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A championship club whose highest position in God knows how long is 8th in the second tier of English football. You misunderstood me , I'm not saying Tomosson is a huge name but I certainly don't think he is Stupid. The Swiss league may not be a powerhouse but I'm sure he would get enough exposure managing in the champions league. I also think he is clever enough to have done his homework and would have known what we have lost from last season so no I don't think he would have turned that down for a probable relegation battle and not go near what we did for a part of last season and finish as high as we did. I'd be fairly certain he would have wanted a bit of money to bring some players in before he would agree to come here.Now wether the club go back on that or can't get the deals over the line is another matter. The press links with Anel and Davies suggest there is some money in the pot (could be bull I know) but I'm convinced he will have been told there is more than inexperienced and cheaper loans, free transfers or £500k lower league players

Well going off the press we were in for Anel and are now talking to Liverpool about Davies. Must be something in the pot to be even going near that sort of player. Il worry there is no money if our first signing Is from league one for a few hundred grand He had other offers.A contract on the table from 1 club

He had a contract on the table from Zurich. I'm not suggesting he has a massive budget but he is a youngish guy at the beginning of his managerial career. Why come to a club who have lost 5 of their better players, 6 when Brererton leaves with only penny's to replace them? We finished 8th last season and unless Tomosson is daft he knows we won't be going anywhere near that position without replacements of at least similar quality. And if no money to spend pointless appointing someone like him.Nigel Adkins was available We also don't know if any of those other candidates that interviewed were actually offered the job

Then JDT wouldn't be here. Did you watch the video after the game on Saturday?He said he was well aware what we have lost from the side last season and signings are being worked on. Surely if it was the case that he was working with the players we have this season he would have been talking up the squad and downplaying the need for new players. Also if the plan is no money and further money saving then why appoint JDT and Broughton in the first place? It would have been another has been just happy to get a job no matter the conditions they had to work under

Burnley and Southampton fighting it out to take Delap on a season loan from City according to reports

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Unless he wants to play 3 at that the back.If he does we need another starter to come in along with Davies(if that deal happens)

Let's say he is on £30k per week.We were prepared to pay Lenihen £22k per week. So Liverpool would have to pay off the remaining 8k per week of his wage in a pay off or they come to some sort of agreement and he gets paid off a portion of it.If a permanent the transfer fee would cover whatever they have to pay him off. Unless he is actually on a ridiculous amount like £60k per week, is he really going to want to be loaned out to a different club every year for the next 3?

They weren't in that much of a bind as Klopp preferred Williams and Phillips to him. Its just not logical for Liverpool to have offered him 60k per week when he would have walked barefoot over broken glass to join them. At the time it was strongly rumoured he had decided to join Celtic when his contract was up, do they play signings from the Championship that much per week?I have my doubts

Someone I know from back in Ireland knows Lenihen personally.I asked him last season to ask him about the contract situation but he wouldn't talk about it whilst his future was undecided. He asked him again after he has agreed with Boro.Last contract offer was 22k but he had already decided on joining Wilder. Would have signed it earlier in the year if the offer was as high as we eventually offered

Davies is a better player than Lenihen. Lenihen last contract offer that he turned down was 22k per week.

I still don't believe they are paying him that much. Liverpool ain't daft.He was on less than 20k at Preston. Why would Liverpool pay a player who was never going to play much 3x+ his wage? It's not like other clubs were offering 60k a week to a 25 year old CB who had never played above championship level. Iv seen other places suggest his wage is £30k per week which is far more likely

Well he does have a point . Not many non parachute payment clubs have spent decent money since the pandemic. Similar with the loan players every club in this division uses loans.Like Forest promoted last season with 5 loans in their starting line up

Is that true that he is on £60k a week? Very surprised if so.Why would they pay him that?No chance other clubs were offering him that sort of money surely. He would have been on 20k at max at Preston and I doubt they were even paying him that much

He is better than anything we have at the back and Is one of the better defenders at this level. Only worry is he is left footed and so is Wharton

They bought Brererton for close to £8 million and let his contract go down to a year.You protect your asset.Well could be argued he wasn't an asset at the time but still 2 season ago he was showing a bit more promiseYes he was poor when playing so it shouldn't have taken that big a rise to get the player interested in extending his deal for a couple of years For the second summer running we have been backed into a corner with our current most lucrative asset.

Totally agree about FFP and I do actually think they would spend more on the playing side if FFP allowed. But even if they gave Tomosson unlimited funds we would probably still struggle to get deals over the line with the farce of a boardroom we have.Hopefully Broughton can help with this but again that will all depend on how many hoops he has to jump through to get permission to close a deal. I don't have a problem with how much money they have put in to the playing side and I genuinely believe last couple seasons been penny's in terms of transfer fees is largely down to Ffp. We couldn't have run a wage bill as big as we did with the income we have for years and not be sailing close to the wind with FFP. Sadly we are stuck because thus far hardly any effort has been put into driving income into the club, only alienating more of the few supporters we have left by making a season ticket unaffordable for many. They won't shell out for a proper CEO or nobody of any stature will come here as they won't give them the authority to make club decisions on their behalf. We should have some leeway this summer as I don't believe JDT would have come here after all those departures if he had to rely on loans and free transfers.Fingers crossed this is the beginning where we protect our younger assets with contracts, stop giving out silly contracts to the "men" in the dressing room ,start being a whole lot smarter when it comes to selling a player.

They never sell players or get full market value for them though. Like letting Armstrong run his contract down to a year.Similar with Brererton.The 3 that have gone on a free this summer 250k outlay on Rothwell, they all could have been sold last summer for some profit. Turning down the 15 million bid from West Brom for Dack the January Darren Moore was in charge of them. Rhodes when he was here wanted out for a long time, bigger bids were turned down than what we got for him in the end. Mowbray was here 5 year...2 players of any value sold in that time.There was bound to have been other interest in some of our players, Lenihen to Sheffield United being one. They definitely don't look after their investments that's for sure.

I have never once said that FFP is the ONLY thing stopping them. Iv also agreed with you more than once the lack of money being put toward stadium and pitch maintenance is a disgrace. But they have loosened the purse strings and spent decent enough money on the playing squad more than once. Up until the pandemic Mowbray was given plenty of backing for wages and transfers.That is fact. And never having to sell a player till Armstrong left ,4 years into his reign.(in discounting Raya as Mowbray was looking for another keeper before he even left and blamed him for our defensive frailties the previous season) I also don't think JDT would have signed up here without the guarantee of having some money to spend.Only an idiot or a desperado has been who is in the last chance saloon would take a job on who had lost 6 players from the starting 11 that finished 8th the previous season

Based on the fact pre pandemic they were spending money on players I'd imagine. I doubt anyone is saying there would be a massive spend but more would have been spent. Our income is minimal.We ran our wage bill at 180% to turnover for years.I don't see how FFP couldn't be a concern and restricting us.

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It's not £10 million.It could reach £10 million but with add ons that if reached he would probably be worth a lot more than £10 million international caps etc. They paid £3 million for him

I can understand people not going anymore due to the owners but could never agree with changing to another club to support. Used sicken me when I lived in London ,the amount of lads who grew up a stone throw away from a club but walking around with Manchester United shirts on

Will you be publishing any minutes from your meeting with Waggott?

I put the question to Sharpe on twitter yesterday and have had no response