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How did they manage to go 1 nil up then?

They still felt the need to chant 'your support is fucking shit' at one point though.

You got the Sammie off ASAP bit wrong though, so I'm glad you didn't bother with the bonus ball.

Can't fathom why Szmodics isn't coming off to give him a rest.

Garrett needs to calm down now he's in the book or he'll be taking an early bath. I'd probably sub him soon, even though I like him in general. Not really his day, good work in the buildup for the first though.

I wouldn't even say that myself, and I'd have to be counted as a Pears critic. I'd say a better keeper like Kaminski might save it, probably about 30% of the time. Mostly from having a longer reach though.

That's literally the opposite of how it went? We started well, could have been 2 or 3 up before we let them score a sloppy goal from our end. Then we looked awful for ages, until about a minute before scoring. Although we did well since then, if that's the goal you meant we responded well to?

So...who else still isn't entirely confident 3-1 up at half time against a 4th tier side?

Now we're talking

Stay fit.

Believe he has been getting rave reviews for them this season, but that was suicidal. Wtf is that from the ref? He let that tackle go, then when the guy stayed down decided they could have a free kick. Weak as piss decision.

He really shouldn't have been palming it into a danger zone like that, but his followup save was exceptional. We have been crap since they scored, after looking like the only team in it before then (one Wrexham break aside).

And he didn't actually have a cat in a box (sorry!)

I didn't realise you were intimately acquainted...

It's also gratifyingly close to 'ya bastards!'

He will be 22 in the summer. At that age you don't generally get a new deal unless you've played a game for the first team. That said, he was already injured when we gave him the one-year deal in the summer, so we knew this was the situation back then and still extended him. Though, the club did say they were 'continuing to support him through his lengthy injury lay-off' (minor paraphrase), so I wonder if it was purely to be nice to a player who has been here since he was 12 and help him have a career, or if we intend to see if he can stay injury-free and impress enough to get another deal. Of course, if he plays out of his skin, it's almost certain he gets offered a new deal. Fingers crossed as he looks a real talent, but he's had a foot problem that needed surgery on 4 occasions. I don't think he played at all in the last two seasons. I was very excited about his prospects at one time.

Doubt it. Chelsea v Leeds if that one happens, Liverpool v Watford/Southampton, Bristol/Forest v Manure and Sheff W/Coventry v Maidstone are all likely to be bigger draws for the tellybox I'd say.

He joined Albacete in the Spanish third tier, which is dogshit. So it does seem a little strange on the face of it, but tbf it has worked out fairly well for him (moved to second tier, freshly relegated Valladolid for 1.2 mill Euros).

For a League One side? Yes of course it is. 3 and a half years left on his deal. We took him from a promoted Plymouth so you can be sure we offered more than they did and it would be a financial burden for a League One side to match it, especially when they consider his injury record. We're not 'concerned' about NI contributions, we're just aware they're a factor in what a player costs.

True, though after his wages, agent fee, national insurance etc, probably more like breaking even. Doesn't sound like we will get the 500k we are asking for though. Not from Bolton anyway. And even if they agreed, I think a League One side might struggle to match the lengthy, lucrative contract we have put him on so it could fall down at that point.

Ah that makes a lot more sense. Fairly sure you're right, that he's talking about us wanting a permanent transfer for 500k, whether now, or in the summer as part of a loan deal now.

Probably more like 35 million in 2024.

Sounds like bullshit to me. No way we are asking for 500k to loan an injury prone non-scoring striker to a League One side for 6 months. A chunk less than that and with the figure including his wage contributions and maybe I could buy it, but we'd still be asking too much for them to reasonably pay it.

Because he appears to be worth 2 million quid in the market.

50 million is? I think you're in for a rude awakening when we do sell him...