swfcGibbo

I completely disagree. The squad has been intentionally skewered by the previous owner. A competent owner gets us out of league one without a problem in a couple of years. We are miles off it but a good Summer changes everything; especially with the optimism of a new owner.

He's been playing international football and then playing out of position. He's completely beasted.

Are you serious?

Yep he's slow but is an organiser. Needs better players with him. Lowe has been awful today.

Cooper looks decent to say he's not played for months. Very good in the air.

Peck is an absolutely brutal human by the way.

Playing terrible but this ref is appalling. Seems to give niggly tackles one way but not the other.

Just no pace as an outlet so you are reliant on set plays to get a goal. It's almost impossible for us to get further up the pitch as we don't have anyone in the squad who can stretch the opposition. Lost that when Gassama and Musaba left.

We will end up with 6/7 imo. I still maintain someone can buy and spend 100-150 million total and get the foundations in place for a bright future (namely first team and youth team infrastructure and investment). Someone may want to push on even further as they are at Birmingham but I think you can be competitive in the Championship with a good structure. We are seeing as such with Preston this season. Exciting times

Agreed. I still think maintaining a fantastic relationship with Premier youth teams (Pederson seems to have this) and being a place for these players to come sprinkled with some strong free transfers is the way to go. Amass is costing us nothing and he's fantastic. Various other examples too. Those released or surplus in youth set ups are also a genuine option for us. Both Gassama and Musaba have brought us in money for one of the first times in years (despite this been under market value). I completely agree that we should focus on infrastructure improvements while we have the sanctions and look to build a strong base for the long term future of the club.

Very interesting! Thanks for posting. My numbers are conservative based upon an average season ticket price and the rumours amount sold.

Yep. Chansiri spent the best part of 6.5 million season ticket funds before a ball was kicked.

A guy who is representing a specific party is not going to go on national media and say it will be a piece of ******** and we are potentially a cash cow. He's playing the PR game nicely. Will be hoping to seed doubt into other potential buyers minds as to he severity of the job. Make no bones about it there's not many better opportunities right now. Perhaps Derby would be similar but I imagine the acquisition cost is far higher.

Some honourable mentions. Glenn Loovens Ross Wallace Keiren Westwood All cracking free transfers.