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You obviously need a mix on the championship where we can't afford to bring in a load of top quality in every position. Loans meant we could afford THB, Downes and Brooks who most other championship teams could only dream of and were big reasons for promotion. We will need to do the same this time.

I know a qpr supporter. According to him he was their best player when he was there and they would love to sign him. He was also one of the best players in league one when he played for Peterborough. Nothing is a guarantee but I'd say that evidence would warrant a place in our squad at the very least. He was clearly signed by us as a top prospect with the idea that he would develop into a decent player rather than the finished article. If we go down and then get rid of him straight away without seeing if he can recreate his Qpr form then there really was no point in signing him. You could say the same thing for Shea Charles who hasn't yet shown he can be a key player for us but he's clearly kicked on and should perform very well next year if he stays.

Even if that is true which is debatable, the answer to that isnt to not sign experience, it's to sign better experienced players. You would have difficulty arguing that the likes of Stuart Armstrong and Bednarek weren't vital components of our last promotion campaign for example.

Let's not be naive. Like Lavia, livramento and even jwp everyone has a price and the club has said as much. £50 million and if he asks to leave then he's gone.

That's a shame as I was really hoping we could persuade him to give us a season. Hope we get top dollar in order to replace him with an absolute top championship playmaker. Probably our biggest signing of the summer that we have to get right.

I'm fine with some young exciting players with potential but half of our problem historically has been signing too much potential with not enough quality for right now.

It's not alleged that he impressed. He was voted their young player of the season and we was only there in January. Where is the evidence that he isn't in high demand?

I'd rather we focus on a mix of quality and quality with experience. That mix usually does rather well and having some decent players with experience is almost always important.

Assume he means Edwards, Quarshie, kayi sanda and this bloke. Wood is 23 so not far behind. It's a fair point though, if THB and bednarek go then Stephens is going to be the elder experienced one and I'm not sure I'd like to rely on him too much. Maybe Quarshie will be primarily a development signing.

Is there actually any serious link to this player or is it purely that Still had him on loan last season?

Much more likely to do obscure foreigners but I really hope we get a mixture. Something like rb or a winger or Fernandes replacement I'd much prefer some known quantities in there personally that we know will do a solid job.

Johannson Edwards Charles Downes Fernandes Sargent With the other players around them and a few loans and new signings from foreign leagues and we will get promoted again imo. In fact, depending on who the other players are for me that is a better team than last year. Might not play out like that at all and we may lose more than we think but that's the makings of an impressive championship team with very little to do with the failure of last year.

Like you say it's tough to know for sure but if we were signing him this summer we would be happy with the signing on first impressions I would think. He's had anpther year of development and was incredibly impressive on loan by all accounts. He's an u21 international with a load of potential and the possibility of being able to make the step up if the time comes (there aren't many of our players you could say that about). That's about as good as we are going to get from a signing in the championship. Similarly Shea Charles which is why we have to keep both this year imo.

I'd be very disappointed to lose someone like Edwards as he hasn't had a chance here and by all accounts is a very exciting prospect with the potential to be a premier league player. Also Shea Charles I wouldn't want to lose either.

Maybe Sulemana and BBD would be tough to offload but I don't imagine we'd have much problem with some of the others. There would be demand for most I would have thought other than the likes of ABK who might go out on loan again.

Ramsdale Kwp THB Smallbone Dibling Aribo Onuachu ABK Sulemana Sugawara Bednarek? Larios? BBD? Manning? I reckon more than ten.

As far as I'm aware he's still boning Pinder so there is still a connection of sorts.

I'd be delighted if we got that.

He's been constantly linked away and is on a huge wage. Bye bye.

You really can prove anything with stats.

If we look at will still players what about el Aynaoui? 23 year old Central midfielder who can also play dm. Looks like he got 8 goals last year. Maybe a bit beyond our reach.

Did it include mental strength, flexibility, entertaining football, lack of mistakes in defence, solid at the back?

I agree but I could see us spending say 10-15 million on a top drawer championship player. If you're in the prem you'll probably be spending that amount multiple times on most of the squad.

Didn't they make shirts of that?

Amend it to Spors isn't stupid if it makes you feel better.