Clever Fox

If he's not turning up for Training he's clearly in breach of Contract and the Club should sack him. Unless of course Rudkin forgot to cover that in the Contract. Like the Winks situation.

Finally things are starting to look up. Did we manage to get any compensation for him. Just asking.

Based on the above, He already sounds like a better Manager than RM.

Surely if he wants to terminate his Contract we don't owe him anything and he should be compensating the Club.

We cant even put a team together yet, so I expect you could be 4 nil up by half time. Then maybe our lot will wake up after the've had Breakfast and Luch at our 5 star resort.

Fair Points, Granted he doesn't look like a leader but I very much doubt he's the worst player post war. I can think of quite a few worse than him, who cost a lot more. I'd give it to Nelson if he's still here but I guess we may well bring in someone with experience who's on the way down, As that seems to be the way we're going.

He should be comfortabe at this level and certainly not the worst in the squad.

They are a former Premier league club just like us. With the direction we are going we could easily emulate them with the leadership we've got.

Selling the crown jewels now. How far we've fallen.

I wouldn't rule out Thomas either. One of our own amd probably our most experienced player left and a premiership Champion.

He would seem an obvious choice if he's still here.

That should be part of the deal for next season anyway to help him grow up. Which all young players need to do.

The same fellow who scouted Skipp.

I just hope he kicks on and creates a great career for himself. Credit to him for agreeing the Contract that insures we get a fee for him. He could have left us in the hands of another tribunal fiasco.

He'd be a revelation in the Italian league as the pace is so much slower than the Prem or even the Championship. I'd like to keep him but with only a year left on his Contract it's likely he'll move on.

Is this a Scouting exercise ?.

Last fixture out of the Hat. It says it all about our year. Lets hope things improve from here and we move upwards.

100% correct.

This probably his level. If we can recover even 10 mil for him we should grab it.

For a Club with the best facilities in the Country our Fitness levels have been terrible. The amount of times looking at players trying to run backwards to defend or help out I'm pretty sure I could have kept up with them. We need to get super fit before the season starts as it's amazing how many teams you can catch out early in the season. Then momentum is everything.

Because Youths all develop at a different pace, Some have lot's of talent young and others are slow learners. Others just work harder at developing a skill set. It's the system that's wrong and some Club are going to have to make a stand against it. Football is a special industry it needs a special set of Rules in law.

Having the strongest team doesn't always mean it leads to success. We should know that better than most Clubs. You have to have good leadership off the Pitch also to create the right environment.

Yes, I guess it's all about how it's used. For Good or Bad. Sometimes they forget who they are really working for.

Can we even field 11 players excluding those who are leaving without using Youths. I doubt it.

You've answered your own question.