Dolman_Stand

Nor seen today's game but both were excellent last weekend, getting Vyner signed up to a new contract should be the No.1 priority at the moment. He is fast becoming one of the best CB's in the league and quite rightly should be paid as such

Yes that is right, I think Barnard and Bell may have even played a pre season friendly together?

His interview with the local media is slightly more pointed if you look atvthe Bristol Post website, nothing overly controversial though

Was just thinking that

If they've paid him off even at a reduced settlement then that's even less they have to spend. Looking like Bournemouth or nothing for Alex

David James debut

Would love to see it but can't see him coming here

Going to be a lot of bookings in the first few weeks!

Bournemouth have reached a deal to sign Castrovalli from Fiorentina, after a quick google search he is a midfielder player in a similar mould to Scott so it looks though they have moved on??

We wouldn't, we don't know the make up of the deals on offer as fans. I was guessing at what @Kid in the Riot may have been told with it being less than £25m guaranteed.

20 guaranteed + 5.5 in add-ons? Suppose its how much of the addons are easily hit I.e. 20 games equals 2.5m etc? The big factor is the sell on clause for me, if we've compromised on the fee but get 20% of future fee then it would work out better in the long run

Makes you think why would a promising player like Scott want to go there?

Arguably the price we quote to Spurs would be higher as the sell on chances would diminish

What i cant fathom is If Lavia is worth £50m how is Scott not worth half of that?

I blame The Hundred, the fact we've had to fit the entire Test Summer in before the end of July to allow a format of cricket that nobody else even plays is ridiculous. It meant no meaningful warmup series could be arranged and we end up going into the biggest series we play in undercooked

Can't go wrong around Clifton Village

Root was a bit too sporting there with Smith, should have claimed it as a regulation catch and see if he walked

Exactly this, we can't win the game unless we take 10 wickets which is going to take a lot longer than us knocking off whatever we need. Don't think we're giving ourselves the best chance to win

Could be a cover story?

A name mentioned on here from Wolves was the goalie Sarkic, his move to Stoke has been called off despite a fee being agreed last week. Wonder whether he is now being used to bridge the gap in valuation between us and them?

Yep agree Wolves are a proper club and will always be PL / strong Championship club. Got to be honest though was expecting a better choice than Wolves or Bournemouth for Alex

Agree on GK, given Bajic didn't play either half today would suggest he isn't part of the plans so this would be a priority. If we have money to spend following his departure then i would like to see us bring in a couple of attacking players to cover the CAM/Winger/ST positions one being a "marquee" signing and maybe a Prem loan. Whilst we have plenty of options in thise areas i dont think we have a player that any of the bigger clubs in this division would be interested in, the likes of Weimann, Wells etc are decent enough, work hard and over the course of a season will ensure we are competitive but don't have the magic to push us on from there IMO. Not fussed on another CB unless Vyner leaves as we have plenty if options already and Aroaye, Wood would be better value to cover the minimal number of minutes a 5th choice would need to.

Knight equaliser....announce promotion

Surely Sam Bell can play left back if he needed to, if not I blame his parents

A good comparison is James McAtee who had a good season loan at Sheff U last year (didn't win EFL YPOTS though.....) and there have apparently been £30m offers in for him