I'm sure we will keep him for a few more years.
One thing we cannot criticise our board of
directors for doing is selling off our star talent quickly or cheaply. Take Wilf for example didn't SP oppose Pulis who wanted to sell him? Ever since he has done his utmost to keep him at the club.

I can't see any one coming in for him it's still early days.

He may look very good at times for us but he could be another player that looks great when young and doesn't progress.

If you really watch him he is no where near good enough for big teams and even if they did go for him he would sit on the bench

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This is also on the BBC 'gossip' column citing the 'Mirror' & the Daily Fail mentions it online. Same news, just re-jigged depending which media outlet it comes from.

This operation, will make the 'Charge Of The Light Brigade' seem like a simple military exercise.

Agree he is not good enough yet but not to the extent you're making out. Needs to improve his awareness and such and then he'll be a top player.

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Sadly I believe there is some truth in these stories despite the disreputable sources and questionable activities of agents.
City seemed determined to achieve world domination which means hoovering up all the best young talent regardless of whether they are currently needed.
They already have Walker (2 and Danilo (27) so are not exactly short in the right back position.
However, Wann Bissaka is an exceptional talent and has a temperament which looks like nothing fazes him and he’s only going to get better.
Having said that he has only played a dozen or so games for the first team and Palace recently gave him a new contract.
As long as he’s happy to continue his development with us I don’t see him leaving any time soon.

I reckon we will receive bids.

He is at a stage now where he will be expensive but if he keeps getting better it could get off the charts, so clubs will look at him. The potential for this lad is mind boggling. He could be a regular for England for years.

With the need for a striker looming large, can Parish resist some fast cash?

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Pulis left just before Wilf joined. I think Pulis opposed the signing of Wilf whereas Parish (rightly) was determined to re-sign him

I agree that the decision to re-sign Zaha was right but I question a chairman overruling a manager on player purchasing.

We've heard over the last few years about Chelsea buying players the manager didn't want. It ends up with a manager playing a way he doesn't want to play or a player playing out of position.

Would I have preferred Pulis to have stayed instead of re-signing Zaha? Of course my view is distorted by what Pulis did and how Zaha has turned out.

I have to admit that at the time I would probably have chosen to keep Pulis baring in mind how our season ended (Crystambul and so on).

We'd have kept Murray, Gayle, Jedi and who knows where we'd be as a team now? I doubt we'd be top 8 but I think we'd have been more stable.

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There wasn’t a queue trying to sign Wilf after Man U and Cardiff though was there? In fact I don’t recall anyone else in for him.

Pulis is a cvnt but we had trust and belief he’d keep us up that next season, even if he went and signed the usual overpriced basic skill level that we’d be lumbered with for the rest of their contract and eventually hamstringing us, which I was opposed to at the time. As it turns out we’ve done that ever since if you stop and look. And who wanted them? Parish, the yanks, Pardew with CB and not Frank with Sakho? Any combination of those 3? Ok Benteke & Sakho were better or higher profile but still came at a huge price we could’ve saved if we had the right infrastructure in place, something Pulis was talking about a bit that summer and his walks on Sandbanks with Parish before they both knew working together would forever be a problem.

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If Wilf and AWB were to push for moves then I guess we should cash in or risk an unhappy dressing room, but I don't agree that it should be the club's decision to sell. Nowadays real quality costs money and unless you have an amazing scouting network then you end up either paying big sums for known quantities or you get average players. Watching the likes of Burnley and Huddersfield it made me shudder at the thought of life after Wilf. Yes they might get results, but where is the entertainment? Also, this argument about a rightback not being so important is blind to the way we play. We rely on our fullbacks for both defending and attacking. It is fundamental to our setup, especially with Roy playing a narrow midfield. When Ward was playing teams began targeting him because of his woeful lack of pace, while conversely AWB has saved us countless times already with his pace and extendable spider legs.

If the worst happened and we were relegated then no doubt they'd both go but otherwise I hope we build around them. We really aren't that far away from a very good team anyway.