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"Fans" - you win some, you lose some.

To be fair, maybe he had no decent kids available to him at Luton? He's had some younger players on the bench here, but given the mess we're in, I think it's understandable that he'd prefer experience on the pitch.

Interesting perspective, buy I'm not sure that "sign on the line JJ, we're going down so you'll get more chances next season" is going to tempt the kid. Of course he wants to be part of a premier league club.

As disappointing as this is, how are we supposed to persuade a kid to commit his next few years to us when we're staring at relegation, when other clubs are circulating and doubtless offering the kid loads of cash? Answers on a postcard for what is expected of the club.

Yes. Your Saturday afternoons back, and a bit more sanity.

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I suspect they can find better, but it's not just about identifying players. The selling club needs to sell at a price we can pay/are willing to pay. Then we've got to persuade a player to join a relegation battle, with potentially lower league football thereafter.

Ray

Editing loses the context...basically he said that if we can't get better then he has good lads and he'd rather just work with what we have. Nothing wrong with that.

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Yes I did. And I'm ashamed of that!

Gakpo would have played for Ralph, probably in a 2 up top. What he is/was irrelevant to what Jones needs. He plays 1 up top so someone capable of playing that role is what's needed now.

You express your opinion as if it were fact. We don't know what money is now available, but we do know that we've spent money getting rid of Ralph, bringing in Jones and his guys, and spent money after we failed to get Gapko. I hope you're correct, but I'm not as convinced as you are.

I think you're misreading me. I'm not overrating Tella. I'm saying he deserves a chance after his performances at Burnley. I'll rate/judge him after that - I have little doubt that he's improved, but whether by enough, we don't yet know.

Lube on the line probably.

Ditto. My point was more that people are judging Armstrong who made it in the championship, but hasn't made the jump to the PL, but are judging Tella on struggling to jump straight from kids football to the PL. The lads had half a season of education and confidence boosting in the championship and he deserves a chance to try to transfer that the the PL.

Whether it's tight or not, I'd have preferred to see the £7m spent on Larios added to the striker budget. That's a difference between a half decent player and a decent one. A goal scoring striker could keep us up. Larios won't.

Armstrong gained confidence and experience in the championship but couldn't transfer it to the premier league. Tella should have the same opportunity imo.

Hopefully! He's going to have be a superb footballer to compensate for the lack of size. Let's see how he goes. Even so, I don't think that a left back project was a priority if money is tight for where there's greeter need.

He didn't say that there was no economic case though. There is. There will inevitably be calls for closer ties, and he seemed to spark that.