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Would be more of a punt than Broja, who had at least played a season of senior football in Holland. Delap has only impressed in junior football, but his progress into the City first team squad has been hampered by a poor injury record. I'd be happy to have him on board, but if he's the only striker coming in, we're in big trouble.

All yours, Bazunu, Bazunu, Bazunu, ya ya.

So, if Hasenhuttl's being given the first 9 games (think that was the rumour) to prove his worth, that'll be a caretaker in for City away, and a new manager starting at home against West Ham.

Budgie Burridge was about a million years old.

Or the Saudi golf overlords. #noholesparred

Mystified by the hype around this bloke. Whenever I've seen him he just strolls around like he's a big deal and plays a few simple sideways passes. Can't or won't break into a sprint, or put his body on the line in a challenge. I don't see anything special there.

Benni went on loan to a non league side this season and, I think, didn't score even once. For a striker, that doesn't bode well for his future prospects.

Spurs about to drop £20m on Djed Spence (good player - attitude has supposedly been a bit iffy in the past). Maybe puts Middlesbrough in a position to make a permanent move for Adam Armstrong (rumoured to be sounding us out about a loan)?

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Haven't got a clouseau who he is.

We need more Swedes. The team doesn't feel complete without them.

Broja was only here for a season and gradually got worse. Not sure you can count him as a "win" for the coaching department.

There's nothing about Winks. He's scared to pass forwards, can't tackle or head, and has no physicality. "Better than Diallo and Smallbone" isn't really the watermark to measure what would be a club record £25m against. And I think Diallo has more potential in any case.

Well, that's certainly a colour. Helps with blending into the pitch when our players go missing under pressure, I guess.

We're close to a flush all right. A busted one.

They barely beat anyone of any substance all season. Drew a blank in all three cup finals; lost the league because they didn't win a single game against the other teams in the top 4; had perhaps the weakest run of opponents in the CL knockout stages anyone has ever faced to reach a final. I suppose they did beat Man City reserves in the FA Cup semi. As you might expect the greatest team since sliced bread to do...

He's simply not suited to this league. His footballing instincts are pretty good: he takes the ball on the half turn, cleverly manipulates it out of his feet and drives into space - and is then chased down, overtaken and dispossessed within two strides because he's slower than coastal erosion. He's the Vestergaard of number 10s: theoretically a decent player, but in practice a long way short.

We need a back up right back, because Livramento isn't expected to play again in 2022 - and there's no guarantees he'll return from a career threatening injury at the level he was at previously. At least not straight away. Wouldn't be a surprise if the majority of next season is a write off for the lad.

Eddie Nketiah about to resign for Arsenal - on a rumoured £100k a week! Four goals last season... We shouldn't even bother looking at English players, the market for them has absolutely lost the plot.

And it's still "not his team yet" in spite of bringing in 14 players.

It's been 4 years since he absolutely obliterated his knee - tore his anterior cruciate ligament, ruptured his lateral collateral ligament, damaged his medial ligament, and tore his lateral hamstring tendon clean off the bone all in the same tackle. The doctors said it was about as bad as it gets. He got back to playing after a couple of years, but he's barely been a part-time footballer since then - clearly nothing like the player he was. 29 in August. We'd be mugs to spend money on the memory of a player. We already did that with Walcott.

He said the same thing virtually word for word at the end of last season. Did the defence improve? I guess we went from 68 goals conceded to 67, if you can call that progress. Maybe the individual defenders are less of a problem than a manager who has two 9-0s on his record and hasn't got a fucking clue how to set up a defence. Just a thought.

Fair play to Jesse Marsch - Bielsa was taking Leeds down, but he's pulled a rabbit out of the hat to keep that rabble of a Leeds squad up.

Only three teams won less games. Only three teams had a worse goal difference. Time to move on. He's had a fair shake.

Not that surprising. Having Prowse and Romeu - not the most mobile players in the world, to be kind - as our wide open midfield two has left us completely overrun in multiple matches. With the personnel we've got, it's always felt like a self-defeating tactical approach. If you lose the midfield, more often than not you lose the match.