bluebruce

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.

I don't believe he has worked with him previously. JDT has never managed a club Ayari was at. I think the confusion has come from a quote from Ayari about playing against JDT's Malmo.

I'd be far more surprised if he isn't costing us anything at all.

I think it was flagged earleir than that, about a week ago I think.

What do you mean? Is he stuck down a well?

Lol don't need to be rich for one of those! Mind you, they're only comfy until you've laid in them too long, then they get bent out of shape and it's hard to settle, then you realise it may not have been a good choice after all...maybe that's a metaphor for young Ash's pending career too!

In fairness, his assist return is perfectly fine. 5 in the league, 8 in all comps. Wharton only has 3 (on both counts), although he does of course play deeper. Our top assists-maker last season was Sorba Thomas (including his time at Hudds of course) with 8. After that, it was Dolan with 6. Moran is actually our top assists-maker this season in the league, and sits joint-12th in the league assists table.

Christ, if he was 'great' at all that, he'd be doing a lot better than he is. 1 league goal for someone with a 'great shot and an eye for goal'? You make him sound like a world class player from that description, and maybe he has a high ceiling, but at present he's just about getting into a lower midtable Championship side, probably due to injuries at times, and has a 1 in 22 goal record in the second tier.

Thanks, I was going to ask about this myself. I don't think Garrett was said to be going out on loan the following day, just that he was looking likely to go on loan in general. Leonard though, they definitely said the following day and nowt has happened or been reported yet.