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Every dog has his day I suppose. 😏

the amount of running our two CBs do to plus gaps, I'd be thinking of adding a new/extra body in there every week after about 50 minutes.

with fitness or struggling to cope with the winger? If the latter, then that is a worry. We're focused heavily on CB, but that left back position looks mighty thin.

we press and use a lot of energy. We give the ball away, it then takes more energy to recover the ball. We run extra hard to provide cover to limited individuals, using yet more energy. When we run out of energy, we don't provide a threat making it easier for opponents to keep coming back at us. When we run out of energy gaps open. When we run out of energy we don't provide that cover individuals need.

McCarthy starts to come but Salisu moves back towards him and thus he stops thinking that Salisu will continue to retreat and jump for the header. For me its on Salisu.

not a chance in hell. Has there been a keeper more tied to his line than Forster?

I think he just got fed up of losing. He knew nothing would change this summer and Ings would leave. He wanted to play for a side that was going somewhere. Bertrand may have lost half a yard, but he had a yard to spare. I was concerned about him not getting back the right side a few times after going forward, but he got up and down OK. His touch and ability on the ball is top notch. He's a class act. We needed to keep him AND sign another left back. One of the most important positions and we don't even have two options on both side. Have a good season, but hope we tonk you.

agreed. West Ham have been heavily linked. Edit; just seen that he's left sided player, so my previous comment is null and void.

does that mean Tarkowski sale has been agreed?

if the roles were reversed, and this was the stat being bandied about in the media, we all know the outcome. I fancy us to get a shock win.

His loan spell at Sunderland was that unsuccessful that he won their young player of the year. Villas-Boas was equally `unimpressed' and made him first choice left back the following season. He fractured his ankle, but when fit was selected by then manager Sherwood. During the summer he was given a five year contract. Poch obviously wanted to give him plenty of time to `prove himself'. You can rewrite history all you want, but no one is going to tell me Rose was not a good player. He would have had a decent career with or without Pochettino. Poch may well have got the best out of him, he and his system were tremendous for us, but the idea he wasn't any good is not something I agree with.

Danny Rose looked good because he was good...and long before Poch was his manager.

We will be paying something towards the loan...unless Gao is happy for it to mount up for some other mug to clear. If we pay the interest only, say £9m, then that is £9m removed from our budget (that we could spend on wages and/or transfer fees). To say that transfer fees are not used to pay the loan down is rubbish. Transfer fees are just another income stream, along with ST money and TV money. It all goes into one pot. We may not need to sell to pay the loan down, but that's a different thing entirely.

I always think like this. Buy players on the rise, the best of the league below (or abroad)...players teams desperately want to keep but need the cash, rather than players on the way down, ageing, not good enough. However, we've bought a few from big clubs that have done pretty well like Romeu and Bertrand. Buying `young' players from big clubs that have yet to play/not played a lot is different ball game. Hope it works out for us. When it comes to CB, it has become one of the hardest positions to find anyone decent. Pace, ball player and great in the air, is a hell of a skillset to find.

One bad season? IMO he has got better each season, but it's from such a low bar. He was really poor when he first played. he has heart, but he is slow, doesn't dominate and lacks quality on the ball.

good points and a few months later...Djenepo is being talked about as a covering left back.

not sure where you get these figures from SC. Romeu had over 100 appearances and Bertrand nearly 200

plus we have signed quite a few in recent times that meet that `for profit' criteria. Maybe we can do both?

We are trying to find a ball winning, ball playing fast centre back...on a limited transfer budget and having fallen from grace somewhat in terms of challenge for a European spot. To want whoever we sign to also be able to play in midfield might be a asking a lot of our scouting system.

very good point about not being palatable to allow him to leave for nought. I suspect they are asking a little more than we were as he has been top draw for them for a while now, however it depends what someone is willing to offer. Sadly, I don't think he would leave them for us, otherwise that would be a very nice replacement.

joy. and no toll these days.

Losing his ability with the ball should not be underestimated, but if we cant rely on JWP and Romeu to pick the ball up from CBs and get us moving then what can we rely on them to do?

Who you thinking from Bournemouth, Brooks, Mepham or maybe Kelly (notice he has moved inside from left back to centre back)?

sorry, it's just an opinion. Right money, right age, and when I've seen him live he has looked pretty solid (although it was matty cash that caught my eye at the time and who I suggested we sign last summer). We were linked with him in 2020, but more recently he has been heavily linked with Burnley.

could go back to the championship well with Joe Worrall from Forest an option.