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Sheaf leaving has always felt like it could be on the cards - I would hope for at least 20M though - I'd be a little bit disappointed with 15M given some of the prices flying around for English talent this summer. I'm not at all against selling him though and I think anyone rational knows there...

Depends on the game situation for sure. If we're comfortable then of course - but if we're drawing or losing then he has a lot more to play with. It's fairly clear looking back that a lot of Robins' reluctance to change things may be down to squad quality. This + the new coaching team, I think...

Yes. We are too used to having (just about) a first 11 and using the bench as a last resort in the Robins era. It was particularly like this with Godden and other attacking options last season. We'd bring people on because we were forced to, but weren't really able to influence the game. It...

Nope, I feel the same too. There are no credible reports that I have seen in the UK or in Portugal. There's speculation and indications of interest, but nothing concrete. Given how long Arsenal have supposedly been interested (many months) I'd expect something more concrete now. I hope a move...

I think the club shop and the manufacturing of shirts and other merchandise comes across as an area where we’re missing an opportunity. Seems like there are issues every year - even accepting that things are delayed by what I assume is Doug driving a hard bargain on sponsorship.

You’re right - but this type of “I simply never make mistakes and always get it right” attitude is pure fantasy. All I ask for of anyone I work with is that they are willing to disagree with a decision but commit to it and if they are making decisions that they’re open to revisiting it. The...

You sound like a shit leader to be honest. You never made a mistake? If you had any employees I assume they never made any mistakes either?

As I think has been noted before - Doug has and will make mistakes - but he listens to feed back and isn't afraid to roll something back. This is a sign of a great leader. The best leaders move quickly, they don't wait to form consensus and convince everyone - but if they fuck up - they hold...

I can't remember if we negotiated with Sporting to pay the bonuses already to Brighton for the first transfer? Either way, I think it's already less than people realise particularly with Gyokeres because people often forget it's EUR not GBP 🤣 . If you assume the Brighton % is 10% then you'd...

No - it's capital gain. Meaning we've already received 24M (hence the reduction from 15% to 10%). So - assuming Sporting sell him for 100M - that would be a capital gain of 76M so a kickback of 7.6M EUR to Coventry or about 6.4M GBP. The reduction from 15% to 10% means we've already received...

So I think the conclusion is - Doug is risking his own money, or those of his own investors. He's appointed himself CEO to oversee this investment. He's accountable to his own bank account and / or investors and that means he has plenty of skin in the game. The idea he walks away unscathed if...

He owns the club, who said anything about him walking? Do you think he's incentivised to get the club relegated?

Sounds to me like we are ramping up pre-season pretty well. I'm not sure how Torp / Rapha got injured but Sheaf & Wright were both knocks, right? Not a lot you can do about knocks in terms of avoidance. I suppose there's an argument that the Getafe game in particular was unecessarily testy...

In this context, Doug is the manager. He owns ultimate responsibility because he owns the club. Modern football clubs do not have the first team manager responsible for all strategy and hiring. Look at it this way - when Robins leaves, there should be a much smarter structure in & around the...

Everything I've heard about Jay Stansfield would imply he's a good lad. He is the son of an Exeter City legend Adam Stansfield and is very much idolised there - he returned there on loan from Fulham. Exeter are a really great family run club with the right ideals. All that said - absolutely no...

The iOS app for me was broken and is no longer on the App Store. When I asked iFollow they said that the club will be notifying us that the app is available. Unsure if that means iFollow or a club specific app will be the way. I already renewed my iFollow season ticket so hoping they get this...

Someone should do a timeline of all of the eras with these ridiculous names. Right now I think we're in our "join the journey" era.

Nothing new has actually been said in that article so I think the comments here still stand: https://www.skybluestalk.co.uk/threads/viktor-moving-on.160292/post-3075296 I'd be more convinced if Fabrizio was running his mouth, but nobody even vaguely credible is saying anything definitive.

If it was anything close to that (I know nothing about the MLS) that would presumably be his signing on fee and wages combined as well as possibly some other commercial / sponsorship things. I'm not sure there's any precedent for Championship level players moving for that sort of money...

The update nobody asked for. ⬆️ North 3,491 of 5,271 - 66% season tickets sold or unavailable ➡️ East 8,415 of 9,487 - 89% season tickets sold or unavailable ⬇️ South 1,528 of 2,496 - 61% season tickets sold or unavailable ⬅️ West 2,169 of 2,220 - 98% season tickets sold or unavailable 🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒...