Ric Flair

When we were in the Championship

We've been linked before i believe.

Brilliant insight. My ill informed opinion is our academy does incredible work through the young age groups and should be immensly proud of the player development, however due to loyalty and stubbornness our older age groups have in the past been neglected in the ambition of getting those players through the final stages of progression to the 1st team. Beaglehole and Peake were there for years at a time that we'd become the flagship midlands club and investment in their replacements as well as snapping up the best young talent from local academies aged 14-17 has not really happened. Each time a U21 boss moves on, we just stick the assistant in temporarily and then just quietly let them do it longer term. Quite possibility sensible with McSweeney given his methods this season and utilising a bunch of the successful title winning U16 squad from last season, but Petty was a waste of time IMO.

Only good thing is all 3 will have just 12 months left on their deals and with a relegation wage cut might tempt some naive European clubs or newly promoted PL club to take them on. By my reckoning there's about £8m we need to cover on their books value for next season offset by the saving in wages so we might be able to get them gone.

Watched him a number of times when on EFL Sky coverage last season. He's knowledgeable and likeable.

Said it at the time when we signed both Winks and Coady, we'd learnt absolutely nothing. Neither were coming here on wages that a Championship team ought to be paying and neither (in my opinion) have the strength of character that we were lacking to add more experience to an already ageing squad. Winks did well last season but so he should given the level he's supposed to be, he's been pony this season though and i dread to think the wages he's on. Hopefully him and Coady are gone in the summer, along with Ayew and others. They aren't worth the money we pay them.

Watched him vs Cov and he's very busy and got technical ability. But too early in what I've seen of him to be 100% confident on his ability but looks very promising. He's very well thought of, could be the best of the lot, who knows.

Yes plays either flank but predominantly a RB.

Monga won't get on here, so frustrating.

Really impressed by Aluko last week looks very talented.

Ayew's beyond words

Ayew is hideous, genuinely one of the worst players I've seen play for us this last decade. If this is what we're reduced to then pack it in. Hands our shares back to the professional football leagues.

Still a lie though isn't it. Said he'd be on the bench and didn't put a disclaimer in.

RvN lied about Evans then. Ridiculous

Blasted mate

You'll start him if you've got any bottle Ruud. Monga ain't arsed he's only 15, let him at um.

Manchester Utd 2-3 Leicester City 2 nil down and Monga and Evans brace

I wish Palace did own him, it means we'd not have been able to loan Edouard. Bounanotte's 1st handful of games here was a breath of fresh air, he was head and shoulders our best player and deserved the plaudits. He's been sacrificed in a new regime that tries to have more structure but is overall just as tactically flawed and as a result we're worse off from missing out on Facundo's unpredictability and attacking Flair. We've had some of that replaced by El Khannouss but seemingly don't seem able to use both at the same time. My answer to that would be to try 3-4-2-1 with them both behind the striker but neither Cooper nor RvN are keen on us playing three at the back.

Monga has been with us for many many years so Seagrave isn't the causation of him coming here. Not sure about Evans but I suspect he's also been here since a very early age.

If RvN gets serious about blooding our academy players then stick by him for next season IMO.

CALL THE PROTEST OFF, WE'VE LANDED ON THE MOON

This was the plan for Monday's episode we didn't end up recording. Definitely on the agenda to do pal 👍

Amartey did fairly well for us for £5m.

And pay them 75% of what we'd paid them in wages (and the rest of the squad still here/not left on a free) and we'd still be challenging top 10 in the PL I'm convinced of it.

There's been some mind blowing bargains in the last 2 weeks from Scandinavia. I can almost accept when we miss out on various South American bargains as we don't even know that continent exists but when we've had success in buying from Scandinavia before it truly baffles me. Oliver Provstgaard went to Lazio for £3m. A 6ft 4 ball playing left footed CB, who captains Denmark U21 side. I just cannot even spaaaake.