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Staying away because of the crowd figure, then complaining about the crowd figure, mmmm.

The reality nowadays is that we're probably more likely to sign a better player on a free, if the recruitment department does its job properly. It's the reason why Gestede makes it clear that wages are part of the transfer budget. The power, as we're finding out with Dolan, is with the player. Gallagher could have sat it out for another 12 months and made more money, i'd like to think he was thinking of the club when he went for a fee.

Aye, well said Chaddy. I had my neice's fella and their young son at Burnley's parade, along with many good mates. I had my daughter's long time fella at the Leeds parade. Very, very sad.

The tedious Alexander-Arnold saga made national headlines.

The parachute money used to be to cushion a club after it spent big trying to compete in the prem. Now clubs go up, lube up and bend over and come back down £150 million richer.

Tuchel only has a chance of winning anything because of Southgate, he overhauled the whole system, it's a completely different proposition. Players were sending in a sicknote from their mum to get out of turning up before Southgate started, now they're champing at the bit to get in the squad. Tuchel has to reach the final or it's failure, semis at the absolute least. That is the standard Tuchel has inherited from the wet lettuce.

Brilliant goal

Which is your team? I was born in Accy, but my parents moved here from St Helens before I was born. All my relations are over there, I've been brought up watching Saints. When my dad died, I found a letter in the loft from 1951,it was from Saints offering him a 3 match trial. I knew about the trial but I'd never seen the letter, it brought a tear.

To be fair, I was going to say the first goal against Watford, said at the time, Hedges did well there.

Always liked the yellow and green West Brom, Bomber Brown away strip in the 70s

I'll never forget Courtney's face when he came out the next time he reffed us at Bradford.

Supposedly,i think Pickering was having one of his off nights.

To be fair, it looks like Dolan was being asked to play left wing AND left back. Talk about a defence going awol.

That's more like the realistic scenario. Even if (and I certainly doubt it) that we got remotely close to £30 million, there's no way would the future sell on be as high as 15%.

Don't remember Dolan ever playing left back.

Yeah, confirmed concussion checks.

It's usually a higher fee and lower sell on, or a lower fee and a higher sell on, as in Armstrongs case. It remains to be seen how much the club receives,time will tell. I'm wondering if Rovers benefit from a Palace win today. For all the disappointment with the initial Raya fee, we ended up with more than anyone could have expected.

How is answering no directly to a yes or no question a cop out?

No, but the conversation was about the potential fee, not what will happen to it.

I replied to you mentioning the fee. Sorry, didn't realise when you mentioned the fee, you weren't actually interested in the fee. Remiss of me.

Bit of a cop out.

So, realistically, what final figure would you be happy with?

It is a big sell on percentage by the looks of it. Birmingham had a 5% sell on fee for Bellingham, as opposed to 15% on Wharton , but received more up front. I don't think anyone can complain or otherwise until the final figure is known.

There is no decision to be happy with, or otherwise. How can anyone say we have or haven't received enough money for him, until the final figure is known? All the moaning about Raya, and we ended up with way more than the most optimistic value,if reports were correct.

As with Raya, probably best to wait for the final reckoning.