Steve Earle

Missed Slabhead out…

But is it pronounced as in ‘shock &’ or like ‘away’? Either way we get ready made nicknames!

I wouldn’t mind you being right.

Coady, Souttar, Faes, Awe - decent. One more?

Bye bye Jonny...

Thanks - disappointing to read he's right-footed but wait on - he's almost as good with his left as his right. Sounds like he has the right profile to play Maresca-ball and I don't imagine he'll be short of suitors.

Who knows anything about Zach Awe? This from Tranfermarkt: Zach Awe - Player profile 22/23 | Transfermarkt

At first blush that seems right, but as @coolhandfox says, no point not giving the manager the tools to play the way he wants to. Signing Steffen, or any other to-be-first-choice goalkeeper leaves us with the problem of shifting two of Ward, Iversen, Smithies and Stolarczyk. Smithies is almost certain to stay for one last season & we might try and get a League One loan for Stolarczyk? Would someone take Ward off our hands? Would Iversen stay as back up in the Championship?

I give you Newcastle away, stoppage time, and a hoof straight out of play...

Firm interest in Zack Steffen too, according to the Percy article on Winks…

The Athletic's Charlie Eccleshare is reporting that an agreement between the clubs is expected this week. Many are laughing at Spurs '£40m bid', but that's just the up front payment. I suspect we'll get close to our £60M goal but with a good chunk in instalments and add-ons...

Looking very positive then for a deal at £45-47.5M now, £5M in add-ons & same again in deferred instalments?

If there were just one player to keep against the odds, against financial common sense, it’d be Nacho for me. Would love to see the side built around him next season. Don’t expect to because he’s saleable & because of Maresca’s comments about Vardy. But would love it, love it!

Now you're just being a silly billy!

And an answer to the ‘no idea how to run a club’ brigade. Confession: I was one of them.

He’s nowhere near good enough IMO Saw him at Barrow last season & even at that level he struggled.

He deserves to be in any conversation about our greatest ever manager. Unfortunately, he also deserves to be in any conversation about our most ruinous manager.

Agree with your second paragraph. And it reflects well on Top & Rudkin: shows planning, vision & boldness. None of those traits were evident from either of them during the last 18 months.

I’m not sure the Piranha Brothers would approve…

Well we had a Bafoon as coach last year…

As our new DOF? Yes please.

See Marcus Bent...one season on loan 2003-04 from just relegated Ipswich Town

Aren’t we?

If true, yes

A new onw on me...