Normally try to stay professional on the forum but Brittain to Derby is a fucking joke, set of cunts...

Had Broughton been working for a competent board, he probably would have done well. Gestede was never ready for his role, not in the Championship anyway; utter novice and it is embarrassing but another case of saving the pennies from Suhail & Co... They still haven't replaced Maggot in public capacity, the whole situation surrounding us is of a novice nature! It's like they're playing a game of Football Manager.

Jesus lads/lasses ... Again, tongue in cheek comment making humour against the comments of wanting 90% of the transfer deals done prior to the start of preseason ... Yes, it is likely a lot lower but I was referring to those we knew of, my comments detail nothing other than highlighting our negligence in the apparent player trade model they once claimed to operate! 🤣 My point is ... We've signed 3 and had a few solid leads adding Kapaudi and Baradji as an example and no where near that 90% conversion rate and so is likely going to piss Ismaël off. Some of you lot would argue with a wall!! 🤣

It was a tongue in cheek comment making fun of wanting 90% of transfer work complete prior to preseason 😉 Adding Mannsverk as reminded by @davulsukur, now 3 out of 12 ... 25% haha

Dropping the percentage by another 3%, we're now at just 30% signed; that's only among those strongly linked. Ten linked, three signed... shocking stats, though not surprising. Rovers making 9 signings before pre-season? That’d be like winning the EuroMillions but then finding out it was only for matching four numbers considering the expected quality of those signings. 🤣 Ah, missed off Gassama too ... Drop it to 27%

So, out of players we have signed/been strongly linked to over the course of the window so far (not sure if I have missed any): - Steve Kapaudi - No deal Marwan Al-Sahafi - No deal Ryan Alebiosu - Deal Sidnei Tavares - Deal Dion De Neve - Deal Moussa Baradji - No deal Ethan Pye - No deal Cody Drameh - No deal Sean McLoughlin (I am regurgitating an old name here, I can't remember the name of who it was but sure it was another Hull player) - No deal Prior to pre season starting, we'd reached 33% so already failed that expectation to Val 🤣

He was definitely one of our better players last season and I think a lot of fans had confidence seeing him on the team sheet especially when he had the period of injury but you are right, I wouldn't call him irreplaceable; the issue is, we don't see him being replaced effectively should he leave and the chances of that happening are high. A lot of members within the forum are jokingly stating "we already have his replacement" and that is probably accurate... The club will likely spin this now and you'll see a lot more of Albieosu on the Social Media channels, not saying the lad isn't decent; I haven't seen enough of him to form an opinion... But being honest... Haha.

Untrue, it's already been reported a player agreement had already been discussed and agreed prior to the offer and Boro have been interested in him for a while. I'm not going to bother finding the link but sure it is on one of the LT articles.

That's my impression from it all when reading between the lines, but of course could just be my perception of things... I thought it looked like no contracts were offered until they confirmed the retained list... I could be wrong, who knows!

My thoughts exactly, definitely a ploy to try and spin the narrative from fans on social media. That account is a paid employee, almost undoubtedly.

I think the comment was more so in response to the "I don't know what you guys smoke in the morning" comment. The other posts, I think fair as interested to see how privy this individuals claims to be!

I wouldn't be surprised if it was him, he's posted similar reactions to comments on Facebook. The guy is a knob.

100% ... It is ridiculous that we as fans are still having discussions about their incompetence (putting it politely) regarding players contracts/retention, but then from another post on here it is now also Staff retention.

Could simply be smoke and mirrors...

This is my actual opinion also however, trying to remain optimistic because if I succumbed to the negatives (which are normally true) I'd end taking a short walk off a cliff... 🤣