Smirking_Saint

Id like to think we’d ensure the Downes deal is done before signing off on JWP tbh

Im quite surprised he’ll go to Sheffield tbh, surely theres much better moves for him

I actually do think Rice was worth around 100m, it’s probably a tad excessive but if you actually look at his metrics, even in a poor WHU side (sorry anti stat dinosaurs) then he is effectively the best at what he does in the prem, which is effectively win the ball, resist a press and distribute it forward… Arsenal play a pressing system and he’s very good at it, so he is worth the money Caicedo is very good, but Im not entirely sure he is in that 100m bracket, he’s probably more destructive than RL and able to bring the ball forward better, but isnt as press resistant and his ball playing from deep isn’t as good… so its horses for courses really That said, looks like Chelsea are attempting to break through the Caicedo deal anyway so might be back to square one

Different players, different systems

Liverpool sealing 110m Caicedo deal surely ends their interest in Lavia ?

It appears so

Id probably stop describing it now tbh

Yeah fairly sure its a troll account

We’re trying to find the best odds for our info before we release it to the general audience

I think, if I remember correctly, we hsve outstanding debt but it was effectively priced into the purchase and the early redemption fee is too much to bother clearing it

Completely agree, he probably isn’t ‘worth’ north of £30m in the CM market, given his age and niche skillset but ultimately he is, Id of thought, more valuable to us because despite what anyone says he was a galvanising influence

I dunno I saw enough I think, I also saw enough of the rest of the division to be confident… atleast confident enough that the three relegated sides genuinely do look better than this league, of course it was only taking the first results in isolation and you have to caveat it with the knowledge that the team will look different in a couple of weeks But im largely confident… I have concerns around a striker and potentially I think we play too much of a high line at times, but overall we were impressive imo

Said he was back training.. woukd be great if he is an option this year, but Ill be surprised if nobody comes in for him

I think we all hope that, im optimistic but we’ll of course see

It was a number of posts, and the club is committed to promotion apparently but we need a bit of realism.. has any club ever gone down and not had to lose first team players ? In fairness we’ve stood firm on all except JWP as far as our valuations are concerned, which was always the stated strategy, even Wilcox said as such So far, as I said previously, we’ve only lost players we knew we would (Orsic, Diallo, Salisu… soon to be Lavia/JWP) and we’ve extracted good value there… Tino was of course not one we thought we would lose, but at 40m it was probably sensible In return so far we’ve brought in last years best LB and Charles, who looks good but as far as balance is concerned we need to see how he turns out I am however starting to agree, we need bodies, particularly in CM and CB sooner rather than later

I genuinely don’t get any info on incomings whatsoever, I just hear bits and pieces from the training ground and on occasion stated board aims, like finances are available and we want to prioritise promotion etc… tbh a lot of the latter stuff is probably low value info and stuff they wouldn’t mind being made public Im not sure anyone is genuinely privvy to our transfer targets if Im honest, thats pretty highish level info

Did you come to that conclusion because we’ve signed an ex RM player and a City kid ? Groundbreaking stuff

Jesus christ

Fair points well made

Its not true… thats the point What mental gymnastics do you need to go through to come to a conclusion like that ?

Ive read some fucking stupid shit before, but the board actively avoiding getting promoted this year is well up there

He definitely has a contact at Staplewood

Ankerson double backed into our general running because he didn’t fully trust the old board members after summer AND the mess of Joe Shields Although he didn’t do a particularly great job, it wasn’t necessarily the plan Also the more I read that post the more it absolutely doesn’t tie in to any info Ive had, or anyone else around the club have had… for a start we very much are looking to be promoted this year, and the clubs trying to gear towards that… thats before the Ankerson stuff, most around the club are aware he only stepped in temporarily

I doubt they will this year, because Im not sure they can accommodate him ‘unless’ phillips moves

We’re not selling 10+ of our best players, its utter shite We knew we’d lose Lavia, Salisu, JWP.. probably KWP or Tino or both… potentially Che/Arma and maybe Tella/Sulemana… we’ve known this since the end of last season I don’t think anythings changed from our want to be promoted, as far as Im aware the players aren’t preparing to down tools etc.. a week ago or so was the moid was relaxed and the players liked Martin The players causing issues are gone, there are one or two that may be looking to move… but after that I doubt we’ll lose anybody unless real value is reached So long story short, we’ll see outgoings snd incomings in the next 2 weeks, its an obvious statement, but Im not buying into the bullshit Im hearing from a couple of posters on here this morning because frankly its at odds with what I heard and Id be baffled if theres been a significant mood change within a week