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He’s a LWB really and it’s not guaranteed we’ll be playing wing backs. Apparently a deal may be tough to do well. Think Luton have put a high price tag on him.

Not sure a darts player is going to improve the overall fitness of the squad!

Can’t help but thinking we need to get rid of Bausor and replace him with Terry Tibbs. The Master of Negotiation. He’d have this sorted in no time.

I can confirm that there will be an announcement, about there being no announcement. 11am

Not sure it’s an obsession but a necessary requirement due to FFP. Ideally we’d keep all our best players but it’s not always possible. People are crying out for new signings but they don’t come for free. Well, some can, but they also get complained about too (See the Ings reaction). If...

From some of them I’ve spoken to, they basically want the country to return to what it was in their younger days when there was less immigration and some of them feel life was better. Obviously, looking through rose tinted specs to a degree. There’s some similarity to what’s happening in The US...

Yes, he also mentioned about the money side of things which he didn’t have full awareness of and what was or wasn’t in the kitty for re-investing. From the business we had done prior to Southgate to what we ended up doing, it was a huge shift. Likely driven by finances. It was a steady decline...

Yeah, I recall us (as fans) being very keen for Johnson to start more in the relegation season but he got limited chances. From memory, we were relying on the likes of Taylor, Downing, Bates etc. and there were a few others. We got it horrifically wrong, but like The Big Man said last night...

They only put about 60-80 tickets on sale (The Corra not exactly a great venue for that type of event due to layout and size). It was part of the Breweries drive to raise more interest on the back of fhe refurb etc. I think. Not sure how it drives more future business but hey ho, it was a...

The Corra done an audience with Mark Schwarzer tonight. One the first kinds of these nights he’s ever done apparently. Must say. I really enjoyed it. I’ve done a number of sportsman’s dinners etc. over the years so generally know how these things tend go. Whilst he did tell a few funny stories...

Thankfully it’s not something that interests my missus as she’d rather watch the football. I think it’s serious brain rot for a lot of the younger generation, but who am I to judge. Back in the day of regular office working, there’d always be people chatting in canteen about it etc. but I’d...

My company have very good terms. 3.5 weeks for every year of employment + 6 month notice (which can be worked or paid in advance but the taxation is pretty big) They’re currently making loads of structural changes and recently announced they intend to wind down recruitment at our office (we...

There’s lots of big assumptions being made here. The Echo have said we have had talks. We will ask how much he’s wanting. We will tell him how much we can afford (I can’t see us breaking our wage structure to bring him in). If those salary levels don’t come close, he won’t be signing, unless...

This doesn’t leave the impression that the move is imminent as originally reported. Every chance this doesn’t happen I reckon. https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/sport/25313461.middlesbrough-held-talks-former-england-striker-danny-ings/

Brighton have operated to a similar model over the years (obviously their starting point is much higher in value these days). They still made room for Milner though. Not saying Ings will be as big of a success here, but the point is that you need to blend the youth with experience to bring them...