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This feels inevitable to me and a position where we can afford to lose a few.

Wonder where sarmiento will end up this summer? Does he fancy a third promotion in three years?

Indeed. Huge difference to last year where the likes of Stephens, Smallbone, Onuachu etc were all getting regular ganetime. Scandalous really.

There is a worry that Ramsdale, THB and Fernandes leaves, Dibling stays and everyone is excited as our big hope and then he's really crap and his heads gone. Not saying that will happen but it's certainly a higher risk than someone like Fernandes.

That's life really and hopefully next time we are much more hard nosed about binning off those who aren't going to cut it. Reminder that Dean Hammond was our captain but that didn't matter when we got to the prem.

I doubt any saints fan expects him to stay. He might do though which would be a very welcome surprise. I just hope we have the top quality headline signing to replace him if he does go. We've had long enough to prepare.

I wouldn't worry about it. Almost certainly the club will know if he is likely to go or not. If he wants to go there's not an awful lot we can do. We just need to replace with top championship quality.

On loan I do 100%. Someone mentioned the winger Leeds had last year as a possibility. Lets not forget the likes of THB who didn't work out in the prem but was great the season before. Of course we want some players we think can do a good job in the prem but realistically we aren't going to be able to afford that for every position in the squad- hence Rothwell, Brooks etc last time.

Good suggestion that's the kind of info I like to see on here. Maybe if we sell Edozie we will go for him.

I'm fine with unearthing a few hidden gems. I must be honest and say that I don't feel like we have made moves yet that show we mean business this year. An awful lot is going to hinge on how many of Downes, THB, Dibling, Fernandes and Ramsdale we keep. Hypothetically if we kept most of them I can live with the window being quite quiet and maybe just bringing in a few players with some potential.

Do Leeds or Burnley have any players not good enough for the prem worth pinching? Might be a good place to start.

We need experience AND a squad refresh given the events of last season and because we want to change our style of play.

In light of this new Afghanistan debacle-largely caused by the truly despicable tories it must be said- good to see we have a government ushering in a transparency revolution.

Agreed. I'd be inclined to give him a chance and see what he can do. In a lower pressure environment it is generally a bit more difficult to be really poor from full back and he does have a decent cross so may be able to contribute well to a will still team.

I was hoping for 12 at least to really remove them as a threat.

That's a bit less than I thought. Will they appeal and get less?

I'd love to see Dibling doing really well with us this season, not just because it's good for us but it would ultimately be good for him too. I can't see a team paying what we'd like for him because he's just too much of a risk and I reckon he could get lost.

Very hard to draw implications from friendly games but I'd much rather win them than be scrabbling for positives.

There's a thread on one of the forums here called something like small things that irritate you and it's packed full of little annoyances like that. I assume you think that every person on there has serious issues too? Like I said, it's not going to change my life either way but given the choice I'd rather things like that didn't happen.

Yes I suppose I could do that but I've been using it for years and am a creature of habit so it was an unnecessary thing to change. Like I said though that's a very minor personal irritation but there's a few there so I can see why people get a bit annoyed about the pushing of certain agendas.

If only it were that easy. I would suggest that the fact the likes of Aribo bednarek and ABK are still here is not a good sign and rather suggests that they have rather less interest that we perhaps thought they might. Maybe we will see some loan outs.

There's loads to love about England and the UK. The green spaces, the traditions and the humour are some of the things I love. I've always enjoyed visiting London but very glad to leave once I do so I can't say it's anywhere near the best for me - Rome and in fact many places in Italy are miles better along with parts of France - but I accept thats a personal thing. Smaller villages with that sense of community still intact are great too.

News channels often do it, stats are equated together (England's top goalscorer frequently includes the women, record wins etc) loads of times I've clicked on a link showing for example man city playing only to realise it was women's football and had failed to be labelled as such. Female pundits are invited on to talk about using their experience to tell us how male players will be feeling when it's not remotely comparable. One smaller bugbear for me is that sky sports live score centre have put the women's tables next to the Premier league one and above all other men's leagues so I have to continually scroll past it to get to the men's scores that I actually want to view. Like I said it's not some high crime but I can see why it causes a build up of irritation over time.

Maybe resentment is the wrong word. I can see why people get frustrated when it's continually equated as being the same thing.

I do understand a certain amount of piggybacking off the wildly popular men's game. Smart marketing is to have a link in some way because much of the interest will come from the historic value placed in the men's game so your local team, the England national team and all their symbols etc. I can support all that, it's just an irritant when people don't make the distinction or seem to think they're the same thing when they're not. If the women's football happens to be on I can find myself having a watch and taking an interest and it will provide me with some entertainment if I see the England women's team win a tournament. It is entirely separate though and I think that's where a lot of the resentment comes from.