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Warburton getting his excuses in early. After we beat them I fully expect McGhee to tell the media we didnt play our full strength team either.

Maybe that quote, but I don't think that is the same interview I was referring to - it's certainly not a direct quote. Regardless, my point still stands. Unless you think we really are still waiting for the big centre half from his German contacts.

He's probably right, but I take anything McGhee says about signings or team selections with a pinch of salt. He quite often messes with the media in that regard. Signing that "young keeper" he wanted is just the latest example.

You'd only renege.

You expect that to be organized by the new guy how quickly? Give him a chance to settle in, work out what's good and what's bad and make some changes. The club makes announcements on a fairly regular basis. What they don't do, quite rightly, is respond to rumours and speculation that crops up every 5 minutes. No club can do that, and it's a pointless task. When someone has signed, they make an announcement. When someone leaves, they make an announcement. If it's not soon enough for the fans that's normally because there is some legal or business decision to factor in.

Although, TBF, it's mostly posters on here that are creating the speculation. I imagine the club has plenty to take care of right now than reading through this thread and responding.

Sometimes players leave. Sometimes business decisions are made to release players. Sometimes, players are offered contracts and the don't want to sign them (difficult to believe that one, I know). A lot of people on here love to get furious over half baked stories and fictional contract details.

I'm guessing either transmissions from aliens or his dug is talking to him.

Renege. “You Keep Using That Word, I Do Not Think It Means What You Think It Means”

Because it literally makes no sense. Every eligible player has the option to sign for us if we ask them. Or are you saying he has a contract where he can force us to sign him even if we don't want him?

The club didn't "renege" on any part of his deal. They had an option, not a commitment. If they decided not to exercise that option, no promises were broken.

Maybe the 2 years is linked to his coaching duties with the youngsters. So he can still earn his keep even if he's not playing.

Marinello, Davidson, Graham and Pettigrew. Not a bad quartet of talent.

Yes. We did pretty well before we signed him (best of the rest, and all that). He didn't keep us out of the playoffs when we did. Despite his contribution last season, if we need a cheaper option then we can afford to lose him.

We should offer to pay him in dollars.

I used to enjoy the time when you came back from you summer holidays and read about the changes to your team in a small paragraph on the inside pages of the sports section.

The window doesn't close until Sept 1st this year and, while it's not ideal bringing someone in late into preseason, there is still plenty of time to make a signing or two. Unless Law is being punted, let's not forget he is a midfielder too.

I was thinking the same about the Laing-midfield experiment. Maybe he'll get a pre-season there to see how it goes. As for Pearson, I imagine if he expressed an interest in the move McGhee (like most managers) decided not to stand in his way; which is reasonable. I assume we have a list of targets for each position and look forward to see who we bring in.

He'll get called worse the first time he get caught out of position and loses a goal.

Footballers typically only come up with 3 variants of nicknames. Add a 'y' (Faddy) Shorten the existing name (Marv, Las) Add an 'o' (Pearo) So looks like he will end up being a Taito.

Bring Grimshaw back. He hasn't had a game since he left us.

And it was in the classic "grab a black and white shirt off the shelf and slap a club badge on it" style.

Just make sure we don't give him access to this site.

I wish they would play somewhere else. Until that time, given the amount of money they have sucked out the game, I'm happy to extract every last penny from them before they leave.

Aye, I can't remember the last friendly I enjoyed. Probably the Liverpool game that we had for our anniversary celebrations - although that was obviously not pre-season. Prior to that, probably Ajax.