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If he went to somewhere like West Ham he would be on nearer £50k a week than £25k a week. Saudi Arabia could also be a well paid option for him.

From what I understand the Man U thing came from him idolising Beckham, and as with many kids from Cov of his generation he supported Cov and a PL team. I would be very surprised if he is still a Man U fan!

Yes, but I've seen the other 15-16 players already. Brau was a new signing so I paid particular attention to him, and he looked poor, even amongst a team as a whole that looked poor. It was only a friendly however, and of course he will still be finding his feet with us, so I hope and trust...

Yes he was rarely involved, but when he was he seemed to miscontrol the ball or lose possession quite easily. To be fair to him Monaco is a big step up from what he's been playing against and he will hopefully improve, but he seemed way off being a starter come the first game of the season.

but has the new left back been signed to go straight into the team or is he a Rapha like project? We will find out in the next few friendlies I guess, but if the Monaco game is a guide he will be nowhere near the first team anytime soon, when he looked well out of his depth.

This was this season that Turner eliminated mistakes from his game, and he was probably player of the season until he got injured in a game against Leeds. I don't think he played for us again after that until he returned on loan in League 1. It was also a turning point for Bothroyd as things...

The way they are going about things feels like an exception rather than rule.

Have there been many season long loan signings in the Championship as yet? I get the feeling such deals don't generally get done until closer to the season starting or even after, so if we do sign him it might not be for a while longer.

I remember this, it was first game of the season. Portsmouth were newly relegated from the PL and in financial freefall, but still had some 'name' players in their team, who just weren't interested or motivated. Was as easy a first game win as you could ever hope for.

From what I saw in the Monaco game I would be surprised if Brau is ahead of Bidwell or Dasilva come the first game of the season, or whether he would even be on the bench, although I do appreciate its probably unfair to judge him entirely on that game. If MVE is still with us I would expect FL...

Nice post, but disagree with your assertion that most of our non season ticket holders look to go to 23 games a season. If you did it would be nuts not to buy a season ticket, particularly if cost was an issue. I think we have plenty of casual supporters who go to up to say 6 games a season...

I am a non season ticket holder and someone liable to have to pay these prices, but nevertheless I don't get the level of bleating about this. Entertainment prices have risen massively in the last few years. Going to a Test Match or a decent gig costs more than double the price from 10 years...

That quick released throw would have been perfect in the Gyokores days.

Unlikely I know but I hope FL at least sounded out the Monaco coach on any of their young centre backs that not might get much of a first team look in this season with a view to a loan. Apart from the EMC header they never gave us a sniff of a chance.

I just think when there's many commenting about the potential strength of this seasons team as opposed against the team from last season, losing MVE makes us weaker. In the long term KKH might prove to be as good or better, but he is unlikely to be better initially. However if KKH were to play...

This is correct, but the story about them announcing it on the coach leaving Wembley is an urban myth created on this forum. As with most myths the more it is repeated the more people later view it as fact. The same happened with the stories started on here about Hamer being homesick and...

I feel like I'm the only person that wants us to keep MVE 😒

How much of the casino, if any, is actually under the pitch, as surely that would complicate any plans to lower the pitch?

That would be ridiculous, not pragmatic. Why make your team weaker and less of an attacking threat by adding Lati or Binks to the back line at the probable expense of Sakamoto or EMC? You cannot play a back 5 and a sitting midfielder like Grimes, while there is also no obvious team in the league...

I think Thomas has much more scope to become a top player and I would work around him. While it would be nice to bring in a stronger partner for him, for the moment I am ok with Kitching being his partner, and I suspect FL will start the season with them, and then much will depend on how they...