Juan Eustacio. Lol.

There's an article online citing a WBA "insider" who claims there's been 2 people interviewed for the WBA job, one of which is Wicky, the other he doesn't know the name of, but NOT Eustace. Conversely the bookies odds on Skybet for Eustace continue to shrink (5/2, 2nd fav behind Wicky) although someone formerly at Union Berlin called Urs Fischer has come in from 20/1 to 8/1.

Never rated him particularly but he's allegedly on £162,500 p.w. so I'd be up for sacking Waggott and using the saving to loan the player for 2 weeks. (It's a joke before anyone starts saying "What are these rumours about Sterling?)

Yep, as Southampton have eventually come to find over the last couple of seasons or so. We're sort of like them, (only a division lower) in our current state. Waggott won't care less. He'll be long gone. At least his plan to devastate our infrastructure and have us training back down at Pleasington playing fields was thwarted. But he will presumably leave us with c4k adult season tickets holders and no players of any real value left to sell. Some legacy.

Well one week of the window (nearly) gone and so far no signings but we've been linked with loan moves only for two players who want loans with a permanent deal guaranteed at the end of them and a move for a former Rangers winger who's played 8 games in 2 seasons for his current Club. Sterling work. Absolutely outstanding.

I wasn't criticising. Just pointing out most Internet stories are rewrites of another one. I haven't got one ....about from this m/b!

The old Kent/Holding/Hanley/Brewster quadruple transfer coup. LOL. Probably keep the physio busy.

TBF the original article said both we and Sheffield United favoured a loan whereas Hanley would probably favour a loan somewhere which had a permanent move at the end of it, so nothing new really. Jackson just reproduced that article passing off what was fairly obvious as his opinion and this guy has rehashed another article out of what Jackson wrote.

It would be nice if we ever got any actual insight or original links from Jackson at our local paper but all he does is reproduce stuff which has already appeared elsewhere on the internet.

These click baity headlines on Internet stories are horrendous and are very formulaic They'll say for example "Tyson Fury or Luke Littler "loses" large chunk of Usyk money or Darts prize" creating the impression they've gambled it away or made a disastrous investment which has gone South, when in fact if you waste a few seconds of your life clicking on the article it only says that they've been taxed on their earnings like everyone else. That lad who did the "Eustace to go to West Brom after talks" headline seems particularly bad as he also did the West Brom headline which was actually about West Ham.

Cantwell is reportedly on 25k - 30k p.w?

Bloody hell. If true that's been a horrific waste of money. Who'd be a football Club owner?

No they're not getting a new star in town.

Very odd. One to avoid I'd say as with Kent who has a similar sort of lack of game time. Of course if we can pick up someone who's fallen completely of the radar using this sort of Moneyball approach all well and good but it's a huge gamble.

What's happened to Holding? Wiki says 1 Premier League appearance this season for Palace? Seems a come down from being reasonably regular for Arsenal. Edit misread it - that seems to be an u21 appearance. No senior appearances in 2023-4 or 2024-5? Injury?

That would be a massive kick in the nuts for us. On Buckley, wonder how lucrative the 5 year deal we gave him in 2022 was?

Fair enough. I think I'd have slightly less interest in ties like those as the chance of progressing is that much less. The only thing that matters with Cup comps is getting through to the next round. If you can field a slightly weakened side and still get through, so much the better but you have to get the balance right.

I find it odd that the FA Cup doesn't float your boat yet if it was a meaningless England friendly you'd probably be riveted!

As if he'd be willing to come here. It'll be sickening for us if he goes to a rival and tears it up though.

That headline was horrendous wasn't it - said "Eustace to go to WBA after talks" when the actual story was "BBC journalist claims on his podcast that Eustace would entertain a move to WBA if they made a formal approach for him, which they so far haven't."

Damned with faint praise. Lol.

Not sure what average Doets had in his last 64 and 32 games but watching it, it seemed like he was throwing 46 most throws and dragging his opponent down to the same level. No complaints about the Premier League line up this year I don't think. The 2 Lukes, Van Gerwyn Cross Dobey Aspinall Bunting and Price.

Carter

We seemingly got back his twin brother who looked like he'd rarely seen a football after the Burnley sending off as it is.

On Hanley, just seen from another online article that Nixon is saying both us and Sheff Utd want Hanley on loan but that the player wants something with a permanent move at the end of it. For that reason I'd doubt any interest in Schlupp or Hanley will come to anything .