Blimey - he must be nearly 70 now, must have looked after himself .....

Quite interesting perspective, - here's another thought, Raya is actually worth more as a Goalkeeper in what is perceived to be a successful top of the Championship side who are perceived as recruiting well, than he would be at what might be thought of as a struggling mid-table Championship side, perceived to be on the decline.

Jim Brannagan.......solid, reliable, [slow]

Jerome getting greedy?....................

He thinks he's Mistra Know-it-all........

Oh wait......this just happened in the play-off final Looking at the free-kick everything looks like it's going to be one of those you see a 100 times swung into the far post, the runners are gonna come in and then hopefully the keeper comes and punches it but the dive is comedy from David Raya. maybe there's a problem with Brentford's coaching staff too...........

he's becoming a bendictine monk and joining a monastery ..............

Odd - but I was also thinking Ken Beamish, but in a different game, in 1975 'table-topping' clash in old 3rd div versus Plymouth Argyle. I remember it being a slick flowing move ending with what seemed at the time to be an outrageous flick from Beamo [making amends for the penalty he shelled over the bar]. Rovers won 5-2 after going 2-0 down, and still reckon it was the best match atmosphere I witnessed at Ewood.

ironically that's what Utd originally thought too. He was at Manure originally before he was binned off to Hull [from where we got him]. Solkaer or his Norwegian connections must see something in him......

3 city clubs, each with bigger crowds than us, 2 of them with parachute payments for a while yet. I wonder why we can’t compete with them on either wages or transfer budgets.........

Maybe Theo Walcott......

Or a surprise gas bill just after Christmas

Nostradamus has nothing to fear!! These prophesies of doom don’t look great in retrospect, but hats off for putting it out there.......

More likely Jay Sun Lo.....

thought Ed Sheehan had been a bit low profile recently.....good effort to swap Dom Samuel for him

both past it.........

Wonder what the next 'insurance policy' might be once Dack has been sold? [other than the current directors running away from any liability] - I can't see much realisable value in the rest of the squad, or any prospects of the wages:revenue equation changing much. In the scheme of things, sale of Dack might only cover a years' worth of losses - assuming there's no sell on clause to benefit Gillingham. Maybe they should sell the naming rights to Ewood before it gets banned by the EFL, Derby, Boro', and I think WBA seem to have got away with it......

I wonder, maybe in lieu of an instalment payment for Dack’s transfer? Maybe in exchange for release from a sell-on clause? Maybe their left back is coming the other way as part of the / a deal?

Dave Wagstaffe

Imagine his knowledge of the ‘dark arts’ and how tough he’d be after half a season under the tutilige of Joey Barton

Oddly enough Evans plays well - in front of his international team manager........HMMMM

Cunning plan - it might just work, [as long as VAR doesn't learn how to count whether we're playing with 12 players every week].

slight correction - but wholly agree.....

still waiting to work out what the catch is!! he's got a decent pedigree, played for the German national side and as recently as last year for a decent Bundesliga club. He has played in the Premier league in top 6 club [and Fulham]. He's a free agent, and other than us letting him use our training facility has no previous connection or allegiance here, its not even as though he's getting past it [like could have been considered in the case of Downing]. Cant see why we might potentially be on the brink of a seemingly uncontested free signing of someone decent.

Very much so, the guy has been a brilliant signing - only cloud appears to be the rate at which he acquires bookings, seems to have been booked very game so far!! All for a 'hard as nails' defender, but they have to be a bit smarter these days, he can't be far off a ban already.