Meh, good confidence boost for the lad and show us investing in young prospects. I don’t think the intention is to make it out as a “proper signing”, that’s why they say he’s going in the U23s.

I think it’s a good way to seem an appealing place for young players to come. Even if that’s a spurious reason, I struggle to see why you think it’s a bad thing. I like to know if we sign players for the U23s tbh

Not my thinking, maybe yours. He’s 3 years older and has half as many senior appearances as Brereton. Needs to play urgently.

Would have to mean Nuttall on loan to League One for me. At 22 you'd like to think he could become the main man for someone lower/mid table and come back a better or more valuable prospect. Perhaps should happen anyway.

I might sign up to be honest... maybe get to 3 or 4 home games next season. Does anyone know if 1875 get one discounted ticket or discount on 2 or 3 when purchased together?

Interesting news (if true) Brave, and overdue. ?

Another defender who can head the ball and a keeper that can catch a cross and I really don't see Nyambe/Bell as obvious weaknesses. I think they will both improve next season.

Agree. If he could block crosses he'd be fantastic.

I’d be alright with Joe Hart tbh Been there, done that etc Maybe I’ve just forgotten the extent of how utterly shit he was for England

Same paper round as Charlie Adam 33 - thought he was a lot older

Well that would be incredibly heartening... But the fact Nixon said it fills me with dread!

They only played together twice post-Jan to be fair

Can anyone give us an away shirt update to lighten the mood?

I understand the principle, but it's a slippery slope. Unfortunately the Sheff Wed game is one that I will definitely be buying a standalone matchday ticket for so you might be on your own in the posh seats @Biz! I'll wave to you from the Riverside.

Well, I thought he was pretty good all told. Not bad work from Benson there to bring through our first academy keeper that's been coveted since Shay Given...

So Benson is shit because we used to have shit keepers. This doesn't make any sense.

? Good job Benson had been coaching a decent one in Raya in the u23s since 2015 isn't it? How very lucky for him.

Even stranger for me is the fact that Raya got into the team after Benson had been coaching him, and had a great season in league one leading into last year. But it's his fault that he didn't get better? Could it not be the other way around that he made him as good as he is? Pointless and baseless speculation.

Unless something changes, Armstrong is pretty much already a starter? He started 70% of our league games last year and didn't make a matchday squad where he didn't get on the pitch at least for a few minutes. He's proving great value for me.

We wouldn't have gone down if Raya was playing instead of Steele. Hard to think of a shot on target that didn't go in.

These are just cheaper replacements for two fantastic centre halves that they’ve sold though. Tykes fans are gutted and getting deja vu from when they last came up and flogged Winnall and Hourihane etc... Time will tell.

Ah... I won’t shit my pants just yet then. Goes without saying though that that would be a monumentally stupid decision unless it was proper, proper megabucks that went straight back into the team (ha yeah right)

Trying to catch up here lads where’s all this Travis stuff come from???

IOS all sorted here ??

Baffling. If he was called Dave Richards they wouldn’t be thinking that.