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Highly possible, you give me hope, but in all honesty we've been expecting this since the end of the season.

No surprise '10 clubs' are in for Fernades, he is Premier League ready. I just hope he gives us another year. I thought Forest, Villa, Spurs, or Utd would be in a bidding war. West Ham seem to be getting a bit desperate. He has a contract to 2029 so he won't be cheap. That might just stop any deals. Wishful thinking on my part sadly.

Fair enough and no doubt there is a lot of action going on behind the scenes. We wait with baited breath

Have we sold Stewart?

I wouldn't take what was said at face value too much. He was setting out a vision really. Underneath all our football priorities lies a business that has to remain solvent.

They've delivered on two of those. They can't commit to a midfielder yet, just two many on the books. As I said players have to leave first. I suspect Aribo, Smallbone, Fernades (sadly) and Downes will move on. That will hopefully loosen things up a bit.

Nothing is happening until that exit door starts revolving, the finances simply won't allow it. Look at how many FBs and CBs there are on the books, it's just unsustainable. As Will said there's a few stinking the place out at the moment. However, got to hold on to the positives. Quarshie, Downs, Charles, Robinson, Sesay, and maybe Wood have shown some promise. We may even keep Downes, Fernades, Dibling, and THB. Even big Baz seems to be taking it seriously. There's a team there somewhere 😂 i've resigned myself to August being crap, hopefully pick up after that.

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ABK was a classic 'good buy' that just didn't work out. I had high hopes, and initially he looked the business. injury and attitude put pay to that. Very different to panic buys like Carrilo. However nobody but nobody is paying the wages he is on. There are plenty of decent CBs available, who are more robust and switched on. Saints bought potential, but that has disappeared, as has his value. They need to bite the bullet, sell him or loan him out. The whole soap opera around him is a distraction.

Oldest trick in the book, the club won't risk a £30 million asset.

Pretty sure Dibling, THB, Bendarek, and Ransdale will go. Club needs the money. Just get it over with. If they can keep Fernades then billy bonus. The major issue is shipping out players who won't give up on their wages. Clearly there isn't a queue of suitors, which is hardly surprising. It's annoying that if the club sells Dibling for £30 million, some of that money will be used to pay the wages of players we don't want or need. Through its own mismanagement the club is in a bind. Unfortunately there really is no other option than to make do with what we have, and use the loan market. That's why players like Bazunu and Wood finding some form is so important. They will be needed.

Only because I think he has his place cemented. He doesn't need to prove himself, he did that last year. In contrast Bazunu and Wood definitely need to do a persuasion job, newbies need to impress whatever their reputation .

Looks like Still is trying out various options. As others have said seems to be putting weaker units out. Maybe the idea is put pressure on someone like Smallbone. Shape up or ship out maybe. We all know pre season is never a good guide. However there are positives. Bazunu, Quarshie, Wood, and Robinson all seem to be pushing for a place. All starts for real in less than 3 weeks.

In fairness a rejuvenated Baz would be an absolute bonus for the club. I refuse to make judgements on one game but anything like this is good for us.

Good grief I knew I had forgotten one. We've so many it's easy to do. I guess replace THB with him as he's likely to be off.