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Assuming we don't offload Bielik. Who else would we anticipate to be a high earner? Most other players are young or signed under the business plan. 

Our L1 revenue will be about on par with Sunderland, and a few million behind Boro, Sheff Weds (if promoted) and Stoke (artificially high sponsorship)

I assume they'll disappear to premier league academies in line with our category A come and create your pick'n'mix feeder club status this 6 million a year expenditure gets us.

Who doesn't love a testimonial?
 
We're letting go of a lot of experience in defence, if we're going to keep one experienced defender around, Fozzy makes sense with his versitility 

Tomasz Cywka? Had to Google the spelling 

And included within those used were Steargoat (love him but were obviously trying to avoid using him), Osula (didn't have after Jan), Chester (hardly available) and Springett (avoided using nearly as much as Steargoat by the end) 
 
The players we were regularly able and willing to use was even fewer 

Tomasz Cywka? Had to Google the spelling 

Is he still ridiculously bitter about being sacked when Clough went?

Could he be new doen burton .

Yellow please ........make it so !!

Yeah I’m really embracing the excitement. Tbh, I prefer the wheeler dealer nature of our trading these days over the 2015 Mel era where you knew we would be blowing millions. It feels a lot more exciting knowing it’s low risk but you might find an Ebiowei or a Mcgoldrick and all the signings can’t really fail to meet expectations as there are none.
When we were signing Johnson et al, they were doomed from the start. I’d say in hindsight Johnson was a decent player for us but I always thought he was gash because of the price tag

Ah, come on. Davies was the last manager to get us promoted to the Premier League, and when he got there found out a) he didn't have the squad or the tactics to compete and b) there wasn't any money to buy better players.
Yes we were awful that year, and yes Davies didn't exactly cover himself in glory with some of the things he said when he left.
But he isn't a worse Derby manager than Nigel Pearson.
 

We could try inserting a "we'll return him for free in a couple of years" clause as that seems to be what happens when we splash out on peterborough strikers.....🙄🤣

Can I start a rumour about Jonson Clarke-Harris? 26 goals in 36 games this season and he's available for transfer. Is he any good?

According to their retained list Rodrigues is out of contract and has been offered a new deal, meaning he could sign for us on a free and as he’s over 24 there’d be no compensation due. The suggestions of £150k for him seems off the mark

https://www.nottscountyfc.co.uk/news/2023/may/retained-list-2023/

Well we know that Warne was at their PO Final.
Didn't realise he was 26 though - I thought he was a bit of a wonderkid!

Scab 

(All this talk of Plange, Ebiowei and Ebosele having underperformed - not to mention Knight, Bird and Sibley - just makes it all the more remarkable how well we did in our relegation season. A tiny squad of maybe-not-as-good-as-we-thought players got enough points for a lower mid-table finish.)

If Ebosele goes on loan anywhere, it'll be the well trodden path of Udinese to Watford of course

You left out Buchanan.

To be fair, both these fecked off before admin and both were offered contracts.  They choose to pontificate on loan till 23 like nomads before a move to Bournemouth.   

Ebosele would have suited the right wind back role if he was still around. I think Ebiowei would be good as a inverted forward or off and around  the centre forward. He would bring an infection of pace and directness to our attack.

Dear lord, please dont say were still giving oxygen to the sort of relentless drivel served up by Alan Nixon....hasnt he been put out to pasture yet? From the same era of transfer windows as 'arry leaning out of a car window......
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Good 2 position cover. Do hope we upgrade starting position though. 

Will Hughes