Ivan Katalinic's 'tache

Yes, I thought Boufal was much better when he came on. Tracked back & won the ball too. Hopefully he'll assert himself on games in time. It was better today though, certainly more purpose.

Same players & we play too much in front of the opposition defence at home. You need someone with pace & trickery to cause panic or open up a defence. Mane had both in bundles & spread terror with his unpredictability. I'm not sure Boufal or Redmond quite cause the same level of panic and, therefore, opportunity.

Sounds like a very positive signing. Welcome Mario! I hope someone has taken the time to introduce our manager to you...

For me, the big issue is he's forfeited the right to retain his standard VVD nickname. I think we should revert to Barry Gale's name for him: Double VD. That'll learn him.

I hope he didn't get the chance to speak to the team "captain" if he was having a medical and talks yesterday! I wonder if we'll hear an announcement today? Or does he need a work permit being Gabonese?

Makes me wonder if he signed the 6 year deal solely to increase the pay off he'd get from the longer contract if we sold him on, in the mistaken belief we'd do so without him handing in a transfer request. The statement reads like he's saying I'm going to scream & cry until I get my own way...

Sounds promising. Cheers!

Did he fly into a southern airport or one in the Midlands??

Anyone staking out wherever we do our medicals to see if he's there today??

Davy Propper close to signing for Brighton from PSV. Watched their game against Atletico Madrid from the boardroom apparently.

Thanks for your comments. So are Juve expecting him to join Saints then?

I wonder if Pellegrino is denying knowledge of Lemina because our bid has been usurped by someone else, maybe Stoke?

Hopefully just playing his cards close to his chest after we've missed out on some recent targets? Di Marzio rarely gets it wrong and he seemed pretty certain.

Doh! That was short lived. Hopefully MoPe is just playing dumb until the deal is across the line...

I'd agree but I'd settle for trying for the reinforcements Pellegrino wants to bring in, even if that seems inobvious to the fanbase at first. I really hope we're not settling for what we've got in the belief we can't attract better for the funds we have...

MODS - any chance of a snap poll? Based on the situation as it stands right now - do you want VVD to stay? On one hand, it would show fans the club has held its nerve with our captain and best player, who signed a 6 year deal only 1 year ago, but, on the other, we'd be left with a player who clearly wants out (with cash in hand from not handing in a transfer request) and who may have irreparably tarnished his reputation. Simple choice: keep or sell!

So, I wonder how today's planned re-introduction went?

Is that your hope or do you have something more to go on?

Not by us. Yet. Hopefully...?

Clasie is in the squad for France but no sign of McCarthy again.

We've got Van Dijk, he's gone on strike, I just don't think he understands, We will never sell, for less than £60 mill, So get stuffed Virgil Van Dijk. I'll get me coat...

According to the BBC transfers site we've loaned our entire club to MK Dons. That'll wind up the Scousers...

Sounds nailed on for us then...

I think it would be very interesting to see if he's so desperate to go to Liverpool if we could get him to stay 1 more year & they didn't qualify for the Champions League the following season. Would be really daft if he still insisted on going to Liverpool, then.

Is that not how we do our business?