Chez

I think the Brits might edge it.

I'm gonna grab Smallbone for the non-British side. You can have Charles instead. Baz Sugawara Bednarek AbK Manning Alcaraz Smallbone Aribo Sulemana Mara Onuachu

€11.59m made from Perraud, Carleta-Car and Lyanco. £20m for THB up to £18m for Downes £3m Wood £3m Edwards

Excellent. Any further signings (assuming they are decent) now will feel like improvements to last season's side.

Any pics of the third kit?

puma logo different colours.

Bednarek was in the photoshoot.

Don't mind the away kit either. Badge looks naff and would have preferred blue trim, but the pattern is alright. Sponsor logo slightly less jarring...only slightly.

Maybe the GK shoot was a while ago and he hadn't signed then?

Wow. Is that how much shirts are these days?

After years of saying how much I dislike the home shirt and wonder who the fuck designed it, I like this (sponsor logo apart), from the back, at least.

https://www.southamptonfc.com/en/news/article/saints-launch-2024-25-home-and-away-kits

so the badge and Puma logo are of the ironed on variety. If I bought a shirt for god knows how much these days, I'd expect that at least. Sponsor looks tacky. Not much you can do about that. I like the two-tine effect on sleeves and back. Not sure why they didn't use that on the front, but maybe it would have looked too busy. It's very simple, but that's not a bad thing after some of the over fussy woeful designs. Yeah, I like it.

Stewart. Your point still stands.

I a not sure RM trusts him in midfield either. Unless someone makes a significant bid, he's here for a lot of years, so we need to find a way to utilise him. Playing off the striker might be an option.

I'm sure the initial amount is similar to the £12m they paid and the rest is due if we win the league in the next few years. 😉

Agree. Assuming KWP is going to West Ham, and there are no sell on fees liable for either player, it makes sense for us to say KWP's value was £25m-£30m and their figure for Downes to also be on the `high' side.

I wonder what kind of deadline we've set him to make a decision? If we did bid for Delap, maybe it has elapsed?

Adams staying seems reasonably likely to me.

I'd like option `C' please.

When I read x, z and z are interested in a player I usually take it with a pinch of salt. Te fact other sides haven't signed him raises the question why not? That doesn't mean he won't be great of course.

maybe we are still negotiating a deal with him?

If Wolves actually wanted him, why hasn't the deal already done? Who's waiting for a better opportunity, player or club? Also, why have they gone ahead and signed another striker? Did they really need two?

the point is, they (Forest) aren't looking to bring in Ramsdale, so that's one less option for him in the UK.

Forest just signed Carlos Miguel.