Baird of the land

Not just wages, there's the big whacking transfer fee, most likely on someone who you are gambling will be able to cut it at this level based on zero experience of the prem.

Che has a history of scoring 8-10 goals a season in the prem. Still relatively young too. So i can completely why the club would prefer to retain him If they lose him i'm sure they would focus budget spending to replace him. That's not to say spending big would guarantee a decent number 9.

I don't necessarily hate the idea of ings. Depends what the deal is (is it a loan/minimal fee type thing)

Why are we loaning players for the u21's. Seems a complete waste of a development spot.

Steele was a big surprise story, how he went from journeyman backup to playing in the prem. Last season seemed more of a struggle. Guess i can see some logic of veteran/used to passing style if he's a cheap Mccarthy replacement/Bazanu standin, though wouldn't be my first preference.

Been a good player for us, very good value for the fee we paid. Sad as it is to see him leave, its probably the right time to part ways.

would be a crazily stupid and lazy idea to run it back. most likely result would be deadline panic after a poor start. There’s loans/free agent routes to go down if they want to avoid paying a big fee whilst bringing in competition / initial starter

Hopefully if we're struggling again this January that window will remind the club what an awful idea it is to try and spend big money in January.

There’s every reason he wouldn’t outside of playing championship manager

I’m curious as to calibre of player we can attract. My gut feeling is that many including tierney would have zero interest in joining a team that be considered a relegation candidate.

We''re not going to get £50M for those. Most if they leave would likely end up being loans.

Yeah I don’t get the appeal of Perraud. A very average left back with not much pace.

He might not but he's worth having a look at as he is an extremely talented player who's played for Germany.

If Bella kotchap can contribute I’d happily see him back. Seems very much a cut your nose off to spite your face attitude to want him gone at all costs.

I'm curious is there a reason why they had Saints buy him, rather than Goztepe?

Talking about what he was at Leeds seems a bit pointless. Like saying Danny drinkwater was good at Leicester.

Such an Everton signing. Big name failure who carry will carry on their downward plummet there.

I want an experienced keeper, not a repeat bazanu. We've already got a man city development project. I'd guess Burnley would want a fair amount of money too despite his struggles(just as we wouldn't have sold Bazanu off cheap because we'd invested heaviliy in his potential)

A young keeper who was dropped by Burnley. No thanks.

The way he behaved as captain on his way out still rankles with me. If he was 4/5 years younger then maybe i'd see the whole make amends thing but struggle to see what he offers as a player at this stage Seems like it may be more a case of Saints doing him a favour than him giving back.

Avoid like the plague imo.

Not a huge fan of Fraser, as i think Championship is sort of his level now. If they are giving him away on a free i guess that makes him an ok depth option but then there's the issue of what sort of contract length he wants.

It’s more a case of saying the kitchen is functional(so short term a massively expensive upgrade) isn’t a priority when there’s holes in the roof and no shower. some people seem to be acting like we’re still a top 10 team rather than a newly promoted bournemouth/forest who’s primary aim immediately will be to survive.

In the short term we are going to be in a relegation battle ( most likely), so relegation battle standards AA, Stephens, bednarek are fine.

Don’t get the Stephens hate. He’s a good championship player and he’s passable if not great in prem. given the multiple holes this team will need to fill I doubt we’ll be upgrading the likes of him or bednarek soon.