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That's just Binks isn't it?

It's fine but it takes ages. Unless you're travelling solo then a cab is likely the better option.

Based on what?

According to Lampard, it’s Dempster and Williams together https://www.ccfc.co.uk/news/2025/february/22/frank-lampard-preston-north-end-reaction/

He's been here for 5.5 seasons, we've had two different goalkeepers finish in the Team of the Year in that time period, both of them previously journeymen. We currently have a very promising keeper who's settled in nicely after a somewhat unconvincing start. I don't know which other GK coaches...

Yeah you have to imagine this is going to put immense pressure on migration flows. But I'm sure that won't cost us anything.

Seems like Stoke fans are running out of people to blame and are turning on Jon Walters. How did he end up as their Director of Football?

Don't know what he'll do tbh, but if he tries to fit both in and it isn't working, I would hope he doesn't try to force it.

Not unless we insist on forcing something that isn't working. If either Wright or EMC has to be left out of the team then I would hope and expect Lampard to do so. I think it will be a huge boost to us.

Hard to argue we overpaid for him given the number of clubs who were supposedly keen to take him off our hands in January. Given his track record in this division the fee seemed pretty reasonable - we supposedly paid a similar sum for Bassette who has never played at anything like this level.

Also I promise I'm not actually Aled Williams

Posted this in the Dean Austin thread but may as well discuss it in the proper thread: I would say the evidence clearly shows that Aled Williams is the best GK coach we've had in years, if not decades. Anyone care to disagree?

And there's absolutely nothing that you can do

With the UK cutting its aid budget almost in half on top of the US cuts to USAID, there is going to be an opening for someone to come in and be a real soft power kingpin - unclear if it'll be another country, or some other organisation.

The evidence is pretty clear that he's been the most successful GK coach we've had in years if not decades.

Well yeah, to be clear, a player not recouping his fee doesn't mean it's a wasted signing, not at all. Players can deliver value on the pitch, and they can deliver value from being sold on. Ideal scenario is they do both (Gyokeres, Hamer, McNulty etc), but sometimes you sign players who just...

Kitching is the obvious one. Sakamoto probably won’t recoup his fee, and Bassette was a big investment for such an inexperienced player. I also think the market for players like Simms, EMC and even Rudoni is relatively small - we paid big fees for all three, and realistically they’re not going...

I don’t think his job has been flawless - we’ve signed quite a few players for fees that are unlikely to be recouped, and it’s taken a long time for some players to bed in despite having paid handsomely for them. But he’s signed very few out and out clunkers, and given the scale of the rebuild...

The clubs don’t really seem to care, whereas the broadcasters care very much. That should tell you who it really hurts.

Where’s that last quote from? Bearing in mind you definitely don’t make things up.