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He did literally just miss a one on one

He's been great coming on and helping us see out games, in my opinion.

Adam Armstrong is comically bad at dribbling

Been great so far Bazunu, nice to see it.

Brilliant goal! Now let's do that thing where we keep the ball again for 5 minutes.

Worst performance I've seen from us in the league, lack of quality in forward areas looks apparent to me as well. Hopefully it does to the people who matter.

That is horror goalkeeping, but hopefully that gives Edozie confidence to have a shot. Lovely ball from Manning too.

Edozie!!

http://cdn.buffstreamz.fun/webplayer.php?t=ifr&c=2200347&lang=en&eid=148280524&lid=2200347&ci=57&si=1&ask=1693062000 Decent one here if you're struggling to get on those two like I was.

Looks really strong this.

Alcaraz, Edozie and Amo-Ameyaw behind the striker sounds like a lot of fun to me. Bella-Kotchap, Fraser and Downes all on the bench.

Che not in the squad. Could've had Piroe fitting in for this inevitability but here we are. A nice £5m deal for a striker from Scotland will have to do.

We’re in a different league mate

£30m would be a very decent price for Sulemana but fucking hell put your foot down on somebody. Alcaraz is going to change his mind on sticking around seeing every bit of quality around him being let out the door.

Fully respect the confidence and belief. I'll back him in the stadium until he proves me otherwise but I'd be lying if I said it doesn't feel like a really underwhelming move on the face of things.

Because that was in 2018. He has 3 goals in 4 years.

100%. I get that we want to trust in Wilcox but if we head into tomorrow without either of them, and the only resemblance of a replacement is Ryan Fraser who hasn't kicked a ball since October 2022 and hasn't got a goal or assist since March 2022, then I'd struggle to remain too content.

Definitely a bit of a tenuous confirmation but if we really have replaced £20m+ Tella with Ryan Fraser on loan then it’ll be time to ask a few questions. Alfie House asked about Tella today but it’s embargoed for 10:30pm, so we’ll either find out then or around 2pm tomorrow I guess.

Little bit more nice news.

Yep - not really got any concerns about CB. RB is a bit of a worry if we suddenly end up with Holgate and Bree as our two options after a late move for KWP. Like you say, we could be Sulemana - Che - Tella in a weeks time or we could be Edozie - Armstrong - Fraser.

Midfield suddenly looks a lot better with the news Smallbone will be back for Sunderland, a nice area of certainty at least!

My opinion from listening to that presser is that Che is going. Sounded that way from RM's expression.

Every sale has been met with club-fed paragraphs about how it’ll enable us to reinvest back into the squad to get us back promoted, seeming a little off right now. ABK, KWP, Sulemana, Tella and Adams are all still here so there isn’t a reason to lose it just yet. But as they start slowly going over the next week and the replacements make it clear to have been Mason Holgate and Ryan Fraser on loan… deary me.

Excellent. Fraser too? That’ll be a Sulemana or Tella replacement I guess. Fucking dreadful moves.

Fingers crossed he’s either 3rd choice or seriously benefits from the drop in a league because Holgate is a truly shit signing. Just good that it’s only a loan and we’re lumbered with him for one year.