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Early days but I can't believe this lad is 18, he looks so composed. Good players are few and far between in this squad and somehow we've got two at right back.

Stu in for Djenepo and I’d have been happy with that. Ralph doesn’t tend to drop Bednarek so hopefully that reinforces the idea that the CB we’re looking to sign will be first choice.

I'm not overly confident but neither are they by the looks of it. Definitely a good time to play them, but I would take a point.

I honestly wouldn't be surprised to hear that. I've played to a decent level and had a search of my name on Twitter after a good game, not sure why it'd be much different further up the rankings. Please sign a DM, and give Tella a new deal ASAP.

I do legitimately wonder if people on the board take a look at this place every now and then. I think it'd be way too tempting. If the last page doesn't suggest we need another signing then I'm not sure what will.

It’s time for me to go. 😆 It wasn’t some sort of privilege to have had you these past three years, Jannik.

I'd be very happy with Kabak (and a DM).

He's really struggling with this part. 😆

He looked like a really good defender in the small sample size but he is useless on the ball, don't really see how this one makes any sense.

Dier would be our highest earner and I very much doubt he'd be available on loan given their lack of CB's currently.

I'll be seriously disappointed if we just bring in one more 3rd/4th choice CB to end this window. Think we've done some good work but will be wasting an opportunity there.

I agree with this 100%. The issue we had last year is we had nobody outside of Bertrand/KWP who was competent. Ralph said yesterday that Tino has played plenty on the left so you'd assume he'd be first choice to come in both sides. If we have two injured at the same time then that's seriously bad luck.

Kamara is definitely somebody you could get excited about. I don't personally think Phillips is.

Setting for Salisu, Bednarek, Stephens and a likely cheap back-up option is a relegation mindset.

Forster but they're both a bit shit and will have moments where you want the other in.

https://www.s24su.com/forum/threads/whats-happened-with-ampadu.87132/ Their forum weren't overwhelmingly positive about him. A previously promising young player at current low stock is a market I like us working within, but I'd be disappointed after his last two years. I'd prefer us to be looking at Adarabioyo from the relegated clubs personally.

No, the fact that he was means he was. What?

Hope not, he was fucking useless at Sheff.

Didn't realise Nat Phillips was 24, it'd be pretty embarrassing signing him for £15m off the back of 15 alright games for Liverpool.

Ideally we get 18-20m for him, bring in a CB and DM, maybe another domestic loan and we're all happy.

Absolute madness if we don’t bring in another CDM. As mentioned above, we need another Romeu type player as JWP/Diallo/Smallbone/Armstrong all fall into the ball carrier mould rather than Romeu’s. I don’t personally rate Romeu too highly and think he can be improved upon quite easily. I hope we don’t mess this up because we look good depth wise everywhere else other than here.

Won't be too much more time of guessing as I'd assume/hope we'll find out if we can expect any more arrivals during the fans forum. Expecting something along the lines of 'we're always active in case a new possibility comes up' leading to no new arrivals. Hopefully someone asks directly about Delaney so I can stop getting my hopes up on that one.

I'm a little surprised that anyone rates Obafemi based on what we've seen. Even in pre-season his touch has looked horrendous and I just don't think he's ready for this level. I'd be amazed if we managed to get around £5m for him.

Hopefully we can sell them Obafemi for 4-5m now as well to bring the price down even more. Bring in Delaney (still helplessly optimistic on this one), a couple of domestic loans and a replacement for Vestergaard should he leave.

Unfortunately 90% of the population of Strikers are better than Long & Obafemi, this doesn’t mean we should be looking to buy them. Nixon seems to think JWP to Villa is still in motion.