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You would think if we had any intention of starting a re build with talented young players this would be the season to do so when it comes to paying fees… I might be wrong but I’m sure I read the ffp rules were geared towards outlays on contracts rather than spends (might be wrong) either way we still wont spend a bean edit.. just noticed Coolhandfox has covered it

Dom Ballard…. ex Southampton…. Fits our player recruitment model then

I imagine if there is it will be on the profit so should be minimal in the grand scheme of things 🙏🏻

Pre injury he looked to be a rare shinning light for us, under utilised to begin with but was just starting to find his feet

Most outlets have reported they’re paying all his wages, along with a decent loan fee and sell on clause if they make the deal permanent…. All seems a bit too good to be true

I think the Turks have been lobbing money about the last few seasons… Fenerbahce about to sign greenwood for €42m as well although the guess he falls into an upper tier bracket…. I’d say £15/20m for a youngster with the potential of Fatawu who’s also proven he can cut it at prem level should be exactly what we’re holding out for ( praying for the latter)

Surprising as he looked very comfortable with the ball at his feet on Saturday which seems to be the major must for a RM team

Surely in league 1 having a youth keeper as third choice is fine! Seems like a waste of wages

It seems like everyone we’re linked with is a 6/8 which is mad considering it seems to be one of the few positions where we look to have good numbers 🤦🏼‍♂️

Alves will rightly get most the plaudits but I don’t think there’s been enough praise for Otchere for his first half appearance, some of his touches and link up play for a young lad were exceptional… Same goes with Page he was constantly picking the ball up deep and fizzing the ball into the forwards rather than the usual 2 yard sideways pass we’ve became accustomed to Special mentions for Carr, Aluko and Braybrooke who all had very good games

Groundhog Day….

Fair play to Monga and his family as he could easily have walked away for a minimal fee… you have to imagine they’ve played some part in seeing the club get an actual respectable fee

If we’re genuinely offering him out for 6/7m euros we may as well give up!

Good to see the shuffle at the top has changed things… shock horror Rudkin is still hell bent on running our club into the ground

😍😍😍 he just sounds perfect

Smashed it Ric mate! you’re a true inspiration sir 🍻

If he has you’d like to think our chances would be even greater

It’s rare top assistants walk straight into top management jobs…. I wouldn’t say it’s as wild a statement as you’re making out especially when you factor in he’s a) out of work (granted it’s been about 2 days) and b) he’s been in and around our new sporting director or whatever his title is

A return to London with West Ham has to be on the cards

I guess the difference this time is Top can actually spend money to get players in where as we’ve been hamstrung by ffp the last few years… if nothing else we’ll see how committed he is to the re build/ if he’s still got a pot to piss in this summer

That’s that’s then… as if we didn’t know already the final nail in the coffin, our loss is massively going to be Rennes gain

I don’t think any of the managers since Rodgers have really been helped when it comes to bringing in their own back room staff so I can’t imagine Rowett with a 6 month contract will get many in either… Which for me is part of the problem! we need a host of new staff members who are all onside with the manager’s philosophies pushing his ideas and not allowing standards to drop… bringing in 1 or 2 we’ll just see this bunch of rodents continue to do what they’ve done for years and down tools before running to Top

I don’t see any negatives on a short term contract… as has been mentioned previously he’s a championship fire fighter and the only ambition we should have at this point in time is staying in the league 🤷🏼‍♂️

Underwhelming, awful, unimaginative…. Blah blah blah! Any manager that can set up a team to actually compete gets the nod from me! If he realises we’re awful at playing out from the back he’ll go long, he’ll set us up so we’re actually semi competent defensively and I’d like to think he won’t take any shit from the usual half arsed crew…. Or am I being a bit too wishful in thinking all of the above? We don’t need a glamorous name to play fancy football we need someone who’ll install a bit of fight

Bad cop