Ex Lion Tamer

Broja isn't exactly worth £40m yet but I could imagine a club paying that because his potential is so huge and so obvious, he has a long contract and Chelsea won't want to sell. Look at the prices that promising players have been going for: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-8024615/Here-20-expensive-teenagers-history-1m-teen.html

At one point he came sweeping out on the edge of his area and it made me think of the difference to a few years ago when he was just totally static

Adams didn't start to shine until his second season. We've got to give players time

I really hope the season gets extended because a clogged up schedule will only hurt us given the energy that goes into our pressing game

Reminds me of when someone put a banner over the M3 warning about the climate emergency and all the locals on Facebook were more concerned about it distracting drivers

Brilliant assist for Long's goal

Depends what other stuff was going on at the time I think

Probably the PR team was busy and just never got around to it?

The BBC leans right because it believes the safest way to avoid accusations of bias is to take its cues from the print media

The way I see it, she wanted to get out and there weren't any great options on the table, but saw Gao as at least a benign owner who would run us within our means. She also retained a stake to ensure she could continue to protect us, and inserted a clause to make sure the next owner was suitable

I'm not convinced Gao was that bad. He didn't invest and there was that terrible sponsorship deal ,but he got rid of the past lot, appointed a good management team and stayed out the way. And ultimately we stayed up, which is more than can be said of Derby, for example. He's definitely preferable to Lowe and Askham

I think she did it in good faith even if it turned out to be bad. And she inserted a clause to make sure he couldn't sell it on to anyone she didn't approve of

This is interesting because surely Semmens has to take responsibility for poor decisions under him as CEO?

For all that she has made mistakes, Kat has really tried to do the best by us I think. We're quite lucky when you look at some of the terrible owners that other clubs have had

I don't think wanting to play first team football has to be either arrogant or insecure, it's just a desire for the excitement and learning experience of real football and a belief that the transfer market will take you to your appropriate level

There's also no reason for Chelsea to sell until the summer. His value will only increase

He does look like he's carrying there

I think it's the chance to be leading football strategy at a multi club group rather than just one. He'll have people working beneath him at each club doing his old role

Inject this into my veins

Gao > Askham > Lowe

Or he knows he's not good enough for our level and just wants to play?

Hopefully Semmens will stay but if he's been tasked by Gao to sell the club, he'll do that and take a nice payoff if he has to leave

This is a plausible explanation for why media aren't reporting on it and why we don't know the identity of the buyers

I thought Salisu was bang to rights but where the inconsistency lies is that Brighton and villa should both have had players sent off against us for double yellows

Yep, definitely got to use the squad here