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No idea mate. Can't recall seeing him kick a ball.

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Interesting point - cheaper upfront than Hutchinson and Ouattara

Interesting that Joyce said it was Southampton who instigated contact. Suggests they relented more so on demand. Perhaps a few mill and 5%

Exciting transfer in that I've no clue whatsoever on him

I missed a graph on the article - if you clicked earlier, have another look.

Clever of Nuno really. Rather than resign as he should of last season, get a new deal, then force to be sacked.

Thanks to @SLAVEN BILIC for a new front page article; https://www.grandoldteam.com/2025/08/22/nil-satis-hill-dicky-optimism/

I think it was Thomas Frank mate. If Dyche didn't think sod this, or Moyes didn't do as well last season - I think he'd have come in. We'd have beaten Spurs to it. Seemed obvious to me. That's not even factoring in relying on all the new people finding alignment.

Will have to disagree mate Moyes started well and shocked me when he'd be saying elite players for an elite stadium. And how the target was Europe. That's what we want. No point wallowing, especially at the moment.

Well my point was; It does us no favours to continually be talking ourselves down. We've got a lot to be optimistic about - I think anyway.

Lost their nerve by retaining him, rather that appointing. They had nobody else who they could appoint after Dyche downed tools. On the comparison, I see what you mean, but there's a big difference. I think the recruitment position meant we needed some continuity there. To move away from DOF...

If we're not advocating ourselves, nobody else will. It's as simple as that. [Edit] If we can't conjure up optimism at that new stadium, under new owners with the ability to spend for the first time in about 5 years - then it's time to wrap up.

I don't see a comparison. I just think we had too much to do this summer mate to make the changes they've made/continue to make. They've put a big recruitment team together, with a manager, leading the recruitment, who notoriously doesn't get along with recruitment suits. What could go wrong...

And that's your job, right mate?!