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Apparently the rumour of him going to Turkey is incorrect.

Lyanco isn't going.

Admit I avoided a couple of pieces on the BBC site yesterday because from the pictures I thought they were articles about Women's football. Later realised they were about Phillips moving from Leeds to Citeh. ☹️

I wish the lad no harm, just keep in mind Sam McQueen before you get too excited.

Watson and SKD and the other one whose name now escapes me have gone as well

Is this some sort of time warp? Surely we were told this week's ago. Perhaps they are getting worried that no one is in for Walcott yet, rumours were he was looking to go MLS.

Enough of this positivity, only bad stuff allowed here thank you.

Still a little bemused with this, clearly it's well advanced it would never have broken cover otherwise, but given Man City want to keep him is it impacting other business we would like to do with Citeh (obv did not impact Bazunu though).

Good signing by the looks of it, nice that he brought his Mum and Dad (former Cameroon international). French by birth, wonder if he speaks French, would help with our increasing number of French speakers.

Bit odd, what qualifies someone to have a valid political opinion? Recording artists (usually known as musicians or composers) often have very valid political opinions/views. Probably more so than journalists or lawyers or the like. Some footballers have very well thought through political views, others are just twats. You should not tar people with a brush based on their background.

Nor was I to be fair, just looked it up 😉 Before my time (just)

Unless of course they see it as a retro from 1954-55. when they won the Football League Division 3 (South).

He has been playing top flight football in Poland and Turkey for the last 3 seasons (Turkey last season, Poland the two before that). He hasn't played second level since he was on loan in the Czech Republic 4 years ago. Perhaps you are getting confused with Gavin who was playing in a 3rd tier part time league for some crap team last season 😉

Lis doesn't need a work permit if he is going to be loaned out to one of the other SR Clubs

To be fair so far he is the only signing of the season

If Pep was watching England against Hungary and/or Italy he would have crossed Philips off the list. He was complete and utter crap, and got JWP an unwanted yellow into the bargain with his hospital pass in the Italy game.

No worries, thought it a bit odd. The story always was that McCarthy had agreed an extension based on him not being guaranteed #1, and that Forster had turned down a similar contract offer. This was in the Scottish Sun (or some other Scottish red top, which might seem obscure, but the Scottish rags are/were close to Forster due to his Celtic loans). Looks like Bazanu has been told he will be #1 which fits in with what I understood last year. Bit surprised if Bazunu is being offered #1 given his age and experience, was expecting someone "better" but I don't think we would be paying £16m for a backup. It is a bit of a risk, but with McCarthy and Willy as backups, perhaps the risk is somewhat mitigated. Still wouldn't surprise me totally to see McCarthy moved on and replaced, now that we have a new keeper, based on the McCarthy/Ralph fallout in January (Brighton match), just because McCarthy signed a new contract doesn't mean we can't sell him (I know, who would buy him) or loan him out. But I don't have any worries about McCarthy as a backup he was doing perfectly fine up until the Norwich match last season and doubtful that he would have actually been dropped had he not got injured.

Eh? McCarthy did play in the last couple of games.

Looks a lot fitter as well, appears to have worked hard on his physique, he no longer looks like a rugby prop forward.

Actually 12 months ago he wasn't. 18 months ago I would completely agree. Bu the fall of in form and goalscoring in 2021 was alarming (covid and other factors). I was all for keeping him, but in hindsight I think we did well to offload him when we did. 7 goals in 30 apps for Villa suggests this drop off was not temporary, he really struggled to make an impact at Villa, hence why they are happy to move him on now. I like Danny Ings, and he was great for us for a couple of years but he is well past his best I'm afraid.

Not only the defence generally, but also the set-play set-up, which was previously covered by our former goalkeeping coach (Watson). Does seem Ralph has learned some lessons, and is seeking to improve in our weak areas. Bear in mind though that this is what Ruben said when he joined Copenhagen, and seems at odds with what was said when his joining us was announced (seemed more emphasis on attacking), perhaps his role developed during his Copenhagen time, who knows, but he does seem sound.

Saints have probably contacted his agent. I did wonder whether he was going to be kept as the new Olly Lancashire (for the B Team) but then noticed that Lancashire has been retained. Maybe there is some sort of coaching deal, though personally don't see Long as a potential coach type (bit like Walcott).

Oh Oh Shane, now you're in trouble, not telling the trouble and strife about your new contract negotiations. What's the deal with Stephens then, McCarthy's new contract showed up on some official site somewhere, but not Jack's, why don't they now at least announce what the new deals were. This is not a post about whether he deserved a new contract or not, but why don't the club announce it.

Minor rib fracture according to this: https://www.balls.ie/football/stephen-kenny-will-smallbone-ireland-512713

Young Walcott was a quality signing.