S-Clarke

FFS WE'RE GOING TO MISS OUT ON HIM TO BRIGHTON. Am i doing it right?

Must have Portuguese ancestors.

'no move is close' - well, you've got 3 days to sort it, so it has to be somewhat close!

Sounds like it based on that tweet. Stephens isn't in the squads at the mo, I can see him heading out too. We don't want to leave ourselves too short. If this happens though it does beg the question as to why Villa didn't go for Caleta-Carr in the first place.

2 or 3 in i reckon, with 2 or 3 on the way out.

The Gapko deal certainly feels a bit 'Quincy Promes', but let's see...

That would be so impressive, if we can lose Bednarek and replace him with this guy. wow

I don't think he's that rich in the terms of football owners, 500m at best. He owns Olympiacos well. This is why if they get relegated they will implode quite spectacularly, as their owner is known for being a bit of a nut job.

Serge Aurier next after that.

I don't think anyone has said that he never had a poor game? He had poor games for us, so did Mane, so did Pelle, but they were excellent overall and none of that should lead to the crap being thrown their way that I witnessed in the stands.

The same fans wanted Mane sent to non-league, as that was his level. The same fans who booed Pelle's touches against West Brom in the first home game he had. Clueless comes to mind. And this wasn't just social media either, this was directed in the stadium.

2 penalties awarded and a red card for a denial of a goal scoring opportunity I'd imagine.

I just cannot see how Gakpo is a realistic option. We've heard all summer how we won't be spending £40m on players (even from Dragon himself last year) and he'd cost £40m. So I just can't see it. Feels like standard end of window news being leaked for numerous reasons.

Villa fans have wanted him out since last season, it's getting pretty toxic there now.

I'd say he's got Sule, Rudiger, Kehrer and Tah all in front of him. As it stands we may only lose JWP and Salisu, but even that's not for sure. Not sure if Salisu is playing for Ghana yet, although he'd be nuts to miss a world cup chance. It's good for us as it gives the core of our team a chance to recharge, similar to what we did in lockdown.

This is the one window where we won't get away with that, if that is what happens. It would be frustrating because a lot of good work has been done, if they fail to add to the striking options then it will undo all of that work and will probably send us through the trap door. This week is that important imo.

Briefly. They were of the belief that it was ''too close'' to give (ffs), but they spent more time debating on the one given last week (The Villa game) and how that should have also not been given, where is the consistency etc. Poor Stevie G.

It does feel like that sadly. More focus on the new luxury padded seats in the Kingsland rather than helping the existing fans who have been around for years. (the fans who'd sat there for years were shoved out with very little consult, either pay up or get out)

I think you're missing the point here. At the fans forum the club were incredibly defensive when it was suggested that away fans in the home ends is a thing or are causing the trouble, there are some areas of the ground where it will cause a problem - and it seems as if we are being blamed for the trouble, threatened with all sorts of shit, when all along the stewards have failed in their one main job. home fans in the home ends, away fans in the away ends. But no, it's our fault.

Nominal fee, but I don't think we should expect much more. A nice long contract for him out there as well (if true) and another enormous chunk off of our wage bill.

ABK is obvious quality, but Lavia just makes the game look easy and helps our transition from the back to the front. Makes our game look much easier.

I'd hope that's our plan. I think we need better than both in the attacking third.

It sounds simple, but it really could be as straight forward as that! We have our star quality at the back, CM and full back (KWP), we just need that star quality in the 10's and as a striker. Then we can be in and around the Top half. This week will make or break our season though, it'll be frustrating not to compliment what is a really decent 60% of a side with the 40% extra quality we need at the top end. In games like today, you can defend well and shut the door (as we did pretty well), but just having that game changing attacker makes all the difference. This league is all about the moments and taking the opportunities when you get them, and we do get them, we just don't take them frequently enough.