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We enquired for Downs but Koln want a fair bit more than we initially pitched at. He's out of contract next summer so if he's not willing to sign a new one (at the moment he's refusing the extension on the table) then they will sell rather than let him go on a free next year, but it will take more than 5 million euros.

Another season in the Championship for Charles, as a key figure in the middle of the park alongside Downes, would be the best for his development. Hopefully then he can win promotion for us and we can be confident he'll be as ready as he's ever going to be to make the step up to the Premier League. Being based in the north and not far from Manchester may well be a pull though, as well as the assumption that Leeds would probably be able to pay more in wages. Anything less than £30m wouldn't be worth our while, especially on his current trajectory.

Apart from two of them being Irish.

Not seen it mentioned on here yet - but we were linked yesterday with Rudoni at Coventry. Excellent player and another who's very good in the air. Looked a constant threat towards the end of the season at arriving late in the box to get on the end of crosses and bagged a few goals as a result. Probably would only happen if Fernandes does leave to fill the attacking midfielder void but you can see the profile of player we're looking at has flipped from being much less technical and good in possession to a focus on tall, athletic types. Long may that continue as we've been missing that in abundance for a long time.

Have renewed. I mean, it can hardly be any less enjoyable than the season just gone so the only way is up in my view. No VAR to contend with; we might actually win some games and we've actually got someone accountable (and seemingly fairly competent) in charge of the football side of things who is not messing around in terms of getting key appointments in place early.

If we're talking about CBs, Tanganga would be perfect. He's a monster in the air so would be a big threat at set-pieces which Still's teams are so strong on, great in the tackle and very athletic. Shouldn't cost too much either as his release clause is only a few million.

Robinson starting, Dibling on the bench. Stewart also in from the off.

Ramsdale, Aribo, Fernandes, Wellington before he came off and maybe Sulemana the only ones that really come out of that with any credit. The rest were shite. All too little, too late in the second half and thank fuck we've only got 13 more games until we can try (good luck to the new sporting director with that) to bin off some of these wasters. Incredible that we continue to sell out every week home and away. We deserve better.

They both scream of a complete lack of strategy. Our 'development' signings (Edwards, Wellington, the lads on loan in Turkey, O'Brien-Whitmarsh etc.) look promising but we're getting 1 or 2/10 right on the senior side of things, not helped by lurching from one style of football to another with each manager change we make. If you look at our signings, they are pretty much all players that cannot get in the first team of their existing clubs, even the 'marquee' ones from this past summer like Fernandes and Ramsdale fall in that bracket. So we're regularly gambling that they might be good enough for the level rather than knowing they are. Of course the latter comes with a £ premium but the likes of Bournemouth; Brentford and Brighton put us to shame with how many 'hits' they have compared to our misses. The new DoF/Sporting Director will hopefully go some way to improving things.

Was 12,000 there for Swansea game. I'd guess after the win last weekend, because it's a better opponent this time, it being Saturday 3pm rather than Sunday 4.30pm and the fact it's not on TV will push it closer to 16k this time around. No idea why the club think the stadium being half empty benefits the atmosphere, their finances or the players. Should be £10 for adults, £5 for kids and you'd be looking at closer to 25k attendance.

Only a £2m release clause in his contract apparently. May be he gets snapped up by a PL team for that price, then.

We should be all over Tanganga in the summer. Been colossal for Millwall this season.

Anthony Taylor refereeing too, which should cheer everyone up who's feeling down about the game.

We struggled to beat Stoke's reserves mate so don't give up hope yet!

Let's be honest, Onuachu isn't very good.