I’ve consistently thought Walsh would end up here which will then free up Hamer to leave in January. Could happen this summer but you tend to get more money in Jan, so it’s whether we can carry wages for both for half the season. Either way, intriguing.
I take your point on the whole ‘rip it up and start again’ but if I said I wasn’t disappointed at the relative lack of ambition I’d be lying. Said consistently, trim the squad numbers, slight increase on wage bill overall, and focus more on quality over quantity. If Kelly is staying (which he...
Nou Camp was rather dull. And half empty at the game I went to.
Also visited the San Siro on a non-matchday and thought exactly the same - big blob of concrete, messy as fuck.
Parc des Princes is very nice. Stairs up from the concourse to the stadium head outwards initially with a huge...
You’ve missed the point. The bulk of that squad were still under contract. In fact, I think of that list only Baka’s contract was technically up last summer but we had a year in our favour. That is why there was continuity between the two seasons - very little opportunity to manoeuvre.
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Largely due to the fact they were under contract and we couldn’t afford to gut the squad. How many of those had their contracts extended last summer?
Better example is between 2018/19 (when we finished 8th in L1) and 2019/20 (champions). There are about 2 players who were regulars in both...
Wasn’t thinking they’d play, but surely they could be invited along, parade the trophy at HT, something like that?
Edit: could be against Shrewsbury as well, the game that was meant to be played the day the season was suspended.