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What does it change? The clarification simply ends the speculation about if the two parties are in active negotiations or not and stops the press constantly asking about the matter and everyone can focus on football. Sorry if you can't see the logic in that.

So when he says that it's between the club and his agent is he being honest or disingenuous? Surely he would know if he is considering the club's offer asking for 10k more or frankly stringing the fans along with ambiguous statements. I am still holding out hope they are negotiating and he...

I agree with your logic and realism but this could be the exception to the rule. If the lad is being offered 40k we might not be able to match it but 25k (citca 7.5k) after tax is not a life changing difference to a person on 25k already, especially if you have to move to a more expensive part...

Unless he was to get injured.

Could the family bit be read in two ways though? Yes he could buy them a bigger house but perhaps he realises there is more to life than money and wants to be close to his family to spend time with them while enjoying his career. If he went to Burnley etc. How much time could he make to be with...

Depends on the club offering the extension and the player in question. Some players are offered better terms to stay but move on for all sorts of reasons. I suspect last time we renewed Kelly it was on better terms than he could have realistically got anywhere else.

On the fact that my dad's mates son was an agent for Newcastle players around 2010, he was a bragging type (being polite!) and knowing I was into football took me and my dad to Newcastle. In the car he was mocking how little we paid our players and was very candid that he liked the merry go...

I do think they can get into their head and influence what suits them as well as the player.

If he is not going to sign (I think and hope he still might) we should thank him and sell him now. Promotion via the playoffs are not guaranteed and we need to work into what will be a huge season next season. I am personally not up for this saga dragging on and being a distraction for months...

If anyone reading has a direct line into the club, give the scouting department a nudge!

22 years old plays off the left and looks a real prospect. Hope there is some truth in this?

I can't see why not. Football is growing in popularity and is defiantly more inclusive than its ever been. I would estimate about 20% of fans at the CBS are female and that is great to see. Football has the ability to transcend class and culture and is a topic of conversation in many people's...

Bodes well for the cup match too as there seems to be a lot of fans who missed out who might want to go to that fixture

Yes as its always useful to back up points with stats? Martin made the point Eccles's balls resulted in goals of which Eccles has assisted one. But to highlight the limitations of stats compare the ones you shared with the ones I did, why the disparity? A prominent ai stats website has Jay...

In fairness he also is rated on a separate stats site along with Jay deSilva as being our most progressive passer what does that say? https://m.aiscore.com/tournament-english-football-league-championship/8vrqwnin9sjqn2o/stats To me it says stats only tell so much of the story. As I said to...

Agree he is and my post was not a critical one. It's the reading of the game and his awareness at all times that to my mind stops him being a top top player and if that clicks he should be in the side every week.

If you can back that up with stats it would be useful? I am sad enough sometimes to watch games I see live back in full and I suggest of the midfielders he plays the least progressive passes per match on a consistent basis but would no doubt have great sideways pass completion stats. My main...

He is currently a very decent squad player and we are lucky to have him. Where I think he draws critical comments is for how he makes relatively few progressive passes to forwards and more noticeably on Saturday against a very average Oxford and disproportionately in other games gets caught in...

Wilson was no more than a 5 and a number of posters have said the same thing. The second goal was saveable and generally I was reminded why he makes me nervous!