Branston Pickle

He’s a decent keeper but way overrated by some on here - makes good saves but too many mistakes to be first choice in the PL; imo he’s probably at his right level.

Presumably that would be the equivalent of CSF, so this dig is at them…I’ve always thought they do a good job but Essex clearly knows otherwise 🤔

To be fair the tournament is part of Hanley’s pre-season, hoping he can find some fitness and form and take it into the season

Why stop there - there’s some pretty well run non league sides….

Shot Puttt?

Wonder why Arsenal replaced him?! But let’s be fair, who actually gives a &£(* about this game?

I think they did that by giving their manager a contract of £6m pa.

Maybe they decided he was a bit too old for the new regime?

Indeed - and had nowhere near enough energy to last for more than an hour. Not a good signing for the PL, certainly not at that time.

We could take those figures and multiply them by a factor of absolutely anything at all - we would still come out with a load of garbage as no one knows the true amounts. At least doing a small spot of maths kept you busy.

Indeed - I think it will continue to be a mixture of ages, we aren’t suddenly only going to be bringing in teens/20-21 year-olds, nor will we just get rid of all the older players - a certain level of experience is needed in all squads. For instance, the l/b Frese, who might or might not follow Hoff, is 26.

Definitely an area we need to fill, but Peterborough usually do pretty well for themselves in fee negotiations. Will be interesting to see if the Frese lad joins, and whether we think age-group players are ready.

Precisely my point - it’s a poorly designed ‘survey’ by any measure

I couldn’t be bothered to answer the ‘survey’ as it was so poorly put together - far too much was asking for opinions, which end up giving very little output. And it’s impossible to give a decent opinion how we will fare next season given we don’t know who will be playing for us. That said, it is not that surprising supporters think we should do as well as or better than the season we have just had. The changes we have made to the coaching team ‘should’ be improving us but a lot depends on who we hold into and who we can bring in. The relegated sides don’t feel as strong, so that ought to help.

Oh look - the guy who should have been sent off for diving has scored. What a surprise.

How boring - how many times have we seen RM second best by a mile, and yet they score and will presumably win 1-0. It’s sadly so predictable.

BVB for me, all day long. Fantastic support - would have loved for us to also make Wembley yellow a couple of weeks ago.

I think we used to say ‘Chinny reckon’ when I was at school….

I might be wrong but I thought it was also broadcast on YouTube in the past…though maybe not any more.

Yes and no - there are a few more games, but that’s mostly just a factor of how young Bellingham was when he came through (and how good he is). Clearly there needs to be some sort of review into the number of games, but with that you’d hope/expect a review of the game’s warped finances and revision of the ridiculous sums that are ruining the game.

Burnley did that last season when cruising to the title with Barnes a key player. Possession and attacking football isn't age limited. Imo we will still need a mixture of players and skills.

Cool, welcome Hoff!!

It isn’t £3m though, if they also paid a loan fee of £2m.

You do also need to factor in the £2m loan fee + (partial) saving in salary cost for the season. But it definitely isn’t the best piece of transfer work we’ve ever done. Presumably we have a healthy sell on clause for when they inevitably sell him for more…

It does look a bit iffy but I think most would have said £3m wasn’t far off his value beforehand; he’s had a good season so his value has increased and that’s how it works. Düsseldorf would be mad not to want to sign him, but I’m not sure that many of us particularly want him back (or if he’d want to return).