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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.

Liverpool play a guy for ten games and his value goes through the roof. They make so much money back on player sales, largely from flops and players they are desperate to offload. I guess for every Brewster there is an Ings. Or is it, for every twenty Brewsters there is an Ings?

1 game. We lose at Everton and they keep at clean sheet against Wolves. Who the fuck is going to mark him at set pieces when they play us?

Most of the posters above seem to agree with you.

good description.

my day brightened. Cheers. I think we'll turn them over. It's long overdue and I recall the last time we did it it was completely out the blue too.

If you say so. Perhaps I have misjudged Söyüncu. To be honest I hate Leicester just as much as every other club, so give them very little attention. My knowledge of your players ain't all that. You ain't getting one of the best CBs in the league. You are getting Rio Ferdinand but without any pace. Is that useful to your side?

didn't Salisu look a little suspect against a striker that was good in the air last season? Not sure of the game, but he seemed to easily beaten. A bit `after you' like Yoshida used to be like. I might be wrong though.

he is extremely good with the ball at his feet. Silky and very composed. If you are not conceding goals, which you don't usually do, then you will get to enjoy this attribute a lot. We didn't really notice it because we were so damn annoyed at losing games. He was scoring goals too from set pieces in the first half of last season. we thought we had a world beater, which was strange, as we thought we had the world worst defender the season before. They (the goals) dried up, right at the time we needed them most. In a three, he will be fine. Dare I say it, he might be better than Söyüncu. £18m all in, seems about right, seeing as we got him for about that and he has proven to be both great and terrible in equal measures at this level (which is not unusual).

Could not agree more. He caused a lot of problems offensively and obviously scored goals in the first half of the season. Defensively, off a standing jump he was never beaten. We must add height if he leaves. Getting pace and ball skills too is the holy grail of centre backs.

Yes, the injuries killed us and who knows where things might have gone without them. But what about when everyone (except Romeu) was fully fit? We haven't bought left back cover.

Lee Buchanan from Derby maybe for about £3m.

most, if not all of those stats back up what we can all see with our eyes. Is there a stat for saves made that quite frankly every keeper should make? Equally, a stat for saves made that were beyond lessor beings (worldies)? Also, is there a stat for saves made to look easy because their positioning was so bloody good? Is there a stat for not coming for crosses and the outcomes of not doing so? ie no goal in the next 60 seconds or so?

As with Ings, as a company, we have to sell if he ain't signing a new deal. We can't let a £18m asset walk for free. Financial suicide. Much rather have the £18m now to use to sign his replacement than keep him for a season and then have £0 to use to replace.

Money is tight, that must be the single reason why he would ever rely on Djenepo as cover at left back. Lee Buchanan is available for buttons from Derby. Id' hope if we have a few quid we would spend it as Perraud could get injured in the first game and then what? We cant have what happened last season when KWP got injured happen again.

I often argue that it should take top footballers no time at all to settle into a new side. I think the one position that takes the longest is centre midfield. Understanding your role, how to work with your partner in the middle etc. So maybe he can get that right this season. The other option is for us to play all three. I don't see why we can't try that in certain games. Sticking with this 4222 religiously is stupid, especially when you are losing every week.

this. It worries me greatly how lightweight we are at set pieces. In his first season he got under the ball terribly on crosses, but improved greatly and in the end was strong in the air. We lack defensive headers of the ball. Maybe that why we played offside on every free kick. Not sure y heart can stand us doing that again this season. We will miss his ability on the ball too. Not just the long balls, but he kept possession very well. Stepping inside or upfield with the ball brilliantly. He was so composed. Obviously he was no VVD. He was so slow its not true. But the lack of pace is something that needed to covered by his partner...but Bednarek is slow also.