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Mixed reviews on their forum. The general consensus is that he has talent he just didn't showcase it enough.

At a guess I'd imagine Norwich would want a nominal fee. I think Huddersfield were asked to pay £1m for him last summer following his loan so they clearly think he's worth something.

I think the club's model will more or less be the same moving forward with regards to it being run like a tight ship but I'd imagine under King there will be more scope to do things within transfer windows which were previously not possible. I think the fact no one has been sold (yet..) also...

Because clubs like to coach them in house to their own style/system and monitor their development before sending them out on loan. Sending them out on loan has its own pitfalls which the club will have take into consideration. It's a pretty big step for young players and more often than not it...

We will, but said rebuild will be expensive. Even free agents at this level won't come cheap. Signing on fees, agent fees and transfer fees where possible will need to be factored into the cost of the rebuild in the summer. That combined doesn't come cheap when the club needs 10+ players in...

As stated it has its place for players coming back from long term injuries/periods out who might need a few games under their belt to get a feel for a 'competitive' fixture. Getting fringe players to play in them consistently throughout the season is an idiotic strategy for the reasons I've...

Surely it's far more logical to just scrap the U23s altogether and have the most promising young players that break through from the academy/get recruited train with the first team or be loaned out.

But to revert back to my original point is improving match sharpness slightly in the U23s really worth the risk against the fringe players in question suffering an injury keeping them out of the frame altogether. The merits don't really outweigh the negatives at all.

Because playing in the U23s fundamentally isn't going to dramatically improve match sharpness. The gulf in quality is mammoth compared to first team games, so the only way to build match sharpness really is by playing in those fixtures. Not against fresh-faced 18 year olds straight out of an...

Yeah I think the issue is, is when we retain academy players that quite clearly aren't going to break through, then spend budget on the likes of Tavares, Reid and Cashman it mounts up. It might've been more useful in L2/L1 when U23s were more likely to break through but in the Championship...

I'd imagine that was more of a punishment than anything...

Did I say it won't improve fitness? How would it dramatically improve confidence? They won't want to be playing in the U23s in the first place so forcing them to play U23 games week in week out while still not getting a look in, in the first team is hardly going to build confidence is it. The...

Well no because similarly to training the in-house training games will be played in a more controlled manner and players can subsequently be monitored more closely. It'll obviously be nowhere near as intense as a normal game but it at least gives players the opportunity to get minutes under...

I've seen this point repeatedly pushed but I don't really see the benefit. Surely it just increases the chances of them suffering injury unnecessarily. Perhaps see the benefit for long term absentees to get them into the swing of playing an unfamiliar opposition but don't really see the merit...

I'm not convinced the club will want to go down that route. Brighton's sell on clause, covering the annual losses and repaying the EFL loan will already be swallowing a significant proportion of any fee the club will receive for Gyokeres. So they may want to maximise the fee as much as possible...

They paid £1.5m for him - and albeit while I'd imagine a bulk of that will be add-on based - presumably they'll want as close to the figure they paid up front. So depends on the fee involved really. Forest looking like they might stay up this year so if they do I'd imagine they'll definitely...

As previously mentioned. If he does well here and Burnley go up, he'll be auctioned off to the highest bidder - which probably won't be us.

I'd imagine the bulk of that £2m would've been add-on based.

At 6"4 he'll certainly give us another option from set pieces.

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