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I 100% agree with you that the club is run like an absolute joke.I think our owners are terrible,I just disagree massively with some of the stuff you come out with. Like not believing we have been trying to get Armstrong to sign a new deal.The owners do spend money on the playing squad we tried buying our way out of the league when we first came down,stupidly granted but how many big contracts did we hand out on complete wasters we are still paying for it today. They have backed Mowbray since he got here,giving him enough money in my opinion to be challenging the top 6.Not forcing him to sell one player, let's be honest the manager didn't rate Raya that highly and wasn't bothered about him leaving. Like the last couple of weeks IV seen people say the Rhodes money disappeared but we didn't even make that much of a profit on Rhodes?The player wanted out a very very long time before they agreed to sell him we bought him for 8 million and on top of that the wages we paid him In his time here we wouldn't have made much profit at all. We disagree on ffp aswell look how much we are spending on wages compared to turnover and the EFL are cracking down now.Those clubs who gambled and lost on getting to the premier league are being punished now . Its their disinterest and stupidity I can't stand ,most recent example by the looks of it taps are turned off again and radio silence,they will forget about us for a year until Mowbrays contract runs out.Just sack the man for Christ sake . Plus sick of hearing people saying they listened to the wrong advice,IV no doubt they were misled initially (Mrs Desai didn't wake up one morning and have a premonition that 5 million and "leasing" players would get Champions league football) but it's been 10 year and they still fill the most important positions at the club with substandard people and don't make a change when they prove their incompetence

I'm not comparing Armstrong and Lenihen in terms of ability what I'm saying Is if the club give Armstrong a new deal on significantly higher than our current highest earner then any player we are looking to tie down will be wanting more.I used Lenihen as the example as he is the captain . I'm not sure what Lenihen is on now but say it's 15 grand a week, we give Armstrong 25-30 a week as club captain Lenihen and his agent will be saying to the club we want 20 to renew as will all the other senior players when it comes to negotiations over new contract.

The cock and bull story about Rothwell came from Nixon..not the club. You have absolutely no idea how much the club have offered Armstrong(well sorry you don't believe there is any offer). Armstrong will be able to get 30k upward a week if he moves.If he leaves on a free then he will get a nice juicy signing on fee. You are correct in what you say after letting all those players depart then we should have the scope to offer Armstrong a very good deal but the problem with that Is then the other players nearing the end of their deals will want more to renew also.You will have the likes of Lenihen wanting 20+ a week and he isn't worth it. Also do you not want all those players that have left replacing like you keep saying so where is that money coming from? We also have to be wary with ffp we do not want the club sanctioned again.Our relegation to league one started with the embargo under Bowyer and left us with a truly terrible squad when Coyle was in charge. I know In the past you have downplayed ffp and pointed at other teams working around it through clever accounting.Well it doesn't look so clever now ,Sheff Wednesday just been relegated, Derby very very lucky not to have been and both clubs overspent massively for what exactly?Both didn't get promoted due to it. The Armstrong new deal should have happened 12-18 months ago when he first starting showing signs of kicking on.But we can't just give him what he wants to keep him,the club has to cut its cloth accordingly and we should be working toward getting as much as a transfer fee as we possibly can now

Only worry is his people sort out a deal with an English club on the sly.Come the latter stages of the season will he really be giving 100% when he knows he won't be here the following season

How can a player break through when injured?He has spent the majority of the last two seasons out injured

Why wouldn't they offer the biggest asset the club have a new deal? Now the new contract may be way below what he would get elsewhere but I can think of no reason whatsoever why the club wouldn't offer their biggest asset a new contract. Big difference between Marshall and Armstrong who just finished the season 2nd top scorer. You did say the same about Dack.Like you say every summer no money will be spent on permanent signings.Like you were saying last week that the club want to be in an embargo...plenty of nonsensical stuff you come out with.With absolutely no evidence to back it up.

Because they don't want to break wage cap they have.Not saying I agree with it but they offer Armstrong a lot more than the wage ceiling they have seemingly imposed, then you have the other players that are soon to be out of contract wanting more than the wage ceiling, Captain Lenihen for example. Totally agree it's a shit show and we will most likely sell Armstrong for below market value but of course there is a new contract on the table for him. Weren't you saying the exact same things when we were trying to extend Dacks contract? There are enough problems at the club without you continuously peddling these nonsensical conspiracys

So what are you saying there isn't a new contract on the table for Armstrong?Of course there is.And yeah it most likely would make him the highest paid player at the club but he will get better elsewhere.

This year make or break for him, doubt much if any will be spent on bringing players in ,he will get a chance this season if he doesn't break down with another long term injury

That is due to the injuries he keeps getting.He would have played more but for them If he can get over them then he has a chance ,looks a talent from whenever I have seen him and has a bit of aggression and nastiness about him ,if he doesn't make it in the game it won't be due to talent but like I say his injury record awful maybe just doesn't have the body for the professional game

That lad from Leicester who been linked with a loan move here is at Luton's training getaway.

Do you think even if he goes we will spend money on permanent transfers this summer?I don't The reason for no signings yet is because the premier league clubs won't let their kids out on loan to they have numbers back .

Josh King signed for Watford

Look on Andy Bayes Twitter you will find a link you will have to scroll down a fair bit but he was on radio lancs, Nixon was on aswel.It was posted ion here but can't remember which thread

I'm excited to see a few of the younger players getting extended spells in the side and finding out if they are up to it . Feel no chance anything better than midtable under Mowbray so hopefully we stay up and say goodbye to him and rest of the Coventry rejects when his contract is up. We need a few brought in but il be honest I'd prefer we use the loan market this summer as I don't want Mowbray being given more cash to spend on permanent signings.

Cardiff have been added to the teams under embargo

Mate you mentioned it on here the exact day I seen people suggesting his name on twitter. You have previous for it coming on here with transfer rumours that have come from a couple of tweets from randomers. If your info is genuine then I apologize but find it hard to believe we were in for Wyke, and to be fair If we gave him a 3 year deal on 10k a week I'd be fuming.

You keep saying this about the Rhodes money.7 million Brererton, 5 million Gallagher ,1.7 upto 3 million Armstrong,add the multiple other players brought in by Mowbray not to mention the multiple contracts given to ageing players in that time. We bought Rhodes for 8 million and he was on 35 grand a week...they made a tiny profit on Rhodes if that. The owners can be rightly criticized for a lot of things but they have spent bringing players in.

We were after him according to who?A few people tweeting it doesn't make it true.

The thing is though over the last 4 seasons we havent brought much money in through player sales.The only player of note sold has been Raya in that time for an initial 3 million. I'm not a venky apologist ,Im in agreement that they are terrible owners but I don't think it can be argued that they haven't backed the manager in the market over the last few years and even before that. Ain't we under threat of an embargo due to overspending??Was the embargo under Bowyer due to overspending aswell? It's through their disinterest and stupidity we are in the position we are in not because they won't spend money,...200 million tells us they have spent and lost a fortune on us.

Do you really believe the club would have to use the local media to drum up interest in Armstrong?? He is young, English,just finished 2nd top scorer in the championship with 28 goals and has a year left on his deal. Surely wether he is sold or kept it will reflect badly on the manager and Waggott as any fee we are likely to receive will be much lower than we should be getting so why would they be happy to see him leave in those circumstances. Yeah the owners sanctioned the Cairney sale years ago but in recent times we have sold only Raya. It's the wage cap we seem to have preventing us tieing down our better players.Why would Armstrong sign now for a probable max 20k a week when he will get more by either leaving this summer or running his contract down

Hopefully we won't look at Trybull spends far too much time out injured and he only played well a couple of times last season

He was loaned out to QPR last season hardly that unrealistic

I'm sure he said it was a young player when he first mentioned this?

Dominic Samuel joined Ross County on a 2 year deal