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Sounds like Fraser, Ramsdale and Cornet. Suppose saints will dress it up as you could play Cornet up front but we're missing something up top for me. Not sure we have the goal threat required. Still great to get Ramsdale so you can't really be disappointed.

I posted the stat yesterday but there's a ranking you get for goals prevented. Bazunu had one of the lowest in the championship at something like -26. Anyone no need to analyse Bazunu to death anymore. He will likely barely play again until he shows incredible development which is great news.

Without a striker I can't see us surviving.

Objectives for remainder of the window: Sign Cornet Sign a striker Don't sell kwp

A statement signing. The first of the window. I'm impressed.

Goodness me that's excellent if true. Does that entire thing count for FFP purposes?

We're still being linked with some strikers though. I reckon we want an attacker.

Right. No more signings tonight. Night all. Let's hope for two or three in tomorrow and maybe a surprise one.

It's one of those tangible things that people will point to come election time of the hectoring and nabbying that Labour are capable of at their worst. A poor move to be honest and likely to cost them in the long run.

Just saw jwp has been linked to forest. I'd be pretty gutted if he goes there to be honest.

Someone tried working it out on twitter and reckons we have about 20 million left with FFP. More if we sell tall paul, ABK, Sulemana etc

If we don't sign a striker and Martin's answer is to move Armstrong into the centre forward position and play Cornet I'm going to get mad.

An attacking signing was always more likely to take the loan slot. Plus there hasn't really been any credible source linking us to jwp. Shame though as I was quite warming to the idea. Wonder if it will be Ramsdale, Cornet and Fraser and that's it. I still wouldn't be confident we'd have enough in attack.

Season long loan deal for Cornet. Assume that puts the kibosh on jwp rumours.

Worth remembering he was bigging him up last year saying he was huge or something like that. Something must have happened.

Don't you mean 9:45?

Bet he's announced tonight.

Not a holiday I'm afraid.

Ffs arrived in Paris and nothing bloody happened.

Right I'm just off to Paris. Fully expect to see Ramsdale's smiling face when we touch down in about 90 minutes.

I think we know the positives and negatives of jwp a fair bit more than a West ham fan.

Good article from Alfie house. Fairly definitive I would say @OldNick: Wyscout data calculates a 'prevented goals' metric in which 0 means you have conceded the exact amount of goals you should have for the quality of chances you have faced. Anything above 0 means you have outperformed your xG. Despite playing almost exclusively in the Premier League or Europe, Ramsdale has a superior prevented goals statistic to McCarthy and Bazunu since the start of 2022/23. He boasts -1.87 to McCarthy's -8.97 and Bazunu's extremely poor -24.53. Playing for Arsenal, Ramsdale naturally has faced less shots but boasts the best save percentage rate at 68.13 per cent, versus 59.77 per cent and 60.63 per cent. At a glance, the statistics also show Ramsdale has an 86.64 per cent pass success rate compared to McCarthy's 84.57 and Bazunu's superior 87.73.

It's not a binary choice though.

Just imagine him breaking Beckham's record at sms for us and tell me you wouldn't want that.

I'd take Chris Wood...