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Right but given the short amount of time left in the window and the objective presumably of staying up this season, does anyone think a kwp sale now is going to improve our chances? I was resigned to losing him but it's now reached the point where we are really going to struggle to replace him and we should consider keeping him until at least January imo.

What's the point in banking the money now that many of the promising players have gone elsewhere and we haven't spent more than 18 million on one player this entire window. If it happens I'll start seriously considering the possibility that we aren't making any serious attempt to survive this year.

Losing kwp now we might as well pack up and go home.

Just the 8 stabbings in, total alongside numerous other offences. It sounds horrendous to be honest. It seems like the Notting Hill Carnival is basically an prgy of crime and an excuse for a significant number to just go out and commit loads of crimes. If it wasn't billed as diversity is our strength carnival etc you'd have to think it would have been banned a long time ago. It's not acceptable.

I know you never claimed it as fact. You're normally a realistic poster, you must see how deficient we are in certain areas of the squad and I don't think believe you think that's going to be solved by this striker?

I'm surprised you're still so upbeat considering you were tipping us for ramsdale and o'riley and we've got neither.

And I thought to myself he was just so dominant.

Interesting. Do you mean this new striker? Not sure why we'd be spending so much of a loan fee on him if that's the case.

Football Martin fella on YouTube saying some people from the club would be keen for a jwp return. I'd certainly consider it a positive move given our deficiencies in other areas.

Fuck me lads if this is our shining hope of an attacking signing for this season then we really are fucked before we've started. How is it we managed to sign a more promising forward on paper last season in the sodding championship? I'd genuinely rather have Adams still lining up for us. I'd take a punt on a youngster from one of the big boy's academies. If it's a finance issue then why did we spend so much on Fernandes if we had no cash? It feels a bit like we are just trying to get everything sorted for next seasons championship. Last week we had faints hopes of Ramsdale, O'riley and Clarke and this week it's back down to earth with a bump seemingly looking to sign the Brazilian Frank Spencer. It's the Southampton comedy show.

Oh yeah and the last time saints got relegated and anyone was a little bit critical with our signings you got derided by the same deluded lot who can't handle any sort or criticism. Of course everyone wants these signings to work out but stating the obvious that some of them don't seem great or not as good as we need is a perfectly reasonable thing to say.

Yep. It's why we are being all clever again and signing Carlos kickaballs from miles away.

It's Harry redknapp playing the kids in the cup all over again.

Trust saints to be interested in the only Brazilian with zero skill on the ball.

At least if we got jwp back we have someone with proven performance in the prem. Bijlow Suga Bednarek THB Kwp Downes JWP Fernandes Gives us more players I have some confidence can perform in the prem for a reasonable period of time. Still incredibly hard to stay up but would help us. I don't care if we have other worse players in positions he plays, I'd get him back for the prem experience alone.

Obviously I hope he's great but on the face of it this looks like a properly shit option. Hope that assessment is wrong.

This sounds exactly like the type of striker we would sign. Someone with potential who we can develop and who might be good next season after relegation. Basically not what we need for survival this year.

What's the predictions then for what other business gets done by the end of the window with the keeper basically confirmed? I reckon kwp stays, ABK out on loan. Onuachu out for 5 million with addons and Alcaraz going too. Possibility that Bree or manning go if kwp is staying. To my mind we have to get a striker in to provide a focal point up front but I don't think we will. Instead I think we will buy one attacking player who could play accross the front line that's probably our Alcaraz replacement. I think we could see a winger on loan and probably another lb if I'm wrong and KWP does leave. Given that we didn't sign Jack clarke and Martin said we weren't going for that type of player I reckon the winger we go for could be on the RW. So that's two more players in addition to the keeper and another lb if kwp goes. Personally I don't think that will be sufficient to give us enough in attack but you never know.

A midfield of Downes, lesley, jwp and Fernandes is much better than we had against forest.

Not just beaten. We were comprehensively outplayed in all departments. At home. Against a lower premier league team.

Resigning or re-signing?

Again I wasn't judging him on two games. Not sure why you keep repeating that, I was saying he's not a starting player before the season started based on what I'd seen from him previously. Plenty of players perform well in the championship and can't make the step up. He played well at points last year but this isn't the championship. I think he should be in the squad and given opportunities but he shouldn't be a starter in a team not wanting to get relegated. Yes you can also criticise many other starting players or question their selection.

Bereton Diaz is a bit of a flat track bully and seems to be quite a limited player for this level. He's the opposite of the sort of player I imagined we would be signing given our style of play. Archer has been mostly anonymous so I can't yet comment on his qualities and how he suits our style.

Indeed. The only thing close yesterday was the scoreline. In every other respect we were far inferior and on another day could get tonked. And that's against one of the less fancied teams in the division at home.