Exiled_Rover

Yep, sadly that's the stranglehold the PL has on the game in this country.

Well firstly they both took 3 years to blossom, so you have to plan accordingly. Secondly, that's why you have Broughton in place - it's his job to find said talent. Otherwise why is he here?

Brentford don't have an Academy, so there's no model to follow.

There are lots of good players available for free in the Championship. The days of big transfer fees are in the past at this level - nobody has any money.

It's a big blow, but as I understand it JDT relies on his FBs to be offensive outlets. That isn't Nyambe's strength at all... so I wonder if they put a cap on the salary they were willing to offer him?

Welcome to the Championship - you have no leverage over disgruntled players. Also I reckon that's an easy 9 points that's walked out the door - he's a fantastic keeper.

Interestingly, as one of the earliest and staunchest defenders of Brereton, I want him to go. It's best for all concerned - we get a much needed injection of cash, we show that we can be a stepping stone for the next young player and quite frankly we don't have to worry about whether it was all a fluke. Obviously Ben gets his big money / opportunity. He's not a £20m player.

I'd just point out Phil Jones to him. Fabulously wealthy, but a laughing stock. Utd absolutely ruined him.

Well they're 5th this year so he was doing something right!

So they sell their best Keeper and see their three best CBs walk out of the club... They were never formidable in the first place - Dyche ground out wins. Kompany has a massive job on his hands.

Are you Irish by any chance?

Absolute waster that lad.

That shirt was awful... so your mate was right.

Resigning Downing when he skipped all of pre-season was criminal. Signing his mate's son, Pears, warranted a sacking.

Oh we absolutely need a striker (two if Brereton leaves [I think he will]), I'm just not throwing Gallagher on the scrap heap just yet. 15 goals for him next season is achievable. If he does that and makes himself a nuisance he's worth keeping around - I doubt anyone is lining up to take us off our hands with his contract.

Again, I'm not his biggest fan, but he'll score goals for you in this league if you play to his strengths. Mowbray playing him out wide did him no favours at all. I imagine a World Class striker like JDT can teach him a thing or two too.

We'll see. It's an old squad that's another year older. I'm not sure they're up to the grind of a Championship season anymore.

Surely they can observe / set out instructions... if not literally 'take' the training?

I suspect both he and his agent will want to strike while the iron is hot. He runs the risk of having a mediocre season and doors closing on him.

Brighton would be foolish to sell Van Hecke to us. I wouldn't want to buy Khadra - decent player, but not worth forking out for.

He's technically an England U21 International, so I'd want more than £3m for him. That said his end product is lacking at the moment, so I can see why some aren't fans.

Lads (and lasses) - it's Nixon. There's absolutely no way he has a source at Ewood Park.

I think your method is flawed. I renewed my season ticket this morning, however, I had to call the club to do so. My seat was blocked out as reserved online - and obviously until about 8 hours ago it was technically empty.

You can look at it one of two ways. If you're being negative you can say that we have a lot of holes to fill and not a lot of time to fill them. If you're being positive you can say that JDT and GB have a lot of flexibility to shape this team. If anything I was disappointed with Mowbray extending Gallagher - he's lumped Sam on the next manager on (I'm sure) pretty substantial wages.

I think he's waiting for a reply from his PSG job application.