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When asked in the presser today if we were expecting much activity in the remaining days, Juric replied “no no everything quiet”.

Yeah I’m not sure if he would reliable, but his quality did show. If he could replicate his form for us last season he could still contribute but we won’t get to find out. Will be interesting to see how he gets on the rest of this season in the championship. Fernandes was a very good Stu replacement but Che Adams hasn’t been replaced well at all.

Yeah I see the logic there. Why can’t we just have a manager that sets up to get the most out of the players we have, the squad is there to come straight back up IMO, but we are going to roll the dice it seems.

Look at Armstrong last season vs this season. Or Downes last season vs this season. As MLG has reminded us throughout this window, we have a squad full of these types of players that should be very useful for next season’s promotion push. Why get rid now? Surely after a promotion is the best time?

It does appear that Juric doesn’t rate him. If we get rid it is an indication that Solak’s comments on Juric being here next season were true. I do also question how Archer fits into Juric’s formation but he should suit fast counters with his pace. Would he suit Rohl’s tactics better? He’s still very raw but just getting our money back on a player that should score freely in the championship, when purchased with acceptance we could be straight back there, seems like we are making next season harder than it needs to be.

I’d say Nathan Jones was the Poundland version of Juric. Juric’s experience might all be in Italy but he’s got teams promoted to Serie A and kept them there. Torino were very solid under him and not far away from Euro football at times. He was our first choice when we got Nathan Jones. Admittedly 6 PL defeats in a row and no points isn’t exactly encouraging but he’s walked into a team of championship players that have all given up because we are down no matter what we do. Apart from Mateus Fernandes who is the only player with real fight, determination and quality.

How can we yo-yo if we get rid of the players that excel at championship level? Are we even going to make a profit on Archer, seems unlikely?

The sooner we get an experienced and capable DoF in the better, we are just making it up as we go along this season.

So we’ve built a team of top championship players to get us promoted when the inevitable happens and we are loaning them out now our relegation is confirmed with the hope they don’t come back? Can someone explain what we are trying to do here please?

I’d rather have had Stu around than Lallana this season. Truth is neither are the answer anymore.

With injuries to Dibling and Sulemana, would leave us a bit short. I would rather see Archer on the pitch than Armstrong. Let’s say he goes off to Leeds and does well, he’d have had 1.5 seasons in the PL followed by half a season being promoted in the championship - would he went to come back? I do worry that he doesn’t have the off the ball pressing ability required to play in Juric’s system though.

Sounds like we can only hope Spors gets a work permit and Henry Hoovers up some good talent for us. Our recruitment has sucked for some time.

We seem to have Everton’s number so far this season but I can’t see us getting anything at the lest ever game at Goodison, as much as I’d love to piss on their parade. We did manage to spoil City’s Maine Road farewell, which was fun living up near Manchester.

Of course we did! Thank you

Decent saves to be fair to him. Agree a loan makes sense right now. Hull just lost Rushworth by recall, Gav would be a very similar profile option. Not sure if they could loan him and Taylor though? You’d want a championship loan really.

Reports suggest we are confident of resolving but no timeframe given. Speculation suggests that because he worked for 777 and not a club directly, that’s why he hasn’t met the criteria set post Brexit and we are the first to fall foul of the new rules set by the FA. Whether our appeal is successful isn’t certain but I hope it does work out as his CV is very well suited to both our needs and the wider club model needs.

Yes, Downes £15m (up to £18m) and THB straight £20m. But they are starters for us next season if they stay. Only one you can expect to go is THB who should only leave for a profit.