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Acker, I appreciate the facts you've recounted but you're missing the point. When you've got the infrastructure right and the squad has reached the play-offs two seasons in a row it's a hell of a risk bringing in someone like Hyypia with no British managerial experience. On the other hand...

The Championship is a warzone and the season is long. Trying to play attractive football is laudable but in this division it's so hard to achieve. Clubs turn up wave after wave of 4-5-1 - strong, organised sides quick on the counter-attack. You have to get your system right, the players have...

Meaningless. None of that lot have ever done anything meaningful in the Championship. What we're talking about is a British manager with some sort of pedigree. There's usually one or two about - right now there's Chris Hughton and I fancy now Symons has got the Fulham job he'd take the...

What has that got to do with anything?? What the hell do Southampton care that they parted company with Adkins after a few matches, or Palace that they swapped Holloway for Pulis? For Bloom it should be about getting promotion and fulfilling the dream, and for a bloke who should know all...

Last 3 years Championship promotion-winning managers: Allardyce, McDermott, Adkins, Mackay, Bruce, Holloway, Dyche, Redknapp, Pearson. All British, no bloody learning curve. I know Bloom loves a foreigner but that's 0% success in 3 seasons compared with 100% success for tried and tested.

I think Tony's got this very badly wrong. He's now making excuses for Sami's learning curve, but does he honestly think the "Play-Off standard squad" will respect and follow a manager who finishes his first season flirting with relegation? We've failed to take chances in the play-offs but...