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The player probably best suited to getting into the box from midfield is the one we're looking to offload.

From the article Please, please, prioritise one who can use his hands and keep the fucking ball out of the net.

Where have we said that before ? ( just off the top of my head: David Connolly, Delgado, Stewart for recent times, and Charlie George if you go back to the 70’s).

I didn’t see Ramsdale coming here, although more due to £ than style of play.

In fairness I think Bree could play RB or LB if needed. But agree re Edwards ( and Wood for that matter).

Makes it a pretty bizarre transfer in my book.

Might be too late for us to benefit and bring anyone in this window. A few funds for January perhaps. Can’t see anyone paying for Sulemana though, a loan at best.

Not necessarily. If he’s been subject to speculation and involved in discussions then they’d say he hasn’t been focussed and his head is elsewhere. What he chooses to do remains to be seen. I’m inclined to agree witn you though, which is a shame as he offers something when called upon, not least a bit of energy and willingness to have a shot from outside the box. The others just want to pass it sideways.

Hope he doesn’t play at Cardiff. Don’t want him injured before Brentford

Fair point.

Another MF player isn’t he ? Perhaps we’re going ‘George Burley’ and stockpiling them. But he would bring some experience from the little I’ve read about him.

So that could be us and Ipswich looking for a new CF. Wonder who’ll be more likely to identify their target and complete a deal first …

Why, due to a medical ? Probably pass ours though. Not that I’m pushing for us to sign him.

As long as it doesn’t sound like one.

The £ on Archer and Fernandes would probably have been enough for a deal on O’Riley if he was a main target. Again, we put too much emphasis on buying potential, rather than the here and now. As you say, we can only hope Fernandes delivers quickly, a tall order for a young player in a new country. But even if he creates chances we’re still lacking someone (with a record) to finish them.

With us looking to eek out a limited budget it makes the £15m on Archer the more surprising. Miovski went for £4.5m , at that level probably worth the risk. £15m on a player with Archer’s record is a greater risk. Shame about Clarke, as that looked affordable.

This has to be the aim, to build up to that level of transfer. I think they’ve signed four players for in excess of £30m this summer. Credit how they’ve got there remembering they were at the Withdean when we played them in L1. As HarvSFC refers to we can hope we increase our transfer levels over a season or so. But one things for sure we won’t if we continue to buy sacks of shit that we then struggle to offload (and break even on).

They also signed Lyanco before getting rid. Not sure their judgement can be relied on.

Just hope they(and a few others) find it a damn sight harder than we do.

Wonder if Feyenoord will consider mandatory- subject to number of appearances/injuries etc . Doubt it somehow.

Wonder if Clarke was an option if we’d been able to move on Sulemana. Shame that hasn’t been possible. Of their signings, I’d have liked us to sign Greaves, but with THB signing that wasn’t going to happen. Be interesting to compare their progress and see which if either make the step up to the full England squad. Going on some earlier reports it seems Delap was ahead of Archer in our target list for a striker.

The idea of success for them has changed though. Last couple of seasons success has been finishing top two, possibly third. Now they just have to finish above three others

Wonder if he’ll want to come back at the end of the season if he plays regularly there. Just hope it isn’t a Tella situation of clubs also changing places.

Should read .... Bijlow, for me is the better fit. Ball playing keeper and often injured . Thinks he ticks two of our critical boxes.

If that was at West Ham then I thought their GK pushed it onto the bar.