I find it incredible that people at the top aren't asking why we are being advised to go all out to get a journeyman nobody as a manager. Their money. Their club. Their way. Like a competition between the Chinese billionaires to be the first to to win the Premiership. In the process ruining the gam...

He has done one with Rio from the look of it and sounds fairly highly rated over there . Reports I've read suggest otherwise. Castro was highly rated. This guy isn't. I find it incredible that people at the top aren't asking why we are being advised to go all out to get a journeyman nobody as a man...

A Portuguese sports writer on twitter has put up some detailed thoughts, including "in terms of defensive organisation, Rio Ave is quite possibly the worst team in the league". Just baffled by this appointment, I can't see a single positive. Hope I'm proved wrong, but will be surprised if...

Somebody (none of the local press will) needs to get to the bottom of why we are seemingly obessesed with getting a Portuguese manager in at all costs. What is the connection? There is obviously something in it for someone. It's the Iranian spiv's doing. Watch Gomes now buy half a dozen of the Iran...

I watched bits of it, and I was impressed.

OK, they are not under the kind of pressure first team players are, but I'd love to see the first team able to knock the ball about as comfortably as that.

If the owners think the key to a manager being successful is having a Portuguese passport, then they really are clueless. If the new bloke has a Portuguese passport, will we dislike him? What if he then does well? Will we then like him, or will we dislike him even more? (This just in in, Wolves fan...

Has it? Is there anything at all to back this up other than piss poor websites that simply print Joorabchian press releases verbatim? Yes the clear and sudden pursuit of Portuguese managers................. Pretty obvious. He rocks up and all of a sudden we are going down a radically different path...

It’s Sad to see Irish go and I fear for their future. They should be fine. It's not like London is overflowing with decent rugby teams, but it will take a while to build up support. The one eyed RFC fans who ranted on about the pitch have been proved well and truely wrong as since the pitch was rel...

It’s Sad to see Irish go and I fear for their future. They should be fine. It's not like London is overflowing with decent rugby teams, but it will take a while to build up support. The one eyed RFC fans who ranted on about the pitch have been proved well and truely wrong as since the pitch was rel...

Wishing Club1871 well, and I’m sure when crowds improve it’ll be a success with greater numbers helping the noise they make carry further, but I’ve switched back to Y25/26 back near the top. Hopefully more will rediscover their voices, as this season the support has been pathetic. I'd guess a fair ...

Wishing Club1871 well, and I’m sure when crowds improve it’ll be a success with greater numbers helping the noise they make carry further, but I’ve switched back to Y25/26 back near the top. Hopefully more will rediscover their voices, as this season the support has been pathetic. I'd guess a fair ...

Yep. He's had about 20 different clubs, hasn't been at any of them for longer than two years, and has won fcuk all. Wow can't believe anyone would be down about this one. Do you not remember when he single handedly kept Al-taawoun up against all the odds? Or his spectacular 18 months at videoton? E...

And George Graham and Howard Wilkinson are more successful than Martin O'Neill. Would you suggest them? No I absolutely wouldn’t. But there’s a reason O’Neill has consistently been in management since 1987. He worked wonders with Wycombe, Leicester and Celtic then built a brilliant team at Villa fi...

Old Man Andrews

tmesis What was the last time we had a league crowd lower than 12066?

Sheffield United last season I believe.

Yeah - checking back we had those two weirdly low attendances (also v Bolton), way below even the number of season tickets sold.

What was the last time we had a league crowd lower than 12066?

He sounds a talented guy, but it would be incredibly hard to implement his plans in a badly struggling teams that's got no heart when he can't even speak English. He might be exactly the right manager, at exactly the wrong time. I don't get this hang up, he speaks a little, but not fluent. Bielsa d...

Talking of Castro, I've been talking to Portuguese fans a bit today. He is someone who's really dedicated to long term projects, and that's how he picks his clubs. He spent most of his career in Porto's academy building the foundations for some players that are starting to appear now: Rúben Neves, ...

To not have a single shot on target in 90 minutes at home against another Championship side is unforgivable. Players and coaching staff should be ashamed. Never mind "on target", did we have an actual proper shot in the match, at all? The BBC stats say we had six shots, but I'm really str...

I've been reading some of the comments about the potential managerial appointment of Luis Castro and it's a typical one from those that fear what they do not know. I follow Reading and FC Porto. I have done for the past 26 years and I know my fair share about Portuguese football. Portuguese footbal...