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Ipswich look quite strong up front with Philogene, Clarke, Szmodics and Hirst but think we have the edge in midfield with Charles, Downes and Fernandes able to drop back if needed. 0-0 draw.

They play Sochi tomorrow but yeah, would imagine he’d want some kind of goodbye if he’s leaving

Spertsyan can (and has) played on the left so that’s an option if he signs. Not sure it’s his best position though. Agree with you on Manneh. We’ve been linked with better. The Brighton lad, Sima, Boving and Vicente all looked decent.

Think Choudhury played RB in the final but that kind of proves the point - they preferred a midfielder out of position to Gilchrist.

Have to say I thought the same about Gilchrist. He's a converted CB and looks it. No doubt would probably be a better defensive option than someone like Sugawara but there wasn't much that I could see that would suggest anything particularly dynamic about him. Seemed to start OKish at Sheff Utd and then got injured but never managed to get back into the team. Suggests that Sheff Utd didn't think that much of him either. If anything I'd say he was more suited to a right sided CB position than a RB or wingback (and we've got enough options for that position if we wanted to play that way).

Yeah, striker was linked to us and a few other champ clubs this summer.

Damion has addressed certain concerns and proclaimed he has trust in both of his feet, which is normally a positive when talking about not just footballers but people in general.

You mean Lennon Miller of Udinese?

For once it does seem like Leicester will be in the same situation of losing players as most relegated clubs. Sounds like there's interest in El Khannouss, Fatawu and Winks, and obviously just lost their keeper too. Think I read somewhere that El Khannouss has a 30M release clause if a prem club comes in for him but it expires soon, so if anyone is going to get him, it'll probably be in the next couple of days.

I'm probably biased but Lambert was far far better than Moore - goal record alone tells you that. I guess they're both physical to an extent but Lambert was a much more skilful player. I don't dislike Moore and he's a right nuisance which we've needed but not a patch on SRL.

Yeah, I meant if Fernandes plays in the role Fraser had at the start against Wrexham. I guess technically not midfield but he'll drop back at times and imagine we'll probably be a bit more conservative away anyway.

Good time to play Ipswich and Brum showed how to play them - high energy and in their faces. If Charles, Downes and Fernandes all start then we should be able to win the midfield but whoever plays right back or right wing back will need to be all over Clarke - he's very good given time and space but nowhere near as effective without it. I'd be concerned if Sugawara is supposed to be picking him up. Reckon both managers would take a draw and think that's probably how it'll pan out.

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Rak-Sakyi performed worse last season than Edozie did in the season we got promoted. I'd give him a miss. Kone off to QPR so I guess we'll get to see how he does at this level. I watched him in the play off games against Charlton and he wasn't that good but maybe that wasn't the best games to judge him on. Downs hasn't had the best start here but hopefully comes good.

Charles, Downes, Fernandes, Rudoni and Spertsyan is a fuck off midfield for the Championship.

15M actually sounds quite reasonable - I was expecting it to be more than that.

TBF Archer is mostly quite good when he gets a chance. We haven't created much in the way of chances for him though and he's one of those that doesn't really offer anything if he's not scoring. I'd agree with you if I'd said Armstrong, but I didn't.

Belmadi is a good comparison and agree, does look like he plays centrally most of the time. Love those through balls he plays with just the right weight to them - should be ideal for someone like Archer (or Downs).

I can definitely see your point. There's no guarantees on his progression and we won't get a higher fee (unless he does sign a new contract). I don't really know how it affects our finances and whether it makes Fernandes more likely to go but it probably doesn't help, and it certainly won't help if we're looking at more expensive signings better aligned to Still and the type of team he wants to put together. (And for clarification that doesn't mean I don't think Dibling couldn't play in a Will Still side). Having said that, I like the kid and I do think there's something special about him. I'd love to see him rip up the Championship and I think he could be exceptional. I'll trust the club on this one.

We sold that around 2022

Maybe we are selling his hair for 30M? That seems overpriced to me. I mean, it's good, but it's not Stuart Armstrong level hair.

By all accounts he was a bit of a cock but his short passing game was superb. I'd put him up with Tadic in terms of ability and vision to unlock defences.

Quite some variation in the type of players there but did some YouTube scouting last night and like the look of a few of them. Fellows is obviously very good for this league and would be first choice if money wasn't an issue but I quite liked Sima and Carlos Vicente. Sima looks raw but he's got pace, power and seems to have done pretty well in most of his loan spells. Last year of his contract too. Vicente looks like he runs all day, works hard and has a good cross - kind of blueprint for the types of qualities Still seems to want.

From what I can gather, half the time the bids are third parties purporting to represent clubs. They'll try to make a deal and cut themselves a healthy chunk in the process.

Spertsyan is in the lineup to play today so nothing imminent. Seems like the Russian League started on 19th July so there shouldn't be any fitness issues if he did sign.