hypochondriac

He's 7 million but Middlesbrough have a 25% sell on clause.

Think he meant Woods.

Maybe so but I don't think lack of pace was a real feature of his game. He's not vestergaard.

Almost universal praise from Burnley fans and wishing him well. A good sign.

Had a browse of a Burnley forum and have seen that an awful lot of their fans didn't want to sign Harwood bellis because they considered him to be too slow. I have to say I can't remember any point last season where I thought THB lacked pace? I wonder if he was any different during his time there.

Maybe. I just think one of the worst signings last year was Manning who Martin knew really well. Swansea fans don't seem bothered at all which is a bit of a worry.

Hope not. That would be crap.

I preferred it when you pretended to have me on ignore you cretin.

What an odd thing to say.

He's a 21 year old lad who has been told he's a demi god since he was little. I'd be surprised if he wasn't a bit of an arrogant bellend tbh but if he ends up winning England the tournament I don't think anyone will care much.

In that case I'd rather have neymar.

Because Broja is about three times the price.

So young players with high potential have never had average seasons that show some measure of promise in a lower league before improving and being an asset in a higher league? If delap had torn it up last year, it's very likely we wouldn't have been able to afford him hence why it's prudent to take a gamble on someone who might come good. I'm not saying sign delap and no one else but surely you can see the logic in that approach?

If he was the replacement for Mara I'd be absolutely fine with that.

My point was not that anyone average could turn into Harry Kane but that young players with potential often have a higher ceiling and a greater potential for improvement than others. We've been linked with a lot of decent players, the fact we might sign some solid but unspectacular signings at the start of the window doesn't mean we won't end up with some quality.

Which as someone already pointed out was the exact thing said about Harry Kane. We will be taking gambles on some of our signings it's an inevitability. The bloke is 21 which is basically a baby in football and has decent potential. One half decent season in the prem and his value would probably treble. Much better chance of a return on investment than someone like broja who is both a risk and way overpriced.

I'd like two strikers ideally. Bin off Mara and Adams to accommodate them. Spend a load on an attacking midfielder like oriley, get a half decent winger and someone who can do a job across the back as well as the kwp replacement.

Sound like delap would be a lot cheaper? If so I'd probably get him which leaves us more for other areas.

If I were him I'd prefer a move to leverkusen or athletic. Just being honest.

Thanks. General consensus is he's great but they think we have no chance of getting him. Would be good but I'll file this one under unlikely until we hear anything further.

I'd say the previous relationship with our manager might give us an edge.

We've got a great record with spl players haven't we? Vvd, Armstrong, Davis, wanyana etc weren't harmed by playing against inferior opposition.

Well he did precisely none of what you just described over his last four years. Let's revisit this conversation should he win again and see what actually transpires.

I don't get how Martin can be so ruthless with the likes of Alcaraz and Sulemana yet have a blind spot when it comes to Bazunu. Maybe he just loves the fact that his distribution is so good?

"WTF are you talking about? Who refused to accept the Brexit result or Johnson’s election?" That's clearly factually inaccurate. People did refuse to accept the result but no as far as I'm aware it wasn't the same as Trump.