HarvSFC

Yes, I know. But, there's still no guarantee Cedric will be here in September if we're looking to lower the wage bill and Walker-Peters' wages would likely be a lot lower than Cedric's.

I think the only advantage of Kyle Walker-Peters is that he can cover the left-back position as well, if Hassenhuttl's unsure of Vokins, but yeah, would much rather have someone new in the middle of midfield or defence.

Last question: "I know you don't want to talk about Charlie Austin leaving, but... Have you got any comments to make on that?" Ralph: "I don't want to talk about that." Good way to wrap up the press conference.

Can we hijack the Scott Carson deal?

If I'm remembering correctly Ings' name only came up in the final hours of the transfer window last year, so can we have more of the same please? I believe the same happened with Mane.

It's also worth noting Hassenhuttl's only been able to add two members to his staff since his joining... And one of them has now gone. I find that a bit strange. Assistant managers especially are important for the manager. From recent history Adkins had Crosby, Pochettino had Jesus Perez and the other two, who are still with him at Spurs. Koeman had Sammy Lee/his brother, he was also able to bring in Watson and Kluitenberg, Puel added Black/Plancque, heck even Pellegrino and Hughes were able to bring in a few goons with them.

Ah, well, at least it's a job he couldn't turn down I suppose.

MLS season finishes in November?

Martin Caceres is still available, maybe we should pick him up after the window closes.

"Fantastic" for a 33-year-old Gary Cahill who will most likely play backup to Sakho and Tomkins is a bit of a stretch.

With the addition of VAR also this season, penalties are likely to become more frequent, as we saw in the last World Cup and Champions League. Whether, they will be for us, or against us will be another thing... However, we definitely need a secure penalty taker for this season and it's potentially more important this season than ever before. Fortunately, Tadic is no longer an option, but with some clubs now bringing in throw-in coaches, maybe Lambert/Le Tiss can run some drills. Although, their penalties were just about hitting the target and beating the goalkeeper, which should be simple for most professional footballers, they could also advise on the mental state in the build-up, as with VAR there is likely to be a prolonged build-up.

Who have Brighton sold to make potentially three £20m signings this summer?

Mignolet to Brugge... McCarthy to Liverpool? Linked earlier in the window and was left out of the squad on Saturday?

Throwback to when we had Koeman on crutches.

Damn, I know he was hauled off at half-time, but I didn't think he looked National League bad against Derby.

I'm not Puel's biggest fans and believed he more than deserved to get the boot when he did with us. However, if Charlie Austin was interviewed tomorrow I reckon he'd give a very similar interview about Hasenhuttl.

Do Stephens and Hoedt get worse with each appearance? Suppose the myth that Hughes made them worse is now gone. Neither of them should be anywhere near a Premier League team.

Much better without Krueger, who would give us the rehearsed soundbytes, or even patronise us despite clearly knowing nothing about the game. Also, without Reed, who would often talk about Champions League football and pushing us onto the next level, despite clearly not having the set-up, or infrastructure to do so. This did seem very honest. Admitted they made mistakes, didn't have a solid plan, which we all probably knew, as we could see it, but many clubs in this day wouldn't admit that and we've obviously all seen the club in the worse state when the owners have tried to play blind (to the fans) regarding the club's issues. We're going to remain a club which develops players and then moves them on to the bigger clubs. This time though, it's imperative that we keep the man in the dug-outs. Losing Koeman pushed us backwards massively and almost cost us our league status. We struck gold with Adkins, Poch and then Koeman, but yeah, I don't think we'll be taking Hassenhuttl for granted after the last three. Gao's here for the long-term "apparently", but it was mentioned that we're "not a club flushed with money". Manchester City were cited, but obviously none of us are expecting us to compete on that level. However, when recently promoted sides such as Wolves, Fulham (ha) and Aston Villa are outspending us, while Bournemouth have also done for a few windows now it is a bit disheartening and there is a fear we could be left behind and that Gao isn't the long-term answer for the club. We just need the plan and the money to come together at the club, so that we aren't spending £20m on Carrillo, but rather like we did in League One and the Championship when we were the big spenders and were able to sign the best, or better players in each division like Lambert, Hammond, Fonte, Sharp, etc which ended up very well for us.

Valery could be a £60m player next year going by Wan-Bissaka's sale this summer.

We don't have any of last season's loaned out brigade on the website, but we do have Austin and Lemina still on there, so not too much to read into that.

Tadic under Koeman?

0 appearances for Manchester City - £15m.

"I was also very frustrated by my injury that lasted four months." So were we. Ah well, at least he's showing the reason why we no longer want him around the squad with all these interviews. Usually players leave it for the international breaks to express their want to move on.

How much would we be happy with for Lemina? £25m?

How reliable is the information? From the same itk poster.