BarringtonHayles

Why should we accept poor management now because we used to get relegated a lot in the past? In 3 years we went from a Europa League level squad competing for the European places to probably the most embarrassing relegation in Premier League history. We had a chance to establish ourself at a higher level than a yo-yo team and we pissed it up the wall. The people responsible for allowing it to happen are still in charge, we're allowed to be annoyed about it. Football isn't static, clubs rise and establish themselves at a higher level all the time, previous history doesn't define what a clubs present or future should be. Brentford, Brighton and Fulham have all historically played at a lower level, if they employed a poor manager that was clearly going to get them relegated it wouldn't be 'entitled' for them to want him sacked because they were in League 1 once either.

I don't really blame Cooper, it's not his fault he's out of his depth and he must have been delighted that we were stupid enough to offer him the job in the first place after how it ended at Forest. The fault lies with the board/ownership and their inability to look outside of the UK. We seem to have an obsession with 'Premier League Experience' and 'knowing the league' for players and managers even if that experience is largely shit or average at best. Too many fans buy in to the little old Leicester, who would want the job attitude. We're a wealthy team in the biggest and most popular league in the world. We could attract so many young, promising managers in other leagues who would jump at the chance to manage in England. All it takes is a decent spell of games with a clear tactical plan and you're linked with the biggest clubs in the world, there's not one manager that would back themselves and take the risk, Cooper is the best we can get? Instead, we have a board that could barely be arsed to look past the midlands for 2 of the last 3 appointments.

There's a chance Kanye might get West Ham confused with a certain team from the north of London, better not.

Struggling to get into a save this year, seems to be far too easy if you start at a decent level. Won 2. Bundesliga with St Pauli by 17 points first season, now joint top of the Bundesliga after 7 games, beating Bayern, Leipzig and Leverkusen already. Started a new save with Fiorentina, top of the league after 10 games now as well. Using a 5-3-2 very similar to Finnegan's Leicester formation and avoiding the obviously broken corner tactics, but still only lost 2 games across both saves. Going to give Deportivo, Kaiserslautern or Palermo a go and see how it goes.

I’m sure if Youri were still at Monaco, and had the tournament that he just had, some of you wouldn’t want to sign him either. How he plays for Italy is irrelevant, it’s a completely different style of play to club football. He’s clearly a fantastic player at club level.