Been a couple of weeks, no academy news?

Probably get sent off for that.

Very glad to hear Adam has committed to another 5 years, going to be exciting watching him develop. Even if we lost him as a contract rebel at the end of that, we would still be entitled to compensation as he will be under 24. It's so important for the club to protect its assets like this.

See, if we didn't own Brereton and wanted to loan him, I wouldn't want us to pay £5 million for that, either. We're not a club that can go spending £5 million to borrow a top end Championship striker for a season. I'd be surprised if you think any differently on that?

Shit, someone better tell the dictionaries. adjective adjective: cheap; comparative adjective: cheaper; superlative adjective: cheapest 1. low in price, especially in relation to similar items or services. Out of curiosity, would you have sold him for £5 million if that was the only offer we got?

It doesn't sound like Ayala will play, from that. Wharton he described as back, Ayala only as training. I expect Wharton in the middle with Carter moved to RB.

Actually, that's a mildly bold prediction in the current climate.

That seems a remarkable assessment at this stage. Brittain looks good enough, Hyam hasn't done anything wrong and comes well-rated. Szmodics is a question mark for sure and a slightly odd signing. The others we don't own, but can buy 2 of the 3 later. Morton has looked average but is young. Mola we haven't seen yet and Hirst we've seen just over a half. So far I don't think it's the quality that has been poor but the quantity. But time will tell with all of them.

I know it is. Obviously it's the team you would pick, because your post was...the team you would pick. I am simply disagreeing with your choices.

No way Szmodics should walk straight back in ahead of Dack. Morton hasn't earned his spot more than Wharton either.

Definitely mismanaged him, I was baffled we didn't see a lot more of him.

Has there been any confirmation of whether the midweek games will go ahead? Or what will happen when next weekend's games clash with the funeral?

I don't think it's sad, nor fair to call it sad. It's not about it being 'more important', it won't stop her having passed. My lunch tomorrow isn't more important, but I'm still going to eat it. The match is unrelated and two full days after (I'd have understood if tonight's games were cancelled, although they were a bit too close to kickoff by the time the news was out really). If it means a lot to you, that's fine, but you need to understand it means close to nothing to some people. That isn't sad, it's different priorities and perspectives. To some people, 'what happened today' is that a seemingly nice old lady passed away. That happens every single day, and more than one old lady too. Some people (quite a lot actually) don't think that demise should count more than all the others (combined) and that's their prerogative. Some people, also a lot, are personally hurt by the news and might not want to do certain things as they feel sad...and that's their prerogative. I don't see why the second lot should impose their will on the first, and add to fixture congestion. (and FWIW I'm somewhere in the middle on the issue, but I don't think this weekend's fixtures should be off, even though it would benefit me personally as I have a lot to do...I think the matches on the actual funeral day should probably be moved a day though, to allow people to watch the coverage)

You just lack wisdom.

I'm not sad if JRC departs in the summer or sooner, in fact I'd welcome it. I do think he would have become a better player than he has if it weren't for the injuries (including those before he broke into the team) and spending so much time wedged out of position at RB. But at this point it's academic because it looks very clear he'll never be up to this level now.

The value of the club isn't really affected. Unless Venkys refuse to cancel the debt when they sell, it will just be a case of a buyer paying a total of what they think the club is worth, regardless of individual share price.

Diluting what, the share price? Can't see how it matters. They own 99.9% of the shares, we aren't publicly listed and they've already been diluted a ton. And it is necessary in the sense that we still need to strengthen the side.

I don't find that acceptable. If they never fail to sign a cheque and have the ambition for us that is claimed, they should put the maximum allowed amount in. 5 million less is 5 million we can't spend strengthening the squad.

Venkys increase share allotment by 2 million. This seems like a lot less than usual, the last one in March was for 7 million. Is this just because of the time of year for accounting purposes, a change in the league's financial rules, or are they just funding us less than usual? https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/20994924.venkys-london-limited-share-allotment-rises-2m/

Different for everybody, isn't it? And in the current economic climate with costs soaring, with most of our fanbase living in a working class town, I really don't think anybody should be belittling anybody else for making a choice to go or not (I'm not saying that's what you're doing).

Probably caught Tony off guard that he was playing at LWB. He will have set up his game plan to deal with Giles coming in off the right and shooting ineffectually.

We don't have a single player who is consistent EVERY week. In fact, there isn't such a player in world football. I don't expect there ever has been. Even Ronaldo and Messi have the odd off game.

Absolute bollocks, and you were proven wrong within hours.

So you didn't watch the Mowbray days then.

That makes sense now. I didn't remotely think it had crossed the line but I was very far away. I was fuming at the time and shouted some serious expletives...but if what you say is true then fair enough