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As our not very tactile 'Tecknical Director' has publicly stated we'll spend money on a 9 and a 10 (Twine or otherwise), Conway may well be waiting to see who comes through the door. If we splash the cash he'll likely be sat on the bench, at least to start with. If we fail to bring in our targets he will be in a good position to get game time and negotiate a wage to reflect that. He may also be waiting to see what these potential new signings are offered. If someone of similar ilk or lesser comes in and gets given a tasty contract, Conway would be in his rights to say "If he's worth X, I'm at worth Y, at least". Very rarely I side with those stalling on deals but given what's BT has been quoted as saying, I wouldn't blame him for biding his time and seeing what happens before commiting.

I'm not particularly interested. However, if this is your way of examining whether SL is still active behind the scenes, or not, then you'd be better of including the successes too. That would provide better evidence, be more objective, and in my opinion be more interesting.

Sykes is twice the player when he has Tanner behind him.

Playing manager head coach in my head. I'd be curious to see him as a wide forward on the left, where he'd potentially find space to cut in on his right or arrive at the back post. I feel the left side is a weak link anyway. This would allow Cornick to do his best work centrally, keeping the centre halfs busy. Sykes on the right.

I don't fall out with Weimann playing. Conway has been very isolated of late, hopefully Andi can get close to him and provide some support. Gardner-Hickman has been in good form but it's a squad game and both Knight and James are important players. New regime, I'm sure all the players will be looking to stake their claim to play.

Yeah, I think the board will happily spend to prove a majority of the fan base wrong about being upset over Nige's sacking. Not that it will prove anything, they've certainly backed themselves into a corner now. Either get promoted with their new man with the same constraints of the previous regime, or spend to achieve what couldn't be achieved before, undoing the house keeping of the last 3 years. The circumstances do take the excitement out of the prospect of spending, and a new manager. It does feel very much like "here we go again", we won't be lucky enough to be able to call on Nige should history repeat itself. One thing guaranteed is that there are no guarantees, so good luck to whoever the new manager Head Coach is. It's certainly an awkward situation to come into, I hope it all works out alright!

Think a lot of fans may need to put their foot on the brake and slow down a bit. Nigel said the last two weeks were frustrating for him. That suggests he was expecting contract discussions but from what I've seen he's not actually explicitly said why the last two weeks were frustrating. If it were because he was expecting contract talks then actually that would indicate that he was expecting talks leading to an extension, but for whatever reason that hasn't happened. However, I still think that would mean that at least up until a couple of weeks ago, the intention was to extend his deal, as far as Nigel was concerned anyway. He must have had at least some kind of positive conversation with the hierarchy to think that. It may be that there are concerns over his ability to manage with his current health issues, or not. I can see why this would be a concern, contracts are expensive and complicated. The comment he made referring to the hierarchy questioning Andy King's selection; that could be anything from a raised eyebrow to Steve showing Nigel his favourite Bristol City Football Manager Save, so who knows. The one questioning him may or may not still be at the club. Is what it is. I do really hope Nigel gets well soon and a contract is sorted out. We're lucky to have him.

Think it may have been Steve Coppell.

Rolando Aaron's went to Newcastle around the same time that Kane went to Liverpool and Maddox went to Chelsea. Very difficult for the youngsters being hoarded in the Prem, Unfortunately.

I'd be asking about Morley if I were on the phone to Bolton. A good understudy for James.

Any EFL team with aspirations of getting to the Premier League will surely avoid sponsorship from betting companies aswell then. Unless deals include clauses to lose the main shirt sponsorship should the team make it to the Premier League, which seems unlikely. It could be that betting companies will have to accept 1 year deals for Championship teams, 2 years for league 1 etc. Sleeve sponsorship will certainly be very expensive for them. All of a sudden betting companies must be finding sponsoring any team unattractive.

If the lad wanted a move to a Pemier League team and the only offer the club accepted was from Bournemouth then I suppose he may have felt that he didn't have much of a choice. But yes, he could've stayed which I feel would've been the wrong decision for him. It wasn't long ago he was set to join Chelsea for £2m. Whilst he may not have got the move to Chelsea in the end, he is now contracted to a Premier League club and it sounds as though it has worked out well for us too, considering what he could've gone to Chelsea for. Either way, not bad for a chap spotted on a 5-a-side pitch. Best of luck to him, the door opens for another of our prospects which is evidence the model is working.

I thought you were going to say since our last penalty...

Yes, definitely encouraging to hear, especially on the back of the deal with the Private Hospitals. Even breweries such as Brewdog are stepping up and manufacturing and delivering Hand Sanitiser to Hospitals. All these things combined could save many thousands of lives potentially. All about buying as many days/weeks/months as possible until a vaccine is (hopefully!) rolled out.

It's a funny world we live in. If there's World War breaking out, you can rest assured those of us that are able would get called to arms, given some basic training and taught how to shoot and kill another man. I wonder if a global pandemic posed a similar threat to our nation (which it could do), whether those of us that are 'low risk' could be trained and equipped to potentially save lives? Surely it wouldn't be that hard to train someone to take Ob's or to intubate a patient? It could help free up the more fully trained staff to care for those who need it most. I know it would never happen but sometimes you have to ask why and look at where our priorities lie... ...bit like how the EFL are celebrated for pledging £50m to clubs. How many ventilators does that get you now days? Nevermind eh