hypochondriac

I'm not the one using words like fascist. FFS get a grip.

"fascists" spend a little less time on social media and go for a walk.

Genuinely if I were a player I'd be considering saints over some of the lower prem teams and certainly over the likes of Luton and Sheffield United. Big chance they will at least be in the same league as us next year and possibly we coukd swap places

When you say asked about Edwards, did we ask and then consider it too much or are we actively interested?

That may be true. Doesn't really change anything I said though.

Even then, Stephens and Bazunu would not get in anyone's best championship team. KWP likely to go IMO so definite defensive reinforcements required.

Yep. Downes, a top lower league cb, someone like Grimes and a striker and maybe a winger is not going to break the bank and will cost at most 50 million. Hopefully we can keep the rest in reserve for future seasons or recoup some of the losses from relegation.

It's a big if, but if we can lineup after September with a mixture of Charles, Tella, Downes, Smallbone, Armstrong that's got to be a contender for the strongest midfield in the division. Shame you can't say the same for the defence.

Worth having a read about Downes here. I've had a quick scan and they were raving about him at the start of last season but the consensus was that Moyes didn't like him and was playing out of position when he did get a chance. Sounds very encouraging https://www.kumb.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=183613&start=560

I don't see the problem of a loan with an option to buy. He clearly wants to play in the prem and could probably get a club there at the moment.

The link above says that this paintsil is good at passing and working in tight spaces so that bodes well.

Didn't someone say that players under Martin don't do a lot of dribbling? Tbf I haven't seen an awful lot apart from Ameyew and Edozie which hasn't led to much.

Djenepo needs to leave. Expect we will end up paying to get him off on loan. AA maybe but he's not really a winger.

Losing Tella would be gutting, particularly because we wouldn't get much for him. If we keep him then Sulemana can leave it's no big deal and we will have potentially this guy involved in the Onuachu deal, Edozie, Ameyew, Stuart Armstrong and Tella (actually thinking about it we probably need to get rid of one still.)

If Liverpool is the only choice then of course flog him to them. If Chelsea are also involved then it's great if he chooses them over the victims.

What a dumbass coming here in the first place if that's the case. It was plainly obvious we were very likely to be going down by January.

Sounds like an excuse to me. How many players do we send off somewhere else if they have a muscle injury? Combine that with the loan comments and the comment from Martin about coming back with a "renewed energy." I reckon he's said he doesn't want it.

Presumably we would loan him out and hope we win promotion and he has a great season so we can flog him for loads more next year. I would guess that would have been the plan had we stayed up so we can still do that but use an existing premier league club to showcase him for us.

I don't care about any of that. My point was that Tanswell clearly had some contacts within the club and made a point of talking about Sulemana going on loan to the Premier league which was a really odd thing to say at the beginning of the summer. Since then Sulemana hasn't been seen since and has been linked with a loan move to Everton so it's clearly not just guesswork and a load of bollocks, there's some truth to it even if it doesn't pan out that way eventually. Entirely possible that he's told the club he doesn't want to play in a lower league.

Yes most likely. The Athletic wrote an article at the beginning of the summer talking baiut him possibly going on loan and then returning if we got promoted. I'm assuming he said something about not playing in a lower league.

Last year she was doing the 100 as well. Is that still happening?

He's probably not good enough and he certainly doesn't suit our style of play, but he's hardly had a chance here. We brought him in to play the way the mad Welshman wanted to then he left and we reverted to a way totally unsuited to him.

TBF he's barely played.

Like I said earlier, go and search their forum for his name. He played rb for them and they raved about him and wanted to sign him.

Quite a few of their fans on social media saying he's much better than Onuachu. He might be turd but they think he's decent.