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Great start to the half. Get one in the next 10-15 minutes and we can go on and win here.

Brilliant block, fuck sake...

Bednarek turning back to start of Burn who was going after BBD in the tunnel. Love that. Going to be a feisty second half and that's an atmosphere I don't expect us to succeed in, but time to change some opinions I guess.

Such a shame. We've been really good here in possession and the thing everybody saw coming has cost us yet again. We need more chances created in the second half, as expected it's been all from the wing-backs. I'd get Dibling on ASAP.

And there's McCarthy...

KWP is truly excellent. I have absolutely zero clue how nobody has picked him up for £20m or whatever it is we're asking for.

Brilliant start from us. That's horror from Brereton Diaz but if it gets us points, fair enough I guess...

Smallbone should probably do better with the contact so it doesn't need the touch, but it's unlucky!

Any chance of creativity will need to come from the wing-backs with that midfield.

You've been desperate to hate him the entire time, and your post history is full of claims he won't get us up, his football doesn't work etc etc. How about admitting you were wrong rather than asking stupid questions on the day of our first game back in the Prem? Something which you, and a lot of people on here deemed would be a tough task, yet now proceed to give him no credit for?

@supertadic21 did though, anything else? We're two good signings away from me thinking we have a chance this year for the first time, I just pray we're able to do it. Ramsdale was always going to be a late one as they waited for a permanent buyer, but the Ajax link worries me as it'd surely be a preferable move for Arsenal. Truly who knows what's going on with MOR but I have a bit of hope there due to Brighton/Atalanta now seemingly looking elsewhere, and us bringing in good funds.

Feels a bit too good to be true that! Mara £10m, Alcaraz £20m and ABK £12m are all good figures for three players who weren’t going to be heavily in RM’s plans. Let’s hope Tall Paul can round that number up to an even £50m, and most importantly that we can reinvest and give ourselves some chance.

Fans in discussing their ideal best 11 shocker, cheers for that absolutely useless reply.

Wonder what system we'll be playing then? The 532 would probably see Aribo miss out in midfield for Ugochukwu, and would suggest Archer is rotation/back-up to Arma/BBD. Return to a 433 fits them both in but means he'd have to drop his best mate Stephens?

Already dreaming of the numbers that the Arma - Archer - BBD front three put up next year in the Championship.

Archer on a perm, wonder if it'll be less than Sheffield United paid last year at £18m.

I don't think they're loaning him here, or we're loaning him here without an option to be a backup. Assume he'll play alongside Downes.

To be fair he's completely nailed it? There wasn't a single mention of this.

There we go! Lesley Ugochukwu from Chelsea.

Harry Reed probably be my guess then. Decent back-up but not sure I'll be delighted if it's one of our loan spots used up, when we still need the three starters.

Second post... first was right... THEVMAN returned with his mate?

Szmodics agrees a deal at Ipswich. Intrigued to see the fee, but can't really argue with their strategy of best of the Championship signings.

Think this is very harsh personally. He was really impressive at the end of the PL season in a new country at 19, and now simply doesn't fit in the new managers system. That does not make him a bad player. I think we should cash in if the £20m rumour is true, purely due to the fact that he isn't part of RM's plans and we could sign somebody who is (i.e. O'Riley) with the money which would make us better. I wouldn't be surprised to see Alcaraz go on to be a very good player though, due to what he showed in that short spell in a woeful football team.

Our good friend Sacha Tavolieri has said that an agreement with a Prem club is imminent. His underlying numbers are absolutely ridiculous, never heard of him mind. RM just saying in the presser we've done nowhere near as much as we'd have liked, to nobodies surprise.

Broja linked to Ipswich now.