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If we win it, it will obviously be the best League in the country and I will be grateful for being around for this great period of exciting football. 😉

I don't agree there @bookertease as I think if we go up (even if none of the newbies play in L1 - which they obviously will at some point) MD has a whole summer to get the squad ready for a Championship campaign. I think it's easy to be cynical about owners and their motives...but surely some sort of success is to be welcomed and even if we come straight back down he can carry out his 'master plan' but with a bit more money and a bit more kudos in the bank with fans and potential academy recruits.

I know I should like the Prem @flymofrank but I just can't.

The false IX?

Looking at the pictures of David Wheeler saying his goodbyes at Harlington is hard.

It just leaves me feeling immensely sad.

David Wheeler is a man who leads by example, on and off the pitch. It was a real pleasure to watch him play.

Very positive, a nod to past regimes, respect for the caretaker staff and recognition that it should not need too much change at this stage of the season. It must be quite exciting to think you may oversee a promotion, an FA Cup final and could be coaching in the second tier in your first head coach job.

There are certain unsavoury and soul-sucking aspects to the Prem, but I'll never understand how anyone who loves football can criticise the product on the pitch for entertainment value etc - it's the best league bar none. Wycombe take precedence, obviously, but otherwise I'm watching a Prem game - we're blessed to live in an era of such high-quality football.

Xavier is wearing 7 in the pictures with David Wheeler.

If my maths is correct and Wiki has the figures right, Louis has now clocked up 871 games. I never knew he played for Wrexham 16 years ago and scored 15 goals in a season for them.

Just musing, but I wonder whether it would actually be better for the clubs long-term development NOT to get promoted this year.

(Just to make it clear I really, really want us to be promoted this season!)

But we seem to have developed a strong squad (on paper) that will probably take a little while to gel, particularly with a new head coach.

If we don’t go up, that squad would almost certainly be strong enough to be one of the favourites for promotion next season and I’m thinking it may be a lot easier for the team to come together at the top of League 1 rather than at what is likely to be the lower end of the Championship.

(Although overall there are probably more benefits in going up this year)

Hugo Boss vibes from the interview which is ok at this level but if he wants to get to the top there will have to be a conversation about Moncler in the future.

Luckily for him there is a Moncler outlet in Bicester Village where you can get the stuff at a very reasonable discount.