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JHT should see this as an opportunity. Of the three Kamara is currently by far the least valuable in terms of sales value and lowest contributor for the team. Not that it matters a great deal but my view of him is that Kamara is too slow and weak for the Championship Treat him fairly yet firmly. While he has a transfer request in play he can train with the youth. If someone offers silly money then we sell if not he can stay in the youth set up until he withdraws the request and commits to the cause. Its an opportunity for JHT to show strength and leadership whilst not having to cut off his nose to spite his face. With Kamara I feel we have the stronger hand whereas with Idah and Rowe a move suits us

The low SOT against is most likely a function of game state rather than defensive abilities. In both league games we were behind in the first 30 mins and the opposition can defend their lead As you say the high conversion rate into opposition goals is worrying

Also potentially makes "transferability" much more difficult. At the moment you simply give the card to someone else to use - if now tied to an app on the phone this may be much more difficult (or not allowed) by design. Cynic in me thinks the business case for ticketless card could involve benefits (to the club) around much higher levels of fans looking to get a partial refund for matches they cant attend and club getting additional revenue from ticket resale.

there's already a thread on this. Summary is some did / some didn't. Ticket office screwed up the database extract meaning loads of people got one when they shouldnt have leading to much confusion and potential for first home game unexpected issues

I just called the club about this I buy 5 each year for my family and I received 3 new ones. Only 1 was a legitimate category (or seat) change. The other 2 new tickets were for people who have sat in same seats as adults for donkeys years Anyway - story from the ticket office is that the extract they took from the database for the new tickets wasn't quite right and included a bunch of folks who didn't need new tickets. The story is if you didn't get a new one don't worry about it .....until there's an issue first game at home lol

Just to have 100% clarity on this. Do you think if,(as alleged), he smashed his car up whilst over limit his actions are in any way mitigated by mental health issues?

Any business worth its salt would be scouring the T&C's of his contract to see whether they could terminate a costly carthorse like this under any of the provisions of that contract. Let's hope they find the right clause and get rid of him if found guilty. It's not much of a gamble as assuming he would find another club (albeit on lower wages) we would likely only be liable for the difference between the current and new contracts and that's only if we lost any action from Duffy.

That's very disingenuous and i would venture selectively so, Those games almost all coincided with Sargent also being out. The loss of Sargent was much more of an issue than an ineffective veteran lump being missing, Basically out of our three "experienced signings" 1 was 49th in the Championship goals and assists list (Barnes) meaning on average EVERY other club had at least TWO forward players who were more effective 1 is a complete liability at the back and is as good at controlling the ball as he is (allegedly) a car after a few drinks 1 was passable and at least showed effort (Stacey) but had no end product at all Time to move on from fading has-beens

with the squad he had and the weakness of the championship this year and last he should have been top 3. He didn't somehow "meet objectives" - a tactically decent manager would have yielded at least a dozen more points and wouldnt have presided over the omni-shambles of that play-off defeat. Might have been a decent bloke - although not sure how anyone on here knows that - but as a manager was a bust that many in the crowd never wanted and certainly never gave any impression that he could change a game positively Glad that chapter is over and glad he is gone

Barnes has been good? He's 49th on the Championship list for goals and assists combined? His ability to press when high up the pitch or close down in our half is non-existent and wins very few aerial battles. He has been a total bust and the Leeds fans, albeit a little rustically, summed him up well when he was subbed...

it was a very odd substitution. Put Barnes on and ask him to do the one thong he is physically incapable of doing. Aggressively pressing high up the pitch against a team comfortable in possession. You often hear people say "he didnt touch the ball" in reference to a player not having much impact in a game. Ashley Barnes in 15 mins in a game we are striving to win touched the ball ZERO times....Mildy interesting aside - has another manager ever introduced 2 substitutes neither of which touched the ball (Barnes and SVH)

It was well managed in that despite his previous tendencies he decided to actually keep our best player on the pitch (funny how Sarge was able to do 90 mins today) football is indeed a simple game. Me thinks Wagner finally realised the total disaster he created on Tuesday and even he knew not to do it again. So from that aspect well managed - pity about the other numerous matches we have thrown away

you are missing the point. Everybody wants him to play. Twice, he has been so injured (according to Wagner) that he needed to come off early in the game. The decision appeared tactical/game management/player protection in both cases and when it blew up in his face Wagner stated that Sargent couldnt continue in both cases yet both following Saturdays he started which seems a little fortuitous. Its the glass half full / half empty scenario. If you think Wagner is great then its a situation he couldnt control and hes lucky Sargent has been fit, if you think Wagner's game management is terrible you believe he has screwed up numerous games with poor subs and decisions and Tuesday was just another example. My own view - it blew up in his face on Tuesday and he used the Sarge inury to claim his hand was forced

what injury? the one Wagner used as his reason for not keeping sarge on the field Tuesday I think many people suspect he was thinking we are 2-0 up got another game lets give him a rest but that it backfired spectacularly and then he used the same injury excuse hes used before instead of simply saying "i wanted to protect him but it didnt work out and i hold my hands up"

Do you think tactically it was a success to have our best striker chasing down Leicester centre backs 30 yards from our own goal or persisting with immobile old man Barnes in a similar even deeper role or would we have been better off keeping Sargent much further forward and relieving the pressure on our defence ?? Also with Moore unlikely to play against us next week I would much rather have McLean at centre back than Duffy who is a complete and utter liability at the back. I am also fearful for mcallum if we play the narrow back 4 we did today. Will invite their overlapping fullbacks and expose him again