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35 minutes ago, Gillies Downs Leeds said:

Add in Cunningham and they are good to go!!

Hugill up top, Ben Davies at the back

34 minutes ago, UpTheReds said:

 

05:44 ^

Kal with a bit of a knock?

24 minutes ago, Jerseybean said:

Footage from day one: https://youtu.be/5JelyGt44tU

Day 1 of the camp and hardly any sign of the manager. It's quite a unique style he's got isn't it, because I can't imagine watching the same sort of video for all the other Champ clubs and barely seeing their gaffer involved.

You just see him in the background, prowling. Love it.

2 hours ago, Davefevs said:

Superb succession planning.

I’m getting old a forgetful but want it something like Hogan to Vibe to Maupay to Watkins to Toney.  They had Forss waiting in the wings in case Toney didn’t come / didn’t work out also.

Yep and although Gray and Hogan were signed in the same summer, Hogan picked up a long injury so you could argue it went Gray to Hogan to Vibe to Maupay to Watkins to Toney

5 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

No, that was the old regime, sell Webster for £20m, buy 12 players for more than £20m and increase the wage bill hugely in the process.

This regime are different.

Ambition is there, don’t worry…there’s many ways to skin a promotion cat!

Norwich sold James Maddison and got promoted

Sheff Utd sold David Brooks

Leeds sold Jack Clarke

Not direct comparisons to us but slightly interesting nonetheless

O'Leary

McCrorie Vyner Naismith Pring

James

Weimann Scott

Sykes Conway Mehmeti

17 minutes ago, Dan Robin said:

On paper not a bad start of the season, whereas February look particularly tough.

 

We'll have our January recruits by then

2 minutes ago, Leveller said:

What’s with the 3pm games on Friday 29 December? Is it a Bank Holiday now?

3 minutes ago, W-S-M Seagull said:

Back to those stupid 5 o clock kick offs on a Sunday? 

If I was an Ipswich fan I'd be absolutely fuming with that. 5 o clock kick off on the Sunday for first game of the season and then a 5 hour journey home. 

I'm sure PR Ashton will sort them out with free travel

First game - Plymouth (H)

First away - Birmingham (A)

Boxing day - Watford (H)

Final game - Hull (A)

Signed for Exeter. Fair play to him

I'm sure he'll celebrate with a holiday to the USA, oh wait...

4 hours ago, Davefevs said:

Shags and Kids source(s) have been bollocked for leaking stuff.

?

8 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

Tanner is better defensively than some of above teams FBs/WBs.  

The simplification is really that the best teams have the best players, and the best teams can play to those player’s strengths.  If Boro had to play defensively due to inadequacies elsewhere, you wouldn’t be saying Ryan Giles is a good attacking full back.  Ryan Giles is an awful defensive full-back but Boro play to negate his weaknesses.

Boro last season is a great example of a team we can compare our wing backs to.

Tommy Smith rarely burst forward and often tucked in with Isaiah Jones or Forss keeping the width on the right. Tanner is more than capable of doing that with Sykes wider.

Giles was basically a winger and a huge creative force for them, Pring is a similar type of player and is also stronger defensively than RG

Just now, petehinton said:

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/bristol-city-derby-county-scott-8523385
 

could be a bit of protection work for the club here by saying no bid has been made yet…

Interesting bit at the bottom about O'Brien

2 minutes ago, Lew-T said:

Mixed emotions. This clearly means we’re expecting Alex Scott to leave this window, no?

The scenes at FT at Loftus Road put me in no doubt he's leaving this summer

Just now, petehinton said:

 

And Massengo…people forget about him. He’ll be on a pretty huge wedge I’d imagine. 

And Wells' old wages from Summer 22

10 minutes ago, Davefevs said:

just lived in hope that my no1 recruitment option at least had a rumour / story in the mix.  Felt a bit of wee!

What kind of player is he? Who would he remind me of? Not seen much of him so don't really know what type we're after here

38 minutes ago, Bcfcshags said:

1.5million offer on the table from us. Other clubs in for him 

Ok I understand how you know all this info now, you must be Phil Alexander

6 minutes ago, Nogbad the Bad said:

Welcome to Ashton Gate Haydon.

Did I imagine when asked about the summer's transfer activity Tins said a while back we were looking to sign several youngish but match experienced players (min. 150-200 apps) from the lower divisions?

Now we have1 signing from a PL club,1 from the Championship, and another from the SPL, perhaps that has changed.

If not, presumably they're still to come?

Roberts has 2 seasons experience at 21 in a lower division

McCrorie is only 25 and has plenty of experience in a lower (lesser) division

If Derby are offering only slightly less wages than us but also promising him much more game time next season, and promotion hopes, he wouldn't be that mental to go there

10 hours ago, Davefevs said:

Not with just a year left on his contract…imho.

I quite like Sonny Carey at Blackpool, got decent attributes, good technique.  He’s not Crooks like, but I reckon he’d be a good fit for us.  Drifts between the lines, gets shots off.

Similar to Dickie in that he had a very poor season individually with lots of criticism from his own fans. But there is a player in there

Wish he did retire. Hate that bloke

I am sure we will be seeing him in multiple positions next season with a minimum of 48 games in 10 months