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Really? I think he's a totally different type of player to Winks. Winks isn't particularly quick, athletic and doesn't cover the ground that well. Quite clumbsy on the ball. AMN is very athletic, big in suture, quick, can get around the midfield and can provide extra depth at full back as well, runs with the ball well. I think it's a great addition personally and a real upgrade on our midfield options (and squad options as a while)

And anther note on this....another 3 namer. Shall we have a search around for attackers who have 3 names? Maybe this is actually our philosophy. A team of KWP, JWP, AMN, ABK, DCC

He came in quite highly rated, but was never massively rated by the Wolves fans. They saw him as a bit of a clogger, bit of a sideways, backwards, safe player. Nothing particularly special.

It's awful isn't it? I never use twitter really, but just having an extra browse today it paints a very bad light on society really. It's quite simply a cesspit.

He's got form for this, as his fingers were all over Man Utd's proposed move for Timber. Never known an international manager get involved in players domestic situations before.

I always thought it would be daft for clubs to pick Bednarek over Caleta-Car if he was available, so I won't be surprised.

Totally agree with that, I thought Diallo's best game for us was in that formation against Brentford at home. He played more advanced and was pressing all over the place. Can't deny that he's technically gifted, but he gets a bit over run if he's in CM in a flat 2.

A mate for Salisu. Can't say I've ever heard of this guy though. He's 28, so at least 10 years too old for us.

I was more emotional after reading Adam Lallana's goodbye message in the daily echo, but that was a different type of emotion.

Yeah, I agree. We cover more ground and recover quicker, sadly this is probably a reason why Romeu has gone - he couldn't really do that too effectively and we were caught out in the middle. Diallo is a strange one, but one thing you can say about him is that he's quick around the ground and he can hustle. AMN is another athletic type who can cover the ground, more of a forward thinking CM I think but he will add more energy to our midfield and physicality. AMN is such a shrewd move.

Juan is a full back, 17 years old I think. Very highly rated, but haven't seen anything of him myself. Edozie is a tricky wide player, quick and tall. He was close to moving to Leverkusen in July for £10m but held back.

The rumours y/day was that it was a free transfer, with the sweetener in the deal being us getting Juan and Edozie from City on reduced transfer terms. (Girona are owned by the City group)

Ori would have takers though. Theo and Redmond aren't going to have many takers because they're pretty rubbish and on a hell of a lot of money given their actual ability. I'd argue that we can't let Redmond go if we fail to bring in another attacker though, which isn't a great position to be in I agree!

I don't think it's fair to say we've left it late, I trust the club have been all over targets all summer but deals like this (especially for the ones you really want) often go down to the wire, that's just the nature of it. The impression that we've sat around on our hands until 30th Aug is wrong, there is a hell of a lot more that has gone on which hasn't been reported either. We do certainly need an attacker for sure and like you I'd be disappointed without one, but you can't proclaim the club have left it until the last min.

You can't compare us to City! They could play without a striker because they had Sterling, Mahrez, De Bryune, Foden, Silva who were all good for double figures from midfield.

This is kind of where I am. If we go in with what we have then so be it, let's see what we can do and we might see a few games from Edozie who is potentially better than Tella. We've done so well in upgrading CM, CB and GK this window without question, the attack is the final piece of the jigsaw in my opinion. (and was arguably more important than CM)

He has left, confirmed https://www.southamptonfc.com/news/2022-09-01/oriol-romeu-announcement-southampton-girona-transfer

Loved Romeu. He'll be a miss both on and off the pitch!

The worry I have is that we are seeing the statements ''Adams and Armstrong have started well'' and ''We still have Redmond'' coming out of the woodwork. We needed better than all of those at the start of the window and I think most thought the same (including the club), I we've clearly 'tried' but it would leave us a bit short if we go running with just the above - although Mara and Aribo are additions in that area. I think we'd feel it over the season should we not get what I'd call a game changing player. Just my feeling on it given how much of a difference those players make to teams.

More of a number 10 type I'd say, not a forward/attacker in my eyes. The club think they need one anyway given that we've tried for Delap, Ramos and Gapko!

Yeah, we have - but if we look at purely in numbers.....we lost Long, Broja and Tella from the attacking third who all played a decent amount last season. Mara is the only addition, and hopefully Samuel Edozie will be the other - but we still need our Broja type. Ralph has come out so many times saying that we need a game changing attacker, we played our best football when we had that sort of player etc. So it's been a great window for sure, but if we don't strengthen up that attack then it's a bit of a nightmare given that was everyone's priority at the start and it would leave us clearly short.

So to work out what's what today, so much going on... GK - Lis rumoured to be going out on loan Full Back - rumours around Valery, but I can't see him going. Young lad Juan Larios coming in from City. CB - Bednarek, Stephens and Simeu all on the way out. Stephens Bournemouth, Bednarek West Ham by all accounts and Simeu is off to Scotland. That leave us needing at least 1 quality CB. CM - Romeu off - AMN coming in, which is a clever bit of business AM - Walcott rumoured to be off, clubs still interested in the background in Redmond. Of incomings, just Samuel Edozie at the moment. We certainly need to see something happen in this area!

That PSV journo has got himself the spotlight this week, seems to love his own voice! I fail to believe he knew every single coming and going of this deal, as often with transfers like this it plays out in the media in a delayed way - so we probably knew of this outcome many days ago. This has certainly been a good window and everything points to today bringing more additions, but if we fail to bring in a game changing attacker then you have to say that area of the pitch is weaker than last year and that makes me very nervous.

This is exactly why I didn't get myself excited over this one, it was full off too much crap in the media. Playing out every second about what he has for breakfast and what flight he's taking isn't really what you want to see. Priority for me is still a game changing attacker, so interested to see who we have as an alternative as we certainly still need one.