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Nice one @1966 man. A football thread . A good manager takes the players he has and adapts his way of playing to suit. Whether it be Danny, Pederson or whoever, he’ll have to chose a style that plays to the strengths of who he has at his disposal. To do anything else would be vain and foolish.

Lowe is absolutely NOT an out and out striker. He’s a winger and occasional striker, who Danny bizarrely saw as a striker for some unfathomable reason. But, for Ugbo, new season - new start. Fingers crossed for a new lease of life for him. We use the cliché “It’d be like signing a new player” too glibly, but in Ugbo’s case it’s true.

Did we dominate for the first 30 minutes then concede a sloppy goal against the run of play?

Thanks for posting. Nice succinct summary and very encouraging. Coffee on, ready to listen.

As Karen Carpenter once said, “ It’s the only explanation I can find”. ….mind you she also said “Calling occupants of interplanetary crafts”.

Odd but true, that partnering the brilliant Hooper and the brilliant Forestieri as a front two was a disaster. Playing either with Nuhiu, or Joao or Fletcher, resulted in terrific points gains. But partnering Hooper and Forestieri up top seized-up the works. We couldn’t score or win with that approach. Believe it or not, with those two up top, we scored at less than a goal per game. A great example of why picking the best individuals works less well than picking a well-blended team. What worked astonishingly well, was playing Forestieri wide, with Hooper partnering Joao, Nuhiu or Fletcher. But for some reason I’ll never fathom, Carlos didn’t have faith in that.

In which case, let me add to the growing smoothie discussion. I’ve never had one or fancied one, but I do know that in France they are pronounced as “Schmoozies”. In other similar news, underarm spray deodorant is often called by the way it sounds, which to the French, is “sheep shït”. So (genuinely) you can go into a pharmacy or supermarket and ask “Ou est le sheep-shït s’il vous plait?”, and come out smelling of alpine glades. Where else would you get an education like this?

He was a really odd signing. A good Championship winger, and a poor part-time striker, yet we used him only ever up top.

@Dayaftertuesday Really interesting stuff. Thanks for sharing, as it clearly risks burning a bridge or two for you personally. You appear to have a lot of respect for DC. You seem to view him as misguided and perhaps naive, rather than malicious. Who does he listen to? Who does he trust?

Years back i read a medical magazine article about this sort of thing. One fella arrived at A&E with an unpeeled orange stuck up his arris. The admissions clearly asked him how it happened. His answer was “I ate it whole”.

The due diligence trawl with DC will be agony.

Super tribute @lehftee Best wishes to you and your family.

The Codfather.

He has no intention to sell, but he will listen to offers. As there is no intention to sell, there is no set price. If there is an offer that cannot be refused, and if proof of funds are demonstrated, he would talk. Beyond those facts, we can’t and won’t know anything until a deal is well under way.