Tonight shows lack of investment/money available over the summer. That mostly doesn't come from Parish but other investors who currently have short arms and long pockets.

I doubt there'll be anything to spend until one of the big assets is sold Guehi/ Eze / Olise. That's the new model we've shifted towards but as yet haven't made a sale.

It's frustrating, especially when the money spent on the now injured Henderson could possibly have been much better spent elsewhere. However calling for Textor to take over is a joke, ask the Lyon fans on their thoughts!

You again

I know right . Sarf in disguise.

Dad, do you know the piano's on my foot? You hum it son, I'll play it!

Parish is not the problem, the owners or previous owners at the likes of Southend, Reading, Derby, Charlton etc etc are or were a problem!!

We should be spending now with those upcoming sales in mind, though - there's more risk attached, but it saves panic shopping at a time when everyone knows you've got an inflated budget, and you actually have some time to manage the transition.

It's easy to say the Board are the problem, afterall the Buck needs to stop somewhere. The problem with such overreaction and clamour is that it is ignorant of what decisions 'the board' are making and for what reasons.

My issue with them is with the Hodgson appointment - not the one at the back end of last year(I'm happy to admit that I was wrong on that one) but the year's extension and subsequent lack of transfer activity. RH's tenure last time out, which by the end of his reign had a the same feel to as it does now; Hes a stop-gap, lets get through this year and give his successor the dosh. It exudes an attitude from the board which, in spite of how many times they say they want to challenge the top half, is actually "just survive again". This filters down through the club.

We can only make suppositions on why they went that way and re-employed him, or why transfers didn't happen. Perhaps they genuinely thought of him as the correct option. Or perhaps they tried and tried, and couldn't get anyone better.
Without the knowledge of the rational behind their decisions, it's very difficult to criticise them, bearing in mind how successful this club has been over the past 13 years.

One thing is for sure, there are some much worse options out there than Parish and Co.

"It was a Team effort, I guess it took all players working together to lose this one"