Not sure where Usyk goes from here - he's beaten all the best competitors - twice and easily, and he would do it again. Itauma is promising but too raw to be put in with him yet. Kabayel is levels below. Wilder is done. Chisora pointless. Parker maybe, but I don't see anything other than an easy night for Usyk that ultimately proves nothing. As much as I enjoy watching him - he's one of the GOATs for me - he should retire with his faculties and legacy intact.

True, just REALLY badly! 🙈🤣

Why aren’t they then ? I remember Johnny Byrom scoring hat tricks in the old First Division at a similar age but the game has moved on a lot since then.

You manage his minutes if he looks like he's struggling. Should be able to play every day at that age.

The first time I saw Wharton play I thought- wow, this kid is special. The first time I saw Tyjon play I thought - mm, he could turn out to be decent.

If you dont play him, you'll never know! Agree with other posters, if you're good enough you're old enough. I think his is a different argument to the one about any old academy player being put in for the sake of it to get the minutes up.

Really? Our incidence of injuries and recovery times suggests otherwise.

He doesn’t look to have the savvy to play there to me. Time will tell.

Not many 17 year old kids are physically ready for twice a week mens Championship football. The Wayne Rooney’s don’t come along often. From what I seen of the lad he’s quite slight in build.

I drink everyday. Not heavily but 2 or 3 bottles of stout/beer. Makes me think that I should be cutting back

Did someone mention Waggott? Notifications on. Makes no difference, the reason for our issues off the pitch remains.

Probably not in terms of quality. We'd probably still be waiting to make our first signing though if he was still here.

Agreed. If we are developing him before a likely move next summer, then its essentially a loan. And would we want to loan a player like Tyjon at this stage of his development? No we wouldnt. So it would only be worth it if we knew we had him longer term. Again, contract uncertainty causes massive issues. We need some clarity now on this. The club are probably thinking its a way of driving up any fee at tribunal though. I suspect thats why they gave Finneran minutes too.

I usually go for 1-1/2 hrs walk every night when I’m out there. I used go at 6-00pm. The Spaniards thought I was loco. They go either at 6.00 or 7.00 in the morning or after 9.00 at night. I think I’ll have to go a bit later this year as I’m getting older.

As our options retaining young players are limited and If we are giving Tyjon a clear first team pathway -almost guaranteeing him games - then it should only be on the condition he signs a pro deal before the season starts. Otherwise, we develop him for 12 months and lose him for peanuts. If he won't sign, withdraw the pathway and let him tootle off to Arsenal or wherever. That would lay down a marker for other young players coming through. Just a thought.

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It's stuff like this that makes the banning of peptides even more ridiculous.

Think we'll see the no over 30's rule become hard and fast now otherwise no i doubt there'll be any difference because it seems the final say still comes from the same source.

Thanks for that. I don't know an awful lot about stress fractures, so I assumed they would heal over a few weeks and that would be that. With what you've posted there, sounds like this would be a very risky signing and in all likelihood, he would be on the treatment table more than the pitch. As much as RG and probably VI like the guy, there must be less-risky alternatives we are looking at.

There were some promising signs against Everton, Scott Wharton man of the match, De Neve scores the winner and if it hadn't been for the Everton keeper, goal of the month to round it off. We've got to persuade Tyjon to stay for next season, he's class in the making. We've still got last seasons problem, not being able to put games to sleep. We need strengthening in attack. How many is Ismaels winning steak counting the friendlies 8.

Re: Baradji. Stress fractures are microscopic cracks in the bone which develop gradually from repetitive overuse. As such they don't just go away or get fixed by operations. Repeated loading exceeds the bone’s ability to remodel and repair the damage so apparently the only treatment is rest and 'off loading' with a gradual return to exercise over 6 to 8 weeks. Recurrence is not inevitable but it's common, I'm told that up to 60% of athletes who experience one stress fracture suffer another. The bone may heal but if the conditions that led to its failure persist then there's a fair chance it will reoccur. Why? Could be any of a bunch of reasons. Some sort of predisposition like having a dickie gait, too intensive training (VIs watch word), too much effort without the right amount of rest ... who knows. One things for sure he'll need a long period of recovery to be sure that the bone is fully remodelled. We have good sports science people so I'm sure they'd get to the bottom of his problem and manage reoccurrence but the bottom line is that he'll likely always be a creaking gate. Intensity will only go up when he joins us so reoccurrence is really likely so for me I'd say no thanks and move on.

Then yes I’d give him a miss too much of a risk yes I seen val saying he doesnt like loans most don’t but may be necessary particularly if they are starters and not just squad fillers brings us back to the tyjon discussion if val is totally against loans then the youngsters are going to be playing

It does, but then in another part of the article it quotes VI as saying just 2 or 3 in total. Jackson should have qualified it.

To me, that sounds like we need to make additions on our front line (which could mean just a striker, or he's including the whole front 4) and then 2 or 3 additions across the rest of the positions.

Has post-Waggott made any difference on transfers?