KentExile

I still hold out a feint hope for Henriksson Think if we hold on to him, he will be an excellent goalscoring midfielder in League 1 in a year or 2, and will kick on from there 😉

Based on the comments from Boro fans on twitter, that sounds like it may have been a one off. I think that as Alebiosu has been much better than any of us could have hoped or expected, some of us have forgotten just how good Brittain is Edit - I am not knocking Alebiosu, and he probably fits our current system at least as well, and possibly better than Brittain

Piece on the BBC site ahead of Palaces cup game with Arsenal this eve https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/clyx6q9y8wpo

Even the much exaggerated figures are well below that amount Sidnei Tavares €2.00m Axel Henriksson €860k Dion De Neve €750k All of the above in Euros, not £s, and not a chance those amounts are anything other than hypothetical add ons for various "ifs" "buts" & "maybes" I would be genuinely amazed if the guaranteed payments on the 3 of those combined are any more than £1.5M

This made interesting listening, Tronstad apparently has denied stating he wants to move back to Scandinavia. It should start playing when he is the topic of conversation

I'd happily send TGH back, runs about a lot doing not much, cant fault his effort, but there isn't a lot of end product. As a box to box midfielder, he is behind Cantwell, Morishita & (judging by recent performances) Baradji in that role, and doesn't have the positional sense or discipline to play the Tronstad role. Personally feel he was brought in as cover because Baradji was injured, and has served his purpose

If O'Riordan is recalled, then we currently have 0 spare slots. In fact, we also have to factor in Garrett (who returned from injury recently) & Barrett (whose loan ends in January). Although I wouldn't expect either of Garrett or Barrett to be in the 25, we could well have 27 players who need to be considered (be that selling/loaning out etc) before we think about bringing more in Toth, Pears, Barrett Wharton, Carter, Miller, McLoughlin, Pratt, O'Riordan Hedges, Pickering, De Neve, Ribeiro Alebiosu Cantwell, Tronstad, Morishita, Baradji, Gardner-Hickman, Henriksson, Forshaw, Tavares, Garrett Ohashi, Gudjohnsen, Gueye, Kargbo * anyone not mentioned above (Montgomery, Litherland etc) is young enough not to be included in the 25

Manning going back would be my bet

He is good for the lols though 😉 https://www.ibroxnoise.co.uk/2024/02/ex-rangers-manager-caught-with-pants-down/

Fingers crossed he gets it, That would be a second relegation spot (after Sheff Wed) sorted then 😉

2 more, from a bit further afield, I think one of these was mentioned in another part of the forum a few weeks ago

Alebiosu/Nigeria's first game in AFCON is this evening, kick off at 5:30, Game is streamed on one of C4s channels

I think the misguided notion (for all but the very top teams) is that with more players back, there is more opportunity/options to play out from the back. As the whole game seems to be getting a bit more direct again, we may have started to see the end of this (for this cycle anyway)

Whilst we may well look for a centre back, if Luton want their money back on Mengi (or more), then he will be well outside of our price range, as are most things that are worth more than a half eaten mars bar these days 😉

Already looks an upgrade on De Neve, makes little sense to me why he wasn't at least on the bench in recent weeks with Hedges out