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That's like picking Elyounnousi as an attacking midfielder because he's good against the ball.

To be fair they showcased not wanting to play for Jones pretty thoroughly. Plus not buying into a world in which case Elyounoussi was first name on the team sheet every week.

Maybe we all need less fishpaste in our lives

Fuck me, are the Sunderland shirts actually fireproof?

Either KWP or Downes. Probably KWP as Downes is a loan in.

A quick trawl of the interwebz suggests Onuachu on loan to Metz Mara to stay ABK to stay (not sure I believe this one as I suspect Dortmund are trying to negotiate on price) Roberts bid made Che to Wolves Stewart in (bid accepted) Aribo to Verona If all that comes to pass then I'd be pretty happy as we could end up having a first team of GK: Bazunu RB: KWP LB: Manning CB: Harwood-Bellis, ABK CM: Downes, Charles/Smallbone AM: AArmstrong/Alcaraz Wingers: Edozie/Fraser, Roberts/Amo-Ameyaw CF: Stewart That already looks a whole lot more balanced than last season with some real quality in the spine of the team. That's a team that's going to be exciting to follow. Not sure how Bednarek, Stephens or SArmstrong get a look in

Chelsea are the same hot mess as last season then. How many midfielders is too many?

Give us a clue. What are the first 8 letters of their name?

I predict Everton will still in breach of FFP, Chelsea won't have learned their lesson and Liverpool's 8th choice midfielder won't get a game. Oh, and Burnley will buy another couple of wingers in January.

I know that feeling. I've been carrying my faked Achilles injury for nearly 30 years now.

I just hope that everyone feels happy now that Burnley are stealing Paintsil from under our noses. That'll teach us for keeping Nathan Tella against his will.

He's going in after me.

He's going to get a lot of practice at defending 🤣😂 Plus Martinball is probably good practice for Pepball

It's going to take a while for Everton to drag him down to their level. I imagine it takes a while living on Merseyside before the scouse seeps into the pores of your body.

I think we'll get Harwood-Bellis and Stewart. Che will go. KWP will stay. ABK will stay because the deal doesn't happen in time. Sulemana will get loaned out because he's not committed. Genk will take the £9m Burnley will give them for Paintsill and give it to us for Onuachu

Let's hope he hasn't gone all Wagatha Christie on us to see who is leaking information from the training ground.

Never trust talking condiments.

With less guns, nudity or crime.

I guess that means he'll only last 20 minutes rather than 45 for his next team.

As with any power structure. Who watches the watchers? Then who watches the watchers watching the watchers?

Not to mention Everton are clearly in breach of FFP and will want him for nothing now to avoid digging a deeper hole.

I remember when we signed Ings and there were huge concerns about fitness. He turned out alright. Ross Stewart looks like the kind of player who is going to have a party off the amount of possession and crosses we're making right now. If we can keep him fit. If it's not a huge sum then I'd say it's worth the risk.

Given the lack of faith we showed in him last season I'm not surprised. If you're a young player you want to be getting minutes on the pitch. His commitment to Saints is going to mirror our commitment to him.

I'd say we do have more opportunity to give him a chance. One advantage of the big clearout we're undergoing is that players will get more minutes. More minutes together will improve the team work between those who play. We looked better on Saturday when he came on and Armstrong dropped deeper. We brought in a lot of players last season and didn't give them a chance to settle in the team - possibly because we were trying to settle so many at once. Possibly because we were buying with an eye to the future - but then we didn't give them a chance to develop. If our strategy is to get young players and develop them for a profit then we have to do better. Otherwise we're working on the assumption that all 18 year olds are a Lavia or a Livramento.

You should use your moderator powers to keep things on track.