SambaMaverick

I can actually see the similarities at the top end. There don't seem to be many patterns of play or repetitions aimed at getting us on goal. That and Martin's tendency to talk about himself a lot in pressers.

Does he think he's getting brownie points from some unknown entity for playing this way? It's just weird

He's a likeable enough bloke but unfortunately he is living in cloud cuckoo land. Much more of that and the fans will turn and he won't be long for this league. Time to find a compromise over the international break

Solid 7 for me, happy with most of the business.

Fuck me, if that full £20m gets realised then it would break the Championship record. I'd laugh at Birmingham, but that's not really funny for the state of the game.

Taking that with a pinch of salt as they are so far out of the loop it's not even funny (Blackmore just tweeted that it's on as I sent that)

I'd much rather play him than Edozie (if his attitude is right), to be honest

Those American pitches look horrific, bet he's glad to be away before he turns his knee and does an ACL

Will be the easiest £30m profit the club have ever made if he helps keep us in the league for the next two seasons Well done SR

Just trying to wrack my brain as to who Brentford have going spare haha

Could it be one of those FFP fudge deals?

Not looking great for a striker if Cornet is the loan then

Because he wasn't in the PL Team of the Season about 12 months ago. For once, SR have made the right investment here

There were four more games last season so that probably comes into it as well

Yeah that's why I said I don't want him playing every week

As much as I don't think Smallbone should play every week, selling/loaning him would fly in the face of everything we're about as a club imo He's earned a chance to mix it this season, and is he really that much worse than JWP (barring the set-pieces)?

It's just suicidal football

Goztepe, can I interest you in one Nathan Wood?

Good finish Archer, just as I'd stopped shouting at Edozie Really not impressed by Wood so far

Can't see that team having enough goals to be honest

He played about 20 minutes at the end of last season and touched the ball 13 times. Pretty sure he didn't warm up at all for the WBA home game as well, so not sure what that was all about.

Good job we only spent 20-odd million on them then.

Or we didn't give him a good enough offer. It would've been a cheaper and better option than whatever dregs we're going to end up with on Friday.

We so should've kept Che

Any insight/reflection on wtf he was thinking on Saturday?