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He might have dropped out of favour, but you don't tend to depart Athletico for a championship side.

So who would you get excited about? Gilchrist from Chelsea has been mentioned on here a few times, but he looked average to me at Sheff United in the games I watched. I didn't see a player good enough to make the jump to the PL, which might make it viable, but I am not excited by that signing. I wondered if Josh Achempong might be an option?

yeah, both are going to be looking for wide attackers. I wonder if our request for £50m transfer fees while the have sold for £37.5m might help them win if we were both going for say a Man City or Chelsea youngster?

Their forward three still looks good. Would be nice if Fatawu was bought by someone.

I didn't see much of them last season. Did they actually replace Dewsbury-Hall?

That sorts out Ipswich's finances. I wonder how much they will have to spend on a replacement or have they done that already?

another player with the physical attributes we have badly lacked in recent years. Tall, strong and fast. Not sure how good he is technically but some of his passing looks OK. Hard to gauge quality when you are looking at the Belgium league IMO. Is the guy (no 91) he keeps setting up early on one of the strikers we are were linked to/mentioned on here or a I confusing him with someone else?

Hate how Man City get a massive sell on clause as well as £30m for a totally unproven PL player. Forrest (and similarily us in the past) take all the risk, and City none. The big clubs have it sewn up.

The fact almost every suggested team in the Ipswich thread has Sugawara playing despite him being shite in the first game says everything about our options. If we could find a gem at that position it could change everything in defence and attack.

I found 1993 online, which is the edition that I first played. Still as addictive as ever.

Midday kick off. All set up for us. Just need to keep pressing them from start right to the very end. Don't let them get a foothold in the game.

I don't know what Leeds offered, probably a lowish fee, but I thought that we'd seen enough at that point to know he wasn't PL player and should have let him go in January.

Or bid close to our asking price. He subsequently gave us a decent championship season and an ok PL season and walked for free. Did we make the right decision on the asking price...probably, but RB sure looks weak now.

Just for context, Brighton want £100m for Baleba. Players that have already shown they can shine in the PL do not come cheap.

Not sure we will abandon the the five at the back so soon, but I'd like to see us do so. Quite liked Quarshie's physicality and pace. Not sure about him positionally. If we went to four, the right back position is a concern - it is a concern in a five. The Manning/Wellington choice is interesting. The manager needs to give Wellington a run of games possibly. I thought Fraser and Robinson deserve to start, but his options are limited. Armstrong seems the only other option in the wide roles. Up front, I thought Stewart looked good in his cameo, but again, a run of games for Downs would be no bad thing.

We seem to be linked to young Scottish players quite often. I suspect we are not alone there. Have we brought any of them to the club MLG over the last five years or so? I guess there are lots of reasons why moves don't materialise.

fair enough, but the alternative view is that we possibly have a superstar at the club, who showed exactly that in the first half of the season and you don't sell them for buttons, even if they didn't show it the entire season, and even if the lad won't commit to a new contract at this point in time. As for the negotiations, who knows if it is true that we have gone back to Everton. Might be total bullshit. For all we know Everton have come back with several new bids this week. When a big move is in the offing, so much bollocks is written. Think back to the Lavia move and there were journalists suggesting deals had been agreed at various points at all kinds of prices.

A month ago. Saint_lambden posted on the 11th July when it was first revealed by Armenian football that we'd made a bid.

I'd also give Rak-Sakyi a miss. Kone finished well, which in the end os what matters, but I wasn't sure about his mobility. Kone looked pretty good with his back to goal, but so did Downs. yet to see that though from Downs. That part of the game is a must. We need a focal point. Archer, Armstrong dont offer it.

looked a poor mans Lallana to me. No pace, like Lallana, some nice dribbling, but he doesn't have the unbelievable first touch whilst on the move, so space disappears fast.I wonder if Fellows is similar. He looks a little more dynamic, but if you don't have pace your touch has to be amazing

It looks a mess right now, but I'm hoping the last week of the window sees Diaz depart, maybe Archer or AA too. If Edozie a Dibling go, then a loaned winger or three might be in order.

There is no choice but to go for it. Its financial Armageddon after the first two parachute payments.

We need a Spertsyan creative type. I agree, another very mobile destroyer would be handy too. I wasn't overly impressed by Sesay, but a young emerging talent as backup is ideal so hopefully he can keep improving.

We aren't signing another striker unless a couple (at least) depart and there hasn't been much noise. As we get closer to the end of the window I'm sure some teams will look to loan a few.

Is Fernandes better in the more traditional central midfield role or played further forward? If it's him and Charles, then a lack of bite could be an issue.