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Originally Posted by Coltsalr

Find me one post where I've "set myself up as a Ballard lover" or given him any sort of lofty praise?

I'm very wait and see on this one. I'm aware that I have exactly zero idea how he's going to do. Any feelings that I have that he might be better are based solely on the fact that it'd be hard to be that much worse than Grigson, but it's of course possible, which I've never denied. He actually does have a very good reputation in the industry, very much unlike Grigson when he was hired, but I'm of course aware that that's not going to matter at all once he starts making moves and he'll be judged on those alone.

And as far as I know, the contract drafting guru is still in the front office.

Hope so.... FA tampering period started at midnight