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With Lis going, is there a possibility that we sign no keeper, run with two senior guys and an u21 keeper as back up until January and then re-assess?

does playing for us on loan help his long term career at all? Would sitting on the bench waiting for the right move be a better move for him?

good staff/players get poached.

did Downes sign?

Sorry, but I don't really understand what you are saying.

Genuinely interested to khow much SR have `invested' beyond the money the paid to buy us. Do you know?

We signed Downes. I actually question if we should bother offering second contracts to players. If they are good enough, they wont sign. If they are not good enough to get a move, why are we offering them another deal? We let them go and sign someone that is actually good enough to attract a bigger suitor. I might be wrong on this, but I don't tend to blame the club for failing to pin a guy like KWP down. The only way we do that is to pay more than the going rate. does that work financially? maybe. What more can RM do? is it eve his job to recruit players?

I wonder if there is any other interest in ABK? His PSV loan move came a bit out of the blue last time, so there is still a chance he will depart.

I've lost track of the current situation, but are we actually looking to sign a striker - we just spent £15m on Archer - and if we are, does it have to be a loan?

Lukaku is getting close to his move. We have seen they are happy to sell Broja. Jackson and Guiu won't be going anywhere. So that leaves David Forfana and Deivid Washington. Fancy either of those?

After the ABK medical leak debacle, I would guess he would not want to even mention Bijlow has been here for a medical in case he fails it (or more accurately, the results are not to the management's satisfiction). There might even be a possibility that we may want to change the terms of deal depending on those results...and as we know to our cost, the deal could easily fall through.

will come in handy when we are celebrating getting out of our own half.

not massively impressed to be honest.

Would be fantastic, but seems unrealistic.

You can add Asprilla to that list. If we had the money and the prices weren't so high, him and Carvalho were my preferences. Not sure our front three are terribly scary. However, in THB, Downes, Sugawara and Fernandez, maybe we have bought genuine premiership quality.

Just to provide a little more detail, he played RB in one game and CB two games, all the other games it was in central midfield. He was in and out of the side, with four consecutive starts the longest run. I don't think he is particularly hard done by on here. His performances have been assessed in comparison with other first teamers. There are certainly questions about the fee and what else it could have been spent on - Winks being some people's preference. He has then been given some leeway as he is very young and still learning. Compared to Sulemana, who is absolutely slated on here, he got off lightly. I agree with you that it's a good move for everyone.

I'm a little less enthused than some other posters. When he played, always as a holding defensive midfielder, I didn't think he did a great job of providing a shield in front of the back four. He still needs to learn the actual role. I also felt he was too passive and a little too casual too. He has the ability, but he did things in slightly slow motion. Rather than looking like a class above with time to spare, he looked a bit laboured. I felt he just needed to be a bit sharper and a bit busier. He has the attributes to be a good player, but he wasn't actually 'great' in the championship last season. I felt by the end of the season the manager couldn't trust him to be that DM he needed. Time is very much on his side though. Get a slight improvement and you have got yourself a good signing there. Best of luck for season. Beat the skates.

the links to players are pretty light on here and usually create a fun discussion. maybe you should just knock twitter on the head?

do you think he will get 10+ goals? He was brimming with confidence at the end of last season, so I'm hopeful, but you could say the same when he first joined I suppose.

he plays like Lallana did. smooth with the ball, but he lacks a yard of pace. not easy to go past players without that. hes got the ball skills though. can't see us paying £25m for him, but you never know these days.

Interesting that he has been on the bench in their first two games behind Timon Wellenreuther.

I know this won't go down well, but is there a chance that we actually sign a backup keeper to McCarthy - just so that we have three keepers - rather than a new number 1?

Purple? Strange, it looks green to me. Anyho, if you are seeing purple hands you must have Reynaud's disease. So its' either Clemont's keeper Joan Reynauld or its the Forest Green Rovers keeper, Thomas Lewis, who suffers from the condition.

Green hand means inexperienced, so a young keeper perhaps. It's used especially to describe inexperienced crew members on 19th century whalers. Wales keepers Hennessy, Ward or maybe Tom King from Wolves perhaps? But Green Hand is also a book by Nicola Claveloux. Nicola(s) is obviously Thibaut Courtois's middle name, so he might be a very ambitious target. Hmm. There is a book of the same name by George Cupples, so my guess is Shamel George, the Livingstone keeper. I've got it, right? Hang on. It's not Etienne Green from Burnley or Robert Green coming out of retirement. No too obvious. No wait. It could be a keeper that wears (or has worn) a green jersey. That narrows it down a bit...

BBD Archer and AA is what we got with our budget.