James

Considering the clubs track record of interfering with team selections when there is a contractual issue you would have to be concerned that Bruce might get prevented from selecting him at some point.

Longstaff will be home grown won't he? He’s older than 21 so needs to be part of the 25. He's 21. And 11 months...you have to be under 21! You have to be 20, then? Correct Not correct. Anyone still 21 on 31st December counts as U21. Unfortunately Longstaff will be 22 so has to be in the squad

Where can I get odds in a training ground bust up between Carroll and Lascelles?

Slammed shut

In which case three of those would be nowhere near the club

This is the end, my only friend, the end

Has Dave stopped paying the hosting subscription

Hope he has good footwork Or should I say Krafthwerk

Case closed unless proven otherwise

He looks like Mangala to me

Looks like Mangala to me Anyway I’ve set up the player thread as it seems a dead cert

It’s more concrete than some of our signings

This is like when we had a mystery triallist at a training match and Skirge literally went through all the possibilities via photo investigation

Nut, Rafa got rid of a number of players but not Dummett. Why?

If they new front three are any good and click immediately and Bruce doesn’t interfere with our Rafa built spine (Dubs, Schar, Lascelles, Lejeune, Longstaff, Hayden) then Top 10 game is not impossible. It’s just an anomaly in a downward regression however

Two up top doesn’t necessarily equate to two strikers though

Second time we've approached him and he really doesn't seem that keen. Another Thauvin by the looks of it. In the context of Sala too who by all accounts was basically moved to Cardiff against his wishes by agents. Seems like these cross border agents get the final say in the end.

I’m kind of on Kaka’s side here, I can see us benefitting from what is known as the ‘George Graham Effect’ which basically means a disciplined well drilled team might carry on that way for a couple of seasons, but with added flair up top. If this guy, Joelinton and Almiron hit it off then top 10 isn’t that far fetched. Although clearly a short term blip that will only get worse.

For those that still care

I’m quite relaxed about those that choose to boycott and those who don’t. Say 6000 fans boycott but other new fans are found through cheap tickets, it’s already a noticeable drop and we’ll be posting sub-50k attendances. I’m sure next season more will notice this decide it’s something worth doing and drop out themselves and it will start becoming cumulative. It’s a gradual process but boycotters are best if they don’t have a go at other non-boycotters, just stick at it and set an example to attendees that a life can be found outside of football. So needs to be a phased target really Year 1 - 49k Year 2 - 44k Year 3 - 39k etc

It’s more usual in the lower leagues

Obviously hard to see past it all as lies but he did say that Kenton made false promises, and BZG aren’t prepared to haggle over an extra £10m despite having billions.

Interview was Thursday morning. Still it’s clearly a distraction tactic

Hold on so Ashley paid £23m of his own money for Joelinton no strings attached?