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Indeed. I don't know why fans get hung up on a few million here or there. We won't see any of the money ourselves and the key as yo usay is how it is spent. I think in general we have managed to get more money than I expect dusnto get from many of our sales. Maybe we will sell Downs for 5 million or Sugawara or Archer for similar amounts. The key thing is ng now is two decent players for every position and everyone knowing their job and doing it to the best of their ability. Losing THB is a blow but it's been on the cards for a while if we are honest.

Maybe Tonda just doesn't rate him. Has he played under him at all?

We signed Roerslev this day last year as well I believe.

TBF he didn't say the opposite. He said we didn't have to sell but then essentially implied that THB and Charles would be sold and the rest might be sold if we got very big money for them.

He already said we would have to raise a significant amount of money. The only comment I considered unwise was the one about being as good or better than last year. He could have not said that and it wouldn't have meant we sold these players for less.

If you're too dumb to understand what an analogy is and how dumb you sound saying that you don't know whether we will replace THB in the face of all evidence and without being able to name a single instance of when we have failed to replace a top player in a position that we will now be short in then you're beyond help. I rescind my earlier comment about you not being stupid.

Batshit.

I agree nothing wrong with that line. The stuff about being as good or better than last year I feel was an unwise thing to say. The reality is we are unlikely to be as good or better and it raised the hopes of fans in my view unnecessarily. Absolutely right to keep cards close to your chest and to be bullish to a degree but in my view you can do both.

TBF he could have said something like "it is likely we will have to sell some players but we will do all we can to replace them with the best quality possible." I know that arguably he said a version of that but it was a fair bit more than that in my opinion.

Maybe we will see a sudden gravity shift. After all nothing is guaranteed. You're the one talking bollocks mate. Why you've decided you have no idea if we will replace our centre back and best player I don't know. Can you name any time in recent history where we have failed to replace a player? Do you ignore the quotes from the club that sales will be replaced? Just a ridiculous thing to say. Watch when we do replace him you'll be saying something like "I never said he wouldn't be replaced I just said I didn't know if we would or not." I said you weren't stupid earlier but I'm beginning to have doubts.

There's no guarantee that if I throw an apple in the air in my kitchen that it will fall to the ground but given that that has happened every other time you'd be a bit of a fool if you said you weren't sure that it would happen the next time.

I think the hope makes it worse. Some of the best times supporting saints were the few years we were absolute crap bumbling around near the bottom of the championship with stern John's last gasp goals saving us from relegation and then the year we went down going to forest and having a party despite already being relegated at that point. For me the frustration this and the last window stems from the concern that we may be wasting the tiny window we have where we have a distinct advantage over most other clubs in this division with the parachute payments.

It will look like a picnic compared to next year if we don't go up.

There's no historic evidence or precedent to suggest that we wouldn't replace THB. You're not stupid you know he will be replaced.

Don't be silly.

We did indeed which is why everyone should be markedly more calm. Yes it's shit to lose your best players abd at this stage it will probably mean we drop points when we shouldn't have due to the upheaval but Spors has a strong track record of buying the right players and im hoping for a couple of surprises too. Nothing we can do about it anyway so no point in shouting at the club about a crap situation.

Is Acheampong likely to get much of a look in at Chelsea this year?

I'd be up for signing another attacking player who could play in more than one position to give us some options too. I don't agree with your characterisation. JWP would be a very good option to have in the championship.

I know it's difficult for you to accept but he's going.

I don't want to lose him but interestibg to see what the club do if a Prem team bid 25 with addons. Would we force him to stay? I can't see it.

Alternatively we are exchanging him for Larin, Peretz, Scienza, Jander and change which is excellent value!

IMO Scienza isn't worth that much given his age and he was a bit inconsistent. Excellent player no doubt but that seems high to me.

And his goal contributions.

He talks a good game but that could go wrong rather quickly. Trying to look on the bright side, if the worst happens and we lose the remaining top players we will still have: Peretz Bree Stephens - Manning Fellows/Matsuki Downes - Dobbin Azaz/Mubama Which is still probably a mid table Championship team. Replace Scienza, THB, Jander and Charles with some quality and I'd still be confident of the playoffs.

The positive person has control of the Charlie Wayman account today.