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He is currently listed as 'without a club' so surely there is no transfer fee involved.

No transfer fee to worry about. Offer him a generous 2 year contract. Him and Downes would give us a very secure midfield and that is something we are going to need in the Premier League.

Hard to argue with that.

Don't think we'll be getting another player who operates on the wide left.

Agree, from what we've seen so far, SR is not prepared to back us to give us a realistic chance of staying in the Premier League. As ever there is talk that we are after high quality players at reasonable prices but we always seem to miss out on them. We then end up paying less for players many of who end up being a total waste of money. Maybe we just don't have the budget to compete with other teams of our standing or it's something to do with FFP restrictions. Whole month to go I know but I am getting the usual vibes this pre-season.

Why not? After all, he continually championed Baz as an acceptable number one when he clearly wasn't.

He needs to stick his nose deep into the coffee jar.

Madness if that's the case but I suspect you are right on the money.

I'll give it a miss I think.

He looks to be a huge upgrade on Che.

Goalkeeper made the assist.

Well if Darren Mowbray can step into Jason Wilcox's shoes he was clearly not as good as he was made out to be and we were paying him far too much.

We can increase it.

We could always offer him a new deal on top money that he'd find hard to resist - it would be cheaper than trying to replace him.

Think someone who can save the friggin ball is more important for us especially in the Premier league. Plus I've watched games where Ramsdale played some superb passes.

My point is not that we sign Ramsdale (unless he wants to come and we can afford him) - what I'm saying is that, having had a season with a decent keeper such as Ramsdale, assuming he shows his worth and saves us points, the fans will not want a return to Baz and will expect the club to source and invest in a better option.

I think if we bring in a decent keeper on loan and he does well the club might well be forced to change their narrative on Baz. If we get someone who makes a big improvement for a season most fans will not be happy to see the return of Baz and will want us to sign a quality keeper.

I would argue that the Spanish manager made a good job of organising his team in such a way that the players knew where each other would be and what runs to make. Their first goal was a perfect example of that.

I reckon we'd be crazy not to give Charly a chance rather than selling him. Just watched his 'Welcome to Juventus' video which includes clips from his games for us - if he was someone we were considering signing most of us would be praying we got him in. The guy has undoubted talent and could be great for us this season. He's spent 5 months at Juventus and will have learned a lot. He's our player so let's get the best out of him and I reckon he'd also learn a lot from Adam Lallana.

He would be an ideal replacement for Stu Armstrong. Hope there is some substance in this. Think he is still a Man City player after his loan spell at Sheff Utd. There is bound to be a fair amount of interest in him so hope we move quickly if we are considering him.

Can only be James McAtee from the steel city of Sheffield and 'spoons' as in teaspoons.

This guy really knows his stuff. Well worth watching.

A bit more than I hoped we'd pay. Let's hope if they sign KWP we get a fair price.

My guess is that Kane was far from the fitness levels required for a major tournament. As such he would have known that himself and had a duty to make Southgate aware. Between them they should have made the call not to start Kane in any games.....unless he was fully fit in which case he's just way below the required standard so should have been dropped/left out for that reason alone. Either way it is clear to most that he should not have played as many minutes as he did and this was at the expense of others in the squad who may have done better. These sort of poor decisions must have impacted on the moral of the squad and their trust in the manager.

Lyrics by Rolling Stones.....Long John Baldry was one of their early influences ergo we are signing John Stones.