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Nailed. It.

Because that would've been an honest appraisal?

What did you expect a statement on his behalf to say? "I'm not shocked at all that I got sacked because, let's all be honest, the second half of the season has been a train wreck and I've taken the club as far as I can. It's also clear from the lack of progress of many of our players that my...

I'm not really sure what your point is? You think I should take his word as gospel, I think he's released a statement that, in summary, is just good PR and as a result I don't believe he was shocked. But honestly, I don't really care either way whether he was or not.

Haha, in fairness, it's as good as. I appreciate that I shouldn't have used a term on NSC so loosely without expecting to be picked up on it.

You think he wrote a statement himself? FYI, I've done some work with the LMA who the statement was released through. The managers themselves don't write these things 99% of the time.

Do you believe everything you hear and read? Good grief.

Or he knows he had a lot of goodwill from fans and his PR department have told him to say that. Ultimately, no one on these boards is likely to have any idea whether he was surprised as we don't know what the expectations placed on him were, how those changed, and what the expectations...

Just corrected for you.

You're missing out button 3 which is the one TB hopes he's pressed. Potentially stay in the Premier League whilst playing a much better brand of football AND incrementally improving over a period of time. We've got far too many fans that still have a small club mentality and who are genuinely...

That's it. And you can overlook the poor football if the results are there. But the moment the results turn and you're left with poor results AND poor football, it isn't exactly a recipe for success. I'd certainly want more if I was Bloom considering how much we spent last summer.