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Interestingly enough, Adam Azeem and Ben Shalom are doing their level best to avoid Dalton. Him and Harlem Eubank had a head to head last night and Shalom made a comment about Smith’s age and experience. Azeem potentially is a superstar, but, the avoidance of smith at this stage is not helping his cause.

I sat and watched it. It was an absolutely travesty that Fulham didn’t score 10. They absolutely battered the pigs, Silva was proper pissed off post game. All three pig goals were completely against the run of play.

My argument against Chansiri requesting that I cover some of his losses is that those losses are standard football debt, but it was his job to mitigate them which he didn’t do. So, he needs to accept that and write it off. I’m valuing the ground and training ground at 15 million combined. And that is purely for the land it sits on (and I am being generous). I know that I can literally do nothing with both other than flog the land and move elsewhere. So, that becomes my cost.

I have the value at less than 30 million. Chansiris debts are irrelevant here. And we have no outside debt. Hillsborough is worth 7/8ths of nothing, and the training ground burns money to actually get worse. If you look at it, we generate about 24 million in revenue to make 4 million loss, and is very little value in the playing squad or the academy. So, if we are a Championship club, I’m going in with a lock stock bid of 50 million, DC can recoup some of his losses.. If we are a league one club, I’m taking 20 million off that. My understanding was that Birmingham were bought for about 15 million, but that also picked up a lot of debt and a ground in a mess but, and outstanding training set up and academy. Hudderfield were picked up for less than 30 million including debt write off. We are worth very little. Think back, what did Milan buy us for? It was way less than 20 million right? That value will not have increased much.

What does everyone think a fair price is for us? So, imagine you have a half a billion knocking about. What are you offering for Wednesday?

I like Musaba, I think he’ll be a better player than Gassama long term but I think both will be very good players. Musaba is very good at running into open space. It’s not just about receiving the ball and beating someone, he wants to get behind people. With both Gassama and Musaba, the biggest weakness is the final decision. That’s what has to improve and will come with more experience in this league.

Oddly, I thought we improved when Johnson and Valentin got up the pitch, but, both players final decisions were really bad. I thought Valentin was very close to man of the match today. Vaulks pipped him just. In fairness, I don’t think there were any bad displays with the exception of Malik Wilks who was atrocious again. But… every goal we concede is avoidable. And whilst we create a lot. We miss a lot. Outside of Ugbo and maybe Cadamarteri, we dont have a hang your hat poacher. And goals are not coming from other areas, beyond the odd one or two from a Musaba or Gassama. Quite an incredible stat this is that not one central defender has found the net this season. The centre of our midfield has amassed a total of 5 goals this season. Those two stats alone are atrocious.

We were not marking from set pieces earlier. But this time we let their best header of a ball stand 7 yards out completely unmarked. Abysmal.

Our season in a nutshell. 5 or 6 absolute sitters missed. Absolutely embarrassing defending leading to an equaliser, and teams around us winning games against the form book. Absolute win at all costs on Monday now. 13 points from 7 needed to stay up.

Awful goal to concede. Free header from five yards. We’ve created and missed the better chances but we’ve been poor today. Just not kept the ball.

If we were to move, it would need to be out Meadowhall way or south east of the city.

That is very much true. Chansiri has wanted a formal offer without allowing those suitors access to information. And it’s more than one party that has faced this too. Chansiri’s stance is actually that when he gets an offer he likes, he will open up the books. No one has got to that stage. No one also knows if he is willing to negotiate after any prospective owner does there own due diligence. He’s also fairly steadfast on what he thinks the value of the club is in its current state.

It was a really poor game. And oddly enough, the longer the game went on, the more Poland fancied it. That was echoed by the support as well. When the plan A, ale house to Moore (who I though was good) stopped working, and Poland brought on Bart Salamon and hooked Bednarek, the game shifted. They both looked like two playoff chasing Championship teams. Poland have a couple of very good players. Przemek Frankowski (the right wing back and the reason why Matty Cash can’t get a kick now). Zalewski, the left wing back is good too. But beyond that, and the obvious names like Kiwior, Zielinski and Lewy, it’s not a great squad.

He’s got potential to get to the top table. But it’s a horrible division to be in. Just look at the British fighters in there, you’ve got Catterall and Taylor. And those on the top table now are not just great, but elite. It would be good to see him in with someone like Ohara Davies or Sandor Martin next. Decent step up in class.

He’s not remotely ready for a world title shot. He’s not fought any of the current top 15, and he’s only in the top 15 in one of the orgs. But, he will start climbing the ladder and he will step up the opposition. It might take him 6 fights to get a mandatory position and he needs to start fighting ranked fighters.

I still play. Primarily futsal and 6-a-side. Our futsal season finished last weekend and I play in two 6-a-side leagues that start in April (two different teams). I’m over 40 but still play in the normal leagues and not in the over 35’s. I’m signed to an 11-a-side team but only play if they are short of players, which last season, was way more than I wanted it to be.

The Poles are not confident @Tylluan. On paper, Poland should win. But they are awful away from home and awful in hostile atmospheres.

My dad jokingly said last night. ’The local media are desperate to have Warnock in charge at Wednesday aren’t they?’

I sat and watched Poland hammer Estonia last night, which means it’s Wales v Poland on Tuesday night for a place at the Euros.

Bernard and Iorfa only. I’d offload Bambo and Smith if we can get fees. I’d like us to try and get Beadle, Poveda and Ugbo. We will need to bring in 12 including the three above. Massive rebuild.

We’d not be in relegation trouble, but we wouldn’t challenge the top 6 without spending several million. That group of teams from 5th down to Sunderland all have several players each who would get in our team even now. 14th to perhaps 10th might be achievable. But, year two after Rohl being here for a full season, with the right recruitment, we’d have a shout. As it stands right now, and assuming we stop up, we want to achieve mid table mediocrity next season and have a pop in year 3.

As the season has wore on. I happen to think that the actual overall standard of the Championship has turned out to be absolutely piss poor. What you’ve got is four very good sides in the current top 4. You’ve got West Brom to Cardiff who are just average. Sunderland to us are poor. And Rotherham will struggle in L1 next season. That group from Sunderland down it’s a mix of the sublime and the ridiculous. Really poor league this.

We need 13 points from 8 games including games at home to West Brom and Norwich and away trips to Boro and Sunderland.

Yes. And there are a lot of clubs who have sailed past us by just doing that. Southampton, Palace, Coventry, Bournemouth, Ipswich, Leeds, Luton… it’s a very very long list.

Very interesting comments from Rohl when he compared Ipswich and Wednesday. A barbed attack on the infrastructure of our own club?