hypochondriac

You'd imagine with the team they now have that any legal advice they are getting will be sound. Plus if we have any sense we will have spoken to the FA and made it very clear about our intentions to be as difficult as possible if Tonda is subject to any sort of significant ban. Maybe I'm wrong but I hope not!

Which is fair enough. If someone wants to bid something like 30 million then that may allow us to keep someone like THB or Scienza. Jander is brilliant but a central midfield of Bragg, Charles and Downes plus a cheaper Jander replacement (if that's what it ends up being) is a top performing midfield in this league.

Amazing to hear. That sounds to me like a couple of unexpected players staying. I can't see Jander staying if I'm honest. In that scenario I hope we keep THB and possibly Charles and Scienza.

Well given our financial situation we have to sell some players and he is one of our most saleable assets.

Hopefully he signs an equal or superior player than Larin to compete with him rather than a backup.

If that happens I think by far the most likely to leave will be Jander. Maybe Scienza too? We will need to sell two higher value assets either way.

I watched a video from someone credible who'd looked at our accounts and said we needed to make 60 million this summer. Sounds true to me.

We'd get hardly anything for him. I'd rather sell them bbd.

100%. He's the player we would miss the least given we have to sell some.

He said we'd let players leave based on how long they've been here and their contracts. Based on players who may be in demand imo that makes Jander and Scienza less likely given they've only just signed for us. Maybe he means THB but some people have suggested he may be up for staying. He suggested in the interview that Azaz is staying so Charles is the most obvious one left .

Not sure that's true. He's a big game player and is still very young. I think he's good enough to play in the Prem and has a high ceiling.

True. If he gets injured I imagine he will be calling about that extension!

Just finished listening. Very encouraging and I like Solak a lot. I reckon Dragan is talking about Charles when he talks about players leaving.

Get Bree in and that's most of the defence settled. If we can persuade THB then we are really in business.

That's a bit disappointing if Ross is looking to go elsewhere. I think he more than most other players owes us an extension.

I much prefer the exciting signings prior to the demoralising sales than the other way round.

When the final news of the day is the Tonda contract extension

Almost certainly not. I saw estimates that we need to make 60 million this summer. We will be lucky to get 20 from that lot. Jander and Charles going should be enough I hope. Give us one more year thb...

Am not sure they bother ringing in for a contract extension...

Let's be honest. We have the potential to start this coming season in a much much better place than we started the last one. A largely settled squad with a winning mentality full of players who haven't known what losing on the pitch is in months. We should be well ahead of where we were ten games into the season just gone. That means we don't need legendary form at the end on order to push for promotion. I'm pretty confident.

Lovely. Even if he isn't as brilliant a signing as Peretz, he is a handful and will probably be a low fee so is a great option to have. Let's take up Stewart's extension, give Bree a new contract and we are in business.

I agree. I think after this month if we are successful he will start to get a lot more praise though.

I think you can differentiate between Solak and Sports Republic. Yes he appointed them but he's not entirely to blame if they fucked up. To a large extent he provides the finance and backing and trusts others not to fuck it up on his behalf.

Hoping for a Middlesbrough playoff final or last game of the season to send us up...

Yep. Better than any crap statement the club could put out.