SNSUN

Bin him off.

If we play a 10, Azaz obviously gets the nod but with young Matsuki as his back up, it's possible one of the CMS could fill in there when needed - a bit like Steven Davis did under Ronald. I thought about AA playing as a 10 as I feel he could be largely overlooked this year (unless Fellows goes out for whatever reason and he plays RW) but that gave me "lack of creativity" chills. I don't know if Will is the sort of manager that likes to stick with his first XI as much as possible or if he is a rotation fan but there are a lot of games this season so everyone should get their turn.

Azaz coming in straight away surprised me a bit, yes he was fit and had played for Boro and had a full pre-season but he had only been signed the previous day and probably didn't even get a training session. This does indicate that the new players will come straight in, especially as there's a gap until the next fixture. Scienza is the only new outfield player (excluding Downs and Quarshie signed earlier in the window) that I can see having to fight for his position due to the form of Robinson and Fraser (one of whom will probably be on the bench). I think the rest come straight in (Fellows RW, Azaz 10, Jander CM, Mads RB, Jelert LB) as long as Will goes to his preferred formation.

Wakey wakey!

I'm not sleeping until we announce Spertsyan dammit.

Fellows-Azaz-Scienza is a complete overhaul of our attacking midfield and im looking forward to seeing it. When we gel we will cook. Just have to hope we tighten up at the back. Hopefully the new full backs will help.

Who was peeking by the shop? Jim White?

Just in time. Welcome Leo!

Ten minutes until my personal window closes. Hurry up Saints/EFL.

True, but we're also light at FB so he'll probably have his hands full there. We should be ok bar a huge injury crisis.

Unless the club have real faith in Moses Sesay, but then why wasn't he on the bench on Saturday when we needed him. I guess keeping Edwards means he can play there (as he did a bit for QPR last year) and Matsuki too. Plus right now Fraser seems to want to play anywhere right now. I do agree I think we're a CM light when Aribo goes but we have square pegs if needed.

Don't be a Doumbarse 😀

Date Pos. Player Subsequent club Join date Ref. 30 June 2025 DF Derrick Abu Valenciennes 1 July 2025 [33][34] GK Joe Lumley Bristol City [33][35] DF Kyle Walker-Peters West Ham United 20 July 2025 [33][36] GK Josh McNamara Eastleigh 2 August 2025 [33][37] DF Josh Lett Currently unattached [33] DF Lewis Payne Currently unattached [33] MF Adam Lallana None (retired) [33][38] And potentially Scienza in and Aribo out. I like this window, refreshed and out has given us a chance. Good money in, especially for Sulemana and Onuachu, good transfers in especially Azaz and Fellows, proven Championship performers. I think we're now lacking depth at FB with Welington out, and at CM, but that's just personal preference. Looking forward to the season. There's always January. Solid 7 out of ten currently. Could rise. EDIT: OK the copy and paste from Wikipedia didn't work but look it up yourselves you lazy gits.

Ooh I thought Will was heading to Brum.

Jones will be sacked by January and then Breezy can follow him to his next club. Didn't mind Bree, limited but tried.

EFL better hurry up or I'm taking a pitchfork up to Preston. I've got to go to bed in an hour.

Balls.

Lol but they get him for free next summer and their defence is still good enough to win the League.

Give it a week and the EFL Loan window opens until November right? Or is that not a thing anymore?

Bumps our window to a 10 that has.

Southampton... bigger draw than Paris.

I reckon the media team are knocking one out as we speak.

I'm up for work at 4am, better be complete by then.

Good old SR thinking the window shut at 11 tonight. 😁

#freescienza