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Yeah, you're right, although I do think one or two are going to be names who we have been linked with. 
My guesses would be Bradley and/or Flint, and I do reckon there's something in the Bonis story.

Yeah agreed, those figures were set by the tribunal too. As to what criteria they consider I don’t know, could be they determine Knight’s number of appearances and international caps means he’s worth more to us than a 16 year old Harvey Elliott was to Fulham, however Fulham and Liverpool were both at a higher level than we are at that time and he was rated as one of the most exciting young players coming through, plus the “English” tax may come into it. 
There’s no real way of saying what we’d get for Knight so the club has a choice I guess of taking as much money as they can now, or keeping him here and hoping either we go up and can extend his contract or when he leaves on a free we get a reasonable fee at that stage. 
Sensible decision in my view would be to sell him now, spark a bidding war to get the price up as much as possible and add in a future sell on clause, then wish Knight well. Bank some of the cash and reinvest some. 

Exeter City are 'expecting' Josh Key and Archie Collins to leave at the end of the month (according to BBC Sport)... they'd both be good additions IMO.

I honestly do not get the hype around Bird at all. 
I have no idea what he is. He's he a holding midfielder? Because he barely tackles and looks scared to head it. Far too lightweight.
Doesn't affect the game, doesn't control a game, doesn't score anywhere near enough goals and doesn't assist either. Flatters to deceive so many times.
For saying how good some of our fans think he is I thought he was poor on the whole last season. 

We need x3 cb’s minimum this summer and flint ticks the boxes! He’s a monster at set pieces. A solid signing for a club wanting promotion! 

We need x3 cb’s minimum this summer and flint ticks the boxes! He’s a monster at set pieces. A solid signing for a club wanting promotion! 

I posted in another thread, in terms of creativity there is few better that we could chance upon this season that Rodrigues. 
In terms of 'smart passes' per 90 - he averaged 2.83 per 90 minutes 45% accuracy. Kevin De Bruyne is the only player with a better rate per 90 than that in English football, yet he couldn't get anywhere close to that accuracy - 37.8% for him. It actually means that Rodrigues completed 1.27 per 90, with KDB at 1.17 per 90. 
Smart passes are defined as: 'A creative and penetrative pass that attempts to break the opposition's defensive lines to gain a significant advantage in attack'. 
None of our midfielders even came close to competitive in this regard, all of them were below average and quite frankly poor. No surprise for those that watched us this season. Mind numbing lack of vision and creativity at times. 
How he would deal with the step up is anyone's guess but I feel like he would quite comfortably walk into our squad and be our most creative player and would at least try and force the issues - which is something we severely lacked last season. 

It could be that as soon as we weren't promoted it was already known he would be looking at a championship move.
Whilst he improved a lot towards the end. He's hardly a world beater. Some of the reactions to him signing for another club are ridiculous.
He is easily replaceable 

An absolute no for Clarke Harris from me! When the chips are down he looks lazy and uninterested! 

No great detriment that he goes for me. Derby will have probably offered him a 1 year deal and Notts a 2 year deal, and I highly doubt he’d hit 20 next year with another season on his legs. 
 
 The task this window is finding other areas of the pitch to score from. We simply cannot rely on x1 striker all season (especially if the striker is over 35!) 
I would wish him the best if he was to leave. He was a Rolls Royce at times last season, but we have to look at other avenues for goals next year. 
 
 
 

No great detriment that he goes for me. Derby will have probably offered him a 1 year deal and Notts a 2 year deal, and I highly doubt he’d hit 20 next year with another season on his legs. 
 
 The task this window is finding other areas of the pitch to score from. We simply cannot rely on x1 striker all season (especially if the striker is over 35!) 
I would wish him the best if he was to leave. He was a Rolls Royce at times last season, but we have to look at other avenues for goals next year. 
 
 
 

No great detriment that he goes for me. Derby will have probably offered him a 1 year deal and Notts a 2 year deal, and I highly doubt he’d hit 20 next year with another season on his legs. 
 
 The task this window is finding other areas of the pitch to score from. We simply cannot rely on x1 striker all season (especially if the striker is over 35!) 
I would wish him the best if he was to leave. He was a Rolls Royce at times last season, but we have to look at other avenues for goals next year. 
 
 
 

If he wanted to stay he would have signed by now.
Whilst I'd be disappointed to see him go. I honestly don't think he would have hit those heights again next season or played as much.
We're a bigger club, in a higher division who would have offered more money. But he just wants to end his career at the club he supports. Can't begrudge him that.
Good luck to him. 

It’ll be Derby after Flint

This is the type of signing we want!!! 24 years old, and a Derby lad! Flexible as to which position he plays as well. A no brainier for me!

Solid pre season! No exotic trips to Dubai, or Spain, just local friendlies with the aim to get ridiculously fit for the season ahead! 
 
I’m all for it! Up the Rams! 🐏

Solid pre season! No exotic trips to Dubai, or Spain, just local friendlies with the aim to get ridiculously fit for the season ahead! 
 
I’m all for it! Up the Rams! 🐏

I downloaded Wyscout for a trial run to see if it’s something that I would find of interest so did a little bit of a deep dive on the players we have been linked with so far. 
Anyone that knows the Wyscout platform will already be aware it’s an absolutely fascinating and groundbreaking tool for scouting players and teams. 
The most notable data point I came away with was that Ruben Rodrigues made the most ‘smart passes’ in the country last season with 131. A smart pass is defined as: A creative and penetrative pass that attempts to break the opposition's defensive lines to gain a significant advantage in attack.
To give you a reference point of just how high that is, not a single player in League Two had more than 40. Chaplin and Bannan ran away with it in League One with 58 each, third had 39. Mendez-Laing had 16 as our best midfielder in that regard, Knight second with just 12. The app also clips videos of several different indicators for each match - 40 minutes dedicated to just Ruben Rodrigues touches, 175 videos. He’s a talented football, a little bit of a grafter and based on what I’ve seen I would be surprised if he didn’t make the step up comfortably. The only reference point that I felt fell short was his impact on the counter attack, but he’s definitely got a bit of physicality. I think with a full, professional pre-season then he genuinely could be a diamond at this level. 

Let’s hope not!

Just watching the champ playoff final. That Adebayo is a handful for defenders! Proper striker! 

Surprised this is the first time we’ve been linked with him. Almost a nailed on certainty he comes here - meant to have a good relationship with Warne. 
He actually started last season really well until Warne left Rotherham and then performances went downhill, for whatever reason. A good signing on a free.
If we can get Harding, Bradley and Cashin as our centre backs next season then it’s a decent base to build from. 

I've heard Rodrigues is '90%' done, Didzy still wants 2 years and has offers from a few clubs. Not interesed in Langstaff 

Let hope there’s no contact throughout the window! 

Let hope there’s no contact throughout the window! 

Let hope there’s no contact throughout the window!