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Not sure if we'd be able to get him due to availability, wages ect but I'd go for Alex Mowatt. Consistently a good player in the Championship at CM up until recent times. Can bag a few goals too. If Bajics gone then another GK.

You clearly aren't taking in what other posters are saying. Selling one player in a team of 11 and recruiting multiple other players to strengthen the team as a whole surely is a positive. So would you have preferred for no sell of Semenyo. He goes on a free but we get him for the duration of his contract. We have no headroom financially for transfers to further benefit the team, we then do the same with Alex Scott and again utilise another unhappy passenger for the duration of their contract and subsequently miss another opportunity to bring in money to reinvest in the squad. I for one wouldn't want any of that potential scenario. Your viewpoint seems very blinkered to say the least.

You make it all sound so simple. So we simply keep Alex potentially against his wishes of playing in the Premier League and hope he's happy enough to contribute to a promotion or not and he goes for considerably less.

You don't have to feel neutral however is the first game of pre-season (that we can't even watch) with a mix up different players the right time to feel positive or negative.. I don't think so.

The OTIB season is definitely underway. Melodramatic posts about how we are doomed already.

Torquay 2 - 1 up.

Bell assist to Knight to equalise.

Think they've just got that from transfermarkt. So no bearing on what we'd potentially get. I'd imagine he'll go for a nominal fee at best with a sell on but who knows.

Not the best example though is it? Zaha is going for free, surely that's not the outcome we want with Scott.

Thats good to hear.. I know Pring is brilliant in his own right but glad we have strong competition for that position.

There is a caveat to your thinking though. If he gets snapped up by a non English side will be get considerably less than the compensation already shown by Davefevs. So there is a big risk in that sense however we'll sell before then I'm sure.

Completely agree, the media reports seem to change every other day. Spurs were front runners then West Ham then Inter Milan were interested now its Bournemouth as front runners. There are so many moving parts to consider without really knowing the full story. The window is open for 6 weeks.. If he's going to move (and I think he will) I reckon it'll be towards the end of the window. Unless of course we get an offer we are happy with prior to this.

Not what I've been reading. They've been saying exactly the same as you. Knight should of gone to a 'better' Championship club than us. Your saying the same but with Alex.

Bit of an over reaction on Bournemouth being a potential location for Alex from some on here.. Somewhat reminds of some Derby fans who have recently been saying the same about us with Knight coming here. Simply put.. they play in the Premier League regardless of history. If he goes there and gets an opportunity to play that's much better than joining Spurs and getting sporadic appearances. Alex is a brilliant talent but he's only 19.

Would of been fairer to compare Bristol Manor Farm with the gas.

It's sort of a non point though isn't it. Where is the money coming from to buy a 20+ striker? This Knight deal is going to take us upto our financial scope this season unless we get in some money this window. As we're only going to be playing one striker up front I'd like us to stick with Conway, Wells, SPH to fight for that position with Weimann, Bell and Cornick supplementing if needs be.

Won't be on anything near that. We wouldn't put another player on a 'Kalas' contract anymore. Especially with the heavy work in shifting multiple big earners already. Plus Nige has reiterated the need to balance out the wages on a few occasions. Guessing wages is somewhat pointless but I would imagine he's on 5k/8k a week currently with Derby. So maybe 8k/12k with us?

https://theathletic.com/4667160/2023/07/06/leeds-united-transfers-sales-daniel-farke/ Leeds have an interest in Coventry City’s Gustavo Hamer and Han-Noah Massengo, the 21-year-old who is out of contract at Bristol City. Massengo would command a compensation fee due to his age.

For anyone who is asking why we aren't still with Hummel and why everything has been rushed through with an alternative supplier. The youtube team Hashtag United break down the issues with the UK distributor and the impact it had:

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/bristol-city-nigel-pearson-austria-8569120 Shines some more light on who is out there and who's not.

Perhaps that's part of the reason they are having a further look at Leeson.

I don't know a huge amount about them if I'm honest. Founds some bits from BP https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/bristol-city-bright-cup-triumph-8406084 Jed Meerholz His header in the first-half should have been the matchwinner if it wasn't for Liggett's equaliser eight minutes before time. It was a brilliantly timed run from deep and he connected with his header perfectly to leave the keeper with little chance. However, it wasn't just his goal that caught the eye. Playing in the middle of the back three, Meerholz looked to have the capabilities to play as a modern-day central defender. He was cool, calm and collected on the ball, often dropping deeper to collect possession before feeding the ball out to the wing-backs in Taine Anderson and Raekwan Nelson. In one passage of play in the second half, he confidently strode forward, almost Rob Atkinson-esque, into the opposition's half to get City higher up the field when they were coming under increasing pressure. There were a few difficult moments in the second period with the pace and runners of the Cheltenham forwards stretching the defence and leaving gaps behind but Meerholz was vocal to marshall the defence and keep the organisation. Another moment in the second half that caught the eye was when striker Guinan got space in behind with just Meerholz to beat. The defender didn't rush or lunge into a challenge and instead held his ground, closed the angle, and ensured he blocked the shot. He's also an aerial threat winning his fair share of headers when Cheltenham got the ball into the area while proving a nuisance up the other end. Ephraim Yeboah Bristol City obviously rate the forward highly with the 16-year-old featuring on a handful of occasions for the U21 side. Judging by his showing last night, it's evident to see why. With the senior side looking for forwards to play at a high intensity with pace in closing the ball down, Yeboah seemingly has those attributes and if he can fine-tune areas of his game over the next couple of years, they may have a real talent on their hands. Yeboah rarely stopped running throughout the contest, making those runs down the channels that opened up the Cheltenham defence. He had the confidence to take on his opponent and get to the byline before playing a delivery across goal. After nine minutes he took a ball down brilliantly on his chest, turned, and saw an effort deflect wide for a corner. In the second half, he did something very similar when his chest control took the ball away from the defender, before taking a touch and drilling a tame effort at the keeper. He's still understandably developing in areas, one of those being his finishing. He had the ability to engineer opportunities for himself but sometimes lacked the composure to put the ball in the back of the net. That will come, but his all-round game including his link-up with wing-back Anderson helped fashion chances.

Think I spot Jed Meerholz, Marlee Francois, Seb Palmer-Holden, Ephraim Yeboah, Joe Duncan, Mac Boyd, Raphael Araoye, Harry Leeson and Callum Wood as the youngsters going to Austria. Any I've missed or got wrong?

So in short you have nothing informed to reply with.

I'll let you work it out..