Nordic Saint

Jack Stephens is an excellent footballer and I'd love to see him played farther forward, as he has great skill on the ball and an eye for goal. At the moment he is in a central defensive partnership with another youngster and they are both learning. They shouldn't really have been put in that situation. That's not his fault. Our experienced central defenders were all sold and you really need an older player leading the back line at this level, like Fonte did. But, Stephens is learning fast and, like McQueen and Ward-Prowse, he is going to get even better next year.

That's a 7 match unbeaten we're on run now. We haven't lost a game this year. OK, he's no Pochettino, but I honestly don't think Reed will bring anyone better in if he sacks him. Pellegrino's certainly at least as good as the Pardew and Hughes types and a far more likeable character. His biggest mistake was not playing Austin when he was available earlier in the season. He has been left a squad, which apart from Austin, has no reliable goal scorer up front and that has been the real problem.

They are the worst team in the Premier League. Who is he going to have it easier against???

The first thing is none of us would have appointed him in the first place. But, once he was here, I'd have sacked him after sacking Les Reed, because every appointment Les makes is worse than the previous one. So, there isn't a great deal to be gained from sacking him while Les is still here. Many thought it was a good idea to sack Puel and get rid of Eric Black as first team coach but then Les appointed Pellegrino and Kelvin Davis. There are still plenty of people on the planet so you can bet your bottom dollar Les will still be able to find somebody worse than Pellegrino.

And Villarreal keep on winning. Soon Calleja will be beyond our reach too. All we needed to do to stay up was bring in Javier Calleja as manager and Carlos Bacca as our new striker. It wasn't that hard.

One of the worst goalkeepers in the history of the Premier League, the man Sunderland fans still hold responsible for getting them relegated in 2006, no previous coaching experience, and he's coaching our first team along with ex-Barnsley goalkeeper, Dave Watson, neither of them with any experience of coaching outfield players. It is ridiculously amateurish and just about sums up the shambolic state the club is in. Kelvin became first team coach in December and we haven't won a single league games since. He'd be lucky to get a managerial position in the Conference.

He's a mediocre, Championship level player, worth no more than 5 m tops, but we already knew that.

It needs to happen at the end of the game if we lose this one. The lazy b@stard couldn't even be bothered to try to get anyone toinight as he'd rather sit back, watch the game and enjoy the free hospitality. He can't be allowed to get away with this any more.

Hoedt reminds me of Hooiveldt. He gives the general impression of being OK but he's always good for one goal for the opposition.

I really don't think it is. It's more about not selling your best players as quickly as we seem to do. Very few top flight clubs sell so many of their best players after such a short spell at their club as we do. We're then left casting around looking for replacements, which in the last couple of years have mostly been inferior ones, and if the accounts are to be believed. spending more money than we receive, for what is ultimately an expensive downgrade.

To be fair, apart from what clubs' PR people 'leak' we have no idea what fee has been asked or offered. Even players and their agents wouldn't necessarily be privy to that information.

That certainly seems to have been the Les Reed way with Carrillo. He paid a ridiculously high price for a player Monaco were desperate to get rid of, who nobody else wanted.

I guess we'll find out which club those words apply to in 2 days' time.

It is very good news if he can return soon but I think they are probably announcing it a bit prematurely to soften the fans up for the sale of Gabbiadini.

It's brilliant when youngsters can afford to go to a game with their mates, like we used to, rather than have to sit quietly with their perents in a Family Centre. If we want good vocal home support, the club should encourage it with their ticket pricing strategy. It's what Pompey are doing. They give disounted tickets to under 22s while under 17s pay next to nothing. I realize they are in League One but it's the pricing incentives to encourage youngsters which we need to look at, even if our prices are higher than theirs. Pompey season ticket prices 2017/18: Young Person (18-22 on September 1 2017): £240 Junior (17 and under on September 1 2017): £80

A lot of fans underestimate Austin's pace. He is faster, more skilful and a more prolific goal scorer than Carrillo. They are both good headers. Austin should go straight back into the team when he's fit as he makes a massive difference. But 70 minutes is about his limit. Carrillo is an impact sub. So it will be ideal to bring Carrillo on as a sub for Austin.

A lot of fans underestimate Austin's pace. He is faster, more skilful and a more prolific goal scorer than Carrillo. They are both good headers.

I'm not sure that Pelle was all that desperate to leave. I think it was more a case of the club taking what they saw as the last chance to get a big transfer fee for a player over 30. He always seems a fairly laid back chap who'd be happy whatever. Paying him a big salary for a loan or short contract would certainly cost less than the 19 million + salary we paid for Carrillo. The Chinese Super League season runs from March to November. Getting him on loan for a couple of months until Austin is fit to play again would have been a good idea.

We do have a history of signing players who haven't been starting regularly for their club. But, if we get Quincy Promes, we really will have a player who can hit the ground running. He has been playing whole games regularly in Russia and scoring goals.

Carrillo hasn't played whole games much in the last few years so I think he will mainly be used as an impact sub., which as long as he scores and helps us win games will still be OK. Long can run around for the other 70 minutes.

He was in Ligue 1 but the Premier League is much harder. "On 9 January 2015, Boufal transferred to Lille in Ligue 1, instantly making an impression, scoring 3 goals in 14 league games. The next season, he continued to impress, scoring 12 goals in 35 appearances in all competitions and attracted interest from some of the biggest clubs around the world."

Yes, lacking pace, physicality and agility, and being useless outside the box will always make a striker ideally suited to the Premier League. To be honest, that is the most positive comment I've seen about him on any of the Monaco fans' messageboards. Most just think he lacks the skill required at the top level and that he's worth less than 5m euros.

Nick Holmes - Sam McQueen? Guido Carrrillo - Gordon Watson? In style of play if not appearance.

I always read the selling club's fan messageboards when we buy a player to see how they react. When we bought van Dijk, Celtic fans were gutted; when we bought Hooiveldt, they were over the moon. Not one Monaco fan is unhappy to see Carrillo go. The general consensus is that they'd have been happy to even get 5 million euros for Carrillo. '5M de livres pour Carrillo . Ça va faire des heureux' 'Carrillo 20M, je ne m'en remettrai pas de celle la !' 'Carrillo , il a fait quoi ?'

Leave shance alone. His post has been the highlight of our transfer window so far.