The start of the new Football season is getting closer as the days to kick-off countdown and I am going into this season more positive than I have for a few years.
We have plenty of talk doing the rounds that the lost legions of fans could be returning that would be great news. That could be all thanks to the good feeling off the back of the Welsh performance in the Euros and more positive news coming out of Cardiff City. New manager Paul Trollope was better received then former boss Russell Slade and the pre-season as been going along nicely.
Last season I was predicting a mid-table finish would be ok but some credit to Slade he fell just short of a top six spot. I expect Trollope will be under orders from owner Vincent Tan for a top six place, at the least but I hope its automatic promotion with my personal dislike of the play-offs. Looking at the teams in the Championship like most seasons it will be no pushover but I believe top six is do a buel
In the press, reports suggest that Trollope has to reduce the wage bill at the club with a number of players told they can go and find new clubs. Replacements have been sauced without the fanfare and they have been received well as it should be, it is and should be about the team. With the season days away, there could be a few more transfers on the cards a striker for one maybe.
Players in: Lex Immers (Feyenoord, free), Kenneth Zohore (KV Kortrijk, undisclosed), Jazz Richards (Fulham, swap), Frederic Gounongbe (KVC Westerlo, free)
Players out: Ben Turner (Burton, free), Kenwyne Jones (Atlanta United, free), Joe Lewis (Aberdeen, free), Etien Velikonja (NK Olimpija Ljubljana, free), Filip Kiss (FK Haugesund, free), Idriss Saadi (KV Kortrijk, loan), Deji Oshilaja (Gillingham, loan), Eoin Doyle (Preston, undisclosed), Jazzi Barnum-Bobb (Newport, free), Scott Malone (Fulham, swap),
Can leave the club: Kagisho Dikgacoi, Adam le Fondre, Federico Macheda
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