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Trying to type whilst distracted. I meant BBD of the two. I think he can be a bit of a battering ram though neither are options I'd like to see for us long term..

Just over a week. We're far from the finished product but we have continuity with Tonda (that we know of presently). Biggest question at the moment is who starts up front. Larin is late back from the WC, Archer may be sold by then. That leaves us currently with Downs, BBD or Oyekunle. (Or the option of Dobbin up front). I suspect Downs has been getting Friendly minutes because he'll be our option at the start of the season though I'd almost rather have Downs. It's a competitive fixture but I suspect the team will look a lot different than our opening Championship fixture. Put some players in the shop window i say!

Decent keeper, not top drawer, and £40 million sounds like a lot. Peretz is a bargain in comparison.

Unless we go up, in which case I think he'll stay and go on to be a club favourite. Personally I think we might lose Jander, THB and Charles, the problem obviously is replacing them properly but it could mean other players may agitate for a move if we start to look unambitious. I'm sure the club will want to keep them, just depends on the finances. I'm not sure about Leo, he doesn't seem the sort to go on strike or hand in a transfer request if he doesn't get a move. Ideally need to offload the unwanted lot as soon as possible so we have funds to bring in other players.

We've gone from Adam Armstrong to Damion Downs. Going from Double As to Double Ds feels like an upgrade to me.

He's reached Matt Paterson levels of excellence.

New Northam chant "We've got Downs! We've got Downs! All your players are stupid clowns" Or maybe not.

Oh I'm surprised i thought they get longer off. I wonder if Bremen will come back in for him despite their option expiring.

I guess Sugawara is still off from the WC but I suspect he'll go anyway. Ramsdale (wages) and Baz (shite) are obviously for sale, i just hope we aren't going to rely on Long being second choice this season. One injury to Peretz and it's season over. I know this is a friendly and we are still early in the summer transfer window AND I'm a fan of seeing youth come through but I hope we aren't going to rely on Akachukwu or Oyekunle as 3rd choice strikers either. Such an important season we need to get promoted, we need some proven goals on top of Larin (who will be back late due to the WC). I think 2 of the 3 GK spots are sorted, we need a second GK. LB and RB will probably do. CB is reliant on keeping THB, he needs to be replaced otherwise as Wood, Jack and Quarshie aren't enough. CM, likewise depends on who stays. Downes and Bragg probably stay and we seem to want to keep Jander. Charles needs replacing. I think Dan Neil would have added something here but probably need another anyway. RW, Matsuki and Fellows, fine probably. LW, Leo and... Edozie? Robinson? BBD? 🤯 Probably need some strength in depth there, much more if we lose Leo. AM, Azaz and Dobbin, good. Strikers, Larin... the rest to be confirmed. This needs the most work depending on exits. But as I say, early days.

Not sure about the spirit side of things but I think Ramsdale would do just as good a job as Peretz. If he wasn't on a bigger salary, of course.

Just reading a bit about Lankshear and his move to Boro. With so few English strikers coming through after Kane, England may be relying on him to come good. Big pressure for Boro!

Big indication we want to keep them sure, but it probably means nothing in the scheme of things. Hope I'm wrong as we keep both, we have a bloody good chance of autos.

That was the EFL, this is the FA but I don't expect them to be much better.

After the EFL booted us out the play-off final, I always expect the worst now.

This. We knew it was coming. The timing just sucks. Hope we have a contingency plan, I'm sure we do i just hope it isn't Adam.