Dman

Not at all. Leicester are building a good squad nice and early and giving the manager weeks to prepare for the season. We've spent 2 months squabbling over 500k & pissed a club off to the point where i'll be amazed if they deal with us (and we reportedly want their players), have no idea who's leaving so we can't really bring anyone in as we already have a massively bloated squad. Despite having 3 - 4 weeks longer than Leicester did. Everything we've done over the past year - 18 months has turned to shit and it feels like this window is no different.

I'm not sure what point you're trying to make here. You said you're not jealous of them because they're losing their best players. I'm pointing out that so are we. I think there needs to be a fine balance between 'not rolling over' and accepting a figure to speed up the squad overhaul and get an idea of what your squad will look like, so you can work with them pre-season and hit the ground running come the first game.

yeah, because we're absolutely not losing our best players. Are we...

Again, not remotely the same circumstances.

Leicester are apparently in talks to sign Callum Doyle 7-10m. Left footed CB, spent the last year on loan at Coventry (from City). Very, very good player at this level. One we should be all over. Leicester coming down with us was a disaster really. Pinched the manager we wanted, now going about building a really good championship side with players we should be all over.

Seen this has been said a lot, but I don't see how it makes any difference. Bairstow was not batting outside of his crease. He was not trying to sneak a run. He marked his guard, which is an unofficial sign of 'the balls dead to me, i'm not running'. At no point was Bairstow trying to gain an advantage. Everyone in the stadium, including the umpires, thought the ball was dead. Cummings should have removed the appeal and said next time you won't be so lucky. Some of the shite being spouted to try and defend the Aussies (mostly from themselves) is shameful. They had a chance to say, "yeah maybe we got it wrong" and everyone can move on, but they're doubling down. I've even seen their coach try and claim its the same as a batsman charging down the wicket at Lyon. It'll be interesting to see where we go from here though. Do we mankad or something of the ilk if we get the opportunity? I don't think we can after the song and dance we've (rightly imo) made about the spirit of the game. Although that being said, I do think a mankad is very very different as the batman is trying to gain an advantage.

Not a huge Adams fan, in fact i think he played a big part in us dropping given how poor he is in front of goal. However, I agree I think he'd be fantastic in the championship, but we would need goals around him. If Tella can replicate his scoring record from last season, then we'd be fine with him up top. I think he'd suit Martin's style as well. In theory, a front 3 of; LW: Armstong CF: Adams RW: Tella Is a front 3 who've proven they can score goals at this level.

Yep. Response to Newcastle needs to be, £50m (or whatever we value him at) or shut up. Their current offers have been insulting, to be honest.

Entertainment purposes only. Seeing the old boys getting stuck into them was fantastic!

I'm not too sure what the rules stipulate. But i'm guessing the umpire has the ability to determine when the ball is dead.

Has anyone actually disputed this? Everyone knows he's out and that from the 3rd umpire was the correct decision. I've not seen a single person claim that to not be the case. The reaction of the long room say's it all. That doesn't happen. That's how bad it was. Fantastic that the next test starts so soon! It gives fans / players little to no time to clam down. I genuinely hope one of the Aussies gets lumped by a fan. Preferably that little rat Warner.

The sensible thing for the umpire to have done would have been to claim he'd called over. It would have removed all controversy.

The difference is, he wouldn't have. 4 players aside, this is the same Aus side who used sandpaper to doctor the ball - the same bowling unit and the same 'senior players'. They're a side that will win at all costs, breaking / bending the rules and going against any spirit the game has. In football terms, this is the same as scoring a goal rather than kicking it back to the keeper when the opposition kicks the ball out for one of your injured players.

i have to say and maybe very naive on my behalf, but I was expecting us to be a little more in order than we are at the minute. Both ins and outs. Esepcially since we've had longer than anyone else (who'll realistically be a challenger) to prepare for it. Its hard to plan a squad when you don't know who is going to be around come the start of the season. It feels like we need to start issuing a date to players / Agents. Say, if they're not gone by the end of July / first week of August, they're here for the season. I could see alot of these deals running on into late into the window and leaving us either missing targets or having to panic buy.

I can already see it coming... "We tried really hard, but its a challenging window, especially when clubs know you have xx million to spend, following the sales of key players. We're a strong beliver of breading success, not buying it and Russell and the coaching staff are really happy with the strength and size of the squad" 1 week before the window closes with no signings.

Baz was one of the biggest reasons we went down last season. Way too inexperienced and total shite. Should never have been in a PL side.

Removal from the stadium, removal of season tickets etc. As I said, 'safety' in numbers, if you can pull a couple of hundred I could see it being feasible, but the club are not going to allow smaller groups to just stand with no resistance. Like I said, its against stadium regulations.

We've wasted 2-3 months. Naturally we'll never know what is going on behind the scenes, but it feels like we're behind the 8 ball. Coady would be a brilliant addition to any championship team and is the kind of CB we're dearly missing. He's captain material and up until a season or 2 ago was an England international (might need a fact check on that). Winks isn't shite, he'd be a huge improvement on Grimes (who we've been linked with). Steffen is much better than Bazaunu. I'll be amazed if they don't sign a striker and if we go head to head with them to sign Piroe, he aint coming here. They also managed to persuade a manager to join them that reported rejected us earlier in the window because 'he wants another season learning from Pep'.

No they wont, don't be so deluded. Its not about restricted views, its about safety. Unless the implement safe standing, you will not be allowed to stand.

all that effort to look hipster and the scruffy bugger couldn't even be arsed to iron his shirt. 5/10.

Anyone else concerned that he doesn't have the experience to oversee the type of rebuild we need? Much like that little bald fella last summer, he has little to no experience of building a squad at a senior level. As we've seen, the success rate of good players at u-23's becoming good players at first team is pretty low. We massively need some know how and experience to compliment our younger players. It's even been acknowledged by our own players that was the case last summer, yet the only links we seem to be getting (very limited links for that matter) are more young and inexperienced gambles. We really seem a right mess at the minute.

Well, there's the title decided then. Big fight for second place. What are Leeds up to? Leicester building a very solid championship side full of experience. Meanwhile, we've spent the last 2 months fighting over 500k compensation for a very very average manager and have links to a few more kids to fill the creche

Absolutely wont be allowed to stand, neither will the 15 or so lads that have tried to get this movement going in block 15. Standing is against ground rules, the only reason the Northam and block 1/2 get away with it is down to the numbers making it impossible to police. The odd scattering of people standing will be told to sit or kicked out.

Had the pleasure of meeting him a few times. He's a top bloke - Wasn't the right fit for us at this time and personally I think he rushed into taking the job. From the chats I had with him, he seemed to genuinely like the club and wanted to stay on (probably no surprise he wanted to stay on). I fear Reading will also be a bad move for him and again, rushing into taking a job. They seem a bit of a basket case of a club at the minute.

would be great in the championship. No worse than JWP, better than Grimes. Good addition for Leicester if they get him.