Willo of Whiteley

“Testing the waters” in regards to JWP, or any player linked with coming back is a tad over the top. Seriously if you were brokering a deal would you really give a shit what people thought? Probably not, so long as you get paid a handsome wedge.

Adam Blackmore tweeting about James Ward-Prowse - not seen a single person ask for him or even mention him on the timeline.

Said it on the Tom Fellows thread back in November I think: Excellent pace, can’t fault his endless stepovers, but doing the same dummy, sprinting to the goal and crossing it to the keeper time and time again is not a benefit to the team. I also said how underwhelming a signing he was when he did join and said I haven’t actually seen him do anything of note in his career so far. Proving to be right on that front, just haven’t got the effort to bump my comment on the thread. 😂

Even Ferguson loan from Brighton, but given he played for Roma last season I doubt it

Two things I’ve seen circulating on Twitter: The first, a tweet saying Harwood-Bellis is staying - clearly a wind up, no source, facts, just baiting. The second, a tweet saying there is a big name Championship player moving to Southampton in the next few days. The bio says he works for The Athletic, then you clock he only has 140 followers. Silly season has begun. 😂😂😂

I think the FA need to be very careful, they’ll be weighing up all sorts. No fine/punishment could effectively mean the EFL shit the bed and went into overkill too harshly. Fuss over nothing etc. Then you have to think about how other bans have been in the past, the reasonings. For example if Tonda was banned for six months for being aware of a teenager spying compared to someone who has been outright racist and banned for five matches - tells you what they deem worse. But I do commend the FA for keeping everything behind closed doors and not leaking shit. Same with the club too. Personally I think he’ll get a small touch line ban of maybe four games and that’ll be that.

I heard off a mate it was done. Not saying I’m ITK but it was the same guy that mentioned to me about Aaron Ramsdale in early August and Ryan Fraser later that month two years ago. 🤷🏻‍♂️ Got the impression it was more a case of “spread the good news out, let it simmer etc”.

Exactly this, purely angling for a better deal. Nothing wrong with that. But the club could easily call his bluff and say “that’s fine, we’ve moved on”, equally he could get crocked at the World Cup and be shit out of luck and without a salary again. Risky move more by his side than ours. I have confidence we’d look to the market for the right kind of player now.

I wouldn’t blame him, and equally I don’t think it’s the end of the world

Excellent interview, amazing what a difference a week makes

We could just buy a better striker?

Probably angling for better terms. If he chooses to go that is entirely on him, and honestly I won’t bat an eyelid. There are still much better strikers out there, but if he and his agent are having a moment where they think he is now prime Ronaldo because he got called up to the World Cup then that’s very delusional. Part of me is thinking “Ok, off you go then”. We’ll rebuild without you. Karma can be a bitch.

It’s quite funny watching the West Ham Central twitter account proclaim that they could potential keep Matty Fernandes after relegation, twelve months that the same account said it was impossible to keep him from leaving after being relegated. 😂😂😂 Denial at its finest.

Another vein throbbing in Steve Gibson’s neck… Jokes aside what a week, good way to get fans back onside

He’s in the door

Leo Scienza likes the post about Peretz signing. Could means nothing. Could mean something. Either way, there are fans out there now that’ll be bashing one out over this news and what it could mean 😂

A real goalkeeper that can actually use his hands We found the black box!!!! Get in!

100% “Oh when I said we had enjoyed our time in the city, I meant myself and Cyle… Not my wife”.

Steve Gibson has been on hold to the FA for the last hour now… 😂

Slightly off topic but I don’t think many players will leave this summer. I think Jander and Charles are the most likely. I reckon there is a big chance THB stays for one more season and he is given captaincy.

Anyone that votes Reform/Restore (whatever scummy racist party it is now) - basically the same. All supporters do in these parties is fan flames and add fuel needlessly to a fire, all to try and stay relevant. They're the scum of the earth, anyone that votes that way needs to have a long hard look at themselves.

I listened yesterday, it’s about five or six days out of date now, and there’s not much on there that wasn’t true a week ago.

If he signed today Middlesbrough would probably pressure the EFL to sue us because the window doesn’t technically open for another week. 😂

His agent has been dropping it in the media for a few months, although Tomas said there was nothing in those reports.

“We now go live to our correspondents in the north east to see what their opinion is on this…” 😂