Claudio Fannieri

Martin is nowhere near being the problem here, there is still 5 or 6 senior pro’s that need moving on and we are at least 2 or 3 CB’s, a left back, striker and a CDM away from being where we need to be. Shifting out the wantaways and deadwood was never going to be done and dusted by this point, so it was highly likely our first 4/5 games would be a little challenging as we navigate through to the closure of the window. Yesterday was nowhere near the level of performance the manager or supporters will expect or accept longer term, the new boys will improve as they settle and the real positive was the emergence and performance of the likes of JJ, Braybrooke and Alves

I would include Alves and Cullen in that group that can start as well

Let’s hope it’s a bit of posturing to secure acceptable bids but it’s a dangerous game we have seen this before with the likes of Praet, Iversen, Daka and Soumare et al and end up letting them walk away for free or a pittance

Even if it’s a million of the millions we recieve we are better off with players who want to be here

Think transfer is pending, think he will be gone by the middle of the week

I don’t care as long as he goes drain the swamp, Mavididi, Thomas, Choudhury, Skipp, BDCR and Souttar get them gone

Take the money, reinvest and move on. Doesn’t want to be here

Get rid, the lower down the pyramid we go the poorer he looks, he is finished here needs a fresh start elsewhere along with Choudhury

This are my thoughts as well, also between September and December these are expensive players to have sat in the stands, if not for the manager but definitely for an owner and chief football officer trying to save face for what has been some irresponsible and horrific outlay on wages, contracts and in some cases fees. I think the experience we signed in the summer was to bring in the required characters to help with the reset of the culture and probably with the view that the current crop would be on their way by now.

Please say it louder for those at the back and ones who don’t want to believe this happens or has happened in the past at this club.

Couldn’t agree more and then add Skipp into the mix and it was little wonder it was laboured getting out of own half, which is why I would pick Braybrooke as the 6 so he can use his passing range to beat that initial press quickly and get the ball into more dangerous areas at a far higher tempo. If we want to dominate and control the game we have to have someone like Sammy in deeper areas being able to dictate the game. If we don’t we will struggle to get our attacking talent into any real opportunities where they can hurt teams.

What will be interesting will be the ‘valuation’ of Leuven in this package, hopefully there is an opportunity this is sold separately and if a decent deal can be secured then it may mean KP can take a reduced value for LCFC

Only one thing for it over to you Rustie …………….

Here’s what I hope to see picked for today Stolarcryk JJ Aluko Okoli McFarlane Brsybrooke Page Cullen Burns Bristic Watson subs McCarthy Thomas Souttar (in case of emergency) Skipp Alves Howell Reid Skipp and Souttar included to give us some emergency cover on the bench but still expect them both to go before the end of the transfer window. The others left out are ones I also expect to leave. We desperately need a defender in and then I think it will be a one out one in policy. i have also excluded the lads who played last night who could have provided cover on the bench instead of the likes of Skipp, Reid and Souttar such as Gray, Carr, Neale & Hutchinson

El Khannous at Preston, Winks was another one, Faes wanted out in the summer, once the window shut we still had a number of ‘assets’ on big wages still kicking around that had to be reintegrated to try and retain some sort of market value in the hope we could shift them in January. it was no coincidence that our two best runs of the season was when these feckers were not involved in the XI. My fear is this season history will repeat itself and we will end up in a similar situation. There is no way Rudkin and Aiyawatt will happily sit there watching £100k per week in wages rotting away on the sidelines. They will want to see them playing and retaining some level of transfer value in the hope of getting rid in January and recouping some more of the losses.

I have a fear that RM will be ‘requested’ to include certain want away players to help move them on for the best price possible, we saw it last season under Marti and how it helped derail our season us. I can genuinely see a lot of the good work and positivity of pre season being eroded and undone by potential interference from upstairs.

And also a much more recent ability to get relegated

Faes was always going to get a squad number, not giving him one would just reduce what little leverage we would have in negotiating his exit and getting the best possible deal.

Would be happy if they came off, overall would be a decent window if we can also move on the likes of Faes, Choudhury, Skipp, BDCR & Mavididi

Is this a guess or do you have some inside knowledge?

I thought it was €8m increasing to €13m and given our horrid decline it’s safe to say the only extras that we would have to pay would be appearance linked. So I think his book value is closer to €5.5m

Or better still Aiyawatt rewards Rudkins loyalty with a £1m bonus and a job for life running KP racing and he never darkens LCFC door again.

Ashforth joined the club as Head of Legal 20 months ago, and was promoted to General Counsel 4 months ago.

In this instance and based on your replies I tend to think you have some solid info that said person is no longer CEO and news is set to break in the coming hours/days

The Pan……….,, That way we get to tell everyone we are going down the Pan every other week 😂