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Exactly. We get this same bullshit every window. It's for the club to find the best players possible. We aren't signing Rudoni are we. We possibly aren't signing fellows. We aren't signing a better striker than Downs. Quarshie looks like one for the future rather than an improvement on Bednarek. We've lost our keeper and are content to use Bazunu with his ability to recover form after messing up at best a question mark. Or Bazunu getting injured and then being forced to use McCarthy long term.

I was expecting us to go all out to try to win the league.

I'd put money on him being a success in the prem any day of the week so yes he's a bit above what we should be attracting. Doesn't mean we can't try for him though and I think we need a star signing like that personally. I agree with the person earlier that says the club's PR can be quite brain dead. They should be aware of the mood music at present surrounding this window and it's only going to inflame things to sign a backup third keeper when the club knows the doubts surrounding Bazunu amongst the wider fan base, the fact we lost on Saturday and particularly on the same day that we lose one of our most promising players with no replacement currently in the building.

Personally I'd have much preferred dumping McCarthy after promotion and getting him in then alongside Ramsdale.

That is what I would call an impressive signing and in truth a little above our station. I think the club really need something like that to get the fans excited and distract from losing our stars.

Azaz is indeed what I would call a good signing but he's about what I'd expect us to sign so nothing extraordinarily impressive about it.

If Aribo and Smallbone go we are surely replacing them with someone. Presumably someone cheap to give Downes or Charles a rest.

Maybe we will get a winger in from a foreign league permanently. Still don't think that's enough personally to avoid condemning us to another season in this league.

Azaz will sign in the next few days. We will get a winger or two on loan from the prem and maybe a Smallbone replacement and that will be it. I'd be pretty disappointed with that, especially when Fernandes goes by the end of the week.

I love that line. Signing players is just as hard as it is for every other championship club. In actual fact it's a darn sight easier for us given how many resources we have compared to the majority of the rest of the league

Sports republic doing a great job. We are making so much cash

I can't believe we are going to start another season with Bazunu and McCarthy as our goalkeeping options - a situation that would have been unacceptable at the start of this window until Bazunu showed a few games of good form. Seriously disappointing.

Stu Armstrong and Tella??? Adams?

Right so which of our strikers should be starting and how should we play so they can score loads of goals?

What's the best option then?

Is it still your contention that we don't need to sign another striker and are sorted in that position?

I don't necessarily agree with still but he's said he's been doing that because he doesn't believe he has the players to play his preferred formation. He won't have that problem if we get those players in so no reason to play five at the back.

Johansson Mads THB Stephens Manning Downes Charles Fellows Azaz Robinson Sargent Would win the league. Probably too much to spend all at once so maybe replace fellows with a prem loan but we could do that if we really wanted to.

A thousand times this. Sell Fernandes if we have to for financial reasons. Even if Johannson cost 4 million that feels achievable. Add in perhaps another 10 for Edozie and Aribo so we can get a Fernandes replacement and that's the transfer activity of a team going for the top.

Give me one reason why we aren't looking to ship out one of our strikers and slapping down big money for Sargent? Fellows, Sargent, Azaz, Johannson and a winger on loan would actually all improve us immediately and probably win us the league. We won't though because we lack ambition. We aren't going all out for the league.

Forgot about him so fair enough. Not great though that that's the only two!

Have you heard anything?

Fernandes probably the only player since THB and Downes.

I agree that's how it should be. I'm not sure who we are relying on for goals though if that is the case.

What hysterics? If we don't sign a striker then our one striker signing this summer was the wrong one. It doesn't matter at what point of the window he signed.