Dr Jinx

They’re still in massive bother with what they owe on that stadium.

Kid is a beast for his age, excellent at breaking up play etc.. but would be play ahead of established players. We're looking at a lot of “for the future” type players. Which is great but some balance is needed.

Anyone who thinks we’d cope well by selling Bruno needs to have their head checked. Yeah we’d make a healthy profit but how much would a replacement cost, even if you could find one? Weve got a solid 5 years of prime Bruno to look forward to. He never had all that much pace to start with so he’ll continue as is.. just become more efficient and experienced. I wouldn’t sell even for 200m

Gotten very negative all of a sudden. Thought there’d be more activity, especially when we need bodies now.

Said it all along, he’s a class act is our Dan

The only players we could afford to sell right now are low value and nearing end of their contracts so would really only be a space saving exercise.

There’s plenty I’d sell before Longstaff. Not quite as important as he was last season but his drop off also coincides with the team dropping off. When he’s on form he’s very effective.

Hugo Viana. Mad to think he was Portugals most promising breakthrough player over Cristiano Ronaldo. If he had a bit more mettle, he could have been our David Silva

There’s been enough of these stories “with legs” over the past 2 weeks that if it were bullshit or if he were to be staying, he’d have come out and said so by now. Otherwise it’s all just disruption. He knows this better than anyone yet has kept his beak shut.

Oh no doubt he can finish, he’s just made of glass. It’s such a shame really as he has a 25+ goal season in him based on ability.

I could see someone like Spurs move for him.

Getting any sort of decent fee for Wilson would be immense business. 15-20m would do nicely. Cant rely on him anymore.

That was my first thought as well. Training complex is where everything happens pretty much and as such needs to be locked down from general public, including the horsey types.

Wonder will everyone have the same viewpoint should we lose to the mackems at the weekend..

Naming rights of the training ground and the stadium need to happen whether we like the latter or not.

It doesn’t quite work that way though, although we have more sway than say, Everton, we’re not in a position to just go ahead and do that. No competitor (ie the other PL clubs) are sleeping on us like they were with Man City. We've announced a couple of big deals and am sure there’s more to follow, it just needs to be built up gradually to convince those clubs we’re doing it in the right manner.

If Toney goes for 100m we’ll get 30% of 30%.. so around 9m

Eddie Howe is on record as saying he’ll play someone if the medical team has cleared it. Now that falls right in the whole administration side of things, that Dan Ashworth set up. I think they’re all culpable to be honest, a culture where players are risking serious long term injuries for fear of maybe losing their place or something similar isn’t a good look

I don’t think it’s too early to make a conclusion about how the medical department has been run. The fact that Botman played on for 2 additional games after doing his ACL is something you wouldn’t even expect in the Championship, let alone Champions League. I get that players seem happy to run through brick walls for Eddie Howe but the management team, including Ashworth should know when to step off the gas with certain players. The club have handled Isak, Willock, Wilson and Murphy particularly poorly. Anthony Gordon is a ticking time bomb. Ashworth is there to take that responsibility off the manager, which he’s failed to do.

I know several people working for the club, never discussed Dan Ashworth in depth for what it’s worth. He’s been the one making all the infrastructure hiring decisions, Derek Wright stepping away fully was his initiative (he wanted a clean slate to work with) and it’s not something that’s worked out too well so far. He’s been the one hiring all the analysts too, didn’t one just leave a few days ago?

If he wants out then he can fuck right off. Glorified HR manager for his time here so far and some questionable appointments. Could be a reason for the lack of activity though, why let him run another transfer window etc if he’s off.

Man Utd was and still is a poisonous environment yet he still won trophies and had them finishing top 4. Spurs weren’t ambitious enough for either Mourinho or Conte.. Levy has a touch of the Mike Ashleys about him in respect to not living up to promises. You can tell those managers had buyers remorse almost immediately after arriving. NUFC is the total opposite of what they are all about.. he’d have a fan base behind him, holistic owners with unlimited resources.. they will back a manager to the maximum that FFP allows. Having someone like Jose in charge also raises the clubs profile, making investment into the club an easier sell. I’m not gung ho for him but I do think he’s an upgrade on EH, reluctantly I might add.. I like Eddie Howe a lot and I wish he’d sort the current situation out, I just can’t see it over the longer term this season.

De Zerbi could be a good shout. Tactically astute and his team are extremely comfortable on the ball. He’ll end up at one of the bigger clubs soon am guessing. I agree with others that Mourinho may not be a good fit compared to how we play currently.. although I still think he’s a top manager. He just suits some clubs more than others. He could well be very good here if it all clicked.. but a gamble. He’s the one attainable manager who I think has the confidence and qualities to get a club like ours to the next level. Conte would fit the same mold but I think Mourinho is a better manager. Anyone else who’s highly rated have seemed to have found new jobs recently so it’s not a massive pool of candidates out there.

Honestly think Eddie Howe has gotten a fairly easy ride this season. Manchester Utd are doing better than us and their manager gets asked about his future on a weekly basis. Risking injured players, spending our budget on players who have had no real impact on the first team, not changing things up when it became obvious the high intensity pressing plan wasn’t working anymore. I don’t think he has a plan B. Am sick of hearing how grateful we should be.. we have been grateful and we’ve lavished love and support to the players and management team, we’ve never properly boo’d the team after a stinking performance and there’s been quite a few this season. I believe a change is needed. If it’s going to happen I’d rather he went sooner than later before all the good is tarnished by what’s coming next. I just can’t see him turning it around without major investment this month.

Just to be clear, I’m not suggesting EH should be sacked, far from it at this point in time but I think it’s fair to ask questions over a larger sample pool of games.. we’ve had some good results during our “fatigued period”.. but the ones against lesser opposition where we’ve been bullied and out worked raise many doubts. First he needs to sort that back line out again. We’ve been shocking there recently. Going forward, if we’re still in roughly the same boat without any massive improvment, then what? Just continue as is? Yeah it’s still a far cry from the dark days but do we actually want to win something? If we do, then we need to make logical and possibly ruthless decisions.