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Possibly. If he regards money over actual playing time.

Options?! Can't imagine clubs beating down his agent's door for talks.

Must only favour the bigger clubs, as we had Arsenal in our last league game at The Dell. Unless of course we asked for a "glamour game".

Would have thought with the possible point deduction, they would struggle to get someone like Potter.

Price probably wouldn't be too difficult to negotiate. Wages on the other hand could be problematic.

I wonder if the club looked at Ian Maatsen. Think he went to Coventry on loan the season we got Perraud.

Said he is looking forward to comparing beards.

When you hear things like this, it really puts football into perspective. Thoughts with you and your family

What's that got to do with last season's loan players returning?

May have even been financial implications for us allowing them to leave on loan. No problem with any of them coming back.

Arsenal away first up. Last up Everton home

Yeah, guessed that from the lads my son plays with in Tyro, or whatever its called these days. Just a real shame with his background etc that we weren't able to get him.

How did he slip through our net? Genuine question has would love to know. Was it just the lure of Chelsea?

To be fair to JWP, he might have wanted to stay. Finances may have dictated the move.

Probably the wages wanted would be a problem for us.

Liam Delap? We have to move on from our obsession with all things Manchester City. Surely there are better forward options out there.

Not sure 16 caps for Northern Ireland is an indication of any stand out quality. Especially when you consider what leagues the majority of their players are playing in.

Am not a massive fan of Aribo. I would hope our recruitment guys can come up with better. Trouble is, like a lot of our players we are going to have trouble shifting them.

I sincerely hope he isn't.

Will be very surprised if Palace manage to keep hold of the England lads.

Guess it depends on how much game time he's looking at. If he's happy to be a bit part player here then he'll probably stay,

Think Ryan Betrand got done for speeding when with us.

What's the thinking behind having contract talks with McCarthy then? Lumley signed another contract recently, Lis due back from Turkey. Not as if we need him to be a back up with those two still on the books.

Guess we've learnt nothing as a club as per usual. Muddling along with squad members that weren't good enough to keep us up last time round. By all means keep McCarthy as number two, but we really should be looking at an upgrade on both him and Baz.

Guess with SA leaving we can now afford to top up Lallana's retirement fund.