bluebruce

I can't remotely imagine us getting him on loan again. Especially if he is in his last year.

Really? Seems odd I've heard no mention of it. The internet seems to agree it expires next summer, but I wonder if there's a 1 year option. Seems odd for a Prem club to spend a couple mill on a youth player and not give him a 4 year deal. In that case I expect they'll try to tie him down to new terms if there is no extension option. Shouldn't be too hard for them. Even if he leaves next summer they'll be due compo if they offer him a deal of the same or better terms and since they paid a fee it should be reasonable. I doubt they're in a rush but I guess it opens the slim possibility of a sale. A better financed Championship club would probably outdo us on wages though, I'd be surprised if there are more than a couple of clubs in this league who wouldn't like to have him.

Personally, not so sure I'd loan Brown, maybe on a 2 or 3 month loan at most. Leaves us with just JRC (known to be shit there and perennially injured or unfit) and Carter (a CB really) as cover. Shame we don't have any young lads of note coming through there like we do at LB.

Sorry I didn't mean to have a go, it just keeps coming up. Sadly it's a pipe dream.

Yes people keep wondering this, and keep having to be told that no, there isn't really. Brighton will want him to get a higher level loan or maybe even use him themselves. After last season he is too good for them to want him to just come here again.

If they only risk losing him if we pay him 20k per week, he can sleep very very soundly. More likely to be about half that. And I should think the player would be very thankful for it too.

Yes it could really be the key ingredient needed in our 12th place finish, then we can replace him for free next summer.

The daftest part of it is that Nyambe at 6.5k pw is bargain basement!

Ok, just what your words implied. Don't be ashamed, it's 2022, you can be loud and proud 😉

The player has said this deal has been going on for weeks, so yep, coincidence!

What, you used to date Poveda?

There was no blank at CB though, after Brittain filled the only defensive one.

There's optimism and there's delusion. Thinking BBD is signing an extension here is the latter.

Sounds like most games he plays.

🤣🤣🤣 I'll go with 'no impact'

FT 1-0 to us

Jack Vale scores, right foot, bottom left corner. Assist by Gally it sounds like.

Leonard hits the post after good work by Markanday. Or McAndre, whichever one is playing.

Sounds like Hartlepool coming into it now and putting us under some pressure. Pool commentators feel they look like the Championship side right now. Not sure they realise how few of our starters are out there. Bit tired of hearing them call Markanday 'McAndre'

We just hit the post with the keeper tipping it, commentators think it was Buckley. Then from the resultant corner, sounded like we nearly scored but they got a good block in.

His name keeps coming up, mispronounced by the commentators, but doesn't sound like he has done anything impactful. Then again it doesn't sound like most have. Hopefully they're just blowing their load early.

It would be incredibly sad for Nyambe if he ends up warming Wigan's bench. I doubt very much that their RB is better than him, but if he's the captain he's gonna be hard to dislodge. Wigan must be paying a lot for Nyambe by their standards though surely. Perhaps they'll play Nyambe at RCB, or shift their captain to a different position.

Didn't Leonard play in the U23 game a day or two ago?

Quite possibly. Seen people post similar in all earnestness so it's hard to tell sometimes!

2 games in 70 hours is what players who are already fit are expected to complete, usually a bit into the season already. Our players aren't fully fit yet, so it makes perfect sense to not have them put that kind of shift in yet, especially using a high press. Some of them have only just completed their first 90 minutes. Like I said before, the problem is more that the schedule overall hasn't been intensive enough or started early enough, but I wouldn't want to rush that in now and start the season with a couple of injured first team players.