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If I recall correctly, the owners did say at the September 2023 Fans Forum that they had been "too open" in the past and would be doing things differently.
I don't think anyone asked exactly what that would mean.
I guess we know now!
Clearly things have gone too far the other way and risks losing the goodwill of the fans (not to mention our small army of journalists, podders, bloggers, poets, musicians, performance artists, and god knows what else).
Clearly the current policy is not fit for purpose.
Alienating/dismissing/patronising the fans when you're bottom of the table isn't a smart move. And you shouldn't need a degree from Oxford to realise that!
The club needs to find a better balance for managing its information. Otherwise Uncle Albert's next visit to Loftus Road will be in a Walsall shirt!
A release clause is just a sale price at which a club is willing to sell a player.
If a potential buyer makes an offer matching the release clause it means that buying club then has permission to talk to the player to offer terms.
But it doesn't automatically mean the player has to be sold:
1. The player might be happy where he is and refuse to leave.
2. The selling club might decide they would rather keep the player than have the transfer fee. In which case they could offer the player a new contract on better terms.
The release clause gives the player bargaining power. But it doesn't automatically mean he gets sold.
There is a lot I don't understand about this case. But what little we do "know" seems to come from rough and ready translations of foreign news reports.
And neither newspapers nor online translators are exactly renowned for their accuracy.
Common sense would suggest that if this really were a serious assault with a rock, in France, resulting in a skull fracture then it wouldn't take four years to reach court in another country, Chair wouldn't have been advised that he didn't need to attend court, and the prosecution wouldn't be recommending community service.
AND, even our basket case of a club would have hotshot lawyers swarming all over it if they thought there was even a chance their prize asset could end up doing le porridge!
I was basing that on what he has done in his career so far. He hasn't been afraid of going to new countries to get the experience.
But you are probably right. Now that he is here in England it might take something big to tempt him away. Who knows, Bayern Munich might have another vacancy in twelve months time.
Lots of fans at rival clubs are casting envious eyes at our shiny new manager.
But he has had less than one season with us. And he hasn't stayed in any of his jobs for more than two years, so far.
Any Championship club with a vacancy to fill has Steve Cooper, Paul Heckingbottom, Liam Rosenior and Gary Rowett to choose from. All four are out of work, and all four have achieved more in the Championship than Marti.
Any ambitious Championship club willing to trigger a release clause would almost certainly have Carlos Corberan top of their list for Santa. Not to mention Danny Rohl.
I doubt that Marti will leave us for another Championship club before the start of next season. Although that's not to say he wouldn't be tempted by a job in another country if the opportunity was there.
You can make deals and announce them any time you like. There's nothing underhand about it, provided you're not tapping up players who are under contract.
Rotherham have already been busy with their keeper off to Stoke and several new signings already announced.
The transfer window exists for registration of players. No deal is complete until the registration is done.
I would be amazed if we haven't identified a few targets and already made a few approaches. And I would be just as amazed if we haven't been negotiating with some of the clubs being linked to JCS.
I'm going to be slightly contrary and say D is a bit harsh.
The defensive unit has been one of the best in the Championship under Cifuentes. That can't be achieved without a keeper who is doing his job right.
I wouldn't disagree with any of the criticisms. But keepers (like strikers) tend to have their mistakes getting stuck in the mind because they are usually costly.
Personally don't think we should give him another year, but C/C- would be about right for me.
Not sure why we are still picking at this old wound. He's hardly going to appear in hoops ever again.
Dozzell hasn't even made the bench in Birmingham's must win games against Rotherham and Huddersfield, which suggests he is unlikely to be offered a deal up there if Rowett is still in charge next season.
What might be worth a look with the benefit of hindsight is this reaction to us signing Dozzell by Ipswich fan and avid Championship observer Benjamin Bloom:
I think "damning with faint praise" just about sums it up.
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