Exiled_Rover

That's a line the journalist has thrown in, not a direct quote from JDT. Sneaky, that.

The last manager offered him a new contract. Baby steps.

They don't mean anything. Wharton is 16, Brereton is 22, Dack is 23 etc, whilst Edun is 7. If Edun is a starter this year we're in trouble.

Me neither. It is pleasing that JDT / Broughton have watched Magloire play / train for a month and thought "Nope", though.

Looking at Twitter their fans rate him and are happy with the deal. I can't say I watch much League Two football, but I assume he can get by with his pace down there.

They're all in on Kompany. Most relegated teams keep the core of their squad and bounce back. Burnley have sold anything not nailed down and reinvested it on cheaper alternatives.

You can add her to TheRevAshton's "Shit anyway" list, for mine.

Or maybe we don't value him at £1.25m (the current fee being bandied around on Twitter).

I think we've peaked, lads. Making things up and putting them into a list to start an argument. Wonderful stuff.

Depends what his release clause is.

Lenihan and Rothwell were out the door before Broughton and JDT arrived. That's 100% on Mowbray and Waggot. If Mowbray was still in charge I'd be incredibly pessimistic about how the offseason has gone and about our upcoming season. If we hadn't signed Brittain I'd be worried - but that's a fantastic signing. Until our new dynamic duo prove us otherwise (and their CVs suggest they're both canny operators) I refuse to believe that we're up a certain creek without a paddle.

Please show me which Championship club has all of it's transfer business done and the new signings embedded with the team in pre-season training. We don't sit at the top table anymore, so unfortunately these are the rules we have to play by.

Agree to disagree. IF a decent portion of it is re-invested in the team it would be a sensational piece of business.

The loan is on hold because he's covering for Liverpool in these friendlies - or at least that's what we've been told.

I just hope it's long enough before the deadline that we can use the money.

It's a bloody good sign that Malmo have regressed so badly without JDT at the helm.

I genuinely wouldn't start Lenihan over Ayala or Wharton.

I wonder if he's lined up as a replacement for Brereton, should we ever receive an acceptable bid for him. Plays the same position.

We played a 3-4-3 against Accrington Stanley - both 60 minute matches. I didn't see the match, but reports of the performance weren't exactly favourable. I didn't see the Dundee or Hartlepool matches either, but against Lincoln and Celtic we played 4-2-3-1. He's yet to play his First XI together I think - has wanted to see Academy graduates alongside those who we'd expect to be the starters. In terms of playing style - it's possession based football with the front 4 playing narrow and the FBs providing the width. The front 4 also press as a unit at times.

I'd love to shift out Ayala (he's a PL quality CB on his day, but he spends most of the winter in the physio's room) and bring in Van Hecke. Sink or swim with Carter, Wharton, Can Hecke, Phillips (if he's as good as they say he's old enough) and Barnes.

Which tells me that he's not very good as we know JRC is a crap FB.

There is when you're asking your FBs to play as WBs.

Purposefully no loanees in that squad. Not really a fair comparison to the team we fielded last year.

"Oven-ready." 🤮 We need 4 players if we're to kick on - we've signed one. Apparently we have a highly thought of CM coming in on loan. Bring me Styles and a CF and I'm happy. I'm delerious if you bring in a quality CB too.

Different manager, different system, different philosophy. I've seen enough in pre-season already to think that we'll have a much more cohesive team this season. That team wouldn't get relegated (barring a rash of injuries), but there's not enough depth there to achieve anything next season. We need 3 more quality players.