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They just had a show where they assigned % blame for the downturn the last few years: Top, Whelan, Rudkin, Rodgers, the players, Recruiting department, etc The main host spent the first 20+ minutes saying how everyone shares in the blame. But then when it came time to place a % of blame on Rudkin, he says something like "I don't think he's to blame at all. He just signs who he's told and he works within a budget" before assigning 8%. I turned it off. I do listen to it when they have Craig and Kate on. Usually have decent discussions about the club. But I can't listen to the pre-game, post-game, prediction, whatever episodes they do.

I like it as well. It's in my Lestah rotation. But I have to admit, I've Googled Trumpwell's IPA and don't get any search results. There's clearly something I'm missing.

What did you think about that 5 minute stretch or so in the second half where Ndidi was playing Winks' distributor-6 role and Winks was further up the pitch (as an 8?)? Or did I see that incorrectly? Ndidi just doesn't have a a spot in the starting XI. At least, I don't think he should. He's not a Winks distributor. He's not an attacker like Buonanotte. He's not good in possession like we anticipate El Khannouss to be. His best position is probably as a double 6 with Winks, but Skipp seems more technical at the position. Ndidi should come off the bench. There are questions over left winger and both full backs, I get that. But starting Ndidi in a 3 defensive MF formation is easily the most questionable and worst decision.

We needed a Prem caliber backup striker. People winged that we weren't landing one. Now we might land one and... people are still whinging. Some people are insufferable.

This is bad and you should feel bad.

Different seasons. Plus Soulé would only count as ~6m per year.

This is to help our 23/24 books if we get it done before 1 July. My understanding is our impending points deduction is for going over in 22/23. In other words, we could get a second points deduction - a la Everton - at the tail end of the 24/25 season (once the 23/24 accounts are released).

How does he have a point for the 24/25 accounting period? £10m ≠ £50m no matter the year, as far as I'm aware.

Why can't he just do the main club, or just the academy, or just OH? Why's he have to do it all? Isn't he in charge of horses or something, too?

Keep Hermansen Stolarczyk Vestergaard Coady Faes Nelson Justin Pereira Choudhury Winks Dewsbury-Hall Mavididi Fatawu McAteer Cannon Vardy Unsure Doyle Akgun Sell Ward Iversen Thomas Souttar Kristiansen Soumare Daka Walk Ndidi Praet Albrighton Iheanacho ========================= • Can we replace any of our CB with someone better, on equal wages or less, and who doesn't come with a huge transfer fee? I'm not confident we can. • Sign Fatawu. Do it. Now. Re-sign Vardy for something reasonable. • I like Akgun, but is the value there if we buy him? What's his fee? I wouldn't mind Doyle on loan again, but do we have other/better transfer options? • How much could we realistically get in fees if we sold all those "sell" guys? Maybe 40-50m? That would help. Obviously a few would only bring back peanuts compared to the others, but just get their wages off the books. • We'll have to be creative with incoming players on loans and frees. And I'm kind of excited for it. Just need to hit on a couple to see a benefit. • We're probably going to breach PSR again, right (2022/23 and 2023/24)? So, the way I see it, there's no point in selling Dewsbury-Hall. Take the second deduction, try to stay up, then sell him next year. (Maybe his value is higher now, but his value to the club in helping us stay in the Prem is surely worth more than however much his transfer fee could decline.) They're changing the PSR penalties in a year anyways.

They just need to pay his wage. We should give him away without a fee, or like 500k?

Then we should've sold. Can't be that hard to sell spare parts (Iheanacho, Ward, Souttar) and come up with £2 million, can it?

Where's this list?

Is there a point in the season where the yellows get wiped clean?

I thought Choudhury played a decent game This team can't make clean passes, can't control possession, can't defend. That's the problem(s)

We struggled in the latter part of the last two seasons. That's the club we look like right now Something is wrong. Idk what it is. Something deeper than "injuries". But I know I'm not optimistic about finishing top 7 in the PL or advancing out if the group stage in Europa. Frankly, I think we finish bottom half of the table this year Frustrating