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Tomasson won't like Brereton mentioning promotion when he spends every interview playing our chances down. If this quote makes reality TV then I can see him being frozen out. (The quote about his future is slightly misleading, he paused and said "probably")

What is your answer to my first question, are you glad he is at the club? Cunt is unnecessary but you are basing not only on actions now but are biased because youve met him and seemingly he was a nice bloke. Im sure you have been critical of Waggott and I'm almost sure that you have called him Maggott before.

A rumour can be defined as "a currently circulating story or report of uncertain or doubtful truth." Its a rumour.

Maddison is better than Mount, and Calvert-Lewin certainly shouldn't go. Dier is another accident waiting to happen just like Maguire.

As you have said, but if we take that so literally, this whole messageboard is a waste of everyone's time.

You was his biggest critic prior to meeting him, would you now say that you are happy with him at the club and you would rather he stayed, or do you still have doubts? I wouldn't go as far as calling him a cunt so I can get why that might be questionable, I don't know him. Just interested to see if your opinion on him professionally has changed, and if so, I would suggest that there is a danger of your previous instincts to judge him on actions have been overruled by what he has said to you and what you think he comes across like as a person.

My main point has been how Dack has not been utilised at least as a sub, including on occasions when Hirst and/or Vale have been given game time ahead of him. So yes, there CAN be a comparison made between Dack and Hirst/Vale, irrespective of their best position. Dack IMO could and should have been used far more within those 8 losses whereby Tomasson has not managed to overcome a goal deficit. I do rate him higher than Szmodics too and I would have him starting but at least Szmodics has shown some use when he has played unlike Hirst and Vale. Him being ahead of Hirst, Vale and even Dolan as a sub is very clear cut, he is miles better.

Rumours upon rumours now, with 2 different layers of reality TV shows included.

Corrected.

I suspect that the rumours are as laughable and as fictional as they seem until I see anything of substance otherwise.

What does "accept his decisions" even mean? I don't agree with them so I will say as much, not try to understand it. I don't understand why inferior players are brought on ahead of him. Dack is more likely to score or assist than Vale or Hirst. Some of the crap I have read (him not wanting to train extra due to reality TV is a new highlight) is just fabricated nonsense done with the intention of justifying the situation. On the meeting, you said absolutely nothing after courting attention in advance of the meeting, so hypocrisy is a fair criticism. Throw in the irony of you saying that people need to get over Dack when you are as vocal on the topic as anyone, and you can see why you get the flak at times.

Pickering and Brittain have to play as our only full/wing backs rather than trying to squeeze Hedges in there in a game where we are unlikely to dominate the ball.

"Jumped up celebrity diffy" and "freakshow circus" I would suggest isn't warranted to a player who prior to his injuries provided us with plenty of entertainment. Couple that with fabricated theories about Dack not wanting to train extra because he wants to be filming reality TV, plenty of peculiar posts on here recently about him.

Been reported widespread across the media all morning, Luton gave him permission to talk to Southampton. Secondary to the odious cretin being out of football entirely, I guess him being out of the Championship is at least something. Big blow to Luton, but unconvinced that he is the right fit for a Premier League club.

They really do, unhappy with extra training due to the impact that has on his girlfriends reality TV show? I thankfully have never seen it but does it run continuously anyway? Where are these rumours from originally?

Its assumptions that have spread like wild fire to create this narrative that Dack has been a constant source of trouble. I am well aware that Tomasson doesnt see him as an important player, although I don't necessarily mirror every opinion I have around his. Just on the off the ball stuff, we dont press with any intensity anyway but Vale in particular is quite lazy from that side of things too, but he doesnt have much ability on the ball either.

Nobody, I suggested that and various other theories as equally unsubstantiated potential reasons for his lack of inclusion, with players not up to the standard preferred. Where are these various sources? Do you have quotes to hand? Pushing aside the gossip for one second and purely on ability. Would you bring on Dack before Vale and/or Hirst, or not?

Youve missed my point.

Lots of elaborate theories, assumptions and bits of supposed gossip about Dack. What we can look at is what happens on the pitch, and I think it is fair to suggest that Vale and Hirst are not up to it, and that Dack (even if we write off his chances of a start which we shouldnt) could potentially be a better option. We have never come back in 8 games from conceding the first goal so although Tomasson in general has done very well thus far, that is a huge area of potential improvement based on the fact that what he has done in those situations has been objectively unproductive.

I must have missed that summary.

Its a non starter anyway as he wouldnt come back and we couldnt afford him, but obviously that is the case, you could say that about anyone. Armstrong is better than Gallagher.

He would have had to have a serious downgrade to be any less useful than Hirst or Vale when we need a goal. When he has played he has seemed physically fine, was really good at Blackpool and won us the game with his pass.

If he came back and scored 28 goals in a season again, that would probably be beneficial to the team.

Blackburn End yes, and I think a fiver.

As I have said on another thread, I feel like he is far superior to a number of our attacking options who considerably weaken us, and even if he doesn't start games, he is far more likely to impact games than those aforementioned options, but he has been under utilised in those situations, and we have won 0 points from those as a result.