S-Clarke

Football these days is rotten to the core ... I'm glad I'm one of the few who look in the mirror without disgust ...

No, you could take a fair few Norwich players out of that side and integrate them into good sides. But they're just very poorly managed, they were all last season. Why they kept on a reserve manager is beyond me.

Redmond was pretty inept today to say the least, but so was the entirety of Norwich's attack and tactics. A very poorly managed team.

Liverpool would probably comfortably navigate past Leverkusen, to be honest.

Yeah, looks like a done deal. Seems to be suggesting it's as part of the overall deal taking Vidal to Utd.

His dad comes across as a right idiot. Not sure what his beef is. He's not exactly professional.

No idea what your point is there. Totally lost me.

Fantastic write up. Really appreciate the effort you put into these, very interesting.

Really happy with this one. I think he's class.

Nah, won't be sucked into anything. May flirt around it, but ultimately end up 12-14th. We'll be a pretty standard mid-table also-ran.

Fair opinion though. Any team is going to miss a £25m players influence. However it's dressed up, we will not be as good next season as we were last season. It's pointless expecting otherwise as it'll set-up for ultimate frustration. We'll be ok league wise, but we won't be as good.

They'd be buying the wrong midfielder, to be honest. He's not an Arsenal player, their fans would simply not take to him.

I wouldn't say Lallana's, Lovrens or even Shaw's deals were completed fast. Not entirely sure where this myth has arisen from. Maybe Football Manager? He's signed, I'm not sure why everyone is still getting a tizz about it. Who cares if it's not announced yet? He'll be our player on Saturday, so it's all a bit pointless fretting isn't it?

To be fair, the walk up was pretty emphatic. Doubt they expected that turn out.

Why do we need 2 right backs?

Really hope we shift him out, no hope for him at this level. Awful football player.

No coverage on Solent.

There's no chance a club director would reveal that sort of information in a public car park. Just putting that out there.

I don't believe the fact that he's rejected us. He would have been sounded out some time ago, this work re: bids/negotiations isn't put in if the player has simply no intention. He'd have been sounded out prior to now. I guess it could be called tapping up, but welcome to the world of football.

Don't think he's said anything tbh. Kept well quiet and out of it!

Would be stunned if he signed it. He's going to asses his options over the next 6 months, I'd have thought.

It's your typical haggling stage. Happens all the time for your top targets. If we really, really want him...then we'll get him, as $2/$3m isn't going to make or break it our side. For me, the biggest comments over the last 24 hours are from Koeman who confirmed our interest.

Isn't szczesny the number 1 anyway?

Forster isn't backup, if that's what you're suggesting.

He's a good lad is Artur. He'll just get his head down. Football is all about competition at the end of the day, and it can bring the best out of individuals. We've now got ourselves 2 international GK's vying for the number 1 slot, an envious position to be in. Have always, always rated Forster. Even back in our L1 days when he was at Norwich, stood out a mile at that level.