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Well pleased for him. Maybe West Ham can stop trying to penny pinch on players that are going to improve them.

I'll take winning by the odd goal all season...

If we hadn't, he'd have been a bit part player in a mess of a team that got relegated. The loan to Burnley has effectively nailed us £20 million odd when we would have got very little for him otherwise. I don't blame him for leaving for a team in the Bundesliga, I do think it's a shame we couldn't keep a valuable asset in our promotion push. I still hope we sign another first choice winger, even with Fraser on board, but with the numbers we have I don't see it.

We knew when we signed him - good going forward, suspect defensively. I think he's a good choice for playing games when we are on the front foot but when we have to defend more I think Perraud may be the better option.

Thankfully we have Djenepo and Aribo on the bench so...

Bad mentality that.

Swansea just banging another couple of million on the Wood price!

It's sad we didn't go for someone who is a 1 in 2 goalscorer at this level BUT if we keep stressing about it we will go mad. We just have to hope the Che replacement (or Che himself) is as prolific.

Decent looking line up. I reckon we could just scrape into the last play-off spot with that.

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.

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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.