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Baker doesn’t make much sense again does it? Surely on a good wage and would command a fee. Must be agent talk again…

Marek Rodak/Asmir Begovic Paudie O’Connor/Sean McLaughlin AND Liam Cooper Winger loan Striker loan Is the minimum to give us a competitive squad IMO, plus replacing anyone that the club inevitably receive an offer for. Really struggling for depth otherwise. Our bare 11 is fairly decent, but how long can we survive with that? Maximum 5 games I would suggest.

I presume he knows that any statement that reflects negatively on Venky’s would immediately cost him his job

Why are the club allegedly enquiring about McLaughlin, Engelhardt, Dykes, Paik etc. Is it just club generated rumours as a smoke screen or are the club either aware of an impending exit or planning for life after 20th August? Strange behaviour either way. Don’t think many genuine supporters would stop supporting the club if they showed some honesty, shed light on our difficult financial situation as a result of ownership issues and told us of cut backs and no sign of investment.

Any idea why he was picked to play regularly in the premier league season before last then? Nonsense really from their supporters that really isn’t it, even if he struggled in the premier league

There will be an extremely small number of people who will have knowledge of transfer budgets, information on venky’s and new appointments such as Park/Rudy. Would estimate less than five people if you take out the new appointments. Whoever it is knows full well they will be found out. Strange business.

I imagine someone will get him on loan for the season possibly with an option to buy next summer. He’s brilliant in the air but pretty limited in other areas, probably why he has struggled in Spain. I imagine he’s on a decent salary if he signed there after a good season in the Championship. He will certainly offer something different for a club who can pay him 😒

Sory Kaba has been told he can leave Las Palmas in La Liga either permanently or on loan, limited game time for them last season. Was very impressive at Cardiff the season before in the championship. Dont know what kind of salary he will be on, but he’s apparently being looked at by English clubs, which presumably will be championship clubs

10 goals in 31 games for a team that only scored 33 goals all season. It’s actually pretty impressive when you see the full facts. If we were linked with someone who’d scored 15 for Rotherham last season would you be impressed? A gamble none the less but certainly not comparable to Telalovic and has potential to score goals

We simply have to persist with overseas signings at the minute, low fees, cheap wages. This lad has miles more pedigree than Telalovic, playing two tiers above him and relatively successful. I can’t understand how people think we are going to go and recruit a striker with a proven record in England. A. These players don’t exist B. We aren’t spending money.

Not bigging this lad up, quite frankly never heard of him. he’s probably being offered around by his agent after they have been relegated but Telalovic never played in the 2.Bundesliga and certainly hadn’t scored goals at that level. Would be another inexpensive gamble which I’m sure certain directors would be happy with…

Bristol taking a punt on Sinclair Armstrong from QPR. Young but 3 goals in 61 championship games doesn’t make great reading. Surely they won’t be letting both him and Dykes leave.

I think he is held accountable for his performance. The performance he is judged on is pound signs alone. More money clawed in the more impressed the owners are.

McLaughlin would be an astute piece of business. Clearly up to this level, only 27 and for some reason available at a cut price fee. You make a good point about Cooper. We won’t last 10 games with 2 fit senior centre backs let alone a full season. We need 2 and I think presently this is far more important than any recruitment in the forward positions

Dykes 34 championship goals Gallagher 50, Szmodics 38 (Dykes at a similar goals per minute ratio to Szmodics) I’m sure We could do a lot better if we had money, we don’t. I bet there aren’t many other clubs in the league with a forward line with that many goals between them. We’ve been spoilt over the years with good forwards, in fact we have rarely been without. Dykes and Gallagher would certainly be nowhere near the worst strikers in the league.

If by some miracle we could get Begovic, Cooper and Dykes over the line I think they would massively improve us. Our team is devoid of experience, physicality and a bit nastiness. It has been for quite a few years.

Ah the 12 monthly Lyndon Dykes rumours have surfaced again. He’s not got a great goal scoring record but QPR have been a very poor side over the last few years. Presume either his agent is trying to push for a move or someone within rovers likes him as this continues to resurface. FWIW I think we could do a lot worse. He’s clearly got something about him from his performances for Scotland and we will never again buy a forward with a goal every other game record in the championship whilst venky’s are at the helm. His hold up play is better than Gallagher’s and he’s certainly a threat in the air.

Will be quite telling if Szmodics is involved today. The cynical side of me would say the protective boot from last weekend might be a decent excuse. I recall Hanley doing something very similar a few years back when Newcastle came calling. My money is on him not being involved at all.

Have they been waiting to flog Szmodics all along and waiting for THAT money before we start going for players? Unlikely I know

Personally don’t think we’d have ever got more than 10 million for him. My point is that we have all criticised the club for letting contracts run down and on this occasion they haven’t and we stand to get a decent fee for a player who has had a great season and will probably never be worth anymore than he is this summer. It matters not anyway because NONE of it will be going back into the team 😂

Bet this was agreed when he signed his new deal at the turn of the year, allows club to safeguard getting a fee and would allow him a premier league move should one materialise. We can moan about the fee, but we would be complaining even more now if he was going into the last 12 months of his deal and was refusing to sign a new deal. Can imagine Szmodics party insisted on it as this will probably be his only opportunity for a move to the premier league and the big money that comes with it. Unpopular opinion but I don’t begrudge him or the club if he leaves for the premier league for a fee of around £8 million.

Not sure. Just presumed he’d been injured, midfield not a priority for us but I think we could do a lot worse. He’s shown he can play at this level and is only 26

Wonder where Allan Campbell is off, just been released from Luton. Was well thought of when he came South from Scotland. Played 42 times in Luton’s promotion season, spent last year on loan at Millwall.

They have gone early and been proactive. Are there any players we are particularly jealous they haven’t come here though? Maybe Tanganga, other than that they have gambled on a few players from lower leagues, who may turn out well.

Correct. He’s a left footer who’s considered pretty steady at this level. Again I’d be amazed if they were willing to sell a decent championship centre half for such a low fee.