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Adams would work up top though, perhaps with Armstrong as one of the two instead.

I'd really like us to adopt a 3-4-3 formation. Can't see it happening unless we sign another CB though, especially if Bednarek is off.

I don't give a fig about puns, I just want some news on a signing.

In fairness Salisu was highly rated but he sat on the bench for an entire season. Ralph seems to be big on making sure players are fully bedded in before they become regulars.

No, I mean goal involvement. A goal or an assist. Someone who adds 10 goals to the team whether they're scoring or creating.

Need to get our midfielders working on through balls and our forwards on making diagonal runs between defenders. Should be simple but I don't remember the last time we scored a goal from a through ball and a striker running one on one with the keeper.

If they're all signing 5 year contracts then at least we should get gigantic fees for them, and be back in the position we were in when we sold Van Dijk...hopefully with better outcomes.

If we get Broja I imagine it will be on loan again, but unlikely. We only need a striker that will get us 10 goal involvements for him to have been a good signing and I imagine there are more affordable options out there.

I always supported Shane so not sure.

Edouard has definitely been better than Armstrong. 6 goals and 3 assists in 28 appearances, compared to Armstrong who is a year older and got 2 goals and 2 assists in 27 appearances.

I thought Diallo looked better playing further forward anyway rather than sat as one of the two.

I stopped watching that clip when he tried to tackle someone, got outmuscled and went flying. Compilation clips for 17 year olds who have only played at youth and reserve level are weird.

If the buy back clause is that then we shouldn't be paying more than £10million for him.

I actually like Harry Winks and would take him here, but absolutely not for the price that's been quoted. A loan might be decent.

Pretty sure for the most part they'll just be filling the gaps in the squad with girls from the academy, the reserves did the treble last season too.

Exactly, if we had a left footed number 10/left winger then by all means have KWP cutting inside from LWB all game long, but otherwise you are completely nullifying that left third of our attack.

They've literally just gone full time, it's not going to happen. Also, how much do you think they are paying these girls? Let's be generous and say they're paying them £30,000 a year - unlikely, but let's take that - that means over a squad of 25 we are paying £750,000 a year to the women's, which works out at under £15,000 a week. So 15% of the wages we saved by letting Forster go have gone towards funding the women's team.

I love that Walcott and Long are the prime examples of an experienced player when it's suggested we shouldn't only be signing players who haven't played any top flight games at all. I'm not sure he does, and I don't prefer him there either. We look so unbalanced with him at left back, even though he does play well. Perraud hasn't struggled, he had a very good first season in a new country adapting to a much tougher, faster league, and we looked much better in general when he played.

As much as people have worried about this, hasn't he still NEVER been sent off in his career?

Yeah, the issue is he could set himself up for life by the time he's 20 really. Get that million quid and get some smart people around him, invest it in stocks or property, or even just let it accrue interest and earn circa £20,000 a year just from it sitting there. He can do whatever he wants to further his career from that point forward.

Does anyone know what actual type of midfielder he is as I can't find anything about him. Is he a creator, a ball winner, is he just an all rounder who can shift the ball along...?

For all our talk of the pathway there hasn't really been much of one for youth team players for quite some time now. Smallbone is probably the best in the last 5 seasons at least and he's just turned 22 and is potentially going out on loan, so hasn't really done that well. Our pathway seems to be more of an on-ramp for youngsters from other teams.

Absolutely, but he's only recently stopped being a child. He won't be first choice right away.

He won't be starting, he'll be competing/rotating with Romeu. Its possible he falls behind Diallo at times next season. He's only 18.

Saw that as well, at least they agree with the fans that it's a bit of a joke situation.