bluebruce

Definitely not the sort of career that warrants the decision to mug us off, mind. I'm sure his wage slip looked lovely for a couple of years though.

Hope we didn't do what I often do on FM, and slap a big fat clause for an international cap to save me a bit of dosh knowing full well he will never get a cap for such a big country...before noticing he has a second nationality.

Alebiousu starting against Uganda. The names I actually recognise are all on the bench. Looks like the second string being given the chance to impress.

And we had Rhodes and Gestede banging in about 20+ each and didn't even make the playoffs. If Ohashi can get past 12 goals, then especially with his work rate, I'm happy enough with him. It would definitely be a plus to have someone more prolific for when AG is out though.

Since Ohashi has 7 goals halfway through the season (plus a cancelled one from the postponed game) it seems pretty reasonable to think he will be scoring more than 10 goals and could reach 15.

Yep. At this point anything around a million with a decent sell-on would be happy days.

It seems very much like the senior management rate him more than the u21 coaches.

I can't imagine him trying to get them to do anything they don't want to.

Shame about the last part. Snivelling little shit.

Pasha is gone?

To add to this, there is a solid chance that when Tronstad leaves us in the summer, he will have made more league appearances for us in his 3 years than Wharton will have made in nearly 10.

Yes and no. It's also frustrating if we lose a key player for those games for absolutely no reason, although it's better than if we had lost him to injury. And the emergence of Litherland is a bonus that may not have happened without this. We still have 4 points from 6 in his absence I think it is, so it hasn't been crushing so far. He should come back refreshed if he doesn't play (jet lag around the time aside) though he will also train hard, and could lose a bit of match sharpness. Or may be deflated from wasting his time going out there. I hope and expect he at least comes back with a cap. Given they are already likely to go through as winners I suspect they will start him. Which lets them rest the other lad and see how Ryan does.

If you perceived aggression, that's down to you. None was meant. I've got better things to do than be aggressive about football opinions these days. You said that Finn did all the work behind the scenes or something like that. I was asking where you got that information from. Where to go with that would have been to answer the question so that I knew what you were basing that opinion on. Perhaps I'd have learnt something.

I've been perfectly civil throughout, and only questioned you on things you said.

Wow, 28, that surprised me. Thought he was about 26. Definitely not a promising youngster anymore though! Amazing that he made his debut in 2016, and yet hasn't made 100 league appearances for us yet (98 according to Wiki). He has some 210 total career appearances, but injuries have definitely done a number on the poor lad. Hope his brother avoids that fate.

I think that's a big assumption. He is still only 20 and used to be seen as a major prospect. Pratt has only made his breakthrough at 22.

Still on the books. 5 PL2 games for the U21s this season. Plus 2 PL Cup, 2 National League Cup.

I'm sorry that you don't like your opinions to be questioned.

In your opinion? Based on what?

He's not the centre halves or the flap-handed keeper mate.

I guess Sammie Szmodics was shit too because we nearly got relegated with him. It's almost like a team's performance in the league boils down to more than one player.

Well it can't just be you in the minority opinion on a player all the time.

No idea what game you were watching then. Worked his balls off even more than usual, linked play really well and had a few really nice touches. The only thing that was a bit off was the finishing, but he gave Boro's defence a torrid time. There's no way they came off thinking he was terrible.

I thought Ohashi was excellent today.

I don't need to clutch at straws. Toth is a superior goalkeeper, end of discussion really.