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It's a big summer for Spors - can he oversee the signing of more gems like Scienza and Jander or has he used up the knowledge he brought of underrated players in the German leagues?

JWP looked a class apart in the few games he played for us at this level. I'd take him for the right price.

All this sack everyone stuff is ridiculous. We had a good season except for this one stupid thing. Keep as much as possible in place and go again, proving to everyone that the spying barely made a difference

A lot of this will go away if Tonda comes out and gives a sympathetic interview where he takes responsibility. Until that happens (or doesn't) then this is all speculation

He's going to have to do a lot of relationship building and show a lot of emotional openness to convince everyone he regrets what he did and deserves a second chance. This doesn't strike me as his skill set though!

I'm a bit confused because I thought the forum consensus was that Cortese was great because he was driven to success and didn't care about upsetting people around him. Now Tonda has stained the name of our great family club?

Is it true that we didn't have a head of compliance in post? If so the failing goes right to the top

Why is it that every summer we have these takes which assume we will sell all our best players and replace them with absolutely no one?

Did Bielsa go after his spying incident? No, he just didn't give a shit. Tonda should do the same. Use this setback to motivate the team next year and prove the spying had nothing to do with our success.

More like we give him a new contract and then he gets a long-term injury during the tournament

I reckon a two point deduction in the Premier League or a six point deduction in the Championship might just about be fair. Anything more is disproportionate to the offence committed

Way too much at stake for any owner not to appeal

We must pray that Larin and Peretz stay fit

Think the Wrexham fans were saying this on their forum

There should surely be a rule that football club accounts have to be drawn up on a year end 31 August basis to cover the summer transfer window

In case anyone is in any doubt, there is no way Stewart should or will start this one. Unless we want him to get injured again

He doesn't really need to be high scoring if his presence in the team enables the others

A lot will depend on his wage demands. There's a certain amount that we can justifiably pay him to be a squad player but will he accept that and will someone come in with silly money?

We do have to leave open the possibility that Martin was trying to protect his goalkeeper's confidence. Are people so credulous they think managers tell the truth all the time?

Not sure either of those players were available in the summer. We had the worst squad in the Premier League by a margin and perhaps it wasn't realistic to turn it round in one window. But under Spors we've gradually been sorting ourselves out

Fabrice Fernandes was a good player whose ball retention was an asset

David Connolly could have been the best footballer at the club, if he wasn't always in the treatment room.

Our previous two managers didn't rate him and it was bizarre that whole time

Can only speculate but I do wonder if it was club policy to play a back five and it took that long for them to relent

I think the squad argument only really works since Peretz came in (and to a degree Larin as well). Before that we were playing with a hopeless GK, so didn't really have anywhere near the best team in the division. Form since Peretz = job done well: