If he is the Mr BRFC some like to make him out to be he should have been on the blower to Pune daily for the past week. But he won't will he he'll be a good boy and wait in line to be told what to do whilst protecting his million pound contract. As for Waggot well he's probably sitting waiting for Tony to tell him what to do, in front of a load of pre arranged contract extensions for the pals if the money comes good.

Hanley & Duffy went for around 4 million a piece having clocked up quite a few Championship and International games. I know it was a few years back but considering the pandemic i don't see Lenihen being worth double at the min. He's still in the 4-6 mill bracket i reckon Rovers would cash in at that price.

Have to agree with this agents acting on behalf of the club/player/themselves will go to any lengths to start balls rolling. Remember Nixon constantly peddling the Rhodes to Bolton/Wigan line claiming Rovers couldn't pay the last installment and wanted his wages gone asap ? Outright bullshit. It's really odd that even a bot or 12 year old Coventry fan would dream up the Travis thing. He certainly won't be going there but like Rhodes a good Championship side might have his card marked and the water is being tested.

I believe Gally was in the 3 million plus add ons range so that maybe about right but the Brereton deal imo stinks, a lot. If ever a player should have been in the 1 to 2 million before add ons range it's him.

Remember we are talking before add ons, we got Armstrong for 1.75 initially. Travis has no more standing that Nyambe at the min, other than being a midfielder probably less experience. He doesn't have the Raya or TC pedigree either. I could see a package for a decent fee but initially it could be very realistic it all depends on who and how many might have concrete interest. Then there is his contract to take into account.

3 million bought Raya, 3 million bought Tom Cairney... Let's just think about that when putting actual sale prices on some of these lads. I could easily see Nyambe or Travis going for that of a bit less before add on's. Armstrong and Dack will have the premium prices but maybe not as daft as some would think.

Some if not all of those should have been moved on before now but that's not how he works. I think some of the 'i build football clubs' spiel is a covering line for him keeping all the pals together.

Apart from the 3 million they invested in Akon.....

We've nothing to play for because the team isn't quite good enough - neither is his approach to too many of his team selections and tactics. Two facts which go hand in hand.

Somebody assumes something and he is straight in with the old 'you know this how ?' line. Then in true hypocritical fashion runs around confindently stating nobody else will work for these owners whilst not telling us how he knows this. There'd be an absolute barrow load of applicants for this job managers are mercenaries and the thought of the next pay off is as attractive as anything. We just live in hope that a decent one eventually slips under the HSH old SEM net and gets their people in the Venky ear. Even they tipped up Mowbray who hasn't been bad and he on paper looked as bad as Coyle.

The overdraft is external debt it's what runs day to day stuff so if that hits its limit it needs paying down otherwise they call it in.

Because it's nonsense, i noticed you've changed tack from threatening everyone with Phil Brown.

Pretty similar to a few years ago when all of a sudden everybody 'wanted' to leave even if they didn't know about it ! Still at least the agents will get some more business in what is otherwise set to be a difficult climate for them. I'm sure non of the friendly ones ate encouraging it of course.

Standard Potato answer, rinse and repeat. Only the Teeside football messiah can do it i hope there's some good bargains in the club shop in the inevitable closing down sale when he retires.

Very inventive clickbait that is I feel sorry for a few Coventry fans hanging onto it

It's not long ago he was on about trying to use the promotion bounce. All this season he's gone on about the transition to a possession team. Now it's a young vibrant exciting team on the front foot. If there is one thing we've learned about Tony it's he's a nice humble football anorak. If there's another it's he doesn't know which way the wind is blowing from one day to the next ?

If he got a similar wage budget to last season ( which i cannot forsee ) but we had to sacrifice Downing & Graham for an extra year in order to pay Hart how would people feel about that ? Good move or not ?

But what we do have to do is when we find ourselves in a good position with games ticking down is have a bloody good go at it on the front foot. For a club like us it's all going to be about staying around midtable and getting a winning run going at the right time. We aren't capable of running away with a top 2 spot but we are capable of a late charge into the top 6. The mentality needs to be right for that though, it isn't imo.

Probably similar name dropping as Preston with Beckham.

If you have the right personnel for these systems then i agree in sticking to even through rough patches it's the only way it gets drilled into them. If it's right it'll work more consistently eventually and you'll come out the other side. Constantly swapping and chopping players never mind formation is just counter productive, unless you really just want to get mins on the pitch for as many as possible. The Prem might be a bit different these days but certainly at this level it should be easier to stick to something more balanced that works well.

Is this TM down playing him a bit in the hope he ends up with no other options so comes back ? There is a decent championship level keeper in there but like so many others the basics need a lot of improvements. If he's wobbly so many times at this level and even in front of empty stands he'll get crucified in the Prem. Could go either way for this lad.

Look at the UTD keeper yesterday, so many still just get the basics wrong what do they do on the coaching ground ? Whatever it is it doesn't strengthen their wrists !

Jason Steele - The return ! ?

How do we know if Cunningham is going to be the same or not ? Too many misty eyes again although it would be typical of this regime to punt on an unfit player again just to look after him. Let the guy come back on loan and prove he's worth a contract for gods sake. Just look at Gladwin & Chapman for recent examples.

The deals of the signings of Armstrong, Brereton and Gallagher in the last few summers must be 15 million in total. Add to a mid range wages budget there'll be quite a few managers of similar clubs could have used that kind of transfer money. We might not be Leeds or West Brom but pleading poverty doesn't cut it either.