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Simple solution. Don’t trigger the year extension and release on a free. Even If he was on a quarter of his wage he doesn’t offer enough to justify it.

1 minute ago, billywedlock said:

Only able to watch on phone . But what I’ve seen we look pretty decent . We are making good progress 

how are you watching it? Can’t find a stream anywhere

I think the most important thing we should be looking at regarding towler, Benarous, Scott, pring et al is they either good enough or on the border of being good enough to play championship football. That in itself is massive that our academy has been able to produce youngsters with enough ability to compete in the championship. The other massive benefit is they have cost next to nothing and are on low wages so moving forward, if we can get rid of the highly paid and underused older players, our books will look much healthier in years to come and we will be looking at a very young but experienced and competitive team For the years ahead.

we just have to drag ourselves out of the shit that is the present

Now we have the bottom line figure, would be good to know from those that are good at working things out like @Davefevs as to where we stand in the market and what we have to play with.

I assume based on this figure, we are solely reliant on loans or getting rid of players not in the bus before we can spend.

This situation is certainly testing our academy but in the long term, can only be a good thing towards being self sufficient whilst getting back to realising profit from said players when they become in demand.

Hint towards the possible suggested retirement of baker?....

Despite Benarous and arguably Scott being flair players and more renowned for attacking and taking on players, I love how stuck in they get and the energy they show to chase the game and close down players. Benarous epitomised that right at the end chasing down a player to block a cross coming in. Fantastic to see and long may they stay in the first team lineup

Quite a bumbling interview tbh with nothing but responses of hope rather than a to the point plan of how things will be turned around. Doesn’t fill me with any faith for the rest of the season

How has Benarous done?

Massive attack - teardrop

On sky red button. Save your cash, players haven’t earned our money after Bournemouth shambles

Reading now trying to sign andy Carroll on top of drink water and all the others. These are not restrictive signings....

How are reading able to sign halilovic, Baba Rahman And Scott Dann with a supposed wage restriction of £8.5k per player. All three of them would have been on way more than that....

Question needs to be asked, will he be missed? No is the answer so it’s an easy sell, especially with minimal time remaining on contract. He has his pros but I think he will very quickly be forgotten, no disrespect intended

Cardiff now been added to the embargo list

Although only three clubs listed, how many others are under scrutiny and likely to be added? Could have sworn I read up to 12 clubs could be in trouble 

Reading finally being forced to sell a player, only due to release clause, but 8 mill for loose should help them with ffp issues, or would it not even scratch the surface?

Shambles they haven’t been relegated now but hopefully a huge points deduction is provided for the coming season, the transfer embargo continues and they go into the season with only 13 contracted senior players, no centre backs  and a minus 20 point start so relegation beckons anyway

Might provide a snagging point with the council

So when will we start to see clubs in questioned actually sanctioned?

i guess relegation for derby is unlikely now (god knows why it’s all taking so long to conclude what are obvious misdemeanours) 

are we just going to have weeks, months, years of discussions without any action ever being taken?

sheff weds for example, and any club for that matter, that fails to pay their players should be struck with an immediate points sanction for the current or following season depending on if it occurs during or in off season. So why the red tape and why are clubs allowed to continue their fuckery for so long with little or no consequence?

What if the likes of Swansea. Could have sworn I read a short while ago they were needing to balance the books. If they don’t go up, they surely will be forced to sell. How can they continue to fund ayew and his 80k wages?  

Right, so cutting through all the jargon and as a latest update, when can we expect reading, Derby et al to get sanctioned for their multitude of financial misgivings?

Would say 5 mill rising to 10mill plus a decent sell on fee percentage included. Can’t have our pants pulled down for best prospects.

So why haven’t derby been sanctioned at all yet? Didn’t they fail to pay their players at one point this season? Should have been an instant points deduction. Could derby still gain a points deduction at all and still get relegated?

With all that potential leeway on spend, if we got recruitment right and signed 5-8 players of Brentford Ilk that could not only help us push for promotion but individually increase their value significantly a la Toney, it would make the spend all worth it. Recruitment is the key to this. God I hope we get it right

Couldn’t care less about the gas and couldn’t care less about Johnson given he’s not our manager. Nothing to see here