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I think we should give all these new guys a game in the next round of the Carabao to bed them in... oh. Never mind. 😏

Stick them behind Onuachu, that should average it out.

#freemason Welcome aboard!

I hoped Tella would stay but £20 million + does sound like too good a deal to pass up for the club. Rapidly running out of jewels. I’ve thought all season it’s imperative we keep Charley, and I’d also add KWP to that. Now I also hope we can tie Che down. Man this is going to be a long week…

Tella me whyAin't nothin' but a heartacheTella me whyAin't nothin' but a mistakeTella me whyI never wanna hear you sayTall Paul is gonna play. Yup, bored.

RYAN FUGGIN FRASER? Meh, I'm OK with it. I've missed a lot of the goss from the last couple of days so this one was a surprise - more because I thought he was older than 29! I know we've been after him for quite a while if I remember correctly. Whatever happens with Tella and Sulemana, this will give us a bit of experience alongside Stu for the wider positions.

Sulemana - due back September 2nd once we know the window has slammed shut. 😀

While Piroe is probably the one the fans want, because of the fact it makes sense, his age, his association with Martin, his 1 in 2 goal record at this level etc, I would hazard a pretty good guess that the scouting department at Southampton has a list of other targets. As you say, maybe we've got one up our sleeve that we prefer to Piroe. (This may not be a good thing, we've seen the players we've signed over the last year. We just have to hope with Wilcox on board we recruit better).

Rank Player Club Goals[84] 1 Chuba Akpom Middlesbrough 28 2 Viktor Gyökeres Coventry City 21 3 Carlton Morris Luton Town 20 4 Joël Piroe Swansea City 19 5 Tom Bradshaw Millwall 17 Nathan Tella Burnley 7 Zian Flemming Millwall 15 8 Amad Diallo1 Sunderland 14 Ben Brereton Díaz Blackburn Rovers Iliman Ndiaye Sheffield United Jerry Yates Blackpool Apropos of nothing, here is the top scorer list from the Championship last season. Akpom gone to Holland Gyokeres gone to Portugal Morris in the Prem Piroe... Bradshaw old but still with Millwall TELLA - thankfully still with us Flemming - still with Millwall - done well to hang on to those 2! Diallo - was wanted by us and a few other clubs but has since been injured Diaz - gone to Spain Ndiaye - gone to France Yates - joined Swansea We'll definitely see a much different top scorers list this season but it shows what a commodity Piroe is right now. If he wasn't in his last year of contract Swansea would be demanding £20 million +. I definitely hope we hold on to one of Adams and Tella though (if not both), to lose both would be foolhardy.

The nervousness also comes from unknown. Piroe represents one of the last known quantities of recent goalscorer at this level after Akpom and Gyokeres left their clubs, and at 24 is only going to get better. Not to mention he's played in a Martin system before. He'd be a no brainer signing IMO. The alternative is looking for a goalscorer from somewhere else... Onuachu was prolific when we signed him. We cannot sign another Onuachu.

Shame if Piroe goes to Leeds, we're more stable than them at present but hopefully this means either Adams stays or we have another striker lined up. Personally even if Adams stays I think we need a striker as AA is better deeper or wide and Mara and Onuachu have shown nothing so far.

Nine players, no midfield and we still beat Brentford. They suck. 😁🤪

I like ABK and if (big if) he can stay injury free I think he's going to be a top defender so a loan will probably be the best outcome for us as you say.

Yep especially while the transfer window is still open! He's already shown how good is though, he will have a part to play this season even if it's just as an impact sub/injury cover. Likewise Edozie - he's been decent but he's still very raw and lacks end product - I like him but I don't think he's be in my best first XI right now. (Baz, KWP, Bednarek, Stephens, Manning/Perraud, Charles/Smallbone, Downes, Alcaraz, Tella, AA, Adams is possibly our best line up right now pending any departures but it does show we're starting to get strength in depth).

Fabrice Fernandes made a career out of it.

Here I am trying fad diets and all I needed was a campylobster and all my problems would be gone in a week. Welcome Downes. I'm hoping Flynn can ride(r) us back to the Prem. A good start to strengthening the spine. One more CM and a CB, then replacing anyone that leaves henceforth and we should be fine.

They also want Sulemana - that would be a £40 million odd outlay on 2 players which I don't believe Everton have. Ok Sulemana has been linked with a loan there but personally I don't see why we should be doing them any favours.

I think our concern, as fans, is this. It's not so much that we're desperate to keep Adams because he's very good at this level but that we doubt the club can replace him adequately. Our striker signings since Ings have been crap and even the Ings signing seemed like a bit of a punt (with his injury record) that happened to pay off. We've had strikers like Mara, Onuachu, Long, Mayuka, Walcott, Gabbiadini, Juanmi, etc etc since we went up to the Prem and really the only hits were Ings, Pelle and to a much lesser extent Broja and Austin. A good striker is hard to find and the worry is we'll end up starting the season with AA, Mara, Onuachu and a new striker who also ends up being crap. Better the devil you know. That said I think £15 million+ would be decent money for a striker in the last year of his contract who probably wants to continue playing in the Prem, so we have to hope the replacement comes in and hits the mark. I think Piroe has proved he could do that at this level, but if it isn't him then we just have to hope Wilcox et al have another good striker target lined up. Or hope Mara or Onuachu come good...

KWP has 2 years left on his contract

I would not want to rely on A-A all season. We would need a replacement for Tella or we could end up with the likes of Djenepo as a regular starter. But I really want to keep Tella. I like him.

Made good subs against Norwich last week I thought, improved us after half time today, and then there's that display against Wednesday... For a manager that inherited a relegated team and has achieved what he has done already is brilliant. He'll make mistakes (the Gills line up) but he seems to be quite a clever cookie and hopefully he learns from them. All good so far. A vast improvement on Jones that's for sure.

I was just looking up if anyone had signed Moussa Dembele on a free transfer. Surprise surprise he's gone to Al-Ittifaq and scored already.

https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/spieler/vertragslosespieler/statistik/1/plus//galerie/0?ausrichtung=alle&spielerposition_id=alle&land_id=alle&altersklasse=&wettbewerb_id=alle&seit=alle&yt0=Show Current free agent list. De Gea anyone? 😏

Villa want £20 million apparently. I don't think that's bad for a young striker that had a 1 in 2 goalscoring ratio last season.