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I understand there is a facility to add additional members to the squad during the summer.
 

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.

Yep. 
Be nice to keep Sibley if we can, but not worth overpaying for it. 
Same with Collins. He has a bit of value as a late bit of b****** off the bench, but if he wants more than that, he needs to go. 

Personally I think Smith’s a shame as he did a solid job and seemed a good experienced pro to have around, but no room for sentiment I suppose and if there are younger options we can sign with his wages OR provide pathways to the likes of Robinson/Allen etc then I guess there’s sense in it. 
He gets a lot of credit from me for being a sort of bargain basement “Carrick” the last two years, did the basics of the game consistently to allow others the opportunity to play. 

Surprised we didn't offer Korey a year personally thought his performances at the end of the season were a big help in us going up.

Hourihane, Waghorn, Gayle, Loach, Wildsmith, Smith leaving.
Barkhuizen, Forsyth, Thompson triggered 12 month extensions.
Collins and Sibley still discussing new deals.
Robinson signed a new 2 year deal.

Similar to last season, then. That turned out alright. 👍

Sounds like it’s going to be a slow start to the season as 12 players integrate themselves into the first team squad. 
 
Will require some patience. 
 
Fingers crossed there’s enough of the squad left from last season to keep that team spirit from promotion together. 

I know this will trigger some people! But I was reading Simon Jordan's book and he talked about Palace's promotion to the Premier League and all the riches that awaited. He then dissected all the promotion bonuses he needed to pay, all the fees for players with add ons, then the agents on within an instant asking for an increase in wages, then the additional costs for being in a higher league. Before getting into buying new players who want more money because they know they are needed to take you to the next level.
Obviously it's a different scenario but as the link @oldben sent shows, all the clubs who compete with the parachute payment clubs are pretty much spending more than their turnover on players/players wages 
It's a pretty desperate picture for an owner and I really hope fans aren't going to start to turn on Clowes if/when he doesn't fancy throwing away many more millions of his own hard-earned cash.

Posted this to his IG along with the highlights clip from the club;
 

Have you been playing Tetris?

Transparent about it too, to his credit. Said in an interview that he told the players before the last game that it would be the last time a lot of them played together.
Pro footballers have to roll with the punches as there's little room for sentiment in the modern game. That said, if all those cited as leaving do actually go, there'll be a good few I miss.

Don’t know why you think he was average at Preston. I remember before or after a Preston game on sky they did a segment on wether he was the best goalie in the league or not. 
 
He also won supporters player of the year and players player of the year in 2022.
Leicester fans also were desperate for him to start in the premier league when Ward was starting over him because he was performing well whenever he played.

Didnt he have the 2nd highest save percentage? I'm sure someone posted that. 
How often are goalkeepers man of the match in a team at the top of the table?
I would say his save against Bolton was pretty pivotal

- Steve McClaren was never given a chance to build his own team at Derby and we will never know how good it could've been. His first spell was a team of Nigel Clough's grafters and a load of freebies and loan (conversions). We signed some favourable deals for players like Thorne, Ince, Bent etc way below market value then. He was sacked before Mel splashed cash. HIs second spell involved a January window in which the likes of De Sart and Nugent were signed. Again he was sacked before spending any cash.
- Derby fans unrealistic behaviour derailed our season as much as the injuries did in 2015. Fans aggressive behaviour towards players had a massive impact and some players never recovered. IN particular, the Brighton game where 3-0 up at half time, and fans were abusing Derby players cos (I assume) we didn't score more, started the decline as some of our more fragile players bottled it. Hendrick was abused during the game and then beaten up in Derby town centre, Forsyth was threatened on the touchline, many players were screamed at by idiotic fans for only winning 3-0! Had fans "Been more B4" at that stage, we'd have probably been a Premier League mainstay now.
- Fans treatment of Darren Wassall is a stain on the history of the club. I am still ashamed to this day of the reaction to that Rotherham game.
- Cameron Jerome was massively underrated and even that late into his career, was a great player. We can only dream of a player that good being in our team right now.
- Most football fans attending the game don't seem to be able to grasp how much a negative/aggressive vibe impacts the players. Conversely they cannot grasp that it is much harder to lift the team than it is to crush it.
 

3 reasons to compare a good wife to a little toe...
 
1/  They're cute
2/  They provide much needed balance
3/  You never truly appreciate them being around... until you bang them on the coffee table late at night.
 
 
 

So on May 2nd all good contract offered but then 2 weeks later it was remembered he had a bad attitude a few months back so they withdrew it? 

Now I do think we need to improve on Korey for this season, but an attitude problem?! What a load of s****. 

Looking at some of the names in this article, who remembers the Aussie Pools at this time of year?

Dropped out of the team….following the knee injury he suffered on the pitch against Bristol Rovers on 25/11/2023 and subsequent recovery time of several weeks? Having been involved in all 17 league one matchday squads up to that point including playing 90 mins in 10 of those games? The same Korey Smith who seems to be a well liked and respected member of the squad and has from the outside seemingly always conducted himself as a top pro and played out of position for the cause? 🤔 

As of a couple of days ago, out of the 48 championship and league one clubs only something like 24 had released their retained lists so we’re not behind everyone, and what’s out there in the public domain isn’t necessarily evidence of what the club is doing recruitment wise as we saw with signings in Jan and last summer, a lot of them were kept well under wraps from media and social media accounts. 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c4n1ndlknk1o
I'd scrap it, Let Refs earn their corn, Disallowing a goal for a foul committed 1 minute earlier, Penalties given at the whim of VAR by sending the Ref to the screen who very rarely turned them down, A toenail offside, Refs were told to clamp down on shirt pulling at corners only for it to get worse as the season progressed.
In Sweden the fans have rejected VAR 
"Sweden has become the first country to refuse to use Video Assistant Referees (VAR) following widespread opposition from clubs and fans. The climbdown reflects Swedish clubs being at least 51 percent owned by fans, a large proportion of whom have been vehemently opposed to the technology"
https://www.insideworldsoccer.com/2024/04/sweden-refuses-to-use-var-amid-widespread-club-and-fan-pressure.html#:~:text=Sweden has become the first country to refuse,whom have been vehemently opposed to the technology.