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Was he? Played OK, did a good job, but not sure he was 'phenomenal'. We certainly didn't replace him. Not sure it was that hard a job either, but BBD failed.

Not sure what the point of making the comparison is then. Lets compare the two squads near the end if the window not the start.

They are going to be big money sales and that probably means they won't happen out of the blue. Proper medicals etc. which should give us time to make our own replacement signings. I know we have the final decision, but we can't keep these players here when they get PL offers (obviously if the transfer fee is right) and It's out of our hands when clubs make the offer.

Agreed, so the statement "add quality where it is needed" doesn't seem to align. I guess they are just words. "by and large the squad is fine, we'll just strengthen it in a few places" is standard stuff. He's not going to say it needs a total overhaul. Doesn't mean a lot of players might depart and many come in.

sure, could be. My point, or question was more along the lines of how Still sees the two players we have/are signing - are they the missing quality and thus better than what we have or is that quality coming later in the form of PL loans. I didn't see Quarshie as a starter, but maybe I have underestimated how good he is?

Sorry, it's Will Still, in the Daily Echo interview.

"There doesn't need to be a massive overhaul, but there will be addition of quality where it's needed" I wonder if Quashie and Downs are the quality where it is needed or that might be some loans closer to deadline day?

Lowish fee, but there is nothing low risk about the signing. Every signing is important. Get it wrong and you are stuck with a waste of space for three or four years. Get it wrong and you weaken the side, weaken the squad. Get it wrong and you don't have the striker you need to get promoted. Signings need to spot on. Getting one out of five right and you are fucked. Get four out of five right and you get promoted.

he looks a million miles more fluent and mobile than Onuachu. Never seen Onuachu on the half turn, ever.

they'll only get a percentage of any profit.

Not sure he ever played in the to flight never mind get relegated from it.

probably back to Turkey, possibly on loan, although Besiktas have offered €7.5m for him.

We will have a budget to be within and a need to cut the wage bill. Even if we are signing three players before selling, player sales will dictate what we can do in the GK position. But Ramsdale out, new number 1 in (possibly on serious dough), and keep the other two as second and third choices would work.

I get the same feeling. Having seen a host of scruffy finishes in Onuachu's youtube video, that is a little concerning. We are obviously shopping at a different level than last summer, but you still want to see a guy murdering opponents at the level he currently is at. There has been a lot of talk of signing players with the right physical attributes, but all I see if "tall" in Quarshie and Downs. As Onuachu proved, that isn't the most critical thing.

Bit more meat on the bone. Not sure I am totally convinced, but he looks better than his US strike partner Agyamang to me. Tall, decent turn of foot (not electric), seems to play on the half turn well, happy to lay it off first time...he's much more comfortable doing that than dribbling with the ball. Touch seems OK. Not sure I see a PL striker there, but he might have more tools in his bag than Stewart.