Old Shuck

Of numerous midfielders that have come and gone in recent years, Rupp is one of those who'd fit in well with our current squad. PLM looked the part in flashes but they weren't sustained. The player he looked like he could be is now very much on show.

Leyton Orient. London minnows swimming against the tide. Had some good players too. Ian Bowyer, Laurie Cunningham, Peter Kitchen, John Jackson, Barry Fairbrother.

Liverpool. So many reasons. Man Utd. ....think that's it.

Definitely. The agent works for and on behalf of the player. So he pays. Why the club should foot the bill is a mystery.

I agree but the problem there is that players who look good enough to be part of a side that achieve more in the Premier League than just go straight down again aren't going to hang around for 2-3 years as part of 'the plan'. You either have a decent enough team to get promotion and they'll (mostly) stay...as would presumably be the case if we went up this season...or you have a decent enough side that just misses out and loses its best players because of that-which will also, presumably, be the case if we don't go up this season.

All that matters is that we win. We've done our job. If others crack at this crucial time and Ipswich benefit, then its to their cost, not ours.

McKenna and attempt at mind games prior to the game. Wagner and the players won't take this "news" seriously at all. If they *genuinely* had a problem of this nature, the club's PR machine would shut up shop and not a word of it would be allowed out. As others have already said-rather pathetic.

Woods Culverhouse Watson Bruce Bowen Peters Crook Phelan Huckerby MacDougall Boyer B Gunn, Drury, Fleming, Williams, Buendia, Sutton, Drinkell.

Gray a shoe-in I'm guessing. Attracting the attention of bigger clubs already (he'll be gone if Leeds don't go up) and has played in a lot of games this season-over40, and less than two years since he signed as a scholar. But a well deserved nod to JR for the impact he has had and name he is making for himself. Hope he is still here in August, maybe his injury will put clubs off from having a serious look at him until January.

He won't be their next manager. They might have a coaching role in mind for him, same as Gary O'Neill, who has been linkeed, but not with the managers role. Suspect they want continuity which means a high calibre assistant who is familiar with the English game and who might, a few years down the line, step up and into the top job. McKenna will give Ipswich at least another season if they go up. Much like Lambert with us, his stock will be highest if he keeps them there-and with more points deductions looming for a few current Premier League teams, they've a chance.

Yes, a big stepping stone! But he can play at a higher level and if his fitness is good now (he's been in and out over all that time) then he may yet get another chance at a bigger club. Guess he's Oxford's version of Lungi!

Agree, don't think he has played himself into a place where we're going to want to make an offer for him. So he'll be returned to sender, Josh likely to leave, Idah unlikely to be keen on returning and Aboh another likely departure. Loan market for a striker or two this summer then? Wasn't there high hopes of the young lad we got from Man City?

Thinking Oxford is a stepping stone for Josh to get fitness and confidence enough back to play at a higher level again, definitely a top Championship team level player.

Seems clear and obvious enough.

Two 'contenders' for England's national anthem are 'Jerusalem' and 'I Vow To Thee My Country'. As the latter speaks mostly of peace and love rather than routing enemies, winning battles or swearing eternal loyalty to the monarch, I'd go for that one.