MarkSFC

Depends who they are. Stephens, McCarthy, Forster, Long, Djeneppo, Walcott, do not need to be here for too much longer🤣

Zero goals🙄

Tino was always going to fall out of form, that's almost inevitable for players of his age. He will return no doubt and as you say needs to be better defensively overall. But he is an exciting talent but I do think that his long term position is further forward. Really like KWP, the type of character and abilty we need.

Done. Chose Wham as worst🤣

Maybe buzzing cos he's coming to Saints😂😂

Thats why I think it will be c.100m for Phillips, because Leeds don't want to sell, and because he doesn't actually want to leave (apparently, I live in and around Leeds fans and by all accounts he would like to stay his whole career). Only a massive offer will get him. Liverpool will be his likeliest destination as they will look beyond Firmino and Henderson and make another long term signing.

I think your opinion of Phillips is wrong. Let's see what happens in the summer!!

I really can't see us selling JWP even for 100m as he is seen as that important. Not just for the team now but for the story/culture of our club, in that you can make a successful career here from being here on the academy etc etc. The link to Liverpool is typically lazy, by a pundit fixated on the biggest clubs and pretending that he watches matches in detail. The most likely player I see Liverpool spending c.100m+ on is Kalvin Phillips.

I think we just don't know what the new ownership plan in terms of cash investment for players. Its clear that our situation has altered / improved but to what extent we are yet to find out. It's too soon to judge either way. I would imagine Brojas sale price will be 20-25m, although Chelsea might start higher, and I would expect us to meet that. If not, nothing will of changed significantly. Not that I am expecting 3 or 4 players in that price bracket every window but one, yes. The better we get at getting the Livramento type deals the more there should be for one or two like Broja, more expensive but still young with bags of potential.

Yeah O don't really get the negativity for him. Sure we can do better, and perhaps we should in tbe summer, but Him Salisu, Lyanco and New first choice is a decent group, with Simeu possibly coming through next season. I'd move Stephens on at the first opportunity.

Exactly. That's why I said right now. Perraud will likely get better and Targett won't. Will be interesting to see whether Small is any good.

Precisely that. We don't need any more FBs at the moment. More important positions to improve, GK and No.10 for starters. DCM and CM for sure and Striker/Broja.

Let's hope so

I think he's probably better than Perraud right now but doubt we will go there.

Most important positions to improve, ie get in better than we have are; GK No 10 as they say. Playmaker. DFM. Less important but necessary. CB. Striker if we can't tie Broja down. If any can happen this month, then great. If not we need to sort all of them in the summer.

I'd suggest that IF we do not sign a GK that is obviously better than any we currently have, in particular McCarthy, and he is Ralph's number 1 choice still at the start of the new season, then the takeover is almost pointless🤣 Investing in a top keeper is the most important position to sort.

Perhaps we see Livramento as a more forward player in which case another young RB would make sense.

Feels very underwhelming.

I agree that we need all of those positions. However one or two are more urgent ie. GK, and DCM. But I suspect we will see a "No 10" first.

I'd be stunned if we sign a CB this month. I would like to see a "better than what we have" CB, in the summer, and move on Stephens. Salisu, New, Bednarek, and Lyanco sounds like a decent quartet plus we have Simeu (potentially) coming through.

Surely a LB loan would make more sense as KWP simply moves back to his usual position?

KWP!

And I'm sure the commentator said "he's an excellent left back..". I nearly choked on my beer

Had the pleasure of his (and his sons) company one night about 10 years ago in The Grapes. Just said hello and he spent the next 3 or 4 hours reeling off all his said to stories. Fantastic bloke.

It would be a statement signing. A statement of mediocrity.