Just don’t think we can let him go for nothing with the mess our finances are in. If it’s £20m now or a free in the summer then I think we have to take the £20m now.

We may be all done but that can change if we get a big BBD bid

It’s an ok from me as well. At one point in the second half he panicked and literally hoofed the ball sideways to a Blackpool player who was on the edge of our box.

Anel with two goals tonight. Think we missed out on a good one there 😞

I’m struggling with the Jordan Rhodes hadn’t proved himself either. He’d been scoring for fun for a couple of seasons before we signed him.

unfortunately it makes zero difference what they are worth. The issue is our low gates and income which is what our wage bill needs to be based on. someone may be able to find a way to do it without us getting a point deduction under FFP but it would be risky.

just trying to compute the SVDB not signing thing. Sure Chaddy was telling all and sundry that it was all signed and sealed and that we were just waiting for Liverpool to release the player if anyone dared to challenge him on it. Anyone would think he’s as in the dark as the rest of us and just feeding off Nickos tidbits.

That’s a shocking starting lineup if correct

So is SVDB not joining from Liverpool if we are going for the Cov lad? I’m sure Chaddy said it was a done deal about 100 pages back.

More clubs linked. Forest, Villa and West Ham mentioned in this one. https://www.nottinghampost.com/sport/football/football-news/brereton-diaz-nottingham-forest-transfer-7500329

100% we need to have the money and not get drawn into loan deals bringing the fee down. It needs to become a bidding war but the worry is that there just hasn’t been the concrete interest to date. Really need two or three teams at a minimum pushing for him.

Of which you’ve made quite a few.

Everyone apart from Chaddy was fully aware that we needed to strengthen the squad based on the players we lost. Also needed to do it by the start of the season and not by the end of the window.

Ending the game with 3 of our back line all being played there out of position is a worry. It shows the fragility of the squad at the moment. We need some quality additions. The good news is that we will be an attractive option. You’d argue that we’ve had a hard start but we’re Flying.

You know that’s what’s known as ‘Doing a Mercer’ in these parts.

West Brom looked very good tonight. Bit surprised that we are the only team to have not dropped any points after 2 games.

I’ll be home for that one. I was hoping the West Brom game would be on telly as it’s a Sunday game but looking doubtful.

How many tickets did we have available? I know I left it late but I had a look on Friday on the ticket pages of the website and there was no mention of Swansea tickets. Assumed we’d sold our allocation. I know sometimes the club have to pay for the tickets up front so wondered if we’d only gone for 500 and they’d all sold.

Think J*B needs to stop digging that hole now 😄

Yeah I don’t think i’ll do the early game in the pub but will do the second one 🙂 thanks for the recommendations guys.

Could that have been the Dutch registered car that pulled off the M65 at Burnley and not actually Van Hecke at all??

I’m probably going to find somewhere to watch the Sunday Prem games next weekend. Any suggestions of bars? My hotel is pretty close to the Whitehouse so that’s the area I’ll probably be wandering around 🙂

I thought he had a quiet debut but to be fair he’s not had a lot of time to train with his new team. Took the goal well but didn’t do a lot else. He’ll improve I’m pretty sure of that.

I wonder if JDT will make him captain for that one? Would show that he’s still got a big future here

The lad Davies from Villa. Different type of player but would be a good one to go for.