MarkSFC

Ta. I feel great now.

Oh well.

Thanks, appreciate the compliment. No one is proven until they play in it and then many prove that they can't (some of whom have been or are at our club). How does anyone know whether they can't cut it either. There are a vast amount players who when given opportunity in their late teens and very early 20s prove their ability. I'm very hopeful that the ones we have signed this summer are some very decent prospects (and I will agree that they are only prospects right now). Its always a matter of preference but as someone who develops athletes and coaches for a living I'm probably more optimistic and trusting of the system than some. This game more than many others is all about timing, as in giving players the opportunity to develop, improve and perform in higher and higher levels of competition. I think these will be successful and having a younger group whose individual and collective mindsets are far less (if at all) affected negatively by previous poor performances will breed a different culture in the club. As long as they are successful (depending how success is defined of course)🤣 Sit back and enjoy!!!

Poor you.

Happy to be proven wrong but I doubt Smallbone will ever become a first choice player here for more than even a handful of games. Someone else might become this player you desire but does it really matter nowadays given how freely players move around and how easily young players are allowed to choose where they go.

I'm presuming we've announced it in principle to help their situation as it would sound like they are have very little time to prove liquidity to function. Well played Saints.

Agree. Most fans (I believe) think the Beattie was a decent player for us. He was very much a streaky player though. I'd welcome Beattie right now.

Wear Ham supposedly very close to signing Scammacca for 40m+...are they really going to sign 2 strikers for upwards of 70m??

Already got them🙄 Armstrong x 2 Adams Bella-Kotchap Bazanu

Cornet Colwell CHO Delap Dolberg

Think it's 2 but only 1 from any one club

It's far too early to be forensically critical of the performance and system but what these two games have clearly shown is that we have 2 groups of players. Those good enough, and those not good enough. Aribo looked better today and having seen a little of him at Rangers I think he's a good addition. Lavia certainly has plenty about him and looks very confident; he will be a regular. Bella-Kotchap hasn't really shown anything but nor has he had a real chance to. As we've known for ages, we are short of some real attacking quality, so until we get 2 or hopefully 3 of those we can't really tell how things will be. And these signings need to happen soon!!

He was on the pitch, what more do you need..

If we continue not to buy a player in the 20m+ range once in a while we will just go backwards and backwards. You can't have a complete team (which is where we are heading right now) which are developing.... I do think we will sign a striker for 20m+ this summer though.

Know something?

Panic stations...must be selling him😂😂😂😂

It's pretty clear we don't have the budget (without selling JWP and KWP etc which I'm hopeful we don't this summer at least) to but 5 or 6 players at 20-30m but perhaps, and only time will tell, perhaps we can and will sign a striker for 25-30m. I would hope, expect us to shift a few Redmond, Djeneppo, Walcott, Bednarek or Stephens or Lyanco, and Diallo and so you'd expect those sales to generate 30-40m maybe and so you'd hope that would go on the 2 forwards we need!!

I think we will get two strikers including Delap. He's only just got back from a Championship so probably on holiday. Like you suggest I think our main target is someone else and it sounds logical that we are waiting for the chain to fall into place IF we are buying a decent one.

I doubt we will spend 30m+ on Broja or anyone else and as much as I like him, I'm not overly excited by that prospect anyway for some reason. I am hopeful that we have used our budget wisely and saved a good chunk of it for a couple of strikers, Delap on loan 🤞and then one who is fairly established (maybe like Kalajdsic or however you spell it) for upwards of 20m and more on another No10 type. I do think Armstrong will be better than last year (couldn't be worse!!) and looks a far more instinctive finisher than Adams, but just lost his confidence after his initial few games. Having Aribo and another player of his type feeding the strikers should help improve the chances. Still need 3 forward players and a CB (get rid of one) so lots still to do, as well as shifting others out to help with the finances but so far so good.

I think Winks would be a good signing. He's a solid player and to begin with would probably partner Romeu before he starts to play less and Lavia starts to play more. This would allow JWP to be pushed further forward as I've suspected might happen for a while. Losing Diallo does not concern me one bit.

I hadn't seen anything about him going there

Thought Dom Ballard might of gone...reckon we must be after 2 strikers then surely?!

Suggests we are after other(s) or Chelsea demanding too much more than we want to pay for him.

I like him but for 20m if that happened, probably not the worst deal. Then we'd need 3 new strikers!!!

Got to wonder whether the long term plan for livramento is further forward.