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Ferguson was always trying to tie down players with 2 years left….he didn’t want them to get to their last summer, when negotiations started to swing in their favour.

First time I saw Kadji was against Fleetwood in FAYC and he was excellent. He obviously has something.

Ah, you saying Gloucester Cup (of olden days) you’d count as debut? I’m still in the camp of: League Debut - as it says Competitive Debut - League Cup, FA Cup, Freight-Rover, European Cup (?)

Be easy one to learn. Doesn’t have to work 100% as football lyrics.

I’ve never been able to switch my VPN off and watch a game. I have two email accounts for Windscribe, 10gb each, just in case. Belt, braces and cable-ties!

Yep, that’s what I think.

Would love to hear someone make something out of Psycho Killer by Talking Heads for “PSykes”!!!, even if these just did the chorus repeated.

My gut feel, assuming the personnel was there, would be that if we were to go 4312 (with a DM as part of the 3) that Kal Naismith or Joe Williams would play as the “front sweeper”. Re Owers and Kadji - I wouldn’t take either of them as being a true DM. Owers is all action, all left footed and plays with intensity. He isn’t a “sitter” per se who screens the two CBs. He could fit in as the Left Side CM in that MF3. Kadji is more Bakinson like in his play, he’s not a “sitter” either.

Ta, logged in using my VPN and it showed.

The rule change came in way after Trev’s time. 1992.

We’ve all seen the photo, now the video. Brilliant!

FWIW I thought he came back from his loan at Bath looking a completely different player (in a good way). Was really good in the u23s, and for me is closer to the first team than Kadji, who I think Owers does all the leg work for. Be interesting to see what the plans are for him.

Hi, I subscribed a couple of games into last season, so does anyone know when they take the annual sub, is it on anniversary, or will it be before Hull? How do you change your payment card details too? ta

Yep, that’s how I look at it.

Of course it’s an option. If, big if, should Williams, James, Scott and Massengo all stay fit(ish), where might someone like Tim Iroegbunam of Villa and Scott’s England u19 teammate fit in? That’s the question I can’t answer. We aren’t playing with a typical Defensive Midfielder either. Iroegbunam looks a good player though, I’m sure City have plenty of options on their radar should they need to react.

As Nige has said, incomings with only happen with outgoings. Plus if Kalas and Semenyo are back before the window shuts (or nearing return) then the squad is big enough (caveat - outgoings above and any injuries that occur). Any recruit will be for a reason, we won’t just get a PL loan for the sake of it. A PL loan of the ability required to be better than what we have, e.g. someone like a Keinan Davis, a James Garner, etc, is probably beyond our budget. Others come at risk of not being good enough / value for money, and might just be blocking pathway. Many clubs use the loan market, but each summer they go into the window 4-5 players down…and need to replace them just to tread water. Quite a few people getting excited by Millwall’s recruitment: Looks really smart on paper. It probably is on the pitch too! But… …look who they lost? Afobe (loan) - ah, but they signed him too…so no squad improvement there Jed Wallace - replaced by Flemming…who will do well to match what Jed did…so potentially a weaker signing, despite a £2m outlay. Ballard (loan) - replaced by Cresswell who I don’t think is anywhere near as good as Ballard, who’s gone to Sunderland for £2m squad fillers, Oji, Freeman, Burke, Mahoney, Kieftenbeld, all gone. Honeyman is a good signing. But do I see Millwall stronger than last season? Nope. Same? Just about. So 5 loans returning to their clubs puts summer recruitment under pressure straight away.

Spooky! https://twitter.com/fevsfootball/status/1551273041308618753?s=21&t=2X1SYLs2TtjQpfMdcWR_Gg His niece was in several of my classes at school.

This made me laugh. good twitter account. Theres a great one on goalkeeper drop-kicks.

We need a RCB3 with Kalas out, so if Nige wants to play a back 3, then Idehen or Towler aren’t really viable option, Klose and Vyner are. Both are so left footed. I’m one for seeing how it pans out, although I hope that the influence of Naismith inside him can help.

Geek ?

Agree, that is all true. If I am to take what I’ve seen into game one, is that our PSFs have all been played at a good intensity and feistiness. None of this half-paced, possession-only crap we sometime see. The players seem battle-hardened. Of course it might all been thrown in the air next Saturday, but in terms of preparation, it’s looks like it’s gone pretty well. A couple of observations and also reflections on seeing last year’s plan. training camp is just that…there for training. No games affecting the sessions planned. Getting a full 90s into most players asap the matches start (even in the heat) - 20 players / 18 outfield achieved that, some more than one. Again early days, but Rennie seems as important a signing as a player. I’m looking forward to seeing Euell’s influence too. Think he might afford Nige the opportunity to head upstairs during matches again.

I can’t see a picture of Arvaladze without seeing a slightly squashed head image of Marc Almond and humming Tainted Love in my head ???

O’Shea has joined as a coach btw.

Not sure TM has a Jan recall, not reported by either club.

I think much will depend on the timeline for getting Tomas back fit. If he’s just a couple of weeks away then not an issue. Michael Morrison and Michael Hector still without a contract. Incredible the number of left sided CBs we have coming through. Jamie Knight-Lebel is the next RCB in line!!!