Think Alex McCarthy is on a free? As in one from Southampton - Angus Gunn was No1 last year

There’s only one poster saying that, the guy who’s advocating getting rid of DG for 2 years. The other sentence I fully agree with. We concede some so many late goals due to pressure and poor game management, I’m all for adding older / wiser heads to combat that

Yea cos most our team is well old. At least if you’re gonna moan, please make it accurate.

I doubt Brentford would be interested if it was so simple! Not sure who made this, but interesting reading.

Bravo to Johnson for volunteering.

I’d only presume that if I was convinced the worst case scenario is most likely. I think we will see a defender in yet.

Yea I’ll be gutted if Barrow take points off us.

Seemingly

and their local journo!

More on Bradley Johnson; May just be the standard leak for a new contract + I’m sure the next manager will have to decide and I’m not sure if they’ve appointed yet. https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/derby-county-enter-discussions-bradley-3038066

Basically what you said - the text doesn’t fit the screen - see below

Well tbh there’s not much else Saw a random on twitter saying we’d agreed to sign Bradley Johnson from Derby if that cheers you up?

Would prefer it not to need resizing on iPhone tbh - I thought posting a photo had broken my phone but it’s similar on the lap top using the m.

See, isn’t it just more obvious and sensible to think we (as a club) cannot attract/afford a certain calibre of player at the current time? The fact Mowbray and Waggott have already prepped the fan base for players leaving if the money is right this summer (in numerous articles), tells me that any notion of smashing our wage cap or transfer record relies on sales.

My view is this season depends on improving the defence. Grant Hanley would be a good addition for me. Future Scottish captain preened by the current one?

Again, easy to argue that Chapman, Rothwell, Davenport, Brereton, Armstrong et al will be key additions when given time to develop and meld with the talented players coming through the academy. We all know how much it would cost to instantly replace Graham - all though, you’ll likely make an Assombalonga of yourself suggest Graham’s not that good I’m with you there TP. There are some issues previously mentioned with this, for example one 30/40k pw in a team full of 15/20kpw has obvious pitfalls, and also the quality difference between lower Prem and Champ is massively surpassed by the cost. Thus, every decent waged proven championship player that comes available - there’s at least 3 clubs that’ll be able to offer “insane” wages compared to our perceived “cap”. Then probably 5 more with similar budgets. Its not as simple as it is played out to be for me. That doesn’t mean I’d be making excuses or not frustrated if the defence is unchanged come August! Putting nearly 10m in a season isn’t slow building imo. Plus - the strategy in this league to spend frivolously in the face of sanction isn't watertight either!

There’s many parts to that that could be argued. However the crux for me is I would sooner trust my cat’s decisions over the Rao’s perceived opinions, and he spends most days licking his own arse. Therefore I’m not particularly interested in the rumours attributed to their wishes about their “baby” TM once said he wanted to convince the owners that they should invest in the club again and trust there can be a positive return to the top flight, including some re-engagement with lost fans. He says a lot of things btw. What he has done (actions n words etc) so far is meet all the expectations I had, some bad choices, many good ones. It’s never that simple. I never advocated doing “nothing” either, I just pointed out how ridiculous your conclusions based on rumours are (in my view). Similar investment amount to last year, season upon season - I wouldn’t call that a small build personally.

...and the average wage has gone up even since then! However turnover is down! That’s my main concern. Id love for us to go out spend good money and smash the division, but I cannot go through another reaction to that if it goes wrong. If I was assuming TM and Waggott’s mindset - I’d suggest they’re concerned more by that than the Rao’s. Since were promoting the likes of Johnson, it suggests the current key decision makers “on the ground” have the have the right intentions for the future of the club. If they also think keeping wages and transfer investments within a remit we can afford without sanction, is beneficial - I’m happy to go with them on that. (Whilst not assuming the reason is because TM doesn’t want to spend is because he wont drop Bennett, or because he thinks Raya is an easy target scapegoat! )

See the “venkys keep transfer fees” stuff started around this time too - but common sense says a club losing nearly 50m in one calendar year might suffer down the line!

I think the new situation since Waggott has been as follows (he pretty much says it in his interview last year) Every 12 months there’s a budget. Flex between initial costs and wages. I don’t think our budget is far from last season thinking realistically about turnover and FFP, so it would take some comments more than TMs “I had to calm them down” quote to convince me there’s a conflict between the owners ambitions, and Tony’s willingness to risk his own job!

Actual evidence? Or do you mean like the rumour you based your input on?

Do you not see a difference between our current scenario and their initial takeovers? Depending on what you believe - our owners are already down the pan 150m due to “advice”. There’s no way they’re suddenly the experts, and if the rumours are true of them wanting to do spend again - doesn’t that fill you with dread? It certainly doesn’t fill me with expectation of them knowing what to do, or “caring” about us. I am quite sure that TM has kept budgets back, however there’s a difference between that and refusing to spend. Why are people so ready to believe the owners and their perceived “good” intentions over a bloke we’ve actually watched do some good?

“Sorry Lionel, I know you want to come, we can afford you, and the wage fits - I just don’t like you as much as Dack” Tony Mowbray (2019)

That’s assumed and pretty much a fantasy in my opinion.

Like Kean you mean? In your readiness to believe anything that makes TM look bad, have you considered that the people supposedly telling the owners to spend, potentially have their own players/agencies/pockets in mind? Its not like it’s happened before... And as for overspending then paying the price if you don't go up quickly.. it’s almost as if you’re ignoring that element of our recent history and trouble on purpose.