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Wasn't the 2004/5 third kit a navy/sky combination? Quite liked that. Would be happy to get another, although the current away is basically that combination. The Pony one was more turquoise, wasn't it? Jesus, sorry, I'm `arguing' about bloody colour tones now. Personally, I really like the white away shirts. The Sash one in 20/21 (third kit) and the 19/20 third kit were pretty nice. I liked the 2012/13 all white with red pinstripe Umbro kit too.

keep in mind that the 90 minutes of football is just a small part of the working week. Larios is a fully fledged member of the first team, so he will be fully involved in all activities - training, meetings, travel etc. so there will be a Spanish speaker alongside him at work and maybe more importantly outside of work too. Let's hope the get along.

from the highlights videos, I'm a Beto man, but no idea if either are what we need or will work out. Udinese will want €30m for Beto, so realistically, he ain't coming here. Not seen anything written other than that one snippet linking him to us in a larger story, all be it, it was abour Alcaraz to Saints. And we know how that turned out!

Clifford and Woodward "give Bale his U21s debut". That's news to me.

Pretty similar goal records. Beto has scored 17 in last 44 games (last two seasons in Italian top flight). 11 from 32 the season before (in Portugal's top flight). Moffi 18 goals in last 52 games (last two seasons). 15 from 34 the season before that. (all in French top flight)

Hopefully they will use a designer to design the kits this time. Annual request for navy shorts, in case Hummel are looking.

We didn't lose out on Gakpo due to a low bid. It's been widely reported that a fee was agreed between clubs, the player just chose not to come as he wanted to go to a big club.

since you jojned, five minutes ago, every post has been negative. Naturally, I thought you were a skate...just adding fuel to the fire. I guess being positive after watching Saints isn't easy.

You're not missing anything. When Lyanco went off we went to two at the back. Maybe it was last ten minutes (I was including injury time) not last 15. My bad.

He's 20. but you are spot on. However, I have a feeling he will jump straight in and thrive.

Larios will be key here. Closer to his age. Good to have Cabellero offering a bit of experience too though.

Yeah, but starting with two at the back would have been pretty bold. 😉

liked him before, like him more now. Hope we plan for the beto plan.

he looks like he has the technical ability. I bet other technically gifted players like Lavia will take to him straight away, help him settle quickly and he'll then be a starter in no time at all. Hopefully his fitness isn't too bad. Its been a long time since he last played.

Lavia, Edozie and Bazunu are all to 2027, Lis too, for some reason.

The way I see it, is if we are going to play one up front, then Che can do that job for the next couple of games, we just need more `on a plate chances' that these first couple of signings can hopefully help create. I think the new striker won't be too far behind these two, be that Jackson, Moffi, Beto or whoever. These signings are not going to solve all our ills. We have to get things going as a side, get confidence back, get things going. I know things looks terrible right now, and they may get much worse, but should we somehow beat Everton, (yeah I know) things could really change very quickly. I live in hope, always.

Arrives in the UK 8am, medical at 2pm, contracts signed/exchanged, photos and promo done. yeah, late tomorrow or early Wednesday you'd think. Wondered what peeps thought about the speed of our transfers. There was the usual moaning as to why we dint have players lined up on day 1. Two signings in first ten? days of the window - is that good enough for everyone?

Oh dear. Not sure we need an error prone CB, although they all make them.

I know that no one wants to hear anything positive said about Jones right now, but I have to post this otherwise the time will pass it will be lost forever. I don't know how many noticed, but he actually changed it to 2 at the back against Forest with a good 15 minutes left. I was horrified at the time, but it was a bloody brave decision. Didn't work of course as all those extra attacking players seemed lost and did fuck all, but when's the last time you saw a manager go for it like that?

I remember his first touch in his first game against Millwall. Can honestly say that it was immediately obvious that we had a proper player on our hands. I've never seen a young player look so at home. He was absolute quality, right from the very first touch. It was gutting that he left, and horrible seeing him prosper at Spurs, but brilliant to see him become the world's best (or thereabouts) and know that we helped him on his path. What a fantastic player.

played 80 odd games for Racing, so has played senior football. Not sure that makes him more exciting, but it's what is different from those signings. So more of an ABK type signing than an Edozie.

My Spanish is woeful: Start with the sentimental part, this farewell is difficult because what I love the most is my family and leaving now without them is going to be difficult, but I know that soon I will have them with me. This is a surprise? The truth is that I was about to start training and they told me that everything was closed and that I had to leave because I had a flight now at 2:30 p.m. I'm about to leave Racing to follow my dream. There was a lot of talk in each transfer market about a possible transfer. Do you think it was the right moment? I really don't know. I know I'm going to miss racing a lot. I'm going to miss the club a lot because it's my home. I'm really going to miss the day to day with my teammates the people who made me feel great. So its farewell, unbeatable, not with a title, but with a very important goal? Yes, yes, amazing, that you tell me if I had thought like that, maybe not, but I didn't think that goal was going to be the last in racing, but I think that there was no better way than that to end it, that's how it seems to me anyway. We were very close, it was very close, but today I talked to my teammates and I know that they are going to give it 100% to grab that title, we really deserve it, so a lot of good luck to them. The next stage is Southampton and the Premier League. What expectations do you have? The PremierLeague is a great league. I know I'm going to have to work hard, play against the best rivals, the expectations are good because I know that I have to earn my place, as at Racing, so that will be beautiful. What do you want to say to the racing fans? I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart because these two years have always made me feel very, very comfortable despite the occasional bitch that I received, they were always very good to me and my family for their treatment, so it's not goodbye but see you later and I hope to see the pros

Not everyone. Personally, even in this window, I'd still we rather bring in a 21 year old ABK than a 29 year old Keane. Quality, over experience, perhaps goalkeeper being a slight exception. However, judging quality is tough when players come from youth football and lower leagues. That said, I don't know if Keane is good or not. Can't remember watching him, so not saying he wouldn't be a good signing.

For the youtube video I saw was he might be more of a replacement for Diallo. A central midfield guy that will nip in, steal the ball and then drive into space to turn defence into attack. However, he has the ball skills to perhaps plat in the hole - as Aribo did on Saturday. Hard to say as our formation changes by the hour.

...thus he wont be much behind the rest of the squad. God knows what our style actually is by the way. It's not as though we have played long ball in all the games. The Forest game might be more of an outlier than the norm. who knows? You are right though, going to be a tough ask for him to make an immediate impact, especially as he has not played since October is it?