Chez

do like how the three players all enjoy having the ball, Jander especially. Scienza is another. Players that dribble and draw players to them - Lallana/Dibling types. We have had far too many players that can only pass first time. A bit more flair is needed. Hopefully we are getting that. Excitement...at last.

Cheers. That would be 13th biggest fee ever paid for a Bundesliga 2 player.

They have spent about that in total this summer. £15m is beyond them. Would we sell for £10m if we had a good replacement? It's not going to happen.

Agreed. BBD to go. Armstrong possibly to stay, so we have four strikers. Seems a lot, but with al th4e sibs you can do these days, maybe not. Is Fraser not seen as an out and out winger? All he ever used to do was make runs straight down the line and cross the ball. Or does Still want wingers that come inside and shoot - which is the norm these days?

at some point Stewart's injury problems are going to be in the past. He looks fit and ready to go now. Downs must have shown something more than we have seen so far. A little more patience with both maybe?

Does BBD and/or Armstrong need to depart for us to sign another winger?

Where'd he get that Jander fee from?

There is January and next season of course...not to mention operating losses to cover.

these could be our 5th choices for all we know. I'd of thought Azaz was at lest third choice after Spertsyan and Rudoni. That's the way it goes though unless you have more money than you know what to do with it.

You are right, and Bree has figured too often to be a guy we are pushing out the door...but the alternative is to buy a young talent that by the end of the season has displaced Roerslev and is good enough to start in the PL after we get promoted.

Blast. If we had held firm for a few more days we could have our very Peter Odemwingie situation.

Not sure I like these reverse auctions.

Never going to happen, but I miss the group shots when there are multiple incoming transfers

No one with money wants him? We are the best of the rest. They probably need to balance the books. The total income without parachute payments is buttons and they have brought fuck all in over the last few years in terms of fees. Championship wages bills tend to be way too high and sales are needed to cover the losses - we know that better than most.

We've lost KWP and Suguwara, so Roerslev replaces one of those, but I wondered if the club might try to move Bree on and then replace him with a player that is a little quicker - so that would two new right backs in total if another came in.

Man, you are very positive on here Turkish these days. Like it. Guilavogui could still be coming and I'd of thought a Bree replacement might be on the cards.

Azaz isn't higher quality than Fernandes. Fellows isn't as good as Dibling. We have not increased the quality there, but we have improved the quality on what was left after both depart (assuming Fernandes deal goes through). That's all we can do. I agree with you. A big change of personnel, assuming the guys coming in are decent, is probably a good thing after the debacle of last season.

Seems about right for a layer deemed not good enough for the PL by PL clubs.

We stated we wanted £100m for Dibling at one point. If the big clubs, and in Fellows case I mean PL clubs, are not bidding, then the parachute clubs are the only option, and despite selling players, splashing £20m seems a bit much to me. WBA need to sell players to cover losses. Heggem's fee probably wasn't big. I'd of thought we could get a better deal than £20m.

The word 'strengthened big time' is arguable. Not that it matters, because Dibling and Fernandes will have left, but are Azaz and Fellows better than those two? The income will have enabled the Jander signing I suppose.

That's a good question. Obviously our lads Bale, Lallana, Morgan, JRod and Clyne from way back when. Zaha from the same period too. More recently...Stones, Madison, Watkins, Ezze.

Not naive. You don't reveal you want £42m if you want £42m.

I'm concerned about that too, but the reality is that it's very hard to bring talent that will possibly/probably/hopefully good enough for the PL while you are a championship club. The big clubs have all the young talent and that leaves lessor leagues - which we seem to be working on. So for now, maybe buying championship level talent is the only way forward. We really must get promoted this season or next, otherwise the budget will be tiny compared to other relegated sides.

That's what I saw. He seems to fit the profile of `athletes'. Slightly concerned not to see some intricate ball skills in his videos. He's like the opposite of Edozie, who is all tricks but lightweight. At the other end of the spectrum is Leo Scienza, who we were linked to. Not sure how they both fit the same profile we are looking for unless we are looking for two, and different types for those two.

Are you currently lost? It can be really confusing.