davidmcc

I'd be very surprised if this doesn't mean someone is coming in. Unless of course we needed to Joe to move to balance the books.

I've a work colleague who is a Mackem and he said exactly that.

Way too many unknowns at this point. Urminsky, Strain, Bacchus and Ayunga could be brilliant. Gallagher may get back to his best. Brophy might stay relatively fit. Main can only be better than last season (well possibly at least).

True. But the 3-0 gubbing at Fir Park first tiime up the following season helped cheer me up a bit.

I don't think Jordan Jones was ever close to full fitness with us. A decent pre-season and he could be a different player.

If the very best prospects are picked for a low £100k plus add ons/% of future transfers that doesn't preclude others breaking into the first team. It's not binary and quite possibly will be the reality.

Yep, always has

I'd honestly avoid all players with a past history of missing significant numbers of games. It's like paying a player double salary. Charles Dunne as an example.

That we are still in negotiations with some players at the club according to the manager is interesting too. McCarthy and Grieve extending would be a win. The rest seem likely to be off already. "We're in negotiations with numerous players both at the club and elsewhere as we look to add to what is a good core of players."

The manager said he'd make a call on other whether Brophy was fit enough to start. So with that formation Main was an inevitable outcome unfortunately. Grieve did very well last week when he came on which is positive as is Kiltie in as a 10.

I did think this was another random bluff BUT https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/apr/21/erik-ten-hag-appointed-manchester-united-manager-ajax

Available but major doubts to start according the manager's interview.

Apparently this will happen again. Sore one after how good Peter has been particularly today. He's a top class keeper who is going to go on and play at a level far above this.

I can't see that we have spent the entire budget if we were pursuing Kennedy.

Again conjecture on my part. Think that observation must been made to the player more than once in private and this was a lever to measure the level of his commitment. Equally Northampton could just have offered more money and a longer deal.