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It was like Chas and Dave. Edit. Edit. Edit. Edit. Edit...

Goals and assists are obviously important but I wonder how many goals Grealish is involved in from beginning to end. Probably loads. How many fouls does he draw that lead to set pieces that lead to goals? Quite a few.

We don't need to sell. We don't have to meet Spurs half way. If 40m is our price and there's no chsnce of getting it, good. **** off then. Why so many have decided that 40m is beyond reason I'll never know.

Count me in the "he's not going" camp. Largely because, well... he's not going.

Right. So he does that for Villa in the Premier League in the next couple of years. If we dont get there by then, he can go.

He's not a big lad but he definitely isn't awful. More Stones than McGuire and very promising. Not sure I'd want him in the starting XI yet but I would have no worries in the first team squad. Tuanzebe I would consider a starting player. If fit.

Had to throw up at that point. Sorry.

He was typing with his right foot. If it was on his left it would be grammatically perfect.

Would now.

In a nutshell.

Why can't he stay and further his career? Have we not just been taken over by fabulous wealthy and well connected people? Isn't the future bright? Isn't he only 22?

NSWE. And probably nobody else.

They could. Can't see Chelsea needing him that much though apart from to fill a quota. And they'd have to spaff shitloads on it. Jack is very very promising but he's not yet at the point everybody would be falling over themselves to get him. That will come. Hopefully once were in the PL, building our own top squad and fencing off bids.

Guarantee him everything except game time. Which he wouldn't get much of.

I don't know about the shady world of finance although I'm no stranger to numbers. What I do know is that certain people can be very creative with it. That's up to them. What I do know is PR and marketing. And releasing statements where you are relying on thousands of people reading between the lines is not something smart people do. You're only inviting trouble and malcontent from what basically are your customers. Sorry Pete, I don't see it.

Yes, all clubs sell players. But selling your best player after taking over, after saying nobody is for sale. That would be stupid and these guys are definitely not stupid. As for the semantics of having or choosing to sell. I think choosing to sell is worse. If we had to sell him I think most fans would grudgingly understand. But Bruce and thus the board are on record saying we don't. So I'll go with that. As for the miasmatic world of football finance and FFP. I'm not even going to begin to try and decipher it. I know these guys are very financially savvy, experienced in the world of sports and will be surrounded by some of the very best advisors. So I'll give them the benefit of the doubt and leave it them. And I'll take their word that nobody has to be sold. There's nothing else of worth to go on at the moment. As for giving them kudos for selling Jack for £30m. You must be joking. Firstly, we're not over a barrel like we were weeks ago. Secondly, £30m is not great value considering the sums players are changing hands for now. What kudos is is due selling your best player for less than he's worth after saying you don't have to sell anybody?

So why announce to an already sensitive fan base that nobody is for sale? This would seem like criminal stupidity for new people looking to make a good impression. I dont think they're stupid.

Vlad Tepes is an agent of the Goat of Mendes. Coincidence?

If we dont have to sell him, and that appears to be the case as Bruce himself has said, presumably with the blessing of NSWE, and Grealish forces a move somewhere, I dont see why anybody would wish him well. We developed him, brought him through, put up with him being a gobshite piss artist, nursed him back to full health and gave him a shot again. We now have stupid amounts of financial backing. Its not hard to imagine us climbing back to the top. If you're 22 you can afford to see how it all pans out. Especially as you're a central figure. To leave now to go to some grubby London club to make up numbers would be daft, and no, he would not go with my best wishes. He'd be dead to me. A few months watching from the bench and we'd see him in the tabloids on his arse again.

It will, but for many fans, including most of the youngsters, it will be a real kick in the knickers on the eve of hostilities. Grealish has become talismanic to us and anybody taking his place while O'Hare is recovering/developing will be under extreme pressure. Promotion will have become more unlikely too and thats the absolute priority. NSWE, take heed of the great philosophers of Grange Hill. Just say no.

I don't see Chester saying anything many of us haven't said. Nothing really insightful there. Or doesn't seem to know. All the one eyed media top4 / London bias is angling any story towards Grealish deserving to play at the top level. Yeah, I agree. The whole club should be there. And will be. And Jack should be front and centre rather than watching from the bench as an English quota makeweight. words removed.

The message to Spurs should be: Right... This is how it's going to happen. We're going to play a game of **** off. You go first.

Prudent, yes. Tight, no. They're loaded and will have to use financial muscle to get us to the PL. They havent bought us to tread water in the second tier. Then a mix of the right sponsorships, investments, youth scouting, scouting in general, facilities and partnerships can deliver a top team that's sustainable. That's all anybody could ask.

I don't know whether we need to sell JG to satisfy FFP or not. Im guessing not, as we released a statement or article saying we dont need to. These guys are serious players so will have an idea how to get around FFP if possible. Also, after just taking over a club and being careful with the image they have with fans, saying nobody for sale then selling our best player seems like too dumb a move for them. At least to me. I think Grealish is staying. I hope so.