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I see Sky Sports understanding is Howe wants a keeper to compete with Pope, NOT replace him.

Can we see what he has in store for Stephens before we come to that conclusion? 😂

To be honest I dont understand it, I would put Pope and Ramsdale on a par. One of them is gonna be very unhappy sat on the bench for everything bar FA Cup and League Cup games.

as first choice or back up to Pope ?

I dont understand why they are desperate for a new keeper. Is Pope injured or does Howe just not rate him ?

I'm almost certain we will bring in a third choice and have Bazunu and McCarthy battle it out for the number 1 shirt. Depressing.

A plank of wood would do a better job.

He did, and we've got the defender and the striker as you say but rumour is the midfielder has "gone cold" so whether that means Fernandes is staying along with Dibling only time will tell.

It certainly was.

Morgan Gibbs White signs new deal with Forest so hopefully that’s one potential Fernandes suitor off the scene.

To be fair he’s not coming out in public and criticising him openly. Its what he’s noticed and does when it comes to selecting his first competitive match eleven that counts. Somehow I fear the shoe horning (Edward’s to RB) will continue

He’s vocal on the pitch, seems we have to ignore the fact he’s shite cos he’s got a big gob on him !

This fkin dickhead of a captain cannot start the first league match ffs. A complete walking disaster.

He can only be playing becuase Downes and more importantly Dibling are back at home surely?

Really hoping Downs makes the same kind of immediate impact Quarshie has at the back.......otherwise its not looking great, there's so little cohesion up front, it should be showing better signs of coming together by now.

I agree with you except I dont think I would put Armstrong on a par with the other two. As shown last time out if played in the correct position - not through the middle - he will score goals in the Championship.

Its all about finding the combo of this lot that clicks the best then !

I realise that most of the decent business will be done in the last couple of weeks after the big boys have made their moves (or not) for Ramsdale, THB, Dibling and Fernandes etc but I really did expect us to get a few more of the squad type players moved in and out by now. I'm surprised Aribo and Bednarek are still here, I'm dissapointed that Fraser and BBD are still here.

Rangers started the game well in terms of keeping the ball and looking composed. But they didn't really create or fashion anything in those first eight minutes. In the last five minutes Panathinaikos have had a good few looks at Rangers' goal and look far more of a threat.

You’re letting the word quality do a lot of heavy lifting. He didn’t set Sheffield Utd alight last season during his loan spell

I'm gonna say Fraser will go but we'll see.

It's gonna be an interesting squad more so for the absentees. Having said that are Fernandes, Edwards and Downs ready to join up wth that squad yet ?

To make them run 9km then play a match the next day is showing he wants Strachan type levels of fitness. I like that, so far impressed by him.

I'm seeing Smallbone as a good player in the Scottish Premier League, change of shirt colour, familiar manager etc

I bloody knew it would be him. Keep it up Jack, it’s earned you a three year contract after all 😡