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17 plate AMG. I asked if it was the polish fella and the response was 'would he buy his Mercedes in South Wales' so I'm assuming car dealer plates.

I don't appreciate anyone, not least a fool like you, suggesting I'm making stuff up. You do not have to believe what I have been told, but don't be calling me a liar on a public forum.

Hilarious. As said, I can't see us landing him but the source is reliable. Nice if it's true but troll away if that makes you smile.

He was seen driving in. Can't see us landing him but passing on what I've been told.

Sigurdsson is apparently at Staplewood. Don't shoot the messenger.

3 at the back for me in the Chelsea style, so: Forster Stephens VVD Yoshida Cedric Romeo Davis Bertrand Boufal Gabbi Redmond Subs: the others.

This lad looks decent. Pace, a few tricks and can finish. Would give us a good option across the front line.

What size is the frame?

Forgive me for being underwhelmed by the prospect of a successful championship manager. We're a top 8 premier league club. I don't want a lower league manager/coach, a novice like Giggs, someone who's only managed a mid table team in Germany or France or wherever, or someone who's managed 300 clubs and been sacked countless times. Puel wasn't any if those things so I can see why he got the job - we need someone like him but who recognises the need to play a decent brand of footy. No idea who though!!

I think I'm in the minority of being scared to death by the prospect of us having a 48 year old journeyman who had one half decent season in the championship. Gary Rowett did OK in the championship and I'd be as underwhelmed by him as I would be this guy.

Blanc is where my money is. Available, big name, decent.

There's not many we've released that have gone on to prove the club wrong. I never understood Tim Sparv being let good and 49 caps for Finland suggests he's a decent player still. Hardly a Pogba or Michael Keane type error though.

Flying Dutchman is always decent. Big screens.

Thought the same. The average academy player will have bigger legs than him - looks like a fella who hasn't done any proper training for a while.

Yep, he's a proper wind up merchant who makes no decent contribution and I suspect has made many genuine fan steer clear of the site. More to follow?

Nope but very, very close. We pay, and pay well.

So what makes you think he's making it up? Our wage structure isn't as low as you'd think. Osvaldo early very very well, Ramirez also.

The sort of mindless drivel you'd be proud of.

The lad is half decent. Superb display tonight.

There valuations are nuts. A few examples of our players with comparisons. Harry Reed €4.3 million (more than Lucas Leiva at €3.2m), Sam McQueen €6.6m (Kieran Gibbs is €7.0m, Gael Clichy €2.4m), Ward Prowse €17.8m (Jack Wilshere €9.5m), Jack Stephens €2.9m (twice Gardos at €1.2m, and Yoshida is only €4.8m) Matt Targett €7.8m. Jay Rodriguez is valued at €4.1m, but Danny Ings (similar injury to Jay but still out) at €6.5m. As for Virgil, €60m - that one I agree with.

Nicely put and about how I saw it. I'd put sims in the good category too, despite going missing here and there. If you had a very good category I'd pop McQueen in that, great performance.

He'd do well imo. At Southend he played midfield, out wide and up top. He's a clever disciplined player who'd do well pretty much anywhere I reckon.

Bialkowski's your sub keeper then, a decent championship keeper who looked good enough at times to be a top keeper but just fell a little short.

Spot on. As someone above has said, several clubs have signed the odd gem who's destined for bigger and better things but we've done it more than any other club I can think of. Sure, not every new recruit will be better than the player sold but imo Romeu is an upgrade on Wanyama, VVD an improvement on Toby, Boufal could given time be at least as good as Mane. Our fan base have become spoiled and anyone who thinks we can keep hold of players in the face of big offers from big clubs, and more to the point sign them players without promising to polish them up and give them their big move when the time comes, is deluded.

That's my guess and I reckon he's burned his bridges in all areas. VVD conducts himself as a skipper and there were leaders all over the park tonight.