MarkBRFC

Why?

Be on loan in the National League by September I imagine.

I'd agree with that. While I much prefer Riberio, the squad needs Pickering too for me. Actually look good in that left back department for once with Powell coming through who I really like the look of. The odd one out is probably Jake Batty, not sure he kicks on here wouldn't overly surprise me if was released this summer.

Yeah I know. I just say release him, taking the option and getting a few hundred grand just puts that little bit less pressure on venkys to put anything in. The way things are going now, there's no point selling a player ever again as the budget is the budget according to Gestede, whatever we bring in doesn't matter.

Riberio twice the player Pickering is for me. Cantwell will do another season, full pre season and hitting the ground running next season, he will have an eye on a move next summer I imagine.

Play offs going as expected after one game. With the squad Sheffield Utd have you would fancy them against anyone from 4th down over two games, we would have probably gone a similar way to Bristol last night had we qualified. As said above though, a one off game at Wembley is different, you could easily see Cov beating Sheffield Utd 1-0 or something.

Why? Too many clubs will be in for Small, we only really have a chance when there is nobody else interested.

One day Markanday will be good enough for us, but it won't be because he has improved any.

Nothing is my guess.

He's 22 now Gilsenan, needs to go and carve out a career for himself in league 1/2. He's still young enough to bounce back to this level by his mid 20's if he's good enough and stays fit.

No chance.

Can't imagine Higgins will stay if the reported interest in him is true.

Unless the club have just got it wrong?!

One that seems to have gone under the radar is that I think Batty is out of contract this summer. Wonder if he might think it's worth leaving to go and get a permanent lower league deal.

The worry for me comes when we inevitably start a season badly, because you know it isn't going to improve after Christmas. I think that could be next season.

It won't be.

Oldham at Ewood, it was the first home game of the 88-89 season. Rovers won 3-1, I think it was a Simon Garner hat trick. Never seen any footage back from it!

I still find it incredible that this lot have lasted 15 years here.

What about them?

At least hold them for another month while there is still a very slight possibility of going up.

Probably limp to around 7.5k if that is the case as not many more will be sold after the prices go up.

Zero nerves from me tomorrow because it's completely out of our hands, like it was two years ago at Millwall. If we were sat in Bristol or Coventry's position though it would be a lot different.

Just yesterday's sales that.

I agree with what you are saying, but we are just as guilty as them just on a smaller scale. We poached Tyjon from Rochdale for I imagine peanuts, then will probably make over a million quid for just developing him. We're the middle men in such a food chain. The system all around is completely wrong.

Yes, but my point is that would bids of over a million need to be submitted for someone who is on a scholarship contract? As I remember Gregg saying that if we hadn't have tied Phillips down to a pro deal with a release clause, then we would have got just a few hundred grand compo instead, or does that just come in when the scholarship ends and he technically becomes a free agent?