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They might have to AI a crowd at some point...

I bet on MB leaving at 5 to 1. He was gone by half past six.

I think the one thing we can predict relatively confidently is that if Dan Rice gets to appoint a successor to Matt Bloomfield, it won't be the usual suspects who are considered. He'll want someone who is fully aligned to his data-driven model, someone whose training sessions, tactical decisions, team selection and in-game substitutions will be guided by AI and whatever dataset it's being fed, and will probably be someone we've never heard of and with limited (if any) playing pedigree him or herself. It'll be an interesting experiment to watch - but probably a little uncomfortable for many of the players and indeed supporters.

Matt Bloomfield falls out of a plane?

Given the new chap's passing ability and penchant to get forward a bit, can we start calling him Møldini?

Sadly I think if offered Blooms will be taking the Luton job.

The owners appear to be backing Matt on the playing side this window, time to back him and his team with new contracts!

They have a complicated history and the club itself say they were formed in 2017:

https://www.beaconsfieldtownfc.co.uk/the-club/club-history/165/

I think 2017 was the year that Beaconsfield United demerged from SYCOB, after they originally merged in 1994. 1921 is when Beaconsfield United were formed, also a merger of two unknown clubs. The Beaconsfield Town Wiki page has the formation date as 1994.

My golden rule is that a merger forms a new club, so 1921 should not be on their club badge, probably should be 2017. It could be 1994 if it was just a name change, but I think it was more than that.

As much as I'd understand the logic (I.e. new management group want their own man) I can't help but feel this would be a mad thing to do.

Dan Rice and co have surely stumbled on a near perfect scenario. Club legend plays his entire career at one club, to then become a highly successful, highly regarded up and coming manager / head coach at the same club. Almost every club in the EFL would be crying out for that kind of situation. I can understand if their visions don't quite match up, but to choose not to back him with that in mind would be a huge own goal imo.

Birmingham probably have numerous players above our top earner.

Just to say that Huddersfield Town's game against Shrewsbury Town has already been called off because of a frozen pitch so we'll still stay above them this weekend