Good signs for next season

[Furnell]

What, to replace their World Cup winning keeper? Unlikely unless said keeper is off.

If he goes to an established Premier League team, more likely to be as a back up/ long term replacement

 

[RB00194]

Spoke with him yesterday, he said he is staying!

His Nan won't let him leave! She's loves a good conversation on FB!

 

[Babylontiger]

Anyone coming in for Hardie will have to cough up £5m plus I'd imagine.

lol in our dreams

 

[monkeywrench]

lol in our dreams

What's a 13 goal Championship striker worth then?

 

[demportdave]

Probably why he put a comma in to seperate a midfield general and a #8 then.

Agree.

Ernie Machin was an excellent example of a midfield general, but Azaz is not that sort of player.

Azaz is more of a schemer, as we used to call his sort of player back in the day. A creative, attacking player with an eye for the telling pass who also chips in with a few goals.
Unlike the midfield general, the schemer can go AWOL at times, especially away from home.

A loss of confidence under Foster was definitely a factor in the fall-off from Whittaker and Hardie over the last 3 months of the season, but I think the main reason was the lack of creativity. Hardie was living off scraps.

We need to get more creativity into the team, it has to be a priority. Hopefully, the new Manager with his Coaching and style of play will make us a bit more creative.

 

[HartleyGreen]

I don’t think there’s any real upside for Cooper in going to Stoke, he’d be better off having another good season with us and then bigger clubs will come knocking. The worry though of course is that if he doesn’t sign a new deal, we could lose him for nothing next year.

It seems as though Cooper has too much respect to do the club out of a fee by running down his contract.
He’s been a part of the fabric of the club for a long time from youth days to present.

 

[Monster Green]

Ipswich is actually a good shout. They know him well, and my tractor loving Ipswich buddy knows the club have been admirers. It kinda makes sense tbh

 

[Dalton Is God]

I think SS will come in for Hardie.

Can see SS going for Stansfield

 

[oldage]

Hardie will go.

No chance

 

[oldage]

I wouldn't be surprised to see Stoke try for Cooper, as goalkeeper is one position most of their fans believe needs addressing. I'm not so sure Cooper would be quite so keen though.
Hardie the other possibility yes.

This wouldn’t surprise me .Schumacher’s praise for him bordered on the embarrassing.

 

[silkman]

Blimey if Hardie is worth £5m then Sir Tommy would have blown the doors off back in the Day. If we get £5m for Hardie I'll quite literally Eat my Underpants ⚽

What before or after washing them?

 

[Deacster]

I think several other players have come to the fore of late and shown they can cope with this level such as Bundu, Callum Wright and Scarr have really stepped up.

 

[RochdaleGreen]

Coopers gone for 8m. It is being kept under wraps for now - The destination Club is secret but its 8m signed and done. Same source who told me about helicopter trip, Fosters sacking etc.

I don't take these rumours too seriously. Major transfers are unlikely until a new manager is in place.

 

[IvyG]

I think we are 3-4 players away from being where we want to be at this level.

For what its worth i think there will be greater retention than some folks imagine, i don't think we will see many go, Could be absolutely wrong of course.

 

[jerryatricjanner]

This wouldn’t surprise me .Schumacher’s praise for him bordered on the embarrassing.

Well let's hope any transfer fee matches Schumacher's praise of him.