hypochondriac

How much would we owe Man City if it were 25?

Yes I am aware.

Christ I didn't realise it would be done that quickly. I'm not looking forward to tomorrow and the prospect of Stephens and Wood at cb with Quarshie as backup.

And the response to asking if he is staying "that's the plan." not reassuring in the slightest.

We often do. Maybe someone should have set up a hidden camera and charged fans to watch it. I always said we missed a trick not selling miniature Keychain replicas of the original Ted Bates statue in the club shop. Would have made a mint.

Yes I know. My point was more what discussions they'd had in private. Would have been fascinating to have been a fly on the wall in the Spygate aftermath to see what was actually said.

I get that but tbf we don't know if Romeu had had a positive impact in the dressing room during our run last year. I totally understand it's a risk but a fully fit Jander, Downes, Bragg and an admittedly older JWP still seems like a top half set of midfield options to me.

I think Solak is going to have to recruit very well for the second quote to be true. In order to show we mean business after losing THB and Charles Spors is going to have to get some Jander and Scienza level signings for other areas of the squad. Backup gk CB (x2 if possible for me) CM Another attacker That's only five players (obviously more if Jander of Scienza leave too). For me I'd be seriously exploring the possibility of getting jwp back on loan to replace some of that dressing room influence that we will lose without thb.

We managed to get them all out last year. I expect some will be on loan near the end of the window if we can't get transfers.

Depends if someone like Quarshie or wood goes too.

Charles wasn't a defensive midfielder we need a box to box player who can contribute with some goals. And to be fair to the club last season on this date we were still to bring in: RB (Roerslev) AM (Azaz) RM (Fellows) CM (Jander) LM (Scienza) So it can be done.

The big one for me is us and Bournemouth. Astonishing how much better they were than us the last time we played them.

We will get a flurry of signings (probably some we have never heard of) in the last few days of the window and everyone will feel a bit happier again. Literally nothing we can do about it if the players want to go and a top club comes calling. The club are fully aware that it is shit of bust this season. They care about their asset and they know that this is the last season where we will be among the favourites to be near the top of the table. Had THB, Jander and Charles left in the immediate aftermath of spygate would anyone have been surprised? The only reason there's disappointment is because the club have made all the right noises and they've been in place all summer with not much linking to them moving. I do wonder why everything has been so quiet from the players after spygate. Could they have been told that we wouldn't stand in their way if we got decent offers for them? I know we are largely powerless as a championship club anyway but who knows. Let's see where we are at the end of the window.

The only chance I thought we'd have of keeping him would have been if a mid table or lower team came in for him and didn't want to offer us 25 million. We just have to spend the money well now. Maybe there's a chance to get a couple of cbs in and make the defence better overall even if individually the players aren't as good?

That will be the Jander replacement then

Will be interesting to see how the likes of Jordan James, Lankshear and Anel get on this year. All players we have been linked with and haven't signed for whatever reason. None of them extortionate in terms of price.

Forgot about him! Good point

I think it will be very hard now to avoid a slow start. Even decent replacements for thb and who knows even Jander or Scienza at this point is going to make it terribly difficult to hit the ground running. Peretz Bree Stephens wood Manning Fellows Downes Bragg Dobbin Azaz Larin Is substantially weaker. Yes we will bring replacements in but they will take time to acclimatise. Midfield and cb in particular is really poor.

TBF that could be true however our squad ends up. Working towards something isn't a promise of anything.

I'm over it. Was obvious he was going to go when all this interest was coming in and nothing we can do when a top prem team bids. I wonder if we will have a last minute flurry like last year when Azaz, Fellows, Scienza, Jander etc came in. We will likely need it with our best players being sold. Once it happens I'll be downgrading our chances from an outside bet at the automatic places to lower playoffs. Maybe a squad refresh is for the best after the trauma of last year.

We will replace Charles too.

Except that isn't true under this leadership. There's a lot to criticise them for but they tend to get maximum value from their sales. He will go but we will get our 30 million imo.

Yep. 25 with addons to 30 and he's off.

Of course but it's silly to say we will be left with Wood and Stephens

We will very obviously replace him.