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Which would suggest that they're knee-jerk reactionary idiots, with no sense of perspective.

Lovren was as permanent as Toby.

Not sure why everyone is so worried about next season. We have a good player with us for a year, and if he does as well as people 'fear', then it will probably equate to us having a pretty damn fine season.

Peaked a while ago. Nothing but bog average.

Good clinical game from Wellbeck, Lambert doing the job from the bench that he's going to be doing a lot this year! Very clever hold up and pass to be fair. Still think our final third efforts improved once Wiltshire was off. Slows the play too much.

I'm not sure who you really buidl the midfield around to be honest! All very average. Could just wait for a few years and build the team around Liverpool's midfield pairing of Reed and JWP.

Could have been good, but won't ever be now. I doubt we'll ever know how much the injuries have limited his game, but he's a shadow of the player who was on the scene at 18. Bit of a boring player who never seems to do anything.

Happens all over the world. In fact Medicals are often included before fee's are done.

Mexico have some class players, a fair few better than what England have to offer that's for sure. For example tonight, I'd have Rodriguez, Linchenstiner and Inler in that England team without a thought. I think we're just bog standard average, just playing at a level that reflects the players current limitations and lack of real flair. It doesn't help though when the managers clear dour and slow demeanour rubs off on the team, which it has done. We could do more with this group, maybe not amazing things, still more definitely. But if we're honest it's still a scary lack of quality to choose from for an England football team.

Heat of the moment quite clearly, but probably felt that he'd had a good relationship with club and fans for the last 6 years, and their 'block' (or whatever you want to call it) had the potential to sour it. In the end, he's knuckled down, sorted his head out (and found it) and has started the season very well. He'll go within the next 10 months, easily, but at least he's shown a degree of professionalism in the end.

I'm sure there was an agreement in place between all parties, but after the club saw the reaction from the Chambers sale, and probably the reaction from Koeman they pulled it. I'm pretty certain that from his reaction ''6 years destroyed etc'' that something had been agreed, and we'd pulled the plug. That's how I see it.

Lol @ Delph playing for England. The players on show out there wouldn't even be in the 'pool' of players 5/6 years ago. Ignoring how ineffective they were for England, there isn't anyone with the class and pedigree of Gerrard and Lampard anywhere near - which is sad. Beckham, Scholes, Owen, Neville, Cole, Rio, Campbell, Terry......at their time, leading players in world football. We don't have a single player who is leading in anything. Just decent, bog standard average players. Desperate stakes, and utterly depressing viewing.

That's fantastic. Got to admire the ambition there! However, I think once he does a quick google of Basingstoke and looks at some pictures, he may have a few doubts ( ! )

This was based on a report I read, but apparently Hull's offer was a £3m loan fee and they are also covering 100% of his wages. Would be a pretty impressive deal if that is it.

Because it should have happened. Note the in my opinion bit at the end too.

Pretty sure we're set for 4 at the back this year. Although personal wise, we're better equipped to execute it than Utd currently are.

Newcastle are a funny one. Can look excellent one day, and get absolutely bulldozed by a team the next. Pardew is probably on dodgy ground there, to be honest - can't see him lasting the season, let's just hope they don't sack him during the international break.

The PR stuff at the start was a bit of a contradictory mess, but the club learnt from it. Notably by rather quickly pulling Ralf away from it I think the whole setup was very naive at the start, nothing more sinister than that tbh. Right intentions, poorly executed.

Or Saint George whathisname, suggesting he is the reason we didn't sell Morgan and Jay. If he hadn't have spoken up, god knows what would have happened. Forever in our debt.

I'm pretty sure the only change will be Toby for Yoshida. The bench could look like this: Boruc, Mane, Gardos, Wanyama, Yoshida, Gallagher (if fit) That's a pretty handy bench, when you consider that Jay will be added to that sooner rather than later too. A bench of regular internationals, bar Gallagher (well, U21's)

To be fair, Alpine hasn't had as much of a meltdown as others this summer. Not sure he's worth the tirade right now. Now, if we're going to start attacking people, where is Saint Richmond?

What an awful article that is. How can Man Utd be classed as winners, yet Real Madrid classed as losers? What are they on about here? Man Utd signed a couple of 'sexy' players in positions they didn't need, and they still have the ****ty midfield and defence from last year. Winners indeed.

Weren't we linked with Jonas earlier in the window?

Would seem a bit of an unnecessary re-shuffle, if we assume that Fonte and Toby will be the ones forming a very strong partnership. Could be a good opportunity for Targett - you never know until you're given a chance, and as a club we've never bulked at the chance of blooding a youngster before!

Check out the other clubs transfers thread, I posted the tweets and subsequent fan reaction. It's quite a giggle.