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You just know that all this delay/posturing will result in somebody more appealing swooping in at the 11th hour to sign him. Brighton are letting O'Riley go it seems so may be on the lookout for a creative midfielder. Or Leeds who appear to target the same players as us.

Insane signing

This is key for us in the summer and January windows. While we all hoped we would have made more signings by now, at least we're not buying Championship level players for the sake of it like last time - Fraser, BBD, Manning, Rothwell and Stewart all come to mind. It is more difficult persuading PL level players to join when we're in the Championship, but that should be our focus

Not sure Newcastle need Dibling. They've signed Elanga and already have Gordon, Barnes and Murphy for the wing positions. Osula can play there too

Tbf some of those Rangers players deserve to be called out. Celtic have won the title the last 4 years without breaking sweat (and equalled Rangers record for the number of league titles along the way) Not sure doing it in the first game is a wise strategy though 😂😂

30m for Broja 😦. You'd think Burnley would have learnt their lesson from last time, but no. Their recruitment has been poor, particularly compared to what Sunderland have done. Sunderland having a real go at it, which is what you need to do

And we could do with getting rid of more. ABK, Taylor, Fraser, Aribo and even BBD can all go too. Outside of GK and possibly AM (although Fernandes will likely still be with us for the first game or two), our starting lineup is good enough to start the season. Hopefully it will be improved further by the end of the window. Still another month to go.

Leicester kept a hold of Dewsbury-Hall when they were in the Championship last time, same with Willy Gnonto at Leeds. Could argue they're both as talented as Dibling and benefitted from a season at that level

Of all our prized assets, Ramsdale was always the most likely to go with there being a WC next year. A £4m loan fee (£25m option to buy) is a decent return. If we replace him with Matt Ryan on a free as has been suggested, then that makes great business sense. Hopefully we can now get a few other signings over the line before next weekend (AM and winger please). Some good sales this summer which hopefully means that Fernandes, Dibling and THB are going nowhere (unless a silly offer comes in on deadline day)

Cant see a club right now (PL or European) paying the £45-50m that we're looking for Dibling. Even if he has an unbelievable season, its in the Championship and therefore his value wont go up by much. He needs to start focusing on being a big player for us this season. Ramsdale and Fernandes on the other hand, I would be shocked if they're still here come the end of the window. So that we're not scrambling around at the 11th hour, the club should tell their agents that if nothing is done two weeks before the deadline, they're not going anywhere

I've quite a few friends who are big Rangers fans and to be fair they're not getting carried away by one performance. Ultimately RM will be judged on - 1. Whether they're able to close the gap to Celtic and how they fare in games against them 2. Whether they're able to reach the group stages of the CL It will be a while before either will be determined, but by September we'll have an idea. I remember being very excited after Sheffield Wednesday away, our first Championship game under RM. Although it was only 2-1, it was a game we dominated from start to finish (recall us holding onto the ball for the majority of the 9 minutes added time to comfortably see it out). There were many other games during that season where we were dominant, largely helped by the superior squad we had compared with other Championship sides. It will be the same at Rangers where they're expected to dominate the other 10 teams in the league, minus Celtic. However, when we came up against good teams in the Championship, or in the PL against better teams/coaches, we got found out very easily because they had done their homework on our flaws under RM. I would like to see RM do well at Rangers, but could easily see Brendan Rodgers (a very good coach) and Celtic finding them out very quickly, unless RM has learnt from his experience with us. If they arent keeping pace with Celtic early on, the atmosphere at Ibrox will turn hostile very quick (RM is already on the back foot as he was shite during the brief spell he had there as a player).

Hes much better than Bree and the Championship will be a more forgiving environment so this is good news. Plus hopefully Still makes us more defensively sound. A back four of Sugawara, THB, Edwards (Stephens or Quarshie) and Wellington is very capable for the Championship

Tbf alot of modern day full backs are like this. There has certainly been a shift in the game with more emphasis on the attacking side of a full backs role. Personally dont think hes as bad definsively as you've suggested, but is much better when hes going forward. In terms of playing on the left, he filled a gap which was generated by the clubs poor recruitment. Theres not many full backs being asked to cover the opposite side, particularly not in the top leagues.

Just noticed the amount of transfer activity Birmingham have done already. 9 players and some very good signings among them - Furuhashi, Doyle, Beadle. They have to be one of the favourites alongside ourselves and Ipswich. That being said if we can keep the majority of Ramsdale, THB, Fernandes and Dibling, I couldnt really care less what business any other team does

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We already have Championship proven players throughout our squad, because guess what....they got us promoted before. We need players who can do well in the Championship but can also make the step up to the PL should we get promoted. Clearly Spors and our scouts see this in Downs otherwise he wouldnt be a target. As for Leeds, other than Joe Rodon from Spurs, they didnt sign any fringe PL players last summer. They worked with the squad who lost to us and added a few unknowns like Tanaka, Ramazani, Schmidt and even added Joe Rothwell. Lets just see where we are come the start of August. Although unlikely we could still have Fernandes, THB, Dibling and Ramsdale for all we know

We were a better team than Sunderland and they've already lost their best player. It could be bad for them if they dont change half their team

If Rasmus is in charge of sales, then credit where credit is due for selling those two for that combined amount. Bazunu, Bednarek, Sugawara, Fraser, BBD and Armstrong next please

Are the players back in for pre season this week? Just under 7 weeks until the season starts

If thats the calibre of player that Sunderland are signing then they may as well raise the white flag. Already lost their best player as well

Just sell Sulemana please. Yes hes only 23 but he offered very little in the Championship last time and although he improved in the PL, he was still so wasteful or repeatedly chose the wrong option. Djenepo and Boufal at least produced some moments of magic once in a while.

😂 Rohl isnt the hot property he thinks he is. He'll be reporting back to Wednesday soon with his tail between his legs

KWP on 20k a week 😂😂 right ok

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Buffon Cafu Baresi Matthaus Maldini Zidane Xavi Riquelme Ronaldinho Messi Ronaldo (R9) Wouldnt be much defending out of the front 6 but with a defence like that who needs it