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Would have hoped this might have been sorted over the summer. Not sure how Ralph talking and 'sorting' now will make a difference when - Danso aside - he can only shuffle the same players.

I expect Niemi in his prime might have made a better attempt at it. We'll have to agree to differ over that goal then. I didn't comment on the 2nd goal, and wouldn't apportion blame on the GK for that, he was left woefully exposed By Vestergaard and Bertrand who appeared daydreaming as the bloke went between them. Totally agree about the issues in front of him. That said the GK situation doesn't fill me with confidence.

So you wouldn't consider a 15 year old might conceal a flare or anything which might be used by an older member of his group of friends once in the ground ?

I've yet to see anything in Gunn to support the view that's he's as good a prospect as Les Reed believed he was ( "he must be good if he's on City's books" ). Admittedly I didn't see his debut at Chelsea where he was praised by some on here, but from the games I've seen he's looked pretty average overall. In the last two league games Huddersfield and today he's cost us. FF would have been crucified for these performances. In the words of McEnroe, you cannot be serious... McCarthy on form is the safer option and should be back asap.

That's how I saw it. At the match it appeared the first squirmed through him.

It's one game this season, but it follows such a familiar pattern from last season. P!ss poor defending, defensive errors, even poor goalkeeping, falling apart after conceding. These problems were glaring last season yet we start this season in the same fashion and the same characters in the team.

At long last, a CB built like a brick sh!thouse with a bit of pace.

Says done deal: https://twitter.com/SquawkaNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor Not sure how reliable a site though.

is he being walked out in front of the press at Potters Heron ? Can't think of another Kevin to have been signed from Germany. The name is indelibly printed in my mind as KK from that day in 1980. Or as 'my perfect cousin'.

Hope it's not a Toby type of loan then, with only a loose option to buy.

Very good. Got an original song for him at least.

last minute £50m bid for Redmond it is then.

wasn't the "black box" meant to identify these traits meaning we didn't end up with the kn0bheads ? Clearly overruled by Cortese to bring in Osvaldo, but I think many suggested Lemina was a bit of a loose cannon at the time (ie from his media presence , and the clip of him punching an opponent in the nuts).

Trouble is that there will be a fair bit of 'hiding' behind Reed's legacy for a year or so before we can make a judgement on the current regime. I'm with you that Wilson must share some of the responsibility for the poor identifying of targets and getting deals done, but in his defence he'd be working under Reed's guidance .

Perhaps he ought to give Berahino a call to discuss how to ruin a career: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/48416456

That has been the case 2014 - December 2017 perhaps but the default setting now is "can't even give them away because they earn too much ...".

Agree, I still think he'd offer more as a DM for us than we've currently got.

The only interest appears to have been as a back up option in case another deal doesn't come off.

Wonder what this does for Mario and his massive ego: great player that he is - in his own mind - yet the fact remains no one wants to buy him. In other walks of life this might be used as a motivation to redouble efforts to achieve your goal, in football though it's more likely to produce a massive sulk.

Shame he's gone if he was Ralph's preferred assistant but easy to see why he'd want to be in his home country and with Bayern. Just hope Ralph is content with his assistants, two ex golakeeping coaches,(and is it Fleming?), along with Sparkes.

Can see Barcelona letting him go out for a season, https://www.football-espana.net/78680/fc-barcelona-concern-over-jean-clair-todibo

Perhaps they've learnt from watching our mishandling of an obligation to buy deal. Couldn't expect Reed to come up with anything as sharp as that when he lumbered us with Ings.

Another great piece of recruitment down to Bunsen.

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