hypochondriac

Well he wants to come here and we want him. I still see it happening.

Fraser is going to sign just a matter of time. No idea about Brooks.

What I mean is our success relies on specific players doing a particular job for our system and that supposedly better players may not actually be successful doing the job they are asked to do. Hence someone like Alcaraz who is clearly not a bad player may not fit into our system and a tall player not too great with his feet like Onuachu isn't going to fit whereas a player with this attributes may be successful in a different system.

It's just great we got promoted. Imagine how much worse it would be if we'd spunked all that cash and not gone up. We got away with one there.

I see your point but I do think our success is more to do with getting the right players in for our system.

Sounds like an accurate statement thus far...

Sugawara says that Amo Ameyew makes him feel fucking old. Cult hero already!

Spoke to a Blackburn fan who didn't think he was that great. Said he scored a lot because absolutely everything went through him and their entire team was designed to get him chances but didn't think he'd cut it in the prem.

I'm sorry I simply don't agree that we can't survive this year without dropping 40 million on a striker.

Well then I disagree. There's no reason at all to believe that we can't spend substantially less than that on a striker or two and manage to survive this year. I still think it's likely we will go down but we don't need to spend that much on one player to prevent it.

Be serious. We aren't spending 40 million on a striker.

True. I'd probably put him down as a maybe in Martins system though.

I think he's a nice lad just don't think he's prem quality.

Available players who I am confident will be able to do a job in the prem or who has previously done a job: Sugawara THB Bednarek Taylor Downes Players who may do a job but not sure: Edwards Armstrong Lallana Stewart Aribo So quite a few unknowns and midfield and attack is the main thing that needs improving. There might be a couple who surprise us though.

True. Maybe he was headhunted by his previous boss.

Do bore off soggy.

Thanks captain obvious. I was discussing a possibility.

There is a bit of a feeling about that what with the closing of the satellite academy (we may have had no choice in the matter but didn't seem to contest it) along with talk of restructuring.

Yes but the volume of losses in a short space of time may suggest something else beyond people simply leaving for bigger clubs.

Yes but the volume of losses in a short space of time may suggest something else beyond people simply leaving for bigger clubs.

Is there something rotten to behind the scenes? We've lost so many staff and a fair amount of youth players too.

He would just be swapping one bench at Arsenal for another.

Why woukd Ramsdale go to Newcastle with pope recovered from injury?

Logically it would make no sense to not offer him a contract so we can assume he hasn't wanted to sign. Martin has said we will try to keep him.

No I'd probably look to get a reasonable player on a free or lower cost. I'm not sure I'd see it as a backup though, simply a different way of playing. I'm not sure we could risk our survival depending on Downes playing every week.