Smirking_Saint

We’ll see this today I think, RMs comments to me sounded like Che won’t be available, no inside knowledge from me unfortunately but I ‘don’t’ think he’ll be around today… shame really, if he is available then Id start Che at 9 and play Arma off the left instead of Edozie as I think his runs are harder to track from there, especially if Che is being a nuisance The midfield is potentially an issue… neither Armstrong of Alcaraz track so Shea will be busy today, Stu won’t have 90 in him either, so expect an Aribo appearance around 70.. probably even worse at tracking Overall Im confident, Plymouth aren’t as good in the transition as Norwich but they do have pace up top and so we’ll need to be careful of balls over the top A Saints 2-1 win for me, Alcaraz and Arma

Who exactly have we sold at the first sign of interest exactly?

Yeah agree, I think we needed a CB in before now, we know ABK is off and Lyanco isn’t up to it

Two things - I don’t believe he has any information of any significance - It will delend on our response really, not sure there has ever been a club that hasn’t lost its best players when they got relegated, depends on replacements and so far I think they’ve been sound

I mean it depends where you set the line ? But yes ok if it suits we’ve lost 5

I do

Pilchards doesn’t really know anything, of that Im confident

Bournemouth lost 7 first team players, including Ramsdale, Wilson, Fraser and Ake… or basically anybody any good… nobody wanted Solanke because he was shite, if West Ham buy him for 40m more for them.. he’s still crap Pukki you could argue if you wanted to but again they lost 6 first team players that year, better players than Pukki Mitrovic ? Fulham lost 9 players during that relegation, 7 of them first 11 players, Mitrovic had scored 3 goals Frankly… anybody who didn’t think we’d lose our best players are at best deluded

I think we’ll lose Sulemana and ABK… possibly Adams I can’t judge the impact of those outgoings until we see the replacements, but as it stands they’re still here

I must have missed the bit where we’ve lost Sulemana, ABK, Adams, Tella and KWP.. the twitter admin is doing a terrific job keeping those departures under wraps

I genuinely cannot believe somebody put Solanke on that list… solanke… I expect he’s as surprised as anybody that he managed to score 29 fucking goals in the Champ

Ivd just gone back through anyway… its a fucking fallacy that relegated clubs don’t lose their best players 22/23 Burnley lost 7 starters including their best forward player and an entire back line Watford lost 9 Norwich lost 6 but then they were fucking awful Edit - We’ve lost 3 starters btw.. 4 if you include Salisu.. I imagine that will end up at around 6 maybe 7… so entirely in keeping with most relegated outfits that have squads of capable players

Because he probably isn’t worth 15m+

How is it ? We lost 2 players to Top 6 teams and 1 we allowed leave due to his service, Id rather we kept JWP but apparently the agreement pre dates relegation Outside of that who are we against selling ? Diallo ? Orsic ? DCC ? Even Salisu people wanted gone Its hardly unprecedented Leicester lost 5 starters Leeds lost 7 are about to lose another Where is this bullshit ‘unprecedented’ crap coming from ? Im concerned about a lack of depth at CB but thats it really, so long as Downes comes in.. the Smallbone injury shows we might need 1 more and RM has stated he thinks the same Genuinely the absolute state of panic on here today is a bit pathetic, us and Leicester have comfortably the best 11s in the league and we currently have better depth, as well as the club literally stating in the fans forum and presser we’re probably looking at more than 3 incomings The responses today are dramatic at best

We don’t, but if someone if offering 15m for a player out of contract next year, or 15-18m for Tella… we’ll probably sell.. its not rocket science is it ?

Got any more unbelievable nuggets of wisdom……

Does your mummy or daddy know you’re talking to adults on the internet?

Nah.. according to OkdNick injured players are automatically sold

Shame we’ve sold him

At the time I agreed with the stance and, tbh, I still do our negotiations have allowed us to get; 58 instead of 35 for Lavia 35 + Downes instead of 25/30 for JWP 40 instead of 30 for Tino Now.. the club knew Lavia was off and got Charles in early.. we agreed a fee for JWP that included a replacement (probably) The only real first 11 signing we havn’t replaced straight away was Salisu and Ive agreed, and stated, we are desperately short at CB and that needs to be sorted Im not really sure where else expediting our sales would have helped ? Not sure what our resolve was around Aarons.. not like we’ve tried to replace Tino tbh.. should KWP leave and we get no adequate replacement my opinion will change but you can’t sell someone nobody is in for

They will be defending deep, and so not allowing any space in behind ❤️❤️

I think he is really anyway, I actually think his skillset is strong for this division but just not in out system. He actually played better off the left as a support striker Saturday as his run’s weren’t tracked as effectively by Norwich BUT we do need somebody able to occupy the CBs imo

FWIW though Id understand it if we do lose him, it’s unfortunate but at or around 15m it makes sense to lose a player with one year left on his contract But Id question the sanity of selling much under that figure as I think, him being around the place is more important to us

Exactly, and it’s exactly what I said about Haaland. If you’re a team in control then opposing sides will play a low block and most teams will be able to defend what’s infront of them, or trying to find space That becomes more difficult with a physical No9 that backs in, occupies and plays one twos…. Che, at this level, gives us that

I think Im there.. Im not going to be too upset if we lose Che and gain Piroe.. but Id say its a move that might actually take us backwards, its imo, actually more of a gamble then just keeping Che