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Lets wait for Nige's pre-match talk with club or BBCRB....could be a knock (update: tonsillitis), could be the consistency from Nige that he will use him when he needs him as he hasn't signed contract. I'm fine with that. Might be a wake up for Han if he is fit. Maybe could come to a head?

Sykes was really good on opening day, not so good last week. Competition for places is building. I would pick Wilson today, but its also short turnaround from Wednesday, so that could have a bearing. I'm happy with the eleven...I always am...its how they perform that matters. Pretty standard: Amos Darikwa Kerr Whatmough Bennett Power Naylor Lang McLean Keane Magennis

Taylor banter: ???

u18s beat Burney 2-1 (Yeoboah, Churchley with the goals)

Enough of your Lip-man

But has been injured most of pre-season hence why he’s only just got back into squad / got minutes. Could be a nice battle for LWB as season progresses. Pring gave us a real threat at the back post from right wing crosses on Wednesday night, and I do like the way he plays with physicality.

Yeboah put the 18s 1-0 up, but Burnley equalised on stroke of h-t.

They picked a completely different team in the cup, so either 1) nicely rested or 2) undercooked!!! As it stands, they’ve made less signings than us. Whoever plays up against James McLean is gonna be in for a right battle, very physical, bordering on dirty! Wonder if the two loanees will start? If not Magennis will be contesting a lot of aerial ball. Woukd prefer Klose over Vyner in that respect, as Magennis is pretty slow too.

I thought at the time it was £750k, but since have heard that it was indeed £250k. I thought £750k was way too low. To find out it was £250k was tragic. I thought he was classy, exactly the player we needed to keep hold of if we were pushing up the Championship.

I don’t disagree…more arguing the point if you contact them in an unpleasant way you’re less likely to get what you want.

Yes, but if you approach them in a nice,pleasant, non-entitled way, it’s surprising what they will agree to do. Build a bit of rapport with people and they will give more back. That’s all I did re the full match uploads. Yep.

In the OS post tonight.

Tomorrows ref is John Busby.

McLaughlin had a nice left foot.

From what @Lrrrtold me, PDL games are supposedly be added to Wyscout, so hopefully I can clip the goals. If I can I will share in here…assuming club don’t run a highlights on YouTube.

Let me pose this…do you think it was a good strategy? Is any strategy that pretty much relies on one major income method (transfer profit) a good strategy? It’s the equivalent of the stock market and “putting all your eggs in one basket”…which any IFA would advise you not to do. Most weren’t solid….we lost money overall on players signed and sold in Ashton’s time here…and that was in an inflationary market. Its easy to look at “transfer profit” in the accounts but ignore wage increases, amortisation increases. I could write reams and reams on this. All Covid did was expose the strategy. I have been for 4 years plus. Unprecedented medically, not unprecedented in football, e.g. On Digital. It was a disaster waiting to happen. Nige never had LJ’s squad. The key players like Brownhill, Pack, Webster, etc, were gone during LJ’s time. LJ did okay (this isn’t a LJ debate)…the powers above were reckless. SL included….quite the opposite of how he ran HL!

Engvall was NOT sold for a fee anywhere near what we paid for him. Paid circa £1.5m, got circa £200k for him. Rumours (unsubstantiated) that agent fees were £600k on signing too! Djuric went for far less. Lucic, Hegeler and Hinds went for zip. Tomlin went for £1m less.

Yep, Moore looked really quick that night. As you say against PL Hull too.

I watched him versus Hull in EFL Cup and thought he looked decent, decent touch, good movement, agressive in the press.

The Carabao sponsorship deal must be quite small. It certainly isn’t big enough to get more live TV games that might compensate for smaller attendances as a result.

Just watched the first half. Read reports that Cov were poor, but honestly, we absolutely blew them away in the opening 45. The tempo of our play was fantastic. Pass, control, move it, good movement off the ball. We most definitely made them look poor, they could not cope with us. God only knows why Pring’s far post header was ruled out? Should’ve been 4-0 at h-T.

Yes, just register, don’t go via payment and you get access.

Yep, no real transfer market to speak of beneath the WPL, and even then not a huge one within it.

It’s a Coldplay thing ?

Just been watching a few highlights on Wyscout (the whole game is pretty much on there but my monthly video allowance is running out), looks like Weimann and Massengo starting positions in basic shape we’re right and left (and advanced) of King. Felt a bit like Holdenball 5122 (3142dm), but not high-flying “eights” like Paterson and Weimann, more conventional midfielders. We will see if it shapes up similarly versus Wigan.