James

This forum really is becoming a bit of a joke. If people don't agree with an opinion they just start dishing the insults. Completely unnecessary.

This is my biggest fear. Would destroy our season if it happened. Hopefully we have all been reading too much into it.

True. I do think it's a pretty big coup for a club like Bournemouth though.

Agree completely with the first couple of lines, sums up my feelings on the summer perfectly. Well put.

Agreed. When you look at some of the fees being thrown around it really doesn't mean very much.

They've made a pretty ambitious signing relative to their station. You could say we've done the same with Boufal.

We are one injury away from Yoshida getting an extended run in the side. Injuries to any one of Fonte, VVD and, to a lesser extent, Hojberg would really test us. Agree that it's a risk that we haven't signed one more just got to hope we've got enough in the tank until January if things get desperate. Easy to see the squad being stretched quite thinly between now and Christmas.

Could see this actually. Liverpool play a pretty fluid 433 and don't have an out and out striker. Would suit us better than the rigid diamond we've been using so far.

The Palace league cup game does look prime for an easing in. If fit enough id expect him to make the bench against Swansea and then hopefully start against Palace following a ten minute cameo v Swansea.

That would be a massive boost but given the club have already warned us we won't see him for a few weeks I'd be surprised. Hoping that he makes the Europa league fixtures.

Minor according to Adam Blackmore and Solent. Stand down lads.

Blackmore has just tweeted that it's "minor". Good good.

There's only one game and so if he's out of that one then make sense for him to come back for treatment. Hopefully we get an update and that it's nothing serious. We are probably getting beat with or without him at Arsenal so hope he's back for Swansea.

Agreed, but just wonder if some almost aren't counting the signing of Boufal in their appraisal of the window given that he may not feature much. Sounds odd I appreciate.

The good news just keeps on coming...!

I wonder whether people would be feeling more positive if Boufal was fit and raring to go and wasn't going to be absent for the AFCON? Just an observation. Some of the negativity is perhaps due to the fact that many realise it is possible that our exciting record signing may not have too much of an impact on the season we will likely be playing out the next month or longer with a team that doesn't look capable of scoring enough goals.

My mistake.

Got to say, that could be the signing of the window if he stays fit. Considering the calibre of player and the size of the club signing him its quite amazing. Hats off to our neighbours.

Who knows? Hojberg basically came out of nowhere and Pied was signed at 11pm on a random weekday when most links implied he'd turned us down.

At least one player light.

If that under hit back pass wasn't a howler then what would qualify as one? Genuine question. With a less alert keeper that would have led directly to a goal.

Exactly. There are clearly better centre backs that would be happy as part of our squad that are better than Yoshida.

Don't be silly. Since we sold Mane we've seen some pretty average players sold for almost the same amount, that's the point I'm making. In the current market, IMO, we should have got more.

It's a big ask for youngsters that were on loan at League One and League Two clubs to step up and play in the Premier League though.

It is, unfortunately, what happens when you sell very early in the window.