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Jonny Ingbar

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  1. Can't agree with this, there's a lot the club has got right too, but success in football can't be guaranteed, regardless of how good your strategy is. The majority of clubs comparable to ours operate at a loss, without even getting into the current EPL PSR issues, which is why FFP/PSR was introduced in the first place. Hindsight can make a fool of anyone, so it's a little unfair to judge on this basis, rather we should assess decisions within the context of the time and prevailing circumstances. On this basis I can see the attraction of why the club made the decisions it did
  2. I think it's the case that we're still actively looking to bring a striker in, but as is the case at this stage of the January window, it can be difficult to do business.
  3. I don't ever think it's as binary as "giving up", or not, rather I potential opportunity will shape our business. Last season for example, we had the leagues top scorer and pushed harder with loan signings. Comparatively we aren't in such a strong position this season, for what it effectively two play off places. Last season we were still hoping for a top 2 finish.
  4. I agree with this, in part at least; objectively you'd have to say this season would be a really difficult for promotion and I'm sure that features in the clubs thinking, to some degree. There's four really strong teams, so really it's 6 or 7 teams for the last two places. Not great odds and the squad and team is a work in progress currently. There are a number if teams who I would suggest are more mature in terms of growing a team to get out of this division.
  5. That's my understanding too, think it last happened with Wheater IRC.
  6. I'm sorry, but that's such an unfair view of him. He's a very good CB at this level, suggesting he's not physically strong enough is plainly wrong. I think all our CB's have different skill sets. Clarke is strong in the air and can play a bit, but he's slower than Fry, including over the first few yards. His passing start, last time I looked, were amongst the best in the division for CB's. My only doubt about him is his ambition , given her could have played in the PL, but turned it down.
  7. They didn't pay £10m for him, that fee included Toffolo. Not sure how long he has on his contract, but two years of it are gone already and they'll be desperate to get him off the books I'd guess. Given how we are operating now I think it even could be a loan to buy deal we have already.
  8. Just had a quick Google, reports I've seen suggests it was £1.8m
  9. £6m for Watkins? IIRC it was £3m, albeit that still represented a relatively big fee too Haven't googled it so stand to be corrected.
  10. I'm interested to see how this works out for them, they've thrown lots of cash at promotion and if they don't achieve that, which odds say they probably won't, I think there could be some problems for them.
  11. I don't think any of the team had a 'good game' yesterday, Azaz's performance was no better or worse than any of our attacking players, with the exception of Rogers. I'd also add that Rotherham choked the game, especially through the centre of the pitch, which was where Azaz was obviously operating.
  12. I agree, I think McGree will be moved on whilst we can still get a fee for him. Same would apply for Izzy too, but I think there's a higher likelihood that he'll sign a new contract. In any case though, players tend to hold the aces when it comes to running contracts down.
  13. He enters the last year of his contract next season, which I find a little concerning. It will be interesting what happens in the summer, unless he extends it I think the club will look to move him on. Hopefully he will sign a new one because he's a top player at this level.
  14. You're drunk Durham red, go home 😂
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