Lighthouse

They were all decent but for me the only definite in the XI from those four is Bednarek. KWP, probably just edges it but Bree was phenomenal when he came back from Charlton and arguably stronger defensively. Larin probably edges Adams, again only just. Brooks came here to regain match fitness and for me he doesn't get in ahead of Azaz. I'd probably go with something like: Peretz KWP THB Bednarek Manning Downes Jander/Charles A. Armstrong Azaz Scienza Larin Subs: Bazunu, Bree, Stephens, Charles/Jander, S. Armstrong, Brooks, Adams, Fellows, Stewart

I wouldn't say Martin had much worse players really. Tonda had a better GK and strikers to choose from, plus Scienza obviously but the rest of the squad was fairly evenly matched. Both periods were thoroughly enjoyable IMO, I've no idea why anybody would want to undermine what Tonda did.

I got a fair bit of kit for about 30-50% off in the second half of last season, including two matchday shirts and a couple of pairs of jogging bottoms from the travel section. Also picked up three pairs of shorts for £5 each after the playoffs, just for general gym use.

Ruling out signing Zan Vipotnik is not negative. He is not signing for another Championship team. As for the sales mentioned, we need to balance the books and the amount of transfer income required reportedly runs into the tens of millions, that’s on top of the outlay for Latin, Peretz and Dobbin. Any further spending is likely to be on cheaper replacements for the likes of Charles and THB, if they leave.

That ‘Boro’ don’t have an issue, beyond the stuff a bunch of nobodies are posting on an internet message board. The actual club aren’t pressing for any kind of action against Tonda, unless I’ve missed something.

He isn’t coming here and we can’t afford him.

Every club has delusional moon howlers spouting partisan nonsense on internet forums, I can’t say I’d pay any attention to that.

Do they have an issue? I’ve not actually seen anything reported.

So.... not randomly?

Well I wont believe it for certain until I see him kissing the badge on his shirt.

No chance. Only Liverpool are allowed to knock us out of this competition.

We don’t need one, we’d just like a better one. Given choice, I’d have BBD over Sekou Mara, who was our backup option last time we got promoted, so the situation isn’t critical.

TBH I’m beyond caring about people’s opinions on Bazunu but to expect him to make transfer decisions about his future based on an internet forum’s consensus about his ability is just odd.

Most likely his wages are an issue for a lot of Championship clubs, as he was signed in the PL. Having played in said PL and been promoted from the Championship once, he’s unlikely to want to drop to League 1, where he’s already played and been player of the season five years ago with Pompey. As with Ramsdale, we won’t be able to afford to keep him as back up but he won’t be easy to sell either.

We have Larin, Archer, Downs and BBD and that’s if we’re not including Dobbin and Oyekunle in the list. I do expect we’ll sign another striker eventually but I think we’ll wait until we’re sure a couple are leaving before we bring in another.