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McCallum is seen as a potential good addition mainly because he left us for a large fee. Doesn’t mean he’s the answer. I’d prefer Burrows. The lunacy in this one is why we’re seemingly so willing to let Bidwell go.

This depends on how much faith we have in our scouting systems. There are players as good as Browne to be had that are as yet unproven. You might get those for £15k a week. You pay the premium for Browne’s proven ability. The balance is obviously if your £15k a weeker ends up as the next Sandy...

Seriously? 99.9 of football transfers are about money. This will be no different. He’ll go to the highest bidder. It’s very simple. It’s the same reason Shearer signed for Blackburn, why we’ve got players going to the Middle East etc. All the rest is guff. It’s about cash.

O’Hare isn’t signing. It’s cash based. I don’t blame him and we have to move on. In fairness we’re only looking to plug a gap of 10 decent games in 2 years so it’s not a problem. Browne is a huge miss in the likely event that Sheaf moves on. He would have been a serious acquisition and proven.

McNally is probably a bit off the level of Thomas. He’s not in the same league as Kitching.

Agree with that in terms of football terms. But a significant increase in your wage doesn’t indicate that. Don’t know why anyone really cares where he goes to be honest. Once it was clear it wasn’t going to be here I’d lost interest

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Need to end the ridiculousness of parachute payments.

Poetic licence for signings but I’d envisage. Large new keeper MVE. Thomas Kitching. McCalum Saka. Browne. Rudoni. EMC Simms. Wright

The relevant thing here is that we’re unlikely to get fees so when they both leave we need to dent our budget unless we can get a free in. Both decent keepers - good luck to them.

Browne is the sort of technically astute, dogged player that you hate to have in the opposing team. So great signing if it comes off. McCallum = solid business. Rudoni would be special but I suspect we’ll face competition

That’s great. But I can assure you I don’t need any granular minutiae to tell me he can’t defend. Maybe one of the dangers of the method you describe is that you can convince yourself of things that just aren’t there.

I think we’ll have a very good season. Less big hitting clubs coming down as well. We have lots of goals in us which is the difference in the championship

If Sheaf goes to the Premiership he’ll need to cut out the numerous passes he gives away each game. He won’t get regular games as it’s all about possession.

On balance I think recruitment was excellent. In the definite hits category you have MVE, Wright, Simms, Sakamoto and Kitching. Solid additions were Thomas and Torp. Latibeaudiere played a part and I’d say Dasilva and Collins disappointed. If you look at the 5 at the start they were signed for...