Jackie Broon

For all we know, we might have already submitted a training ground sponsorship to the PL and they've rejected or delayed it.

I know a few Burnley fans and last year they were saying that, that he was a flapper on crosses / cornrrs. They're not saying that now though, seems he has come on a lot in that area, although, obviously it's easier to look good in the Championship, but then again it's a very physical league.

As good as the rest of Pope's game is the fact that he is so bad with his feet really affects our ability to retain possession. I think it is a priority to get a long term replacement who is more comfortable with the ball at thieir feet.

£60m seems about right given the season he's had a age.

Meanwhile Chelsea swoop in and buy the Arena site, then sell it back to themselves.

He did actually bring in a few youth players, time will tell whether they're any good but his reputation was mainly based on identifying talent at that level.

It will move us forward if it gives us more room to sign a top quality player for the right and better cover for Isak.

IIRC it only applies to the PL, the UEFA rules exclude sales of assets to sister companies from their calculation.

If someone offers us big money for him I think we should take it too, on his day he's fantastic but all too often he has had long periods of looking disinterested and wasteful. Also Barnes is now as, if not more, effective than him on the left, and we have decent cover there in Joelinton and Willock.

Here's what he actually said: "Should our scouting and recruitment be driven more extensively with a wider reaching net? It definitely should, because this is becoming a really nuanced space now, when you can't just capitally fund everything every year and buy loads of players at peak age and peak price. Of course it needs to be, and that's the responsibility of me, the scouting team and Eddie (Howe). "Is it fit for purpose? Not last winter gone, the winter before that. Is it fit for purpose in the modern game? Because other clubs that have adopted a different approach over time, with more intelligence, more data-informed than we are, actually prospered in this window. That's where we have to grow to be now." Firstly, he was specifically talking about our "scouting and recruitment" and clearly indicated that it was not intelligent or data informed enough. Secondly, in terms of strategy, we haven't been buying at peak age and price. Bruno, Isak, Botman, Gordon, Hall, Livramento, Minteh all bought at a young age with room to develop and all significantly increased in value Arguably Barnes could meet the peak age and price definition, but his form in the least few months might have changed that. Burn was possibly peak age and price but has made a massive contribution to us Targett is the only real first team signing that could be definitely be said of.

His comments that out recruitment hadn't been fit for purpose were ridiculous, our hit-rate with signings under Howe has been incredible.

I trust Howe to be the top of the tree, I think the director of football role is more important when the manager's position is more transient.

Getintivem!

We still sing about Isak scoring against them. As irrelevant as they are to us in reality, we'll all love beating them.

Yhe winner of this won't be battling not to be relegated, they'll be battling not to break Derby's reccord.