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I see David Luiz is leaving Arsenal. Have them over on CatShag expressed an interest yet?

Only one I’d heard of was Mark Little, but they have just released him though. He did manage to scam 2 years wages out of them for 16 appearances though ?

Except any new manager they appoint. They think there is a blue ‘half’. The clue is in their shirts....Blue ‘quarter’

I believe they are the only club to issue a fans retained list too - every year it seems that huge numbers are released (from their agony) because their attendances simply provoke cackling and hilarity around the country - no-one falls for their deluded guff that they are a big club with a huge and loyal fanbase ...

I can remember Brentford batting away interest in Mepham and Watkins for sure. See if they do not go up what the situation is with Toney. I expect a 35-40m valuation(unless there is some sort of clause) and see if they buckle to less. My only point is we seem to have only fought once in these last 5 seasons to keep a key player and that was Brownhill. Think a few clubs have a bit more fight in that. Publicly stating we won’t stand in players way was a poor choice imo. We also have been starting far too in the red so maybe that is why. Today a great start bringing the wage bill down. Starting at an estimated 15m down compared to 25m will be a huge step in the right direction for example. We have to draw a line somewhere though. I guess my point is, we have gotten to this point by constantly selling our best. Now that it is bare, I can’t fathom letting more talent go. We can’t predict Semenyo’s development but he is being looked at by prem clubs. Recruitment could(hopefully does) make losing another one manageable. At the minute Semenyo is about the only one in the side that can pick up the ball and drive us forward. The only one with the bravery to get a shot away. The only one with true pace and power. I’d be holding on as long as possible. Everything is a gamble. Would be just as much a gamble to not sell as this may be the best valuation we ever get. My point is we have not fought enough to keep good players. Selling is inevitable. I know that but I’d like us to try and have a good season and follow it up with a better one. Possible I am arguing this at the wrong time ? just think weneed to add to the talent cupboard before selling any more out. Surely there is some wiggle room for fees this summer @Davefevs? Also, I’d be more into selling Bentley, Kalas and Janneh before Semenyo. Can only sell what you get offers for but I’d be more keen in that order.

The biggest problem is not that the club want to sell but when a Prem club shows an interest in a player then it is nigh on impossible to keep that player and stop him downing tools if he doesn’t get his dream move .

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Controversy and trouble seems to follow that bloke. Risky appointment in many ways - which is nice.

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Most gas heads visit the dentist to have wisdom teeth put in.

I think the massive frustration for me is the lack of movement and fluidity. It is not just that players stick wide and it's not just - although it is a large part of it - the massive gaps between midfielders and wingers and between wingers and forwards. It's the fact that whoever is in possession always seems to only have a range of statues to pass to, which inevitably means possession gets lost.

Jesus! Its got to the point where we have to analyse our performance over the season before deciding if we’re entitled to take the piss out of our rivals getting relegated ? I hear this from Gasheads a lot, which is funny because they certainly didn’t care when we were relegated into a division ABOVE them. ’If, if, if....” ”If there were 5 more games shitheads you’d be down” Yeah, maybe, but there wasn’t 5 more games. ”If you hadn’t won 4 games at the start of the season you be down” ...yeah, and? I guess we were playing pub teams at the start of the season were we? Funeral procession was a bit cringy, that should be saved for when their club does die. We weren’t relegated, we didn’t finish with the lowest points total in the FL and we’re now 2 divisions above them again despite them saying they were ‘coming for us’. I intend to enjoy my Summer.

'Back in the day' at the time of Twentyman, Alexander et al, I could have named the Gas squad as well, but couldn't name one of them now. Not really interested in knowing, either!

Brentford got 2 years from Watkins, 3 years from Sawyers, 2 years of Egan, Mepham batted off interest until January and 2-3 seasons each from Benrahma and Maupay. I think you are mint at what you do Dave. But you can’t constantly look at players as assets. Sometimes you need to look at what they bring to the pitch. The money being offered up may get 3-4 players but of what quality? We have a good player who achieved some pretty good things in his first proper season as a pro(time at Bath and half a season at Newport and Sunderland). Plenty of examples of what one player can bring a side. Pukki at Norwich, Toney at Brentford, Armstrong at Blackburn. Someone who can bring that bit of magic and Semenyo is about the only one contracted to us at the minute who can do that. There is no guarantee a nee signing can do that. I am all for generating funds but we do not need to lose our best asset every season. Of course I agree about better planning. Maybe NP does that. There is still a very real season in front of us that we need to get through first before that can come to fruition. Semenyo makes us better next season. Any money for him is a gamble. The thought of extending him on better terms is to buy an extra season or two while giving him some more financial security. We have some good young ones coming through but not sure I have seen enough from any of them that makes me think they can be difference makers over an entire championship season like Semenyo can. Of course he nowhere near Brownhill level importance based off last season but we are now 18 months on from Brownhill and in a much more dire situation. Semenyo would be a big loss in his own right. And to reiterate, I have a problem with selling him for under 5m. Everyone has a price. If the guarantees are over 5m I change my stance on this a bit. We have very few saleable assets at present so we need to try and hold on as much as possible.

More like bradley walsh

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And to be of the required level of fitness to play at the top end of the table.

Managed to get one in general sale in Upper Lansdown ?

Other teams hold onto players with interest in their players. Brentford put a high valuation on their players and tend to keep them for 2 good seasons. Preston held onto a lot of their best players for years. There is a better balance to be had with selling players at Bristol City. Selling Semenyo is very short sighted imo. He had a very good first full season at championship level. Factor in all the positions he played and the level of play around him, it makes it even more impressive. We have wages to offer. I’d offer him a new deal on much better terms similar to the contract we gave Brownhill. No guarantee he improves but selling for 3-5m now is not much different to our club as selling him for 2-3m next summer. There is value on the pitch we rarely take into account and Semenyo can offer that 3-5m next season and that may be the difference between relegation and midtable for example.

You are right. Poor Simon Southgate tried with his chubby little six fingered hands.

Maidenhead United do actually have a "Bell End" I believe...

Yes. When he was on form he was unstoppable. There was a period when I think there were only half a dozen players that had scored a double century and a century in a game 6 times. Zed was one of them, but each time he did it, he was not out in both innings. However my uncle toured with him in a charity team a couple of times and said he was bat shit crazy, and would do the oddest things. .

The figure of 8,000 was probably given them by a gashead and they never knew of the pathological liars reputation.

Did anyone see a post by some sag maggot on their forum stating Eastville should have had a protection order on it where it had to be used for sporting purposes and not made available for retail. Just like the one they rode roughshod over that applied to the Mem then? They genuinely don't see the hypocrisy and general irony in this. Wnakers!

Bless them. Idolising a player who clearly couldn’t wait to get away from them and their funny little tents as soon as he could. Former players scoring against us is about as close as they get to getting one over on us these days. Thank God I was born a red.

The Alan Dicks Stand sounds fine by me. The other point is that one day AD will pass to that great Ashton Gate in the sky, hopefully not for a long time yet, when there will be an outpouring grief and calls for some form of permanent memorial, including calls for a stand to be named after him. Why not recognise his efforts now, when he’s still alive and able to appreciate the affection the support has for him?

Whilst it's right to recognise the achievements of Harry and Alan, what Coops did went far, far, far beyond any success the club may have achieved. He literally dragged this club up from the gutter in it's darkest days and gave the club back its heart and soul. No other manager in my lifetime (43 yrs) has come close to the monumental achievement that Terry Cooper fought for in my opinion. Football isn't all about winning matches.

In fairness, a lot of posters are not asking how much can we get for him, but are asking whether he can improve sufficiently to justify not selling him now, given the pressing need for funds to re-develop the team. He’s strong and has great pace, but he’s a striker that doesn’t score goals - something we’ve a track record of developing well at AG! The unknown element is whether he would perform better in a proper Pearson team and under Pearson’s management, but I suspect that holds true for quite a few of our underperforming players, based on the last 12 months. He’s a non-scoring striker, is not a winger and isn’t a number 10 so it then becomes a bit difficult to see exactly what his role would be in a Pearson team. This is one time we might regret Ashton’s departure, as if he was dealing with Palace we’d be guaranteed £25m minimum with add ons!

Think I'd be happy to get £3m-£4m for Semenyo, give Louis Britton a go at the striker role but look to bring in a decent winger then with the monies. Think we dropped a bollock letting Elliason go as a provider.

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this is north somerset's fault for not joining the linked up authority thing,