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There have been absolutely no links around KWP which I think is odd, a real steady PL player - put him in a team with better players and he'd be comfortable at that level. I think he'd 100% improve Bournemouth given that their RB option is Adam Smith, ditto Sheffield United and Luton - but they're both skint so it seems that their promotion was a bit pointless. He'd even improve Palace or West Ham and become a starter imo - £20-25m would probably get him, not sure why you wouldn't go for someone like him at that price.

I was hoping for either Giles or Manning as our LWB signing this summer, as I thought either would be an upgrade on Perraud - so I'm happy we've got Manning in, on a free too - no brainer really. Definitely sought after, even PL clubs sniffed around him as he progressed a lot last year. I always felt we were unballanced with Perraud in the side, even though he was committed enough and you could never fault his effort, I always felt he was pretty limited and often caught out - so this may even be an upgrade on him.

He's a very good player at this level, could probably do it in the level above as well. A huge attacking threat down the left as a WB. Let's hope this isn't another John Halls situation! (i think that was his name)

I personally thought he looked quite threatening at the start of the season, but his appearances became sporadic, we started to struggle and he never gained any real consistency. The miss against Lincoln in the Cup set him way back confidence wise I felt, he went well into his shell after that. I'd hope to see a lot more from him in a winning side who play on the front foot, and aren't so worried about what happens off the ball.

Whoever you are, you're great fun. The sort of bonkers stuff that will help us all through a tedious summer!

Follows the line of the many other ridiculous comments from Charlie!

There's not a great deal of long-term thinking on the playing side if it happens, but this squad and dressing room as a whole is crying out for leadership and direction. Even if he doesn't play every week, his influence off of the pitch will be absolutely priceless. He was part of the best team I've ever supported and his amazing leadership was one of the reasons we did so well. I'm not looking at this as him being a 46 game a season guy, but his influence around the place in an environment full of kids is an obvious win for me.

Napoli would be a good club for him, although I saw him wandering around Ocean Village on Saturday looking fairly happy - Giving up the delights of Banana Warf for the sights of the Naples coastline is going to be a really tough call for him.

I'd still expect us to target young players, but I'd be pretty pissed if that is our single focus once again. We have be much more balanced in our approach in this window, I'm not against signing talented young players, but we need to make sure they're supplemented with 'quality' experience. (not just Theo/Moi experience). There was an admission that the club got the balance wrong in the summer so I'd be totally at a loss if we lose our heads on that one again.

This is exactly it, and the bit of realism needed. I think we had 30 odd players at the end of last season, way too much. We can't go adding more whilst we haven't shifted some of the existing, a bloated squad in the PL is bad enough but financially totally unsustainable in the Championship. Leicester have lost half of their team, two CB's, two CM's etc - so they need reinforcements. Sadly the size of our squad is going to mean we miss out on some of the early options in the window, but we created that bed in January in a desperate attempt to stay up.

I'm glad Fifa have shown some balls here, what Cardiff tried to do here was absolutely disgraceful. They've dragged this saga out for so long that they're now a piss poor Championship club, skint and now have this bill to pay. Karma bites and it bites hard.

The club totally underestimated the impact of letting him leave. He's had a positive influence at Griona and for him I really hope he ends up at Barca, it would be fantastic to see him go full circle. Genuinely one of the good guys in football.

Oh no probably not, but we weren't massively unfit - it was a combination of a confused style, and not being clever enough in conserving energy.

A more considered approach focused on keeping the ball will automatically be better for fitness levels. I don't think we were ever particularly unfit, it is such a demanding style and to only have that in your locker for 38 games in a season was always going to cause burn out.

As soon as Jones kept shooting ''Gooooood'' and then 'Romeo Done'', i think we all formed the exact same opinion pretty sharpish. Didn't need anything longer than a min to know he was an idiot.

What does mix it up equate to? Just lump it long and hope for a knockdown? By all accounts he credits the work that went on with our pressing style, and seems keen to keep that, along with more ball possession. There's a lot of negativity around here by the idea of keeping the ball which I find a bit odd. Surely keeping the ball is better than running around trying to win it? For sure, there is keep ball for keep ball sake, but he's pretty clear it will be possession football with a purpose - and that's pretty much what wins football matches if that's how it transpires, certainly a bigger chance to win football games playing that way than relying solely on off the ball, or hit and hope. I thought he came across well, he's genuinely a likable guy and I think people will warm to him quite quickly. He's all about the 'family' and the culture and building a connection again, which I must say has been solely missing for many years at this club.

What are you on about? No one is saying 'stop signing young players', you need a mix. We can't just focus on youth players. I hope this summer we don't!

I think City are a good example to use, given that the success of their U23's is much higher than that of many other clubs around the world. Even players who haven't progressed through at City have gone on to become leading first team players in other top leagues, and then end up being transferred for mega money (Pedro Porro being an example). I like the culture he built at City, and let's not put all transfer incomings on him - his role is strategic and overseeing all elements and building a culture, it's Mowbury who will be front and centre of player recruitment activities.

Coady is a frustrating one, he is everything this squad has been lacking. Not just defensive ability, but leadership - we're still a bunch of kids, nothing has changed in that respect, so getting someone like Coady would make a huge difference to us. Similar to the impact Dawson had at West Ham when he went there if you remember. I'm nervous that the only links to incomings are once again, youth team players who haven't played first team football yet. It was the wrong approach last year and that hasn't changed this year.

Fabrizo Romano, John Percy telegraph and SSN (but they're just copying those guys I guess)

By all accounts we're about to sell him for £12m.

This is it for me, you keep some players you want to keep. Every club does. Sheffield United kept the likes of Berge, Watford kept Sarr and Pedro. It's not beyond the realms of realism for relegated sides to keep some of their 'PL' level players for at least 1 year, I'll be devastated if we don't. Tino going rings alarm bells for me. That's one sale we simply didn't need to happen and we should have just said ''No, we won't entertain anything - simple. Get your head down and focus on playing after 18 months of not''.

I don't think anyone is arguing that, but this one in particular leaves a really, really sour taste for me and rings some pretty big alarm bells in my head.

You cannot look at it like that at all, even with the turnover we will have to endure, you have to be a special sort of shit not to string together a side capable of scrapping to be above Rotherham, Plymouth, Stoke, Watford, Norwich etc given the resources we will have. We can't be targeting avoiding relegation in this league.

It's feeling more and more likley that our starting 11 for the Championship is going to assemble something like Bree, Stephens, Simeu, Larios, Diallo, Smallbone, Moussa, Adam Armstrong. Should be a laugh. I thought Tino was one of the untouchables this year, a staggering move from all involved if that happens. For us because of the fee, someone with a £40m release clause you do not sell for £10-15m. Ludicrous. For him because he's just recovering from a long term injury and has an oppertunity to repay the faith and the money we've spent on him helping him rehabilitate, he'll be a squad player and won't even play in front of Trippier. For Newcastle because he hasn't kicked a ball in 18 months, any sane club wait a bit to see how he is.