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Transfermarkt has Gronbaek’s current worth at €15m. This is exactly what Rennes paid for him and what our option price will be. 16 games (plus any cup games) to take a look at him and see if we think he’s worth it. Don’t really see any issue with this.

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Just watching NEW vs BOU and Brooks is looking fantastic. Managed to work his way into Bournemouth’s 11 now due to injuries. Is this a player we should have tried to sign permanently in the summer? I wonder if we tried there wasn’t any rumours at all.

Is there a presser for this game today?

We have been crying out for a proper and experienced director of football, it sounds like one might be on the way shortly. Good news.

Great detective work Trousers, thanks.

Local game for me this one (19 miles from home). I’ll be watching in the home end with my mate on his season tickets. Become a bit of a tradition to sit together for our games but frustratingly a midweek fixture, which spoils the drinking element. Could be a long evening, given the current form of both sides. Hoping I need to sit on my hands but not expecting that to be an issue. I’m going 3-1 United. Dibling to score for us against a potential future employer. Also off to Forest on Sunday, I’m a sucker for punishment this week! Up the Saints 😇

Must be up there with our lowest attendance at St Mary’s for a competitive game. Did read the other day someone concerned we might not beat an 8k figure we had for an early cup round game previously - can’t find who that would have been against (any stattos on here that can answer?). Even on our way down the leagues we were 15k minimum. Shows the mood of the fanbase at present.

Attendance was 12,120. 600 of those being Swans.

Think I would keep Manning unless Welington is seen as first choice too. Welington has played for the u21s vs Fulham so hopefully not far away from being available to the first team.

£7m for KWP is a steal, even with only 6 months left.

Looks like Burnley have enquired about loaning Manning only.

Leicester closing in on Woyo Coulibaly from Parma. Surely that ends their KWP interest? Although I expect them to be joining us in the championship so I don’t see why he’d have left us to go there anyway? I’d imagine a few PL clubs would be interested in him as a free agent, can’t see him signing a new contract. If we had survived this season, he might have been convinced.

We paid an unnamed consultant recently and that appears to have made zero improvement. Very strange that we haven’t replaced this role. It’s been a glaring issue all season. We desperately need an experienced director of football.

If you’re a top championship player for example, do you hold out for the summer in the hope that a newly promoted PL team will take you. Full season is a bigger shop window and likely higher wages for longer. Or do you move now knowing you are 100% going to be back in the championship in August. It’s a hard sell! I’d personally sell/loan anyone we can that isn’t in our plans to reduce our wage bill as much as possible. Recall Charles from his loan to give us much needed competition in a position we need more numbers. Cornet appears to be going back to WHU so we have one domestic loan plus international loan options. That has to be the way we look to improve the starting 11 and give players a window with no ties to next season. Plan for next season, reduce wage bill, avoid lowest ever points total.

The West Ham game is an example of how 3 at the back can work to create chances. If Tall Paul or Fernandes were able to finish their dinner we would have won that game comfortably. That as Juric keeps saying is the way forward. It is difficult to judge Juric in this impossible situation. Players aren’t good enough. Players have accepted relegation. Mentality is fragile and fans have turned. At this moment I don’t have doubts about Juric’s credibility but more about how the second half of the season will likely render his position untenable. Brave to take the job but if there is a rumoured get out clause at the end of the season, he might be keen to take it.