James_lcfc

We don't have a single ITK on the forum anymore though do we. Shame.

Of course he's turned down an extension with Fulham if we've offered him a contract We love throwing out those big salaries!

Nooo. South American wonderkids is what we need - Nobody wants 'domestic' Stevie! Oh, it's Alan Nixon. Decent.

You don’t know for sure that he’s not though, do you…

I'm sold...

Well if you're right he'll be renewing pretty soon.

You may be right. I just don't think you are. If he renews here, it'll be because he couldn't get anything better...and that will be due to fitness issues, and the fact that he just isn't very good anymore. (Yes yes I know he did well in the first half of last season) Just an opinion...before people get upset.

Is the fact that he's ran his contract down yet still can't get a gig elsewhere not a bit of a red flag to anyone? Penny will drop eventually.

Not an easy job is it! Winning the Championship was a good achievement considering where we were, but staying up this year would absolutely dwarf it.

Shame to see him go. Normally pretty nonplussed when managers/players leave, but he's one I'd quite like to see do well...even if it's for another team.

Literally the biggest scapegoat there has ever been on this forum. Many players were just as shit during the relegation season.

Absolutely. The Chelsea thing doesn't irk me particularly either. We have fleeced them for Drinkwater, Chilwell and Fofana in my opinion Just about made the money back they should have paid us for Kante. KDH deal seems fair market value, so we'll call it square with them now!

Always amuses me with Fofana especially - Same fans calling him a rat etc for forcing his way out were the ones loving it when he did the same to Saint-Etienne. Just the circle of life football.

Pretty large proportion of the forum then!

I think Winks’ game is more reliant on ‘Enzoball’. As much as I like Winks, I’d rather have KDH next season if I had to choose - Just that little bit more dynamism and still improving. Agree on the fee though - It’s probably fair all things considered.

I understand we have to sell KDH, fair enough. ...but I really wouldn't want Casadei back here as part of the deal, that would be a bit grim.

Yes. I was pretty positive about the new manager. Also really like KDH, so disappointed with the news that’s come out tonight around him. Thanks for the comment though, was nice.

Depends if he wants to stay in England or not I guess. He'll have to stay with us if he does. I just really can't see another PL team wanting him. High wages and pretty poor technically. We're the only ones stupid enough to give him what he wants now.

Very true of course, but a PL club will always be pretty attractive to managers? Plus with the constraints/points deductions etc we could be seen as a bit of a free hit - Shouldn't be too reputation damaging for the manager if things don't go well this year.

Double that when we were in the PL. So he will almost certainly be looking for that salary or close again.

Not everything is a conspiracy...as someone pointed out to me on here the other day! He is loved by all.

Playing with KDH - They have a lovely close relationship apparently.

He'll leave when his contract runs out, nobody will ever buy him. Utter liability. His agent is better off just turning his phone off and enjoying his life rather than waste his time with stuff like this.

The positivity is slowly growing in here, you can feel it. Gonna be a hell of a season.

First step is always to get Guillem on your payroll - Smart move. He'll be on the BSLB podcast in a few weeks spreading the word of Cooper.