Willo of Whiteley

Hmmm A boomerang comes back to its place of origin? Former player? Parked bus/coach could indicate solid, stationary, defensive, or the turning circle of a bus, slow. There’s two, double barrelled name? Or a coach coming in? 14 could be a squad number? Or the number of years since a former player left. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlin left 14 years ago…

Would it be easier to say who we haven’t be linked with today?

So I’ve been working all day, on a 8-20:00 today, can someone clarify - have we suddenly bought every player in Europe? Ive read several reports on six or seven players we’ve supposedly agreed deals with today.

Firstly, welcome! Secondly, that last bit has Rasmus Ankerson written all over it

The chequebook has been found

Very simple, if Fernandes wants to leave then let him leave

Who?

Danny Ings at Sheffield United. Nathan Redmond also training there

Man United’s Twitter account was funnier, celebrating the equaliser in MASSIVE CAPS! Absolute scenes equalising against a team probably worth £1B less than yours and celebrating like winning the World Cup 😂

Man United are so tinpot

Wish it was Josh Brownhill but definitely won’t happen

Definitely wasn’t first or second choice if the Spertsyan and Rudoni links were legit

Panic buy written all over this one 😂 Was Tom Fellows not available?

Fernandes will stay if no CL team comes in for him - which I don’t think they will. Not for the price we want. Rak-Sakyi deal is ongoing but more unlikely than likely.

Finn Azaz feels more like a panic buy to me. Reading some of the write ups from Boro fans suggest that he’s ok in space in the AM role but will go missing in quite a few games. Stats are ok though so happy to reserve judgement.

Matty Fernandes needs to stay forward and not drop back so deep. He dropped back continuously at the weekend and as soon as he did that you effectively had Downes, Charles and Fernandes all playing the same position.

I remember listening to a pod where Rickie Lambert said that he, Jos Hooiveld and a few other senior players hunted down Nicola Cortese when Nigel Adkins was sacked; and threatened to leave. Although he finished by saying that Mauricio Pochettino took them to a whole new level once he’d embedded his ideas and training.

Calvert-Lewin is another one of those players in the Brereton-Diaz mould, looked amazing for a season and now doesn’t even come close to resembling a Sunday League player

Four at the back please, a bit of attacking impetuous. No long diagonal balls to a 5”7” striker. Bazunu; Roerslav, Hardwood-Bellis, Stephens, Manning; Downes, Charles, Fernandes; Fraser, Stewart, Robinson Expecting a 1-1 draw. Watford have started ok.

It’s almost like I said Rak-Sakyi enquiries had begun. A week ago 👀👍🏻

The Sport Republic way. Manager and fans: We need a Mercedes and a Ferrari SR: Well we can try and give you that (Fails) SR: Great news, your new Reliant Robin is ready to pick up. Just ignore the fact that it’s missing both its doors, all three wheels and an engine.

Agreed, my point is more that I feel the last few years we’ve been linked with and targeted certain players, and have consistently settled for our last choice😂

Finn Azaz strikers me more of a “desperate signing” rather than one we were actively targeting. Sure, his stats are ok but it doesn’t scream “well planned” and “we wanted him all along”. If we did we would’ve bid for him at the start of summer.

A British core is absolute what Saints should be going for. Home-grown talent who understand the leagues. It’s just common sense. You can quickly buy players that will be totally disinterested and little understanding because they have no affiliation for the English game.

And Johannes Spors came onboard in March. Still plenty of time, I’m still underwhelmed, I’d rather see us pay that bit extra and get our players on July 1st. But there’s a week left to sort this out.