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Fingers crossed with MacAnthony and Fry they'll drive a hard enough bargain to drag it out long enough. By all accounts Charlton might lose Blackett-Taylor so guess that would even things out regardless.

I think they’d be more likely than Fleetwood with their owner doing time. Clubs like them two I’d imagine he’d just sit his contract out and try his luck as a free agent rather than go either them or Carlisle.

Seen a report Bristol Rovers not expected to go after him again now they’ve got a new manager. Whether that’s just positioning on a fee who knows. Based on what you’ve said I would guess Charlton and Blackpool could fit that criteria.

Probably doesn’t suit our system but seems Charlton making a headstart on a clear out for January

I don’t think they’d be able to register him in time when the window opens to play that day even if the deal is all set up.

Don’t want to rush to judgment on him as he is only young but I’d be asking the question what it is he’s not doing to be able to get time on the pitch even in the sixth tier. Feels like his development has stalled a little in comparison to a couple of the others who’ve come through for whatever reason. Hopefully can get him going again whether that’s someone giving him a bit of a kick up the arse or whatever.

Yeah I’m with you on that. The Coates family have done a lot in terms of investment in them but think the idiot son runs the show there now rather than Denise Coates. They can’t all be terrible managers and their records elsewhere would speak to that.

The cycle begins again with them. They’ll appoint someone who looks half decent on paper (Eustace probably), maybe have a decent run at the start having them planning the open top bus and then revert to type and sack them in a years time.

Dino Maamria sacked by Burton.

Can’t be work permit issues as the kid has a British passport. All very strange as presumably he was a free agent so should have been straightforward signing him.

I think it’s right maybe to drop Tommy down a level on loan. Who knows why he didn’t get on the pitch at Rochdale? Maybe he’s just not as good as we hoped or simply their manager just didn’t like him for something else. Either way he really needs to be owning that level while he’s there and then maybe with a view to stepping back up to NL or L2 down the line. Only young and plenty of time to develop but it’s already difficult enough for him given the strength we have in midfield.

Right call I think, clearly not working there. Can look at sending him elsewhere in either the fifth or sixth tiers. Be interested why he never got a shot. Did the Dale manager just not rate him or something else?

On the subject of McDermott obviously the club will know better than me on it but I’m not sure what good if any this loan at Rochdale is doing. Doesn’t appear he even makes the matchday squad all the time less get time on the pitch. Maybe better to recall him and send him elsewhere?

I don't dislike Fury but I'm sorry scoring that fight to him tonight is borderline corruption. Ngannou won that no matter how many different ways it will be attempted to be spun in the coming days. Fury looked like you'd expect a fighter who has been inactive to look, I'd still back him to beat Usyk but that is banking on him being a different version than that one tonight.

Yeah, the only reason they’re not second bottom is because Southend had the points deduction too so this is definitely long overdue. Having the likes of Norwood up top should be a cheat code for them. If DC did take it just thinking out loud but that could open up the door to getting a little bit of money off them for Tom Conlon as he was one of his favourite players and am sure he’d love to play for him again too even at that level.

Oldham sacked David Unsworth. I know they’re National League now but this could tick a lot of boxes for DC if he wanted to return to football. Got an ambitious owner and a decent sized club and fanbase so the potential is there.

I can’t for the life of me see DC thinking about that one for long. People can say what they will on DC but he doesn’t suffer fools gladly. The mess they are in it wouldn’t shock me if they fall right through and back to the conference.

Amazing how a club can just implode like they’ve done. For L2 especially the obvious call for any job now would be DC but I would expect he’d avoid this one like the plague.

FGR just sacked Duncan Ferguson. Would have loved to be a fly on the wall once Vince plucked up the courage to tell him. There’s a club for whom winning promotion has turned out to be the worst thing to happen to them.

Leeds sacking another manager and bringing in Big Sam to try and dig them out of the hole they are in. Like clockwork round this time of year someone fires up the Big Sam signal. Someone will be dusting off Pulis before long.

Jody Morris gone from Swindon. We have seriously damaged them as a club and I love it.

Flynn sacked by Walsall. Be one hell of a plot twist if DC ended up back there not that I think it would happen.

Joyce to me if he takes the rematch needs to understand you can’t use your chin as almost a first line of defence as especially at heavyweight eventually it’ll cost you. I’m stunned one of the judges had Joyce leading at the time of the stoppage thankfully that was a moot point in the end.

Sounds plausible. On top of the £21.5m they paid in compensation for him what a disaster. Just a very bizarre few months. They spent money like a drunken sailor all through the transfer window but not sure they’ve spent it on strengthening weaker areas of the squad or to any particular plan and then expected Potter to get a tune out of that.

Potter gone from Chelsea. Felt like he was swimming against the tide from the moment he took over. I always thought he was better off staying at Brighton and build up the CV more but at least he’ll get a nice payout.