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its probably one of those Villa sources say 11m, Saints sources say 17m and the truth is somewhere in between

If he goes to a team that suits his style - stand in the penalty area and wait until the ball gets to him - then he will score a fair few goals, especially if its in The Championship

it may not be but it’s an option that we have been lacking for the past two/three years therefore it’s a plus.

Someone with height who can win headers and get knock downs from a long ball forward or clearance is always a good thing. I give you Beattie, Lambert and Pelle in recent times cos I know you like examples

Isnt it entirely possible that the sponsors logo has just been ironed onto the model kit in the shop to show what it will look like and that in terms of how the logo appears that is not the finished result ?

Well thats another player Ralph can sign assuming the money goes back into strengthening the squad as they have stated it does !

If we got £10 million for him that would be a fantastic con.....I mean bit of business!

bloody hell, it’s gonna be toxic up there with that news coming out.

That sentence doesnt mean coaching staff. Its talking about the management and operations of the company/business.

This is presumably where the Mail got hold of it.

It should be and if strict guidelines are set for officials to follow it could well be. The problems will arise if it’s left open to interpretation then all the inconsistencies we get now will remain. These first few weeks will be fascinating and I’m sure, as usual, we will be one of the first teams to be **** on.

Why is Vokins being mentioned as back up by so many ? Has Ralph even included him in a match day squad yet ? Nobody knows if he’s the next Luke Shaw or the next Lee Todd

Well at least they dropped Soames but yes I struggle to understand why the opening position wasn’t addressed. Perhaps they assumed Vince wouldn’t be in the England World Cup squad but even that left one that needed replacing. Shame really as a couple of half decent openers could have seen them challenge for the Championship. As it is their inconsistency will eventually cost them and we will probably finish about 5th.

If he does get to bring in new backroom staff aside from Watson I wonder what it means for Kelvin Davis?

Bloody hell this thread is giving me the shudders. Lee Todd, Scott Marshall, Almeida. We are only missing Ollie Lancashire Lee Todd is the one I remember most. Can’t remember who we were playing but his first match at The Dell saw his opponent just chip the ball over his head every time he got it and just ran past him. He was without doubt abysmal.

Its good to see he is involved in everything - another myth buster for the doom merchants on here !

reckon you’ll be disappointed, nearly always home first match. I’m hoping for the same as you though.

Well given the TV companies dont release or decide their fixtures until at least two weeks after the fixtures come out one can assume this list is ******** !

Absolutely, we can’t **** up on this position in yet another transfer window.

in a nutshell yep

Well at least we know roughly how much the new sponsorship deal is worth I suppose....

Between him and Redmond it’s gonna give Ings hamstrings a test or two

Bloody hell Stones !! Perhaps Stephens isn’t as bad as I thought...........yeah actually he is.....

I doubt the club are pauing £20 million for Ings to just probvide competition for a new striker. I reckon Ings will turn out to be THE new striker

yeah terribly sorry for pointing out that the very next post under where he said he couldnt divulge the name came the question "Pontas Jansson by any chance"