We'll know for sure by Feb 3rd.

It was a free kick but so was the one at the other end so if he gives the first one it's probably still 0-0.

They didn't deserve an own goal. At least the Spurs fans had the good grace not to really celebrate it.

Agree to disagree - you could have said that about the whole team at the time.

I felt exactly the same way as you do about Lucash but back then we were an established PL Club, he'd been made Captain and he would no doubt have been offered a reasonably competitive PL wage to stay so I viewed that as a purely sideways move apart from the money aspect. BBD not the same imo. He got a move to a team in a higher League. They're professional footballers not supporters of the Club like you and I.

That's a few million they've been deprived of due to the change in the rules.

Really enjoyable 90 mins. Tamworth heartbreakingly close to nicking it right at the death.

Yeah it's not that, it's so the minnows get their chance of extra dosh at Old Trafford etc.

We don't know what the Club were offering him to stay - probably not very much - and I didn't think he downed tools any more or less than anyone else in that season's version of the 2nd half death spiral. I don't bear any ill will towards him at all.

Class. Lol. The news has now broken elsewhere tbf.

Blimey.......... I can't bring myself to say I agree with Waggott over Eustace.

Hope Tamworth can hang on until 90 minutes. Would be another little feather in their cap. If you are going to scrap replays (which I vehemently disagree with) you might as well go straight to penalties without the need for extra time as well. Again the extra period weighs in favour of the professional side you'd have thought.

Estimate on the Internet is 35k. What's that about £500k until the end of the season? Chump change compared to the benefits from getting promoted.

Werner's useless.

Waggott would probably offer him less on the basis he's got the security of a long term deal.

Agreed. Don't think we'll get either. Hope to be proved wrong.

He'll have to be quick.

Well argued. You'd have thought if Eustace rated him that highly he'd have been looking to bring him in permanently. Forshaw?

Very good documentary on Sky about Tuchel - "The Road to England". I think we've got a real gem, finally.

Good lads - 0-0 half time. They dropped off a bit half way through the first half and can't see it staying that way but even if not they've got the fact that they held Premier League Spurs for 45 mins in their locker as a mini victory.

Agree with some of that but imo there is a subtle difference between keeping Eustace "happy" and him being forced to pick players of his choice off the C or D list because the budget is virtually non - existent. Do you think he'd have brought in Sanderson and Forshaw by choice if we had a healthy budget?

Could have put his cap on it, brought it down and shot, done anything.

Tamworth have been superb the first 20 mins - presumably the pace might get to them in the later stages though.

Tbf I'd take our back four now over that one. Horrendous. No wonder we went down.

Disgraceful isn't it. All so the big Clubs (with massive squads anyway) can play a few more meaningless games in the early stages of the Champions League or in a Club world Cup