Disco Stu

Missing a player to hold the ball up and win headers upfront.

Stronger lineup than I anticipated. I just hope there's no injuries.

Villa will come back at the eleventh hour.

I think they're after two centre half’s. They'll have 50+ games this season.

They won't have a case.

Good debut for Anthony Gordon at Barca. Two assists within a few minutes of coming on.

That should be the case but it won't be.

He's a complete charlatan.

His positioning is consistently terrible.

Fair point but I've always preferred Welington.

After Manning's performance last week, I'd be tempted to start with Welington.

I didn't think we had to conform with PSR anymore?

Yes there's some surprise there but it seems they need home-grown players. I've not seen anyone express any surprise that THB might want the move though.

Who's expressed surprise that THB would want to go to Villa?

I'm holding off until the window closes before calling anyone a liar but it does appear he's over-promised (probably to get ST sales). We desperately need some positive news soon. Selling our best players, increasing our ST price and starting slow on -4 after last seasons disqualification is a recipe for a toxic environment at St. Mary's.

That's one hell of a downgrade on Konsa.

I noticed there's this too... https://frontrowpromotions.co.uk/events/an-evening-with-liverpool-legends-john-barnes-jan-molby-at-st-marys-stadium/ I guess it allows the plastics a chance to see their heroes.

With our squad, if we mess up top 8 because of a 4 point deduction, it's been a very poor season. We should achieve that with any competent manager.

I'm not too concerned about additions in central defense if we don't lose anyone. Under Eckert, THB and Stephens were a successful pairing. We will add depth to CM and I think Dobbin will come good if he's played centrally. My main worry is the CF position. We don't have a like for like replacement for Larin now that Stewart's gone which means we'll have to change the way we play when he's out of the team. Not ideal given it worked so well last season. I'm not convinced Mubama is an adequate replacement. I'm also concerned about the right back position. Roerslev isn't good enough cover from what I've seen so I'm worried we'd have to revert to a back three in Bree's absence. Perhaps we should utlise the loan market.

Do we still have interest in Werder Bremen's Justin Njinmah? If so, there could be a deal to be made involving Sugawara going the other way.

Werder Bremen fans seemed very keen on keeping him so I assume yes.

You didn't say good spot when I said it 🥲 In all seriousness though, we must stay firm on the price. My understanding is they'll only come back in for him if they win their Europa League qualifier so let's hope they lose.

How much are we paying them?

Whitmarsh sold to Northampton on a permanent. I thought he had a future here.