Nick

B.C Game

Gutted.

That’s fair, I’ve not seen enough of Nelson to know being honest.

Two starting CB’s, a playmaking mid, and a back up 10 for El K in the central role and a starting striker of real quality.

What’s people’s thoughts on Lee Carsley?

How long do we give Hamilton in a new Ferrari to find his groove before removing the benefit of the doubt and saying he's just not as fast as he was? I'd really like Hamilton to win one more Championship - I think he deserves / possibly is owed that but he dropped off the pace last year and fell out of sync with the Mercedes and now it seems to be the same deal in red.

And you know this for a fact? I hope you are right.

Why would it cost the club nothing? Is there a clause in the contract?

I can't make up my mind if the board are considering keeping him for next season if they can back what he wants or are playing a longer cat and mouse game of knowing he doesn't want to be here and so waiting for him to quit so it doesn't cost us a fortune in payout fees and more likely to be able to reach a settlement figure thats palatable. I'd expect him to be gone Sunday night or Monday morning when Liverpool run riot over us in normal circumstances but it may be financially more difficult than that?

I guess it's costly to sack him. And then there's the pressure to bring someone else in quickly which isn't a great idea considering they'll be managing in the Championship and they'll also want to know what funds and squad they'll have to do so and I doubt there's anybody that can really answer that question right now – so it's a waiting game and hope we can do a mutually agreed settlement rather than a big payout and part ways over the summer? Personally, I'd prefer them however to get someone in now and at least give it a crack but this season was over before it started with our recruitment and then the nails were put in the coffin in January when we didn't recruit again. The whole forum knew we needed 5 quality starting players minimum to compete and we bought one. The pressure is mounting though with rumours like this from football insider being banded around... https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cjwv2yneedyo

Excellent

The thing that concerns me the most from the position we are in today is that we will sell our best assets with the most promise and future resale value and be left with old dead wood on high wages. I really need to see a proper plan in place rather than a yearly panick-stricken scattergun return fire approach to transfers.

I know this is outrageous talk, but I feel we may score a goal on Monday night.

They’ll get third maybe second but that’s it. Good luck to them to be fair. They’ll likely struggle next season just like Leicester, Villa and Newcastle did trying to compete r without real quality squad depth vs the traditional big six - although Spurs and ManU are dire atm.

Keep at it.