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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.

I know we have been relegated but surely some of these players would weigh it up and think there's at least a chance we could be going up next year and so it may be worth their while staying for at least a year. At this point I would say that Sheffield United are nailed on to go back down.

Doesn't he play in a completely different position

Good point. Would be a shame.

We've been linked with a few wingers. I would expect that means Sulemana is definitely on his way. Not a huge loss considering he's barely played.

Again, do we know for sure that Holgate is being signed as a cb? By all accounts he was very good for West brom operating as an attacking rb.

Am I right in thinking that West brom played him as a rb last time he was in this league? Could he be the kwp replacement? Looking on their forum, he played really well for them and they would have loved to have signed him, permenently.

I think Ipswich are looking impressive. I can see a team like them going the distance.