Summer window

Ah the great Randy Rhodes to brighten the mood

 

Fantastic guitarist, saw them live at Sunderland Mecca, Crazy Train tour

 

There's a reason supporters shouldn't run football clubs and rarely do ... although it's clear, from looking at forums, quite a few think they do.

There's no room for sentiment in business and it's the first time the club has been run as one. Yes it would be lovely to have all the old favourites like Gooch somewhere in the background, for nostalgic cameos, but it's costly and distracting.

In my opinion we have to get away from the idea that most players are here because they 'get the club' or because local people are lovely ... not everyone is Luke O'Nien.

They're here to make the most of short careers. We sometimes have to move on players who no longer fit and allow others to go to 'progress their career'.

If Clarke and Roberts want to go the supporters shouldn't automatically attack the club. We should hope we're planning for inevitable departures and bringing in replacements who may turn out to be better or allow our style to develop in a different way.

So what if some players take the huff, get them out and bring in more keen ambitious players who've lost their way ... just as Clarke and Roberts had.

I choose to see this all as exciting but understand that many people fear change and want a situation that feels familiar ...

... football's not like that these days and the reason supporters don't often make the best owners.

 

Rusyn, Achouchi, Crespo, Michut, Van Hooijdook, Dragba and young Alan and we'll be reet up there. Need to hang onto Clarke and Roberts tho

 

Agreed

 

Liverpool been watching him for a while now. Dont see them coming in on deadline day though. They have the lad from Bayern on the way.

 

Spot on nev

 

Yann?

 

If only!

 

"if completed"

Great

 

We can always dream until beer time ... 1 hour to go

 

I think it’s probably the daftest thing possible to do.

 

Terrible terrible sleep last night, dreamt I was drowning in a bath of salty tears.......woke up and logged on to RTG........

 

It depends on how you phrase it. Telling the a year in advance that there is no new contract and allowing them to stay, or leave with our best wishes seems a good way to operate on a personal level

 

Agree, most people say we can do better ...

... but also don't like to see him go.

You can't have your cake and eat it

 

Would have loved Gooch to have gone Inter Miami like.

 

Dragba signed for someone else

 

Always a risk we'd allow Stewart to go then be outbid for Cannon ...

... it's tough but we're in there fighting.

 

As long as we don't press the button on Stewart leaving until we have a replacement. I'm sick of this "we couldn't get the deal over the line" bolllocks from recent windows