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Happy with that. Not a must win by any means but we couldn’t afford going into the derby after two defeats. Brittain and Hedges are such good footballers. Hedges in particular, so impressive on the ball. Puzzling switch to hold on from 20 mins out and against better teams it won’t work, but our home record speaks for itself. Biggest concern is the lack of depth up front. Vale put in a ‘Butterworth-esque’ performance and Hirst has shown nothing so far. We are so reliant on BBD and Gally staying fit. A serious injury to either and we’re stuck.

If he didn’t touch it, he’s clearly close enough to be impacting the play. Think it would have gone in either way but it’s still offside. Definitely a pen to Sunderland as well. Surprised it wasn’t given in real time and even more so when looking at the replays. Fine margins etc.

Got away with the big decisions, Sunderland looked dangerous without creating big chances. BBD was unreal. Impressed with Szmodics. Hyam and Brittain are a step up from what we had. If JDT doesn’t fancy Dack, I trust his judgement.

Well he did bring BBD to the club..

Brittain has been immense. Massive improvement on Nyambe who was hardly a weak link. Sami disc has done reasonably well, good movement and high energy. Can see what he brings over Dack although Dack is better with the ball at his feet.

So a remark he gave at a press conference overrides several years of stability and promotion from L1 at the first attempt? He outstayed his welcome but that’s as much on the owners for not having the guts to press the trigger. He was far from faultless but did a decent enough job (compare him to the clowns who came before..) and deserves a decent reception.

They said from the start that the 1875 membership with a ST would give you priority for all away games. Not saying I agree with it but the club haven’t sprung this on fans at the last minute.

What on earth was that. Abysmal. Genuinely feel for Cardiff fans that they’re not ahead. We don’t deserve to be on the same pitch.

You’ve missed the point. The nations league isn’t intended to compete with the World Cup, it’s designed to produce games that have more significance than friendlies, which it does.

You have no idea about what negotiations went on or what offers were made. We know the players left for nothing which is a massive problem, but if they were determined to run down their contracts and not sign with us, what can we do? I’m not saying that the club couldn’t have done more but equally I can’t say that the club did nothing to try and retain them. Diaz will likely leave for nothing next year because he will run his contract down, is that the club’s fault? It’s a two way street.

If there were enough people who wanted to go, they’d have got tickets. Not saying Rovers couldn’t do things better but I don’t believe that 100s of fans didn’t bother because of the sales system.

Great performance. Really impressed with Hedges, turning into a great signing. Hyam, likewise. Nice to see us steal a decent quality player from a championship rival. Thought we could have been more proactive with the subs given that Dolan and BBD looked shot with 10 to go.

It’s not as binary as caring or not caring. People can care and still feel that life shouldn’t grind to a halt for several days.

That’s your argument? You think the Charlton game was more significant than the fact he had won us promotion?! Keep it in perspective.

Disagree. He outstayed his welcome and ran out of ideas but was a decent enough bloke and to say he never cared about the club is unfair.

Slightly underwhelming window but overall fairly content. Hyam and Brittain on permanents is particularly decent business. Don’t think we’re much stronger (if at all) from last season on paper but obviously the young lads stepping up does make a difference. Intrigued to see how Hirst gets on.

Thanks for the info. But do you know what you have just done.

https://avftt.co.uk/index.php?threads/adam-wharton.35283/ Even the opposition fans rated him. Remarkable debut. It’s easy to take our academy for granted at times but last night is a reminder as to how advantageous it is for us. Breeding 17/18 year old championship ready performers. Think we have to go easy on the expectations for Wharton. Saw talk about England caps last night. Let’s not set him up to fail!

Surely him doing well and us then signing him is a good thing??!

I cannot believe that some posters genuinely think we have a shot at Barkley. Even by this forum’s standards, it’s ridiculous.

Caulker isn’t inspiring but we need bodies in so not going to complain. I hope 3 players in is a conservative estimate. Possibly tolerable if BBD stays.

Comments like these are why I sometimes sympathise with the club. Trashing a potential new player before he’s even through the door.

Ben Davies got a move to Liverpool but never played a PL game so let’s not overdo it. Sounds like Hyam is highly regarded so no complaints from me.

I meant never in the context of this summer, which is what your original post referred to. I’m sure he would have signed prior to the summer of 2021 but to be fair I don’t think anyone expected the journey BBD has been on since. Doesn’t absolve the club from blame but it’s important not to lose context. As for the ambition of the club - the signing of JDT would signal that ambition is there but it’s clearly been a disappointing window so far. Ultimately there’s still time left in the window so I’m reserving judgement but there needs to be a lot of movement in the next week to turn it around.

Your argument was that our winning start to this season was the best opportunity to get him to sign, which is what I contest. He wasn’t signing a new deal this summer regardless.