bluebruce

Nah it's not. At 34 and with 6 months left on his deal, if I wanted him I wouldn't be giving them any money. Maybe 100k tops. He's one of those players I always dread coming on against us. I think mostly because he is just the type of player we cope badly with (I'm sure he's notched a few against us too). But then you look at his scoring record, and see he hasn't hit decent numbers since 2019/20, is increasingly immobile as he ages, doesn't have the technique to match our approach and we don't cross the ball to take advantage of his main attributes, and it looks awfully pointless to sign him. I mean, I'd possibly take him if we weren't losing anyone to make it happen, and free up a loan for one of the younger lads, but otherwise I'd rather stick than twist on this.

Nothing like cutting off your nose to spite your face. There have already been cash bids but you'd give him away for free.

I don't care what works from another club's perspective, I'm very confident his form will improve and we shouldn't let another club get a bargain out of us. Especially Prem clubs that have many millions to throw around. I don't want to sell him, so if nobody pulls the trigger that's fine by me.

I don't consider 10-12 mill a premium for him. I'd consider that a bargain. I'd refuse such a bid outright.

I just don't think they care enough about what people might think of them for that

I can't see them opening the Riverside and incurring those dreaded running costs just to justify giving Wrexham the entire DE. Why bother? Just give them the entire DE anyway.

What is this though?

The worst thing is there are zero indications we have any intention of signing a better keeper. Which will likely make the rest of the season a struggle.

Goals were two from Markanday and one from Telalovic.

Should have been winning with that team. It includes 6 first team squad players. Pears still conceding at a Wahlstedt rate against worse opposition. People clamouring for him to return need to be careful what they wish for. At least let him shake off the ring rust first.

Improving on a decade's underperformance was a reason to celebrate. Of course, carry on at this rate and we might match the decade's worst finish too...

No, for JDT.

Missing out on the playoffs on GD is a reasonable bar.

He can be partially blamed for Kaminski. When he was fit and Pears was getting wobbly, not putting him back in the team won't have helped at all. But either way we should have been insisting on more than 2.5 million, and should have been getting a better, more experienced replacement. All of that is on GB.

This. The amount of people who haven't listed a keeper when saying what they want bringing in is baffling.

I'm not. It will be pretty much the same.

Totally disagree, the only one that really matters is trophies.

Might as well keep Gally. Cullen has an even worse goal record (1 in 6, to Gally's 1 in 5).

So if he would cost between 2 and 3 million, how do you propose to buy him, buy another player, and loan two more...with 1.5 million?

If the rumours are true, there's a reason Ipswich, in 2nd place and clearly with a better idea of how to run their club than we do at the moment, are willing to part with 1.5 million for him.

8 Prem appearances for Brentford this season...but totalling just 51 minutes! Three of them were for just 1 minute, another for 2...I think I'd want a loan too! Looks like he plays wide in the attack, not clear if he is a right or left winger or both.

I'm sure we'd snap the hand off any club that came offering that! But transfermarkt's valuations are sadly not very accurate. As can be seen by Pickering having the same valuation on their site as Szmodics....

Jesus, that is a pretty hefty list, especially when you consider how many of our first team have been out with lengthy injuries too. Something has to be causing that. Whether it's the training regimen, or just not enough bodies meaning not enough rotation and recuperation.

Christ, are you still banging on about Moran?

He's only just coming back from injury, of course he could do worse. It doesn't exactly sound like he's ready to go based on the u21 game either.