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I agree. It seemed so strange to change our style of striker after Lambert / Pelle had worked so well for us. It's so noticeable how much better we look with Austin in the side, and he isn't really a target-man type.

They really stitched themselves up by selling all the goal scorers. Llorente & Gylfi are massive misses for them. At least they only just did that. Pelle & Mane left ages ago and we still haven't replaced them.

Thanks for the info, mate. Yeah, I guess we can easily "do a Tadanari Lee" with Gardos & pay up his contract if we need to fill an extra spot.

No better candidate to take on the Eric Black scapegoat coaching role.

Swansea City appoint Carlos Carvalhal days after Sheffield Wednesday sacking ~ @JBurtTelegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2017/12/28/carlos-carvalhal-appointed-swansea-city-days-sheffield-wednesday/

I don't disagree.

Sounds like Vietto can be scratched off the list. Joining Sporting Lisbon on loan with an option to buy.

Yeah, at this moment in time they are blowing teams away, so their defensive lapses aren't being highlighted - but it will change again. I can't help but feel they will need a defensive midfield specialist to partner Keita next year.

That appears to be what most chairmen are thinking. He's done a great job there. Burnley remind me a little bit of our team under WGS.

I think it's one of the few times that Liverpool could blow City out of the water for a player. VvD almost became some sort of magic token that Liverpool literally had to sign at all costs.

Dembele should certainly be on the shortlist. It would be interesting to see how many strikers show up around the £22m-25m bracket on the black-box.

They were good enough under Puel. (Unless we played a team with big strikers). The worry is how far they've regressed under MP.

& a razor.

@ed_aarons: Understand Everton have agreed £25m fee with Besiktas for Cenk Tosun. Striker expected to move when transfer window opens #efc

How are we looking on this front now? How many gaps do we have?

That's a good point actually.

True, but it's not the worst quote ever:

One thing is for sure - If it's Walcott, Wilson will know.

Deserves a testimonial compared to the others!

#ZiyechWatch

I missed this earlier: @JWTelegraph: Bit more detail on Van Dijk deal. It's £70m, rising to around £75m. Southampton wanted big chunk up front as they plan to be active in January too and want to get an attacker in quickly.

Does this arguably leave Bertrand as the only 'very good' player left in the squad?

Spend it ALL on a new contract for Forster.

http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11678/11186587/aleksandar-mitrovic-says-he-wants-a-transfer-away-from-newcastle ?

Keep posting, mate. You're still on #ITK_Watch