show himself now he has a chairman who will let him get on with it. Do you think Agar may be in the same boat, did the previous BoD tie his hands in relation to recruitment etc, last year he desperately wanted a 7 and the BoD bought Westerman. Maybe with a free rein he will succeed. Would the fan base be happy with this appraoch or has too much water gone under the bridge?

I'd be happy to have a successful team regardless of who is the coach.

suspect a few on here feel differently though

This would not account for agars interchanges, nor his inablitily to change direction during a game eg leeds last week we carried on doing in the 2nd half what we did in the first half...

Mind you I wonder if the players knew change was ahead last friday

The players have a lot to answer too for that display, the same team and tactics had worked well for the weeks before, yet unless agar had a whole new team on the bench to bring on he would have struggled to to turn that around, they looked completely uninterested.

I can only think that this is what AP is referring to in terms of giving Agar the tools to do the job etc. It can't be the amount of cash unless we haven't been at full cap as was always claimed. Maybe as you say it was flexibility/choice in how it was spent. FWIW I think Agar's days are numbered unless another CC final appearance materialises.

I do not disagree.

I mentioned this myself earlier, think we will see if the performances etc change between now and the end of the season. There had always been rumours whilst Sharp was in charge that meddling from a certain person on the board left his hands tied and maybe the same is true with Agar? However Agar had been at the club long enough to know what he would be getting into so feel he is still the wrong guy for the job and even more so now. Too much water has gone under the bridge and think Pearson will let Agar see out this season but say thank you and bye bye at the end of it.

Well, he said he hoped to meet Agar tomorrow, so this trip to Oz needs to be on a time machine.

You ing idiots.

Wrong board.

Problem is, recruitment is already done and dusted for next season, where they Agars players or Kaths? are his hands still tied if he is retained?