woodsaint1

CM or LM

Thank god we dont have to endure that saga again. Did the Krasnodar owner not say before that he would only sanction a move to a top european league 🤔

Because he has nearly 200 PL appearances, was the Arsenal number 1 and an England international for a while. Yes clubs will know we're looking rid and will try to haggle us down, but hes a very good keeper and there is a need for that. Understand us loaning him last season as he could have come back into fold had we got promoted. But now we've Peretz, it makes no sense to agree to any loan. Need to sell, even if that means we only get 15m

Why not, he done ok at Newcastle and could be a starter for a few PL teams. No incentive for the club to loan him again and his value depreciate futher. Best to sell him, especially now we've got Peretz and £20m would be the going rate for a keeper with significant PL experience. Hes only 28 too

You've forgot about Ramsdale. Sell him for 20m+ then we can keep Jander

We need to cash in on a few players with value. If that needs to be Charles then so be it. I think hes a better player than Downes and scored some crucial goals for us, but then Downes isnt going to get us £25m+

Yes he did well the second half of last season, but lets not forget that he missed nearly 2 and a half seasons with bad injuries. Probably a blessing in disguise that he hasn't taken us up on the extension offer. It frees us up to bring in a new striker and hopefully Spors can identify strike gold again (yes I know Downes was a disaster but hes done well with Scienza, Jander, Larin and Peretz). Going into next season with a new striker, Larin and Archer, supported in attack by the likes of Scienza 🤞🏼, Azaz, Matsuki etc is a Championship promotion team on paper.

After signing Jimenez and Trippier, and then having Edwards on to talk about them both. Trippier even praised Edwards. 😂😂 Can only be a good thing for us as Edwards knows the Championship well and has had success

Dragan must be very confident that the FA wont ban Tonda, otherwise we could look very silly having to sack him in a few weeks/months

You'd hope that selling Ramsdale (25m), THB (20m) and Charles (20m), as well as releasing the likes of McCarthy, Romeu, Smallbone, Taylor, Aribo etc should give us more than enough financial breathing space for next season. If theres a god, we would also sell Bazunu, Sugawara, Brereton Diaz and Downs - although loans might be more likely. Think we should do whatever it takes to keep Scienza, Azaz and Jander. Build the team around them. Also resign Bree, Stewart and Larin if possible. Then its a case of adding two new GKs and a new CB. Simples* * if half the playing squad isnt actively looking to leave

We arent keeping our best players unfortunately. They'll be royally fucked off with how the season ended. THB, Scienza, Jander and probably Charles will all be sold. Peretz returning to Bayern too. We might have a chance of signing Larin, but then whoever is next in charge may not fancy him

If its true that he insisted on us spying even after being warned that it was against the rules, then yes he is unhinged and needs sacked

I say that because we dont know all the facts. I agree it is a very weak defence, and yes the manager should be aware of all rules - but as you say it is shared at the start of the season i.e. when Will Still was in charge. I'm sure whatever internal investigation the club is running will find out. It will likely not matter when the FA bans Tonda for 3/6/9/12 months and maybe another reason why the club will wait for the outcome of that

On reflection, I think the club are right in letting the anger simmer before taking a decision on Tonda's future - although conscious that the FA banning Tonda could make that decision very easy. He had us playing the best football that we've seen in sometime. If we had've just been deducted points/fined then nobody would be calling for his head, even with a playoff final loss. How informed was he about the rules of spying in this country? If it comes out in the wash that he was told by those around them not to do it but still ordered it, then he should be sacked. But what if he wasnt aware of the severity of the offence and thought it was merely bending the rules? Then thats more damning of those around him. Yes the manager should know the league rules, but he was thrown into the position mid-season.

McBurnie 😂. Yes he scored against us when we were shit, but hes average tbf. We would've beaten Hull, lets be honest. Thats what's even more annoying, it was all aligning for us to return to the PL and then its gone in an instant

Exactly. Even if we had've lost the playoff final, I was excited for a full season under Tonda in the Championship. Hero to zero in a matter of days. What a fuckin shame

If Tonda and his backroom team arent sacked by 9.00am tomorrow, I'll be very annoyed. Just leave their belongings outside the gate. And so begins the mass exodus of players too. Scienza, THB, Peretz, Larin, Charles, Jander and Downes will be straight onto the lawyer/agent. Fun summer ahead 🫤

The most pathetic of all this is Boro claiming that justice has prevailed. They couldn't beat us over 210+ minutes. It wasn't a one off game. Sky Sports claiming they've been 'reinstated' - they were never in the final to be reinstated. Feel for Hull, who are seriously disadvantaged having to change preparations for a new team now. If they lose on Saturday there would surely be grounds for a legal complaint given how this has been handled by the EFL

Spying on Oxford....fucking hell. I can accept Boro and Ipswich due to the magnitude of both games (still incredibly naive of us), but fucking Oxford. Its being reported that Tonda is holding his hands up and didnt realise the practice of spying wasnt allowed in England. Like come on! Just pack your things and fuck off out of the club, take Spors with you on the way

For a knee ligament injury, he done alright to play for another 45 minutes

THB and Ayling were talking and hugging later in the game so it couldnt have been too discriminatory what was said 🤷

Boro did absolutely nothing from the 60th minute onwards. Were out on their feet and hoping for penalties. We didnt create much but it didnt matter in the end

Yeah there was a ball available which Stephens tried to hand to Targett, but instead he wasted time by walking down the line to the ball boy to ask for his ball. The ball boy said nope 😂

The keeper we've been linked with time and time again. No thanks, we'll keep Peretz

I think we should go with a strongish team vs Preston. Rest a couple, yes but there's a good chance we can still get 4th as I dont think Boro will beat Wrexham away. Better to have the home leg 2nd in the semi final