S-Clarke

8-0! Great game for Elyonoussi.

The attacking quality has dropped with Theo, Long and Obafemi on the pitch. No doubts about that.

0-7.

6-0, Broja again. We want nine.

Elynoussi again!

Elyonoussi! 4-0

KWP, 3-0

Terrific centre half. He would cost upwards of £30m. Maybe they are already spending the Traore fee?

It's not unknown for West Brom to loan their first team players to PL clubs, who then sign them the following year. Depends how desperate they are really, but I still don't think we could realistically handle 3 goalies on the wages they'd be on.

Tella! 2-0. We are all over them really. Could be any score, too much up front as expected by the sounds of it.

Broja! 1-0

Intereting Harry Kane developments, Levy obviously putting his foot down and City don't want to pay the fee. Can't help but think that Kane did a half arsed effort to force an exit though, he has always been one foot in one foot out really. You can't play half arsed with Levy, you've got to become a proper shit house to get out. Got to feel that Kane has wasted his career though, he could have won tons of silverware if he'd have been anywhere else. I think this was the summer he had to make the move.

Christ, blast from the past! Welcome back!

Bit of Solent I think! Will bring back some of the lower league memories!

Broja and Tella are going to be a right old handful for Newport. Still think we could do with a CM, we're one light. Hence why we can't rotate that area too much, we're basically a Romeu and JWP injury away from square pegs. Especially when you consider we let Jankewitz leave and Smallbone is still injured.

Open mind, not going to judge him until I've seen him myself. Whilst some of the reports are concerning, I'd like to base a judgement on what I see given that I'd never heard of him until a week ago. Certainly never seen him play. I'm getting Osvaldo craziness vibes though.

Hopefully he's taken a pay cut? that would be the only way this makes an inkling of sense. Ideally we'd have let them both expire in the summer and get two new goalies, but maybe that would have been too much work. I don't see how he deserves a new contract though, not at this point anyway. This makes as little sense as the Theo signing.

They were after that winger from France weren't they? Would have cost them £12m, but they wanted to pay it over 5 instalments or something. If they've got Lennon, I wonder if that ends that? At least we don't have to be worried about Burnley, they're in the same boat as us financially.

I'd be stunned if we spent that on him and ignored GK. Well, stunned as well as fuming tbh.

That has happened before at relegated clubs. Recent example was Craig Dawson, first choice player at Watford...loaned him to WHU for the year with an option to buy. Could be an angle on that with Sam Johnstone if we throw McCarthy in exchange. I still don't think we'll see goalkeeper movement.

Someone elses money. Without ownership investment we'd have got no where, he wasn't pumping in his own cash. Yes, he had ambition and a crazy drive for perfection, but it was underpinned by Markus and the trust fund he'd left behind after his death. Ambiton stems from the top. If you've got an owner who hasn't ever uttered a word or shown any interest in developing plans then you're stuck.

I'd be very, very surprised to see Valery still here - he won't get a sniff now, his time is up. I can't see us getting anyone else though. I imagine we'll pocket any left over cash to allow us to move early on a new GK next summer, without relying on a sale first.

It's not Semmens fault, this approach is driven by the lack of an Owner. He's doing the best he can in the circumstances. Cortese just spent someone elses money. Martin doesn't have someone elses money to spend.

Yeah, I hate that approach. It seems to be creeping into every narrative though and seeds are being planted into supports heads so they accept this approach. Surely our goal is to build the most competitive and exciting team for the future, that the clubs supporters can enjoy? Not hoover up all the talent in the hope of making a quick buck in 3 or 4 years. I'm not naive enough to expect them to stay with us forever, but to talk about selling them when they've just signed is such a noddy view.

Jude Bellingham? He's a first team Dortmund player, his price is probably already £70m. That ship sailed even before he broke into the Birmingham team. I don't know much about small other than the fact he's another highly rated young player, if he's as good as the reports suggest then we have the most exciting full back setup in a long time. Just think, last season we had KWP and Bertrand....talk about filling those gaps. We've done it a slightly different way, probably the only way we can, but I think this is a good use of any left over Ings/Vestergaard money.