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Ah I missed the Small loan. Good for him to get some game time.

This and with Lavia joining Diallo and Romeu we have more options in midfield to cover the JWP move to RB. I still think we'll bring in a full back but time is running out. We also still have Valery, Vokins, Ramsay, Small and Ferry so we aren't without full back/wing back options though we'd probably rather not rely on them!

We signed one yesterday. Not experienced and unknown, granted, but still a striker nonetheless. The fact we've apparently bid big money on Delap shows we probably aren't bringing an experienced striker in and hoping what we have or one of the new youngsters scores the goals we need. Having said that I'd almost rather rely on youth than bring in Braithwaite!

Welcome Sekou. I know nothing of him bar what I read and you can 'Carrillo' up his stats as much as you like but I just hope he does it on the pitch and he sounds confident. If we are bidding on Delap then it does seem very much like we are relying on youth to do the biz this season. I'm not completely comfortable with it but at least we're trying something rather than sitting on what we had for another season. We're getting the positions right too, I wanted the spine strengthened and we've done that in every position. Another striker, AM and RB/LB needed, and if room another CB and CM but for those we need to ship out a couple. I look forward to our first Carabao cup game when we can try out some different players.

Disgusting. 😝

I didn't watch the game today but "nil" for Saints again speaks volumes. We do not currently have the wing backs to play this system, which means we do not have the creativity from wide positions, and we do not have the strikers to put the ball in the net. I retract my previous sentiment about Ings, loathe as I am to re-sign players, but at the moment, if the price is right, he may be exactly what we need alongside youngsters. If we bring in Delap and Mara it appears to be a risky gamble.

It was a long while ago but I think I just asked Steve. @stevegrant can you do this?

Nearly 28! Even KWP is 25 and didn't make it...

Songs then... He's scored a second Speedy Sekous away Let's just hope that he stays 'Pool be waiting... Bit of Nenah Cherry in the Northam? 😛

Bazunu (20) Tino (19) Simeu (20) ABK (20) Small (17) Smallbone (22) Lavia (18) Diallo (23) Aribo (25) Djenepo (24) Tella (23) We have the potential to field a very young team this season made up of "first teamers"! Average age 21. Mara would lower it more. (Obviously we would never field this team, it's just a possible.)

Mara and Mbappe in the same sentence - that's all I'm reading there.

We're going to boss the Championship in 2023-24. 😈

#beatmetoit It definitely has echoes of "We scratch your back..."! Have we ever signed anyone from Bordeaux? I feel like we have...

Real name Karl Karlsson... 😜 Good stats though.

Pre-transfer window I would have said we were almost certs for a relegation battle (we'd probably survive because I think there are weaker teams than us but nonetheless I think we'd have been at the wrong end of the table). Now with the new additions I think we are largely an "unknown" quantity, mainly because we've addressed the issue that our team was crap at the end of last season by "strengthening" the spine - but with players that are young and that we don't know much about. If the new youngsters settle and we sign the extra players we need, we shouldn't have any issues with relegation at all. The window is far from over, but as it stands I can see Bournemouth and Fulham struggling again, Forest have done good business but they have signed a LOT of players that have to gel, then from last year's Prem lot you have to say that Everton and Leeds may struggle, Brentford have signed good players but could be there, and maybe someone completely unexpected like Wolves, Palace, Leicester, Brighton could be down there (though unlikely, I think of those Wolves may struggle).

I think Spurs are a different beast even just a few months later. It's not impossible we won't win but they've made some very good signings. Mind you Kane usually starts slow so... 🤞

It says so in that exact article. 😁 https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thesun.co.uk/sport/19200662/chelsea-transfer-tino-anjorin-everton/amp/ "Wonderkid" used here in the Everton link. He's also amazing on my FM Mobile save. 😜

2 strikers (Adamu and Delap) Another 10 (Cornet) Another RB (Pedersen) Another CB (Colwill) Positions are the ones I want, not fussed who really but have named some players available or previously mentioned on here. Also, things went quiet on Anjorin. I know he didn't do a lot at Huddersfield but he's still highly rated.

We have Spurs away... not denting the morale of the noob youngsters right away might be a good thing! 😝 Seriously hopefully we sign a striker in the next week so they have a chance to bed in before the season begins. I think if we start Adams and Adam we'll struggle to score goals against the better sides.

They missed a trick, they should've had Spence in a bed looking scared saying "I see Djed people"! Will this quash the KWP rumours...

Left Wing Back too if we persist with the 3 CBs. Cornet on one side and KWP on the other sounds tasty. I agree £17.5 million sounds like a good price if true.

I still think the ball is in our court with Delap. Yes Burnley have Kompany, but we have everything else to offer besides that. Even if City don't want to sell him permanently I'd be surprised if we didn't still loan him (perhaps with an option). We need two strikers and as long as one of them is a permanent, I don't see a problem with the other one being a loanee. It worked with Broja. Anyway even if we don't get him, I'm sure the club have a list of striking targets to go and get besides him. The clock is ticking though.

We might win games if we play 6-6-6. (And if nobody notices the extra 8 players...) 😁 Apart from a brief few minutes today and the other day I didn't see much, but it's still early days. As it stands we need two strikers, another 10 and a full back. Another CB is a luxury but if the right player came up maybe we'd go for it but I think we have to wait until we ship one out. Ultimately we're 4/5 players away from being ready, otherwise we head into another season with gaps in the squad like every season. Still time, seems to be some decent work so far in this transfer window.

Pretty much my only thoughts too. Doesn't look right. Not sure I like it and I was on the fence.

He played the last couple of games of last season IIRC. I'm not anti-McCarthy, he can have good games and he doesn't deserve being hounded out on social media, but I really hope we don't suffer through, like, 10 games of poor McCarthy goalkeeping performances before Ralph decides to try Bazunu. Whoever the best keeper is in pre-season is the one that should get the nod, but I think Ralph will start the season with McCarthy.