Obvs would depend on Martinez wanting to come. If so then yes

I’m not sure I’d put a couple of bench appearances for Arsenal reserves above first team champ football tbh

But get the point that that’s not necessarily better for his long term future

URZZZZ Absolute waste of potential if he goes to arsenal/any big team to be honest. He’ll go there, won’t play and will become the forgotten man. He needs to make a sensible choice and weigh up game time etc

I’d be disappointed if he pushed through a move tbh

Same with Nova sadly

Still Sam Smith, Liam Kelly, Tennai Watson and Sone Aluko have 2, so no doubt all the clubs lining up for those 4 will have to pay through the nose

Well you can say one thing about his agent, he`s bloody good, meanwhile in other news Aaron Tshibola has been released by Kilmarnock this week, another young player with stars in his eyes that listened to his advisors and ended up nowhere. He hasn’t. He has just gone back to Villa, he’s still got a...

Ha 3m mentioned

I might be eating a huge bowl of humble pie

Tbf we’d likely make a very big profit on Moore, Swift, Meite, Barrow and Yiadom if we did sell If we’d sold Moore for 10m last year when we could it’d blown your argument away a little The players we got rid of it we didn’t make a profit on because they were rubbish generally. We jut haven’t sold t...

Turned out a great signing for them

Don’t think we’d be keen. Pretty much the opposite of the type of personality we are after

Yes exactly

If Loader was to score 10 before Christmas next year, it won’t just be wolves wanting him and it would be a lot higher than 10m asking price

If they think he might be the real deal they’ll pay a decent fee now to ensure they get him

A bored hound Zip tbh

Arguing about something I care little about

Think all 3 are about the same. I’d agree Baldock would be on the most wage so would rather he leave, but doubt anyone will take I’m a Bod fan but last season’s injuries are certainly a concern. As were Baldock’s esp in light of an injury prone history At a push I’d say I’d keep in this order: Bod >...

Agree £2m is stupid low. I'd be shooting £5m - £10m plus Vic's instalments. The English youth International multiplier seems to have been forgotten by some. But I don't buy the £10m - £20m upfront argument either. He is worth what someone is willing to pay. Was Murphy worth 12m? Solanke 19m? They’d...

ha indeed. Urgently need something else to talk about

Be interesting to see how both he and Swansea get on anyway. As mentioned, I do think he is a good manager and has obviously done well. But at the same time, not sure its quite as well as some inc yourself obvs do. Which is fair enough.

I can get my head round the fact its an awful idea we need cash now, not in 3 years time when he has made 50 appearances 2 million barely scratches the surface of what we need now, and he probably isn't on a great wage, so no real saving there Some bloke from Brizzle has just gone for 13m quid, and ...

yep which I think also is roughly my point. They weren't massively different (up to .5 of a year different) from the likes of us, Norwich, Preston or Brentford.

I've little doubt (though again without checking) that their squad prob cost a fair bit more as well

and I made some of it up anyway

CountryRoyal Every one describing their work makes them all sound so self important. Ok then rockstars.

Yeah indeed. I sounded like a right pcunt there. Trying to fit in with the crowd

yes it does fit my narrative, and you could probably find one where he filled the team with youth. But I didn't trawl through their games, just picked the obvious one. And it does show he had plenty of experience available to him, and maybe he wasn't quite 'forced' to use youth in the way some have ...

out of interest, this is the team Swansea put out at the Madejski, with their age and league appearances in the brackets (caveat stats are end of the season, not in Jan when they played us): Mulder (30, 202) Naughton (30, 318) van der Hoorn (26, 157) Rodon (21, 39) Roberts (23, 97) Fer (29, 322) Gri...

maffff Never said it was, just didn't appreciate the insinuation thanks.

Likewise, no need to be so touchy