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Armstrong doesn't perform the same role as Adams. Ballard is a youth option off the bench. Personally I'd try and get rid of Mara because he isn't good enough.

Regardless of our finances and everything else, I'm really surprised we didn't bring in a cb before the season started. I am also surprised we haven't brought in a striker. If we had two really decent signings in those two positions, I think it would be a lot easier to be calmer right now when the rest of our quality is being linked away and when we are bringing in cast off loanees from the prem.

We have Adams and Mara as our two striker options. We need someone.

It's good if it gets rid of Onuachu. Not sure what available striker we will bring in though.

Hopefully that gives them the cash to buy Onuachu.

But also seems odd that we have signed a player in advance of someone leaving when it doesn't really seem like we've done that the rest of the summer.

Shame the link with Vyner seems to have disappeared. Their fans are desperate to keep him and said he was their most improved player.

Certainly looks like he's coming on loan today yes.

I think the Holgate signing is OK. I'm not a big fan of this one because it blocks some our young players and he supposedly has a terrible attitude and is a disruptive influence. It's not the type of signing I would have gone for but I do hope he can prove me wrong.

I was surprised to find on their forum that it was almost universal praise. I think he missed a penalty for them in the playoffs which was their only negative really.

To be fair, I checked their forum and they were very complementary at the time and wanting to sign him.

If we do end up shifting ABK, Tella, Sulemana, kwp and Adams in the next week and replacing them with solid but unspectacular signings like Fraser and Holgate it's going to be a bloody depressing season. I'm sure some posters will try to convince themselves things have worked out and call Wilcox a genius but for everyone else it will be bloody depressing. I'm still crossing my fingers that we might be able to keep a couple.

I think Downes is a good signing. I want some attacking flair and a bit of a talismanic signing to get excited about. Neither of these does that really let's be honest.

Let's be honest, this relegation lark is absolute dogshit isn't it. I almost wish we hadn't had all these players playing the first few games of the season. It's almost like seeing what we could have had under a competent manager. Everything is being sold and being replaced with Holgate and fecking Ryan fraser whilst some posters try to put a brave face on it.

According to @manjiwe are signing someone better instead of Piroe. I look forward to seeing who that might be.

Of course but signing players already proven in the championship gives you a greater chance of that signing being a success.

I hope so. It might be selfish but I was hoping for a signing to get me excited or at least get an attacking signing that seems like a bit of a coup and show the rest of the division we mean business after all of our sales.

Personally I'd rather play Ameyew, Tella and Edozie who are our own players and can learn during the season. All of them have looked pretty good so far. My worry is that we wi sell Tella and end up with Ryan Fraser taking his place.

I'd file both these loanee signings under solid but nothing special. I do wonder what our scouting network have done all summer of this is what gems we are unearthing. I did expect us to buy some of the best of the championship that wasn't yet in the prem rather than out of favour prem players on their way down.

That comment could come back to bite you on the arse.

Same thing for Leicester?

Sounds to me more like Swansea turned us down for Wood so we settled for plan B.

Odd that Leeds have had the same drop, have barely brought in any money yet can afford multiple millions on a striker.

Is Fraser the Tella replacement?

Padding the squad with some experience then. Underwhelming so far