Ollie Watkins was plying his trade at weston Super Mare. Cometh the hour, cometh the man. Top championship scorer playing for an underperforming team. Talk of 6 million makes me want to 🤮

Good to see with the potential departure of Leo and the potential arrival of Tim that our “buy and develop only youth” policy is flourishing.

Great in depth piece in the Times yesterday on Adam. He is capturing the media attention in a positive way. They see him as different and someone special. JDT not so much. “Even last season had ups and downs. Jon Dahl Thomasson, the Blackburn head coach and an initial champion of Wharton, developed doubts about his work off the ball and froze him out for four months. It was the stick, rather than the carrot, and not an approach that necessarily works with a highly intelligent footballer who keenly analyses the game and prefers explanations.” Clown of the first order.

Any youngster contemplating a loan with us should look at how we develop players like Wharton and Raya. Although some loanees have been duds, Harvey Elliott never looked back, Tosin just moved to Chelsea and Branthwaite is on a roll.

I guess we will need to recruit a head of recruitment before we recruit players.🤔 By the time that is approved by India we will be playing our friendlies.

That’s a fact. Check the wages league and our sale of Wharton and we are still skint. No surprise why Ipswich are about to be in the Premier League. Owners with a long term vision, top notch manager and shrewd but significant buys. https://www.planetfootball.com/quick-reads/championship-wage-bills-2023-24-leeds-leicester-southampton

Your wish is granted. And they play Hull midweek for last gasp at playoffs

I can see why they are called Sheffield Wednesday. I have been worrying about this game since Wednesday. 😉

Sadly in our season the word comfortable is not one I would associate with a a Saturday or Sunday afternoon. This lot have been unlucky and the new manager has given them hope. And they are fighters. I hope Leeds or Sunderland Rovers turn up not Bristol City Rovers. I think it may be 1-1. And we might end up happy with that after a close shave.

I tell you what. We have signed some wrong’uns in our time. https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sport/12288180/anthony-stokes-celtic-jail-ordeal-hibs/amp/

My watch is blaring out abnormal heartbeat. No shit Sherlock.

There is a God.

From Sunderland AFC News “As much as there’s pressure on Dodds and the players to finish the season on some kind of high, there’s arguably even more pressure on owner Kyril Louis-Dreyfus and sorting director Kristjaan Speakman. The pair have arguably landed the club in this predicament with some poor transfer planning and managerial decisions. Sunderland lack quality across the pitch and experience overall, and with a manager to hire in the summer, it’s certainly making for a critical pre-season on Wearside.” FYI The owner has a 64% ownership. Oh and he is 26. Probably thinks he is playing 3D FIFA.

Fine result at the perfect time for us. Attackers have confidence and defence playing well. We need that winning feeling around the dressing room. Confidence fuels momentum. Hope we can give some of the hopefuls a run for their money now. We were a hopeful this time last season.

Better. C’mon Rovers

Headless chicken and show pony rolled into one. Flatters to deceive. Hod do we need a proper target man.

Welcome to the pleasure dome. I know too much about Town My brother is a fan. Funny how all your truly sh#te managers recently were called Paul. The stars have aligned for you. Owners with a vision and increasing investment. An outstanding manager whose time has come and very good signings for the right positions. I wish you well and that you gain promotion without having to play Norwich in the play offs. With one proviso. You gift us 1-0 victory in the 80th minute. You don’t need the away points. We need the home points. May the most needy team win 😉

Incredible momentum. They have bought very well indeed. And Travis has a point to prove. Interesting side note that two graduates of our loan school academy did well for England U21. We certainly paved the way for Elliott.

i agree. They can score from virtually anywhere and usually do in injury time. I am sure Travis will want to play a blinder for a number of reasons. One of the main reasons has left us which will disappoint him.

And we certainly don’t want a slow centre back against their forwards. Morsy in midfield makes Travis look like a cherub.

Sods law says he will when he leaves us.

So I am a little confused. We didn't get the Sunderland chap because he was over 30. Then all of a sudden we get two over 30 year olds in this window. One is out for the season and the other banned because he is a trifle slow.

The basic problem is that everyone below us is winning.🤔 There are two places downstairs now and Wednesday are on a tear. Won 5 games out of 6 with a worse owner than us. At least he was smart enough to sign a good manager

“I left Blackburn because it was a difficult situation,” he said. “Of course, they cut the budget. I signed up for a project which changed, that was the reason.” What a shocker that’s a first in football. Unheard of in the championship. 🤔 We will see how this cozy little number goes. There is an expression Winners never quit and quitters never win.

To be fair we have been walking on eggshells to get points. JE doesn’t want to ship goals and take us down. Hopefully this game has boosted our confidence and we have many more options, as everyone showed their capabilities. An opportunity to play more off the front foot. What pleased me so much was that we subbed three pivotal players and brought on three relative unknowns and they rose to the task.