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Went into the window thinking we'd do fuck all, so was surprised we signed a keeper and offloaded Downs and Aribo. No issue selling Edwards, but would have welcomed a couple more going. I thought Armstrong would depart last summer, so not surprised he wanted out. We needed a target man to replace Archer instead - and the club could have made that happen. Whether we have got one in Larin we shall see.

Strand signs for Palace. AA move to go through now?

Not sure controlling and running with the ball is his game, but I might be wrong.

Archer is sure gonna feel wanted by the club if he stays.

I see the reports say "loan deal agreed", but is it still dependant on AA or archer departing or is he coming no matter what?

There is a little bit of everything in here, including two goals for Larin, who bounces off and runs past Romeu for the first and takes advantage of a Gazzaniga fuck up for the second. Not sure I come away feeling terribly great about Larin. He hardly ever scored and one of those was a gift...but at least he is running around in those clips.

In my book, nothing compares with the Pulis signing for non excitement and complete and utter waste of time. If we had suffered three more relegations he'd still have been out of his depth.

if you do a KLF with your transfer kitty, then the car boot and charity shop are the only option.

I remember where I was when Pele signed for us...both times.

Only if you are in your late 50s.

What a disappointment he and Salisu turned out to be. Both big, powerful and not the slowest but still fell short of what we needed at the top level. I didn't agree with Doswell's 'bottler' assessment of ABK, but his failure to handle Awoniyi and desire to play for Saints once we got relegated were equally damning. I used to absolutely slate Bernard for his pathetic displays in 2004, but when you compare him with someone like ABK, I wonder if I might have been a little too harsh.

If they still buy him now, it has to work within their PSR budget though, which obviously will be impacted massively if they don't sell Larsen.

They have done well to get that deal through especially as he has missed the last four games through injury.

Robinson started the season pretty well, so he isn't the worst guy to have in reserve. Matsuki is an option in the middle as well as Charles - although Im not sure the latter can offer what Azaz does. Edozie should have been an option the minute his deal fell through. There is no reason why he can't offer something from the bench assuming his fitness/head are right.

Possibly, but I cant find any stories linking him to anyone else. His agent may have leaked the story to the press and mentioned that others were interested.

I don't know, I'd imagine he's one for the U21s initially, but he's playing first team football in Croatia right now. He is first choice for them too, playing the full 90 minutes in the last four games, scoring one and assisting one.

Tall, strong guy. Nice first touch, decent feet...looks like he is willing to dribble. Very left footed. I like the look of him, but difficult to know if he can make the step up.

A fair point. I wonder what McBurnie or Keiffer Moore (often mentioned on here as the kind of player we should have signed) stats would look like is these divisions? McBurnie's time in LaLiga wasn't exactly fruitful goals wise. McBurnie scored 13 in 80 games in the PL, 3 in 34 games for Las Palmas in LaLiga, 55 goals in 145 games in the championship. Moore scored 5 in 35 in the PL. 69 goals in 226 games in the championship. Larin scored 43 in 87 in MLS, 31 in 86 in Super Lig, 8 in 38 in the Jupiler Pro league, 18 in 86 in LaLiga, 0 in 8 in Eredivisie

it was Covid times. He was out of contract. If he played in that period after his contract had ended and then got injured his five year deal with Newcastle may have been scuppered. Playing for Bournemouth at that point was a huge risk in terms of his financial security. I think all fans thought he was out of order, but I suspect every single last one of them would have done exactly the same put in that position. He instantly got a reputation for being a troublemaker. At Newcastle he was dumped into the U21s by Howe, as he wasn't going to play him and wanted him off the wage bill. Not heard anything about him being a troublemaker here despite him not getting much of a chance to play in the PL.

Looks like SR are not cashing in before selling up then. Your post will please those who want three strikers on the books.

Agree with all of this. Hopefully BBD does enough at Derby to get a move (perhaps with us sweetening the deal). Downs is going to tricky as he will have a championship wage but done nothing to suggest he is worth it. The good news is that he started in the first three games. The bad news is didn't score and he is now injured.

That's fine. Better to have a player doing well and in demand than a player struggling that no one wants. Ultimately, he isnt getting a PL gig, so we will be up against other Championship sides and we can match any of those, at least for the first season.

I think he has to go injury free for the remainder of the season, play well and score five or 6 goals to get a new contract.

He's only started 2 games in the EUROPA and 28, 15, 9, 11 and 23 minutes in the other games. In the league, he has started 1 game and was subbed at half time, and has got 14, 4, 45, 2, 14, 10 and 18 minute sub appearances. In Ueda, Feyenord have a striker that is absolutely flying, so it's hardly surprising he is not getting games/minutes.

There must be a reason why he has been totally left out in the cold. A big argument perhaps about what the club wanted for him in terms of fee/wage percentage etc. Maybe the goalposts were moved at the 11th hour leaving him stranded. Maybe he said things before his imminent departure that burned bridges. It's strange that Tonda hasn't integrated him. Normally a new head coach will reach out and brining discarded players back into the fold. Why has that not happened?