Dman

When will the departures end!?!

I don't mind it - it does make you look a bit of a tit when we concede a minute or 2 afterwards though.

must be another reason why everyone is rushing to get out then..

Absolutely no chance he'd drop to the championship. He was the one I wanted us to look at in January.

I've been a big critic of Che over the past few years. His finishing has been appalling and imo, is a big part in why we find ourselves in the championship. However, he's clearly a cut above the championship, as already shown and I genuinely think he suits Martin's style down to the ground. Feels like he's playing with confidence at the minute and keeping him would leave me confident of challenging the top 2. Had he started against Norwich, I think we'd be 4/4 right now, such is the impact he has when he comes on. I have my doubts if he's the answer longer term, but I'm desperate for him to stay this season. We're not getting anyone in who is of the same quality as him for £12-£15m or whatever we sell him for. If Stephens is out for a while, I wonder if the prospect of a season with the armband will encourage him to sign a new deal..?

Though Bednerak was absolutely brilliant, lead by example and other than maybe 1 mistake early on, showed the diffence in experience / non experience of him and that Armstrong up top for them. Overall a pretty poor performance and we were lucky to get anything from it. Game changed when we brought on Mara and Fraser and allowed AA to drop deeper. We cannot play AA through the middle as a number 9. Nothing on him, but he's just not suited to it and it kills us.

You're missing the point. Piroe, proven to play through the middle as a number 9 alone and score goals. AA can't do that, mainly because of his physicality - we've tried it all of pre-season and 2 of 3 games this season and had to bring Che on to save us.

We clearly don't have as much of a pull as you think. Manager rejected us for Leicester. Piroe, rejected us for Leeds. Players who have contracts have no say in their future until they no longer have a contract.

How about we put our foot down and dont sell then....? Goals win games, we're selling guaranteed goals and will replace with workhorses with little to no ability.

So as things stand, we've broken even and have PL money coming in as well. Why do we need to sell Tella, Che and Sulemana then?

Please can everyone stop banging is pointless drum. We might spend a bit of money to replace him, but it'll clearly be absolutely nowhere near the same level of quality. With every person who walks out the door, our squad gets weaker and weaker.

Piroe is 6ft and has a physical presence. He can play up front alone - he and AA aren't the same. I still do not see any valid argument as to why a club who has made £150m couldn't buy before they sell.

I genuinely cannot be arsed to check, but it's probably similar to Leeds and Leicester who have seemingly (despite us being told how skint Leicester where at the start of the window) spend money. SR are wolves in sheeps clothing. Rasmus is a complete and utter fraud and on current display are no better than the Chinese bloke who, because of law, couldn't actually spend money.

I cannot wait for us to rock up at Leciester in 2 weeks time with the mouth watering prospect of Edoize, AA and Fraser as our front 3. Something that will strike fear into every single defence in the league. Incredible their manager decided to turn us down, when he was guaranteed to win the net spend trophy and have a front 3 like that

We've only made £150m already this window, shifting these will free up money to bring in replacements!!! We simply cannot afford to buy before we sell, no sir. Especially not after spending £15m on Charles

Its great news isn't it!! Another £30m (which realistically we'll end up selling for about £25), in Sport Republics pocket to help fund that Turkish sides stadium improvements. With Tella, Che and Sulemana gone we're going to have an amazing attack of bang average players who work hard! Who needs match winners anyway, massively overrated!

FWIW, as one who'll likely be seen as a 'doom monger', I actually lie somewhere in the middle. I've been pleasently impressed by Martin and I actually think our transfer business has been pretty decent. Love Downes, Charles looks like he'll be a really solid player and Holgate and Fraser look to be solid, handy, sensible additions. I've major concerns that we're selling all of our goals and I don't trust us to replace them. I think we've majorly fucked up in letting Piroe go to Leeds and I think we'll end up with some no mark for more than we would have paid for him anyway. Which'll cost us promotion. Personally, i'm not expecting us to get promotion this year, I think that'll go to Leicester, Ipswich and Leeds.

The trust frequently share bits with each other. However, loose lips sinks ships, hence why we need we need to remain exclusive. Information ranges from training ground to board room. All i'll say is there's a reason why members of the trust are fairly negative at the minute.

The coincidences just seem to follow that account. Very unlucky!

Why? its been painfully obvious that would be the case.

Why on earth does the club, who've made the best part of £200m, have to sell before they can buy. Fuck Sports republic.

I suspect Genk are pretty keen he comes here if that bags them Onuachu. Don't know anything about this bloke though, so not too bothered if we don't get him. We've got enough depth on the wing anyway, even if / when Tella is off.

Oh he has been me as well - guessing you get the usual laughing emoji to every comment also..? It's 100% him. Mickyboy made a comment about a post a 'former' poster made about bertrand in about 2018. The same comment Always use to make and the same one which caught Chapel end out. The numpty isn't even smart enough to hide it 🤣

Lets hope its the former at this point. Just seen Bournemouth are in for Daka - would potentially rule them out of the race for Adams? Unless Solanke goes.

Personally, I'd rather we kept Che. He's proven he can score goals at this level and has saved us in pretty much all 3 games this season. Unfortunately, keeping him looks unlikely, so we need to look at next best options. One of those being the man who score a fair few under our new manager in the same league, just last season.