GrahamC

If any of the clubs in La Liga, the Bundesliga & Ligue 1 that he’s been linked with are true, then I’d be absolutely amazed if he is in The Championship again next season. Burnley I could understand, the chance to play against Man City, Arsenal, Man U, Liverpool etc, but not to play in England again at our level.

Clearly it is subjective, but also clearly that list is utter bollocks. How many Championship games do you have to have played to qualify? Andy Cole say, he was quite good.. Very sad what happened to Whittingham but no way in a million years is the best ever. Norwood as well, seriously? Collymore as mentioned above was sensational, Rob Lee another that was top quality.

I assumed he was continuing his recovery at home, nothing to worry about. Rob Atkinson hasn’t travelled either, has he?

Wasn’t that a UB40 song?

Suppose once we know the compensation figure for HNM & also possibly sell Wilson that could change the picture?

No way have we got that still left to spend unless Scott leaves. We’ve already shelled out somewhere between £1.7m & £2.5m in this window & haven’t got a penny back in since January.

I love Curtis, top bloke. There’s a bit of skill by Nakhi as well in this clip, bloody hell that’s why they are pros, superb stuff.

One of mine went into my junk mail, the others didn’t- might be worth a look there.

Me too. Think Vince backs his managers with far more funds than their rather tiny crowds deserve, if he’s given a few quid & some time he’d do a great job. Gloucestershire is home to him, as well.

He is really good on us. I do wonder if in the interests of “balance” he has to be seen to be kind to the jailbird though? Can only explain some of the stuff that’s written about them. Sign of the times for the media that the editor appears to be writing all the articles across the summer with both club’s reporters, Rich Forrester & Kim Jung Frost having left.

Friend is 36 in October. He only started 2 games last season, he came on sub in another 4. Looks exactly the sort of signing a “Championship ready” side makes to me.

He scored 27 in the third tier, we got promoted, he then scored goals the following season after we got promoted. You said Bob, like Thorpe only scored goals in the third tier. It really isn’t a difficult concept to understand. As for the “50 years”, so have I..

We both know full well what it means. If anyone offers a fee that we consider to be acceptable then he’s off. Forget all this fantasy stuff about “wanting to stay one more season” & “helping us make the playoffs” he’s (rightly) thinking about his career. The lad isn’t even that local, he’s from Guernsey & so like in January he wants to move on & multiply his wages by some unknown factor of ten. Good luck to him & thank goodness we now have a system in place that seemingly supplies a conveyor belt of young talent to both bring in significant fees & help build a squad.

Sorry, I stopped reading when you said “if they get to the Championship” there was no point in carrying on after nonsense like that. ”If I start going out with Monica Bellucci”, see? Equally ridiculous..

Just in the 98/99 Lennartsson season we got relegated, so a total of 16 games. Next question is why was that, then? No one ever signed him to play at that level or if they got there, they immediately moved him on..

Nope, you’re wrong again. Bob scored second tier goals for us & for West Brom, even got a few in the Prem for Bolton. Thorpe scored 2 goals above the third tier in his entire career, bloke was a flat track bully, got hat tricks against shite like Colchester, Cambridge & Stockport. Facts, eh?

Just signed Laird, who is basically the same player. Appreciate it’s a squad game & you need more than one but I’d be surprised. Whatever happens I think it is obvious all the players who didn’t travel to Austria or are in injury rehab can go if we find clubs for them.

Saved me typing exactly this. Be very surprised if the original offer is even on the table anymore.

Just read that & let’s be honest he’s difficult to miss! Think he’s destined for another loan, hope it goes better than the Walsall one.

Don’t know about Kadji but Wilson, Idehen & Sam Pearson (who I haven’t seen in any of the training footage) are all considered surplus to requirements I think & they will all move on if we can find takers for them.

France got knocked out tonight & he hasn’t featured (very much the 3rd keeper in the squad). No idea if he’d join up therefore, seeing as he hasn’t been playing it would make sense.

It’s what they do. They think the rules apply to the other sides not them but bleat like **** if you do the same thing. Obnoxious team, always have been, always will be.

Be interesting to see who has travelled & who hasn’t. Not Kalas, no way has he if he didn’t report back this week. Couple of surprises amongst the U21s out there, apparently.

Truly laughable. They are the absolute masters of giving it out & not liking it back. **** them.

Maxwell, absolute ***. First time Smith played here after sandpaper gate he said it was “poor” he was being booed. **** off.