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Colin Davis's avatar

Sounds like you had a a fantastic day and some insight to the mindset behind some of the 'powers that be'. As you say, it is encouraging. My one concern is still our fragility in defence, not just Sanchez. It might be that as long as we score more goals than the opposition then its fine, but against teams like Gent, it still concerns me we are not keeping clean sheets. On paper the players should be more solid than they seem to be in reality. Did you pick up any thoughts re squad tweaking to improve this?

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Samantha Yerou's avatar

Wow what an amazing experience and fascinating to hear all the details. Hehe well done for pushing Gykores and a world class goalie which would be the icing on the cake for us. Interesting to hear Behdad’s comment. I’ve never doubted the owners ambitions but reassuring to hear them admit they’ve made mistakes and are hopefully learning from them. Fab day out for you and great for us to hear all about it!!

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Santhosh's avatar

Thanks heaps Danny for sharing the insights - in such an engrossing way.

I really am fascinated by the fact that you got to interact with our SD and get to know their thought process!!!

Tony Bloom - that would definitely be a nice conversation!!!

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Craige Coren's avatar

Well, a great opportunity Danny and superbly reported on. Very interesting reading for all of us with that unique insight that you were able to obtain. I think the clear message that comes from your article is that all of us need to give all of the participants time and let the project work itself out before we start making decisions positively or negatively. Perhaps over the next season/season and a half we will be in a much better position to make concrete decisions on where are views sit, remembering that this was always a 10 year project.

Thank you very much for your time and effort. It’s appreciated.

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Danny Windsor's avatar

Yeah I agree. They now need to be tactful and add to the squad in key areas instead of so many players in. Based off marescas comments a few weeks ago I believe that will be the case

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James's avatar

Sounds great. Thanks for sharing all the insight Danny, and kudos to you for pushing Gyökeres!!

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Helen Larkin's avatar

Wow sounds amazing what a game to watch too great article really enjoyed reading about your experience 💙💙😁

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Jon Herbert's avatar

Sounds like an amazing day! Fantastic! Out of curiosity, what was the response when you requested Gyökeres and a keeper? A tight lipped and pretty guarded facial expression I would imagine 🤣

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Danny Windsor's avatar

Mainly just that Goykeres is certainly in great form and a good player. I think it’s down the Jackson and the GK’s to stake there claim for the role or risk being replaced either fully or in the pecking order(this is more of an assumption that info)

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Jon Herbert's avatar

Thanks for replying - good that they’re made aware as much as possible of the fans opinions. An amazing experience to have had 👍🏻

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Danny Windsor's avatar

always make your thought known they are always looking at fan opinions. Especially on here!

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Jon Herbert's avatar

It’s interesting to know that they genuinely take the time to check out forums etc to get a feel for fan opinions and perspectives. I already knew that Danny F did as I’ve had a bit of engagement with him through Twitter/X but if others in the club hierarchy also do then that’s great. They must have thick skin sometimes though 🤣

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Umair's avatar

wow that's great! happy for you.

and really promising to hear what Eghbali said.

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Kenny's avatar

That’s awesome

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Victor's avatar

What an experience! Really happy for you. As a fan from outside of the UK, I can only imagine what to must have been like to be at the bridge. I’m surprised too at how accessible everyone was in the director’s box.

If only we could get more people from the community in there to tell the leadership our thoughts!

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Dieter Van Gucht's avatar

Seems to be a really nice experience, Danny!! Great work, man!!

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Fraser Southey's avatar

Lucky you. And lucky us for the insights you shared.

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