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You're right. He's "off" the payroll as of 31 July? Some have said about Pearson applying double standards on the "on the bus" policy in relation to how Kalas is being treated compared with HNM but Kalas is a better defender when fit than HNM is a midfielder and that might explain it. If Kalas does end up staying I don't care how good his unattached training regime is he won't be up to Championship fitness levels

You would have thought by now that if he were that good another club would have made an offer at the very least in line with ours.

I agree and in a normal workplace the optics of that aren't great. Kalas is at a different stage of career compared to Taylor Moore who took a pay cut but wanted to prove himself with a career that had many years left in. When Weimann took his pay-cut in the aftermath of his long term ACL injury he couldn't , in his wildest dreams, have expected to have the best season [21/22] of his career. Is he going to join the long list of players who cost the club a fee to leave for nothing next summer. Nahki has handled himself impeccably the whole time he has been here - sensible over his contract, didn't moan when he was left out of the team / played out of position, and been a good role model for the youngsters - how much of Tommy Conway's development is down to him?

***k me, this season's just around the corner and it seems Ian has been living rent free in your head all through this summer as well as last!

Some nice comments from Leicester City fans on Foxes Talk: https://www.foxestalk.co.uk/topic/132419-rip-chris-garland/

Their fans seem pretty happy about it and this guy comes across as quite credible:

That's a first Graham - you and I in agreement on something!?

I beg to differ on that particular point - how many other 19 years olds have had as much Championship experience as him and demonstrated their ability to be effective in more than one position?

Is Kalifa Cisse still on the staff?

Yes, I think you are right and it's because the terms offered are inferior to his existing contract. Thing that get's me about Kalas is that he's known of this offer for 6 months and his agent should have had, by now, a list of suitors lined up but there doesn't appear to be any does there? Or certainly not any so far that have offered him better terms than we have. A good player when at the top of his game and fit, but right now I feel Nigel is indulging Kalas by going along with his continuing indecision and this seems out of character for a manager who's made it quite clear that he only wants to work with players that are committed to the cause here.

Deryn Coller is to his left and Ivor Williams to his right

We said as much on the FBC Fixture review Podcast this morning: https://foreverbristolcity.podbean.com/e/midsummer-musings-2324-fixtures-transfers-inout-starting-x1-on-august-5th/

That would be the decent thing for him to do but his agent might not be thinking in the same way

The "right" thing for Scott to do if there are no takers by September 1 would be to sign a one year extension but his agent will not care what's in City's interest. He has a good season his value goes up but this is reduced with just one year remaining on his current deal. Now is the time!

Nothing booked yet but in case you missed them I did similar with Rob Newman & Dave Rennie: https://foreverbristolcity.podbean.com/e/in-conversation-with-dave-rennie-the-player-1989-92/ https://foreverbristolcity.podbean.com/e/in-conversation-with-rob-newman/

All good in their own way but who's the one to offer 7-10 to satisfy Nigel's request for "more goals from midfield". Shelton scored 9 in the 89/90 promotion season and in the early 70s I remember Gow finding the net 12 times or thereabouts

Better goalscorer than Korey. More of a Josh Brownhill box to box - agree?

LINK TO LISTEN: https://foreverbristolcity.podbean.com/e/in-conversation-with-gary-shelton-89-94-150-apps-24-goals/ [also on Spotify, Apple & Google] For any City fan aged over 40 I don’t think I’d be wrong to say that Gary Shelton would be selected in everyone’s first X1 as an attacking midfielder - imagine him & Gow in the same team! Only 5’ 7” tall, this energetic box to box player made 150 appearances and scored 24 goals after signing in August 1989. That’s not a shabby record in front of goal when you look at the meagre returns from that area of the pitch in the present day. Gary made his full debut with Walsall at just 17 and was signed by nearby Aston Villa before he was 20. In his first full season [78/79] at Villa Gary made 21 appearances and scored an impressive 8 goals but surprisingly he never got minutes on the pitch in Villa’s title winning season of 79/80 under Ron Saunders nor did he feature other than as a non-playing sub when Villa won the then equivalent of the Champions League under Tony Barton. Seeking regular football Gary joined Sheffield Wednesday in 1982 under Jack Charlton and was a key member of the team that achieved promotion to the topflight with Howard Wilkinson in 1984. He made 190 appearances for The Owls before moving to Oxford United in summer 1987. Oxford’s 3 year stay in the top division ended in his first season there and roll the clock forward to summer 89 and so came the move to Bristol City in a swap deal involving later to be England manager Steve McLaren. Shelts talks fondly of his time at City where he was a virtual ever present of the team that got promoted in his first season to what is now the Championship. We talked about his teammates, the camaraderie within the side, Joe Jordan’s leadership and departure, the sad loss of Dean Horrix, losing the title to Rovers, the thrill of beating Chelsea in the FA Cup before being dumped out by Cambridge in a 5th round 2nd replay, playing under Lumsden then Smith and being part of the caretaker trio with Mark Aizlewood & Russell Osman, the latter getting the job full time in summer 1993 and then exiting his two colleagues within a matter of months! Gary moved to Chester playing his last league game in his 40th year which also saw his only sending off. In 2000 he took a coaching role under former Wednesday teammate Gary Megson who was in charge at West Brom. After Megson left Shelts stayed on for a short while as part of Bryan Robson’s coaching set up where a young Nigel Pearson was his Assistant. Now virtually retired save for occasional driving work, Gary has been out of football since 2005 but remains an avid follower of the game on TV. He was a delight to talk to and he will make every effort to get to Ashton Gate this season for the game against Sheffield Wednesday.

Did we ever score from any throw after Kalas's protracted ball drying a couple of years back?

And to date some have thrown far less money at "it" than SL yet achieved so much more which is very sad.

All those points are valid. That said, he might also want his legacy to be that of being remembered for the 2017/18 season and the goal vs. Man Utd rather than the associated pressure of being the prodigal son coming homes as "one of our own" to inspire us to the next level but not living up to expectation.

£1.2M over 3 years taking the mid-point of the range you quote for Boro's "more a week" - I think he'd suffer the pain of living on Teeside!

Here's a couple from the Forever Bristol City Podcast Archives titled In conversation with ..... John Ward: https://foreverbristolcity.podbean.com/e/in-conversation-with-john-ward-manager-bcfc-1997-98/ Joe Royle: https://foreverbristolcity.podbean.com/e/in-conversation-with-joe-royle/

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