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He is, but those two are actually fit and available to play more often than the odd week here and there. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

I mean, we've added a Championship player and two kids - did anyone really expect a massive increase in the quality of performance from basically the same crap squad that have almost relegated us two seasons running? FWIW I like our three signings, but the fundamental weaknesses remain as stark as ever: we have a bunch of individually horrible centre backs who are somehow even worse as a collective. And there's not a lot of quality on the ball throughout the team to really do much of any worth with our monopoly on possession - and we're presently shipping out midfielders for fun to limit our options further. I think Vestergaard might even be poorer at defending than Stephens. It's the expectation that at £20m and 6' 6" he might actually be good at something - anything - that constantly disappoints. Going to be another grim season, folks. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

0-0 h/t. Been quite tidy without doing anything too special, but we all know how these games against cloggers go for Saints: we'll play all the football and lose 1-0 to a scrappy set piece or massive defensive brainwave. It'd be nice if Danny Ings contributed something of note, but maybe that's asking too much of £20m worth of knackered body parts. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Sounds believable. He signed a new five year contract in December. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

You'd think the partnerships would be Danso and Vestergaard (quick but raw paired with experienced but slow) or Bednarek and Yoshida (slow but steady youngster paired with mobile and experienced). Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Nothing they could have done about Alderwiereld. He didn't want to join us, bottom line. Spurs went around us and offered him a better deal on the sly - the legality of that is what had us impotently wringing our hands. But ultimately you can't sign anyone if the player won't agree to it, regardless of what arrangements you think you've got in place with their club. That was true then and it'll be true with Danso. If he does well for us and another clubs gets in his ear, unless we have a contractual agreement with the player himself, history will most likely repeat itself. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Young French keeper Illan Meslier has joined Leeds on loan. Notable only because he was rumoured to have been given the Staplewood tour earlier in the summer. And, I suppose, it means Leeds won't be taking any of our keepers off our hands. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

They've only got around 10 games to play before the play-offs begin. Even if he started every one, Sims won't get a lot of football. Odd. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

I suppose denial comes before acceptance. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

They'll be raided for Neves soon enough, and Moutinho isn't getting any younger. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Also possibly not relevant but interesting nevertheless, Leipzig need to add at least two more Germans to their squad to meet Bundesliga rules, so a couple of foreigners probably need to be sold/loaned out. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Martin Hinteregger signs for Eintract Frankfurt. Only vaguely linked to us - possibly on account of being Austrian - but that's another CB to cross off. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Villa sniffing around Phillips at Leeds for around £15m... Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Lazy bit of scouting. "Find us a rough diamond." ** Google's "diamond" ** Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Would he be happy to be cover, though? It's time to get his career fully up and running, and he'd be a regular starter at most Championship clubs. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Could be his epitaph. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Newcastle have apparently bid €8m for N'Soki. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Isn't he predominantly a left back? Perhaps the manager doesn't think Vokins is ready yet. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

We'd make our money back on a player who doesn't want to be here. Given the hits we're going to take on Carrillo, Forster, Elyounoussi, Boufal, Hoedt, and the losses we've already made on Clasie and Gabbiadini, breaking even would be one of our better results from the appalling recruitment we've done in the last few years. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Monaco have always got money sloshing around from sales. Leicester just gave them £40m for Tielemans. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

For Chambers read Stephens: too slow to play right back, not defensively strong enough to play centre back. Fulham had the worst squad of defenders ever assembled by a Premier League side - and they still thought Chambers was too poor to play at the back. He was their POTY as a makeshift holding midfielder (who couldn't pass water). He's only played regularly for two PL sides - and they've both gotten relegated. I don't see any reason why we would ever consider bringing him back. Also, Arsenal value him at £25m. Which is frankly hilarious. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

Clyne's done his ACL. Another season of not playing, albeit for a less mysterious reason. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

I think it'd be an incredible coup for one of the most in demand, highly rated young centre backs in European football to leave a Champions' League club for us, when our stock is low after two grim seasons of struggle, and our funds are tight. The manager must have some draw if we can pull that one off. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

https://www.getfootballnewsfrance.com/2019/newcastle-back-in-for-allan-saint-maximin-as-ogc-nice-drop-asking-price-from-e40m-to-e25m/ Nice looking to offload Saint-Maximin to fund deal for Boufal, with personal terms seemingly already agreed. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk

I suppose we'd better hope we don't draw S****horpe in the cups. Sent from my F3311 using Tapatalk