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I assumed Nunthorpe Red must be the owner of the Spar Shop near the crossing as they sell red wine 😉

Moved on loan one week ago?

I thought Nunthorpe Red was Woody and CT was AV 🤷‍♂️ Anyway was thumbing through my redcar reading, riting and rithmetic book and came up with Hiiro Komori, 24 Japanese Striker under the radar, taps nose! Cheap as chips I reckon £1m to £1.5m could seal the deal.

No @nunthorpered is Dom Shaw

He was brilliant at times but I couldn’t face another season of injuries to our main players and stuttering while they’re out. Manuel Benson however I could see us doing a loan deal with option to buy in summer.

He's a permacrock unfortunately. Good player though

If Ramsey is fit, I would jump at the chance of bringing him back. I know he only played a dozen games , but he was outstanding.

Aaron Ramsey's injury record is hugely worrying

I'm Dom Shaw

He's Spartacus!!!

Burnley have Aaron Ramsey and Manuel Benson due back from injury very soon so if they sign Morgan Whittaker then I wouldn't be surprised to see us make a move for one of them.

From the terrible position we were in, absolutely yes. No club without parachute payments like us could lose key loan players of Archer, Ramsey, Giles and Steffen, and then have to sell Akpom to raise funds to rebuild with, and then be reasonably expected to be able to be able to compete at the same level in the next season, or even the season after. Them players created a massive bubble that was always going to burst at the end of the 2022/23 season, and it was always going to be a difficult rebuild with the amount of signings we had to make to fill the squad spaces and not a great deal of money to spend. We've gradually rebuilt the quality and increased the retained value in our squad with signing Berg, Morris, Azaz, Lath and Dieng on permanent deals, who are at the minimum top end Championship quality players. I think our team strength is similar to the team we had in the 2022/23 season now so if anything it's ahead of where I expected it to be at this stage - but vitally we own most of our key players. I'm more than happy with what Scott has done in the transfer market in that time. There's been mistakes, yes undoubtedly - most notably the problematic LB position - but from where we were two years ago I think we've made huge strides forward as a football club; with us now successfully implementing a transfer model that's showing signs of putting us in a position similar to Brentford when they were in the Championship. Even despite our under-achievements this season we're still sat 5th. The retained value aspect of owning our key players can't be under-estimated as it's vital to us successfully being able to raise significant funds each season to reinvest in new players to develop - especially with our accounts being released yesterday showing how reliant we are on that. The single biggest factor in us not taking as many steps forward this season as possible is Carrick. This squad is more than capable of competing for the top two spots and he hasn't progressed as a coach in the past two years, as he still doesn't have the tactical flexibility to plug the gaps that we leave without Morris and down the left-flank. It's avoidable things that a better tactician would solve. Also, the culture hasn't been tweaked towards more focus on results now that the squad is in a stronger position. If we come up against an equivalent solid and organised Coventry from 2022/23 in the play-offs this season then I think Carrick will be caught short yet again. We've grown off the pitch, but he hasn't grown tactically or culturally with us. If he does leave then I suspect Scott will want a culture that's far more focused on winning promotion now that the squad quality has been built up to be in a position to achieve that.

Mate aren't you Dom Shaw?

Yeah probably, I'd just wondered if his article was based on the other stuff already out there.

It will Chris Jones. Scott said in his interview he's the one everyone gets info from.

If he’s posting exact fees that means he’s been given them from the club meaning they want the info out there

I’d read 18 million euros so 15 million in £

Echo communicate directly with the club, they would have confirmed official fees

I saw the article but wasn't sure where he was getting his info from.

Nah dom Shaw confirmed it’s 18m initial then 2m of add ons

Was it £18m down? I thought it was €15m down with stuff on top of that?

Show some ambition ffs! You can be both if you truly believe.

Moneys too tight to mention 🙄 So as MC said ‘ we may need to do a deal ‘

Looking at the deal I think we accept that for Lath, 18 million guaranteed then add ons to take it above 20 I think we bite and try and bring in a few decent players

Fair enough, still no need for Linojo' s response !!!!