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I can sea some logic in that....

In my capacity as official forum fence sitter, I can see the pros and cons of both approaches. Both have risks and potential benefits and it's a difficult balancing act between too much change and not enough. And that's why I'm a spectator and Will Still is a manager

Fernandes wasn't exactly prolific for us either (2 goals, 4 assists), although his achievements were obviously stunted by the quality of his team mates and managers....

Ha! Exactly....

{MLG Mode on} An estuary is classed as 'coastal', ergo the south-eastern part of Exeter is technically on the coast, given the River Exe estuary extends as far as Countess Wear. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countess_Wear {MLG Mode off)

We're also 10 leagues above Swanage Town & Herston FC, although they're doing quite well this season so they could close the gap if we don't get promoted...

Of course, but isn't this regular "rate the window" thread 'just a bit of fun' at the end of the day (Brian)? I don't think anyone's claiming it to be a scientific exercise, well, at least not one that's going to trouble the 'Nobel Prize for Science' committee any time soon... I could watch 'Death in Paradise' without having a guess at the beginning as to who committed the crime, but where would the fun in that be....?

Right, I think you could be right, right?

Yep, another Romeu advocate here. If he's willing to come here then surely it's a "nothing to lose" scenario for us? Yes, ok, despite being a free transfer, he'd command a decent wage, so there's is a risk of throwing a few bob down the plughole if he picks up an injury or ends up being a bench warmer, but in the general scheme of things, signing him (on a one season contract) would surely be right down there on the riskometer...? And, yes, I also acknowledge that going down the 'old boys' path hasn't paid off the last few seasons (Lallana & Walcott) but just because those ones didn't work out particularly well doesn't mean another can't.

As we like to announce these kinda things bang on the hour for some reason I'm going to take a punt on 9pm...

I gave last year's window a 4/10, which turned out to be a tad too generous, so somewhat wary about going too high this time around. As such, and all things considered, I'll give this one a 6.5/10. Whilst we've arguably now got the best bunch of creative final-third players in the division, I'm not convinced we have 'best of breed' in the following positions: goalkeeper, centre-back, defensive midfield or centre forward. I'm fairly confident we'll match Martin's Championship achievement, i.e. reaching the play-offs, but I've a nagging doubt that we could've / should've done more in one or more of the aforementioned positions in order to to maximise our chances of automatic promotion. In other words, give me a better keeper, a Fonte, and a Lambert and I'd feel much more confident. We march on! COYR!

Hope it's not the same situation as Salisu.... Took them about 6 months to announce that one and they still haven't done the signing on photo shoot....

How come there's only 19 clubs listed on there?

Party pooping, maybe, but it's not a completely unreasonable assessment to be fair....

My recall is that the infamous unbeaten run didn't make any difference to the gap between ourselves and our promotion rivals. (Happy to be corrected if my memory isn't accurate)

Calling @Farmer Saint to the thread to explain this LOAN....

Bang goes my theory the recruitment team only work on weekdays....

7pm signing ahoy....?

Could Stoke be a logical destination for him given he had a successful/ popular loan spell there before (IIRC)?

Agree that some random Twitter account with 7 followers is unlikely to be a credible source, although the curiosity gene in me wonders why said random person would invent such a random / obscure rumour in the first place...