Not sure about anyone else but found it MUCH easier to purchase one this morning than last time, logged on at 10am and didn't even need to refresh once.

For an outsider looking in, or absent owners in this case, our start to the season probably suggests we're quite well equipped. Certainly the goals scored column looks OK, Swag could easily sell that to them. To us fans, and obviously the manager, there's a clear need for players in certain positions but if we do that it affects the figures and Swags bonus - he ain't gonna be pushing for new additions. My guess is we'll see 2 new faces, at least 1 will be a loan.

I don't want to alarm you further but we don't. It's a week and 2 days now. Given our previous deadline day escapades I wouldn't fancy much happening on the Friday either so practically a week.

Not overly bothered about JE wanting players he's worked with before, it's just that SOME of them aren't particularly appealing. Added to that, it makes more sense signing familiar faces if you're just wanting to steady the ship initially at a club, but it would be nice to show a little ambition and TRY and progress a bit which JE should now be doing. Above all else just get a frigging keeper in NOW, sleepwalking into the dingles game with Pears as #1 makes me not want to watch it. They'll be all too aware he's he can be got at, their fans will be cranking the pressure up on him with abuse and its really not a game for a keeper low on confidence.

I've posted this before but Benson is an absolute grafter and does allsorts at Brockhall outside of his actual job such as general maintenance etc, always the first there and last to leave. Things like that make him well respected and unlikely to be replaced. The reason he does it is most probably because he knows how bloody lucky he is to have the job, he wouldn't get one easily elsewhere. Players obviously speak highly of him, cos he's a decent bloke. So should he be replaced? Yes. Will he? I doubt it. With regards to Pears, some of the stuff he does isn't due to poor coaching though. He makes some very odd decisions and I can't think of a nice way to put this, but to me he just seems a bit simple.

That's exactly what it is if you ask me, he will have been smirking as he typed it

Keisuke Osako who plays for Yuki's old team is about the best

Over 0.5 first half goals HamKam II game when it kicks off, if odds become suitable 😎

He is playing, albeit as a sub, in the premier league. Jiminez is getting on a bit and won't feature that much I wouldn't have thought. Only takes a knock to Muniz and he's probably starting games

It's possible, their game will have finished around 8pm (their time) I think, factor in post match activities and it's after 9. Possible but unlikely I would say. I hope it is true as he looks an exciting prospect, although I am just going off YouTube videos but he looks to be clinical with a real fierce shot.

Given they're 8 hours in front it's unlikely as it would be night time there

He might have got a few right lately but all of these stories seem like classic Nixon. Stansfield no chance. Germain whilst there's obvious interest there I find it hard to believe it'd close with him playing yesterday. Travis I'd be very surprised at, Eustace seems to rate him and no way we can afford to let him go without replacing. The keepers list just seems like a roll of the dice. Iversen all day from the list though.

Yeah its Nixon with the Stansfield story, along with a few more

Are you just parroting what Nathan Jones tweets now? 🤔

Khadra hasn't really done much in France, think we had the best of him and he's regressed since

Too slim I'd say although it's not the best angle to tell

A similar figure was mentioned when Brereton left too, it's just the classic "we did everything we could" line that will appease the Chaddys of this world.....

The likelihood is, if anyone asks Waggott where the Szmodics money went further down the line, he'll say a big chunk of it went towards the jewtwashing of the Blackburn End. His trump card is also the cost of operating the academy, which most people will suck up.

Could also see the opposite effect as well to be fair. The team rally round and players step up. I mean it's happened in the past few years when losing our main goal threat..... As well as his goals he's a big personality to lose, but there does at least appear to be a few characters in that dressing room at present.

Now whilst i fucking despise Venkys, isn't that what we've always been? Our biggest talents and especially highest scorers have historically always been at risk of leaving for a 'bigger club'. This group of players must now knuckle down, heroes must emerge and ultimately goals must be replaced. (Very) early indications have been good, goals coming from different outlets, although against weaker opposition obviously. The prospect of losing Szmodics now doesn't seem quite as bad as when the alternative was Sam Gallagher... Team spirit seems really good, granted it can be easy for it to seem that way just in front of the cameras. My biggest worry here is that king rat will have been in the Venkys ears already, feeding them information that we're scoring lots of goals and can live without Szmodics or any further signings. Time is also not on our side given how we can drag things on.

Not sure on that. The fee will be undisclosed, again, and the cash will most likely go into the same black hole previous sales have ended up in. I hope I'm wrong like....

Fee agreed now on sky

There is of course an argument Szmodics is continuing to bag as a come and get me plea....

Which report was that? You realise that's like a 9+ hour round trip on a weekday right? Factoring in whatever he was supposedly doing there. Do you REALLY think that sounds legit and that he'd rush back home to play against Stockport?

I hope a better team come in for Szmodics than Ipswich at this point. I don't begrudge him a move as we literally owe our championship status to him. Obviously we don't know the full ins and outs but either 1 or both parties are being hard work and stubborn. If he does go to Ipswich it's almost certainly literally 1 season in the prem I would say. They'll go down and unless he absolutely takes the prem by storm, with another year on the clock he surely won't have many offers coming in, from prem teams. They'll get tubbed first game off Liverpool and second game against City, maybe then they'll hit the panic button and throw more cash at us, after that the window will be closing. Their current signings are over priced and inexperienced youngsters for the most part, they really ought to stop fannying about.