S-Clarke

Yep - doing a trial with them now. I use something called Tivimate, works fine with that.

Not sure why he's put Leeds in that list either. Feels like a very filtered list to try and make a point. The fact is that Jack Stephens is incredibly limited, even by Championship standards, and comparing him to poor L1 players, or limited/squad NPC players isn't going to change that fact. If he's first choice for us next season we will not be promoted.

Interesting, Leicester were all over Windass and were very keen to get him I read. I guess Wrexham have gazumped them financially. What a sad place for Leicester to be in!

I don't get me wrong, I totally agree that we're lacking useable quality in and around the wide areas outside of Edozie and Dibling. I'd expect (hope) at least 2 attacking/wide players in before the window shuts. We can't go into the season still relying on Fraser and Edozie to provide left sided width, squad players yes (Fraser at a push) but we need genuine starter quality imo - we're down numbers in the wide areas anyway, and when you consider most of our attacks were driven by KWP down from right wing then I do get the nervousness! Still plenty of time though and I don't think we can read anything into these games, the squad will be entirely different come September.

Still said he had a scan today at 14:00 on his groin, doesn't think it's anything, but said there's no reason to take risks in games like this.

Today is not the day to be looking at structure, technical quality, shape or anything like that. None of that is really a thing at the start of pre-season. This was basically a massive gym work out in intense humidity. The structure and quality will build over the coming weeks.

I listened to him and thought - yep - this dude knows what he's talking about, doesn't talk shit he's just straight to the point. But the social media reaction doesn't read the same. ''Gormless idiot'' ''He's not exactly clever is he?'' ''We could have had Dyche, yet we have him'' We have some very confused fans I think.

Doesn't sound great, not good for him. "As a result of the examination and MRI imaging of our football player Paul Onuachu, who was injured during the friendly match played by our Football A Team against Araz Nakhchivan PFK, intense edema due to impact in the left ankle bones and partial injury in the ankle ligaments were detected. The treatment of our player has been started by our medical team."

He wasn't wrong tbf, it's still relatable today as well. Awful team.

Lavia was on the bench at Sheff Weds too, so there was a lot of churn even after that first game. I think the only player who didn't stick around for the start was Tino. He was the surprise sale for me that summer, I thought he may stick around in the Champ and get some proper game time behind him after being injured for so long. To be fair, he didn't make the wrong call as he's gone to a great setup at Newcastle and is now one of their best players.

They never responded to me via email, their actual accounts on telegram have been deleted - the VOD was separate and not managed by them I don't believe. My account has expired now, never mind. So long to them, been a good run!

I really like the kits this year, the away one is my fav - the yellow and blue always brings back good memories.

Makes sense, they're the sort of team I thought he could end up at. Mid-table, solid PL outfit. Didn't they lose Coufal? They brought in a new young left wing back recently as well, so looks like Potter is going for some mobility down the wing back slots! Glad he got a PL move to be fair, I think he deserves it.

There are some other bits I read which made me laugh too. They're apparently in contact with the agent of Jamie Vardy, and are 'open' to the possibility of exploring a deal towards the end of the window. The ultimate panic signing. They are also interested in Ndidi at Leicester and freebie DCL. It's funny to watch after my childhood being full of school morons proclaiming Man Utd is everything, but they're honestly no more than a mid-table PL side now. That's not going to change as the standard of player they have is awful (for the level they aspire). They're targeting Cunha, Mbeumo etc as their big signings, but if we're honest they're just good mid table PL players.

Not bothered about that, he'd cost a fortune, would spend most of the season in the physio room and offer us very little. Good player in his day, cannot deny that. But injuries totally ruined him, he's not done anything over in Turkey. It smells like the sort of hollywood signing Wrexham may try to make.

I don't know much about Rohl really, but the vibe I get - and I think how he came across in interviews - is that he expected to get the job, I think he has a bit of an ego about him - not a bad thing by any means, but maybe he just isn't portraying that in the right way and expected things to just land on his lap. I'm still intrigued to know what happened when he left us all those years ago. I know he ended up at Bayern eventually, but there was some rumours of something iffy behind the scenes before that.

There were a few in those years - John Sheids in our Burley years (or before), he was at Staplewood don't you know! Elliott Ward was another in that Fontaine year, created a lot of noise that we didn't get him. Then we had Amar Jemal another CB we missed in our Champ season, and then Alexander Butner in our PL season who 'slipped through our grasp'. I guess if we go even further, Les Reed went on a flight to try and persuade Marcos Rojo to join us!

I think you need to have a word with the previous club analyst MLG, he's totally overcooked this guy. I've got Barca, Dortmund and Inter knocking on the door for him in the Champ!

It's turned out to be a really, really strange summer for him. Back in May the world looked to be his oyster, top German clubs interested, PL clubs reported to have interest, ourselves/Leicester etc. He's obviously gone on record pretty much calling time at Sheffield Wednesday, wrongly assuming that he had his pick of jobs back in May, and by all accounts he's toyed with a few clubs too and dragged his feet. He then tried to scuttle back to pre-season training this week to have a clear the air with the squad, as some aren't happy given how he floated himself about, and seemingly those clear the air talks have led to him resigning in some form. No idea where he goes next, from potentially having a pick of clubs to being out of work with no where to turn 2 months later is an unbelievable turn of events.

Yeah people seem to be forgetting Wellington a fair bit, but I really like what I've seen from him in the snippets we've had. If the FM24 database is anything to go by MLG, that's telling me he's a £25m valued player upon relegation. Not sure if that's based on a former club analysis work though.

Bit more info, sounds like it's in limbo as he wants to try and impress Frank. Leeds United have a Manor Solomon decision to make Adam Underwood and the transfer team have a decision to make regarding Solomon. New Spurs boss Frank is keen to take a look at Solomon, but there is every chance he decides not to keep the winger. Especially, with Kudus signed and Son Heung-min likely to stay despite interest in the Spurs captain. So, Spurs may end up choosing to sell and Leeds are said to be waiting in the wings to sign the Spurs man. However, it is now a month until the opener on August 18 against Everton and Leeds need to decide if they are going to take a risk and wait for Solomon to possibly be available, or sign a replacement. Leeds are said to have made a bid for Nice star Jeremie Boga, with Sunderland and Trabzonspor also interested in the Ivory Coast ace. One to watch but it seems like Solomon would rather stay at Spurs.

He's not a Leeds player now, but they had Manor Solomon on loan from Spurs last season. He was really good for them on the left wing, a winger with an end product to him. He returned to Spurs and I've not heard any more about him in terms of moving elsewhere, I guess Frank wanted to have a look - but he's someone I'd be tempted to take. We'll see similar to our last Champ season I think, the bigger/better loans will become available towards the end of the window. Ryan Fraser/THB/Downes were all towards the end I think - maybe THB/Fraser more so.

Yeah exactly, some of our existing 'experience' needs to be cycled out and replaced with 'new' experience. There are plays in the mix who are really done here, they probably know it as well. We used the loan market well last time to give us the 'experience' at this level, be interesting to see if we go that way this year.

Probably not, if we're honest. He's a similar story to the likes of Hesketh, Seager, Sims etc - absolutely boss it at the younger levels, but never really manage to translate it to any real standard in pro football. He'll likely end up in non-league somewhere IMO.

Matsuki is certainly playing himself into the forefront in the first couple of games, I thought he looked really tidy against Eastleigh - albeit it was just a training game. Certainly looks good enough to have around as a squad player, and adds some depth we didn't have last time out in the Champ.