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He's had a brilliant few years at Lille so fair play to him, I certainly wouldn't be any more worried seeing him in our team than I would be with our other options As for age, Everton are signing 38 year old Ashley Young from Villa and Brighton have signed 37 year old James Milner.

Think you're right, they've confirmed it's a Cat D game (Bit insulting we're not Cat A) Don't think Forest allocation was 3000, more like 2500 and that was a bank holiday, I'd be surprised if we have many more than 2k up there

Exactly, if Willy wasn't going to be used we're better off with his wages being spent elsewhere

Agree. They've hiked them up a lot, last season they charged Plymouth and Derby £28 last season

I think last year was about 16.5k , interesting comparison Coventry have sold a club record 17.5k already for the coming season, so much for the cost of living crisis

Yeah I think Sheffield Wednesday is a particularly expensive example, their fans are outraged at the prices announced, absolute rip off. Most others won't be as bad. I think we will have more 3pm kick offs overall as despite tv selection at least we won't have any games moved due to other teams participating in Thursday night Europa football.

One of my favourites that, worn on the great 89/90 season , one of the first I had as a kid

Some bargain prices for Sheffield Wednesday fans

We're on course for another 8/10 Window

Completely agree, very dodgy links , not a fan of it

Sales look very strong in other parts of the ground (especially Northam) not sure why anyone would wait to see who we sign before buying one, I think anyone who was going to get one probably has by now. They haven't confirmed match by match pricing yet so hard to work out full benefit of getting a season ticket for those who know they'll end up missing a few

We have a massive catchment area that covers most of the South so if anything I'd say Salisbury and Basingstoke are practically Southampton suburbs in that context.

I asked my Reading mate, he recommended that as well. Can also pre book parking at the stadium on the Reading website

Big loss to Blackburn, especially as they don't get any payment to fund a replacement

Shame they couldn't have done memberships in time to give members a discount on the pre season games (same as season ticket holders like before) Unless I've missed it there's no news on match ticket prices yet?

No point in comparison, most of Leicesters departures were out of contract, one big name they sold as they received what they considered an acceptable bid for. We have cleared out our out of contract players in the same way, Walcott, Ely but haven't received suitable offers for our players. With the size of the squad things need to take their course, we can't speed up players leaving , once that happens we can move on

Decent level opponent (European semi finalists) might bring over a few fans as well, definitely more interesting than the Bournemouth game. Prices seem a bit steep though, £10 to take a kid along , make it £1 encourage a few more

Most of those were out of contract weren't they

I wasn't being serious, over the years as a Saints fan we all fear playing a new manager though don't we

I thought it was very odd, like a ranting Facebook statement from someone "putting out the truth " when others gossip behind their back, but sounds like he's trying to cover himself. Either way Sheffield Wednesday seem a bit all over the place which is bound to lose some of their promotion feelgood factor, bad news is they'll have the dreaded new manager bounce when we play them

Dejphon Chansiri the Thai businessman who owns Sheffield Wednesday has released a statement on the club's website detailing why Darren Moore left the club. “Following the Q&A I conducted last week, speculation has continued in the local and national media which is first and foremost incorrect but also damaging to our club. This speculation has now gone too far with some people putting out completely misleading information. I now wish to put the record straight and hope this will draw a line beneath Darren’s departure and we can look forwards, to the appointment of a new manager and the new season. Initially, I said I would help Darren silently. I offered not to talk and Darren agreed. Since I have been here, I have always looked to protect my people, unless I have no choice. If this speculation was just local then fine, I know people will come to me, but when it goes wider from some who do not understand the situation then that is different and I have to act. Now, over a week later, the speculation continues. People who do not have the correct information are saying things completely wrong in the media. I am not worried about myself but when this speculation damages our club, I have to explain the truth and if Darren wishes to say something publicly then I would welcome that. So I decided to speak to Darren last Sunday night, 25th June about this situation. I said I had helped him a lot but you must understand I need to tell the whole story – you could speak yourself or we could talk together but I did not expect that to happen so I am releasing this statement today to end the speculation. After the end of the season, we had achieved promotion and as far as I was concerned, there was no issue. We completed the retained list on Thursday 1 June and began discussing the recruitment of new players, and the targets identified for the Championship, and I asked Darren to summarise and present. We arranged to talk the following week to prepare the final information and begin coordinating the process. Darren went on holiday and we spoke again during his holiday. We talked more about the recruitment of players, and then Darren mentioned the contracts of his coaching team, which expired at the end of June. I asked Darren to send me his proposals for them because I was happy to talk. He then mentioned his own contract which I said was automatically active following our promotion. But I said I was happy to discuss a new contract and asked Darren to send me the details and his proposals so I can study them. After a few days, he sent me his proposals for his contract and I asked Darren to rethink and said, are you sure? I asked him if this proposal was instigated by his agent and Darren told me it was a guideline. I asked Darren if he wanted an answer yes or no or can we talk again? Darren said it was a guideline and he would think about the details again. We arranged to meet face-to-face in my office on Wednesday 14 June. We talked some more about players and Darren asked about the contracts of his coaching staff. I said we needed Darren to resolve his own situation first because whenever this was an issue, we could not talk further about his staff. I said we need a conclusion before Thursday as we could not take too long when we needed to begin the recruitment process. Even if we could not agree, this is the football business, but we would still maintain friendly relations with each other, but we need to resolve this situation. I told Darren I was happy for him to stay, he achieved promotion and deserved a chance in the Championship. I said I was happy to increase his salary and add more bonuses into the contract, with the highest bonus if we reached the Premier League. But the proposal Darren presented was significantly in excess of his contract and I said I cannot offer a minimum of four times your current salary on a three-year contract, I have to be realistic and protect the club. I advised Darren to rethink very carefully, do you really think this is a good idea? I offered my full support during all his time at our club and I wanted us to continue and succeed together. I asked him to think and let me know your decision by Thursday because we are not getting anywhere here other than back to the starting point. Darren said he would think about the details again. We met again on Thursday 15 June and Darren told me that he could not accept. I said okay, that is your decision and I don’t think it will be difficult for you to get another job. I said I would help Darren by announcing his departure via mutual consent because that will help for the future. I was fully aware the fans would believe this is my issue but for Darren, there would be only good things because he achieved promotion. But I was happy to take that on my shoulders to help. I said I would not talk too much, only if I was left with no choice. I told Darren we had to announce his departure on the Thursday, the same day, which would allow me to begin the recruitment of a new manager. He asked for Monday 19th June but I was not keen on that date because the players would be coming back to pre-season training very soon and I needed to resolve. Finally though, I agreed to his request to announce on the Monday. In the meantime, we still had good relations, we had dinner together on Saturday 17th June and personally in my heart, I was hoping he would have a change of heart but unfortunately nothing changed. We spoke about the players as if everything was normal and Darren asked me if I would keep his coaching team at the club. But I said that would be difficult because if Darren took another role, he would need his team around him and obviously then we would have a problem at our club. I said there was a chance I would retain Adriano Basso and I would speak to the team but when I recruited a new manager he will wish to bring in his own staff. Normally I like at least one member of staff to work with the new team to help the transition process. We continued to talk about general matters over dinner, about the team, the players, the Championship, but the proposal remained the same and we agreed a parting of the ways would be the best way forward, which we announced on Monday 19th June. So that is the story about why Darren left our club, I wish him nothing but the best and I hope he is appointed to a new position soon. Now these details have been made clear, I hope we can all move on and look forward to the next era for Sheffield Wednesday. The recruitment process for the new manager is well underway and I wish to get back to normal as soon as possible. The appointment will not be rushed, it must be the right person and the right fit for our club and the process continues." #swfc

Is he Tommy Forecast?

They've given us the whole end which holds about 4300 , first half of that sold already today on first day of sales so looks like we'll have a good turnout up there

Coady would be good but I actually think Jack Stephens can do that job for us, especially in the championship

Was thinking that looking at today's training pics, we've got so many players lots of scope to clear out without replacing, Adams, Armstrong, Tall Paul, Mara, Tella, plus Ballard pushing to be in first team squad