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Surprised about Korey, everything else is about on par with expectations. Wildsmith was excellent to start the year but there was clearly stuff happening behind the scenes and as soon as his confidence dropped, the clangers began. I like continuity in the squad, but he's definitely upgradeable and I'm excited to see where we go hunting.

Also happy Fozzy is staying, excellent cover and a reliable old head who's never let us down. Get Sibs signed up and I'd be delighted with the base of the squad.

This time last year and I'd have bitten your hand off for him, but he's a bit of a flat track bully. Posh fan mate reckons he's a good League One player but was woefully out of his depth in the Champ. Maybe a season of bench warming has given him so introspection and watered down his massive wage demands though.

I knew there was no chance, but I still held out the tiniest slither of hope that he'd come home 😔 His partnership with Wharton has been key to the Palace revival, but he barely gets any of the glory. It'll be interesting to see what happens to them if/when Eze, Olise and Wharton end up at bigger clubs.

Utterly bizarre appointment. Not getting Hamburg out of the 2 Bundesliga should be career suicide.

5 hours ago, simmoram1995 said:

Prediction:

Turns dodgy , administration lots of crying Wycombe fans.

 

We can but hope

It's a step up from the usual Smith/Gregory/Sharpe rumours at least

He's gotta have skin thicker than concrete to have grown up with the name Herbie...

I always liked the "Where's your do key gone?" chant when Tony Adams got sent off in the final BBG game. Sure, they battered us still, but what a day.

Away Vs Swansea, the year after the Prem debacle, locked in a pen outside the Stan after the game chanting "we shag more sheep than you" which got a retort of "now we know what mint sauce is".

A personal favoured is the "we've got the ball/we've lost the ball". It's stupid but it always makes me laugh.

It's probably safe to say the underperformed a little because they spent fairly well (albeit funded by sales), but such a harsh decision. Three ridiculously strong teams and Ipswich doing miracles pushed better teams lower than they'd expect and in a normal season they get playoffs. I'm sad for him, because he seems like a good coach and a nice guy.

We're also gonna be inundated with idiots screaming to sack Warne and get Liam back all summer now.

This is a massive gamble. Moyes gives you a guarantee of a good finish but miserable football and Lopetegui had a bit of a shocker at Wolves (albeit a poisoned chalice). Lopetegui has a great reputation though and will certainly be a bigger draw to players.

There's a surprising amount of buzz around him from other Championship teams, considering he's just been relegated with a fucktonne or got conceded. I've never seen him play, but it sounds like there might be a fairly hefty bidding war for him.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/crgy1k89zgko

I don't usually wish ill on other clubs, but I can't stand them or their fans and I hope this blows up in their faces.

There's a couple of players at Bristol City I've had my eye on in Jason Knight and Max Bird. Wonder if they'd be interested in a trade for Scott Loach and a bag of crisps?

With the exception of Adams who just clicked instantly, every single one of the players Warne signed or inherited improved after six months or so of getting used to what he demands from them. I know people like to joke that his a PE teacher or a fitness coach, but I wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't a massive physical shock to CBT. A full pre season, hopefully injury free, and I'd bet on him hitting the ground running next season. Him and NML either side of a powerful striker who can hold up the ball and win the aerial duels will be a thing to see next season.

The one that has always stuck with me was us sticking 6 past Tranmere at the BBG in 96. They'd beat us 5-1 away where Igor had got his first goal for us (was that his debut?) and my dad had warned me about John Aldridge and Pat Nevin. Then Paul Simpson and his magic left boot made them pay. The 6th goal was lovely football with Sturridge making the defender look foolish. 9 year old me, playing fullback for my school team, thought Chris Powell was the best player on earth.

1 minute ago, Black ('n' White) Sheep said:

If we're looking to keep the role, first person I'd be on the phone to is one Mr Curtis Davies... just been released by Cheltenham.

100%. Just imagine how much Cashin must have learned from playing along side him. A true leader and role model.

4 minutes ago, Kernow said:

 

Is that it?! Expected Cardiff to #bemoreB4 and ask for £30m and add-ons!

5 minutes ago, MadAmster said:

Just to complicate things a bit more, young Rooney will be fit. He can play CB, RB and he can play DM. Him alongside Adams?

Oh now that's a shout. He looked so sharp before he did his knee.

4 minutes ago, RoyMac5 said:

I'm not his biggest fan but Collo has looked a better player when we play more football. So the extra aggression will come in handy too.

He'd been an excellent squad player for next season, but it might come down to wether he's happy to settle for the bench or be guaranteed starts elsewhere. I can't imagine us going in to the new season without having made a marquee striker signing.

It'll be worth keeping an eye on Reading. Whilst I don't want us to pick the bones exactly, they're up the creek and their paddle has just snapped. Mola (lwb), Savage (DM), Wing (cm) and Smith (st) could all be available for less than market value and would be decent acquisitions to bulk out the weaker parts of the squad.

2 minutes ago, cool_as_custard said:

Are we sure about Bogle and Lowe? That would be so not Derby to sell them for £11m and get them back for free

I'd be down for "Seth Johnson"'ing the pair of them

21st will do for me! Seeing how Plymouth smashed League 1 but still aren't safe tells you all you need to know about the strength of the Championship. We need a lot of strengthening but I'm confident in Warne and the team getting it right and keeping us up.

Assuming we resort to 343 or 352, we need to sign Adams and a mobile upgrade on Hourihane. I'd love us to pick up Sheehan from Bolton or Brannigan from Oxford, somebody who can spray the ball around and create but also have to legs to get around the pitch.

Then we just need to conjour a goalscoring, hard working, fitness freak striker and I'm sure there are loads of affordable options around 🙃

Collo is clearly not fully fit from his "season ending" injury, but what a performance he put in today defensively.

I can't imagine many of us had Sibs converting to a left wing back on our bingo cards for the season, but he's been immense to end the year.

Back three solid as ever, Bird showed a couple of glimpses of his usual class and Thommo ran himself into the ground once more.

Boxes ticked, now can this week hurry up already?!

It's certainly the biggest shift from last season. The players have barely changed, but we seem to have worked out how to clear the first man this year!