Chez

Daily Mail Links him with West Ham and Leicester.

I was referring to individuals like BBD. But yeah, we need to be better next season then last. We can worry about that in the summer.

Bragg not getting in the Crawley squad and Ballard not in the goals at Blackpool.

so, basically we should stick with the current squad next season safe in the knowledge that although they may not be cut out for the Prem, but they have done well in the past in the second tier. not very sexy, but makes sense.

Brentford have murdered us the last few games at their place. Bit worried they might extend that dominance to SMS. How are we going to score goals? Sugawara crossing to Onuachu looked promising against West Ham, but he might not even play.

If we can reboot with strikers that can not only get us out of the championship but cause problems for Prem defences, that would be amazing. Also, extremely hard to do. Armstrong and Bbd are signed on until 2027. Not sure either will be easy to shift.

All those clubs seem a good fit. At Palace, Munez has his limitation and the skate Ward is 35 and out of contract in the summer. At Fulham, Tete is also out of contract in the summer. Brentford fullbacks both have another 18 months on their deals.

I was referring to kwp. I agree a bbd move seems feasible.

the club won't have a say. The player holds all the cards. If an established Prem side came in, then maybe he'd go now, but not sure too many clubs are desperate to sign a right back in January.

Won't happen in January. He will wait until the summer and see if a Prem side will take him. No point in jumping ship to a side that might be in the championship.

If we can include a requirement to buy should they get promoted, that would be good. We need to try again, and hope the next striker can score goals to get us promoted and then make a decent fist of it in the Prem.

I'm not a fan and probably never will be, but Onuachu starts without question until we sign someone else.

you are kidding, right?

Can he play at this level? Without question. He's not been great recently, but before that he was beating players right left and centre. Players that can do that are worth their weight in gold. Grealish scored 0 goals in first full season (he played just one game in the previous season), 1 in his second, then 5 in his third (in the championship).

If we pay him what his agent thinks he is worth, he might stay. If that is £100k a week or more and we are in the championship, that might not be feasible

the signing of Anthony Pulis and Paul Wotton may have scarred me for life.

I'm still surprised he signed for us. He could have all the big sides after him in the summer.

What's the score with Ramsdale's contract? Does he have any kind of relegation clause in it?

I didn't want him back here (I don't want to go into all that again, but mention it for context) but when I see him, he's on a different level in terms of touch and ability compared to most of the others. So I would imagine they will offer him a new deal. Not sure I'd have any objections either.

Do any talents stay at relegated clubs? It seems a long time since Defoe (for half a season) and Carrick stayed with West Ham after going down. Newcastle kept a few, which cost them an absolute fortune. What about Grealish. Had he made a mark on the Prem before spending several seasons in the championship?

That extra year is probably worth an extra £20m...

I wasn't aware if that. Very good news.

Ramsdale 2028, Bazunu 2027, McCarthy 2026, Lumley 2025 Sugawara 2028, Bree 2026, Walker-Peters 2025 Taylor 2026, Manning 2027, Larios 2027 Harwood-Bellis 2028, Wood 2028, Edwards 2028, Bednarek 2027, Bella-Kotchap 2026, Stephens 2026 Fernandes 2029, Charles 2027, Downes 2028, Aribo 2026, Smallbone 2026, Lallana 2025, Ugochukwu 2025 Brereton Diaz 2028, Edozie 2027, Sulemana 2027, Dibling 2026, Amo-Ameyaw 2026, Fraser 2026, Cornet 2025 Archer 2028, Armstrong 2027, Stewart 2026, Onuachu 2026 Very few out of contract players, so any major reshaping of the squad will rely on interest in our players from other clubs.

If he walked on a free in 2026, are we entitled to compensation? It's a while since I've seen the amounts the tribunals decide on. Are they fair or are they token amounts at todays transfer prices?

FF wasn't useless.