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Seems a bit weird to single out Elyounoussi when he didn’t play a minute in that shit show last night, and actually most of his recent game time has been in periods when we’ve looked like we might have a chance of scoring.

Wonder if the 5 at the back and two up front last night (for the first time since the Forest game I think?) is a suggestion of a desire to play two up top going forwards? Maybe Mara off Onuachu, as he seems to be able to finish and Onuachu supposedly likes to win flick ons etc.

It’s a strange place, but the appeal of Twitter is there are genuine reputable sources for whom Twitter is the first outlet they use. Sky Sports News are way behind any genuine news about transfers these days, as people with good contacts are a direct source now instead of reporting their news to Sky etc.

Yeah absolutely, but that’s why it seems weird that anyone would be bidding above the release clause - once the clause is met, it’s then entirely down to the player whether he wants to move or not. The only reason I could think for this is mentioned above, maybe neither club wants to pay in full and therefore are willing to bid above the clause instead so they can pay it via instalments.

I think that’s exactly how it works - that’s why Barcelona couldn’t stop Neymar leaving to PSG. Normally release clauses are set at ridiculously high levels for this reason, otherwise the club are completely powerless. My guess would be €30mil was seen as that whenever Vitinha signed his latest contract, given he’s only 22.

Why would a club need to pay over the release clause? The player doesn’t get that money so not sure why it would be a factor

Depends if he likes getting chased down the street after a game or getting his house robbed when he’s away

Maybe he just doesn’t rate Perraud and Bree will allow a better crack at 3 CB’s with 2 wing backs. Albeit that would be a shame as the midfield trio and a front 3 feels like our best chance.

Assumed James Bree would be tall, given our focus on adding height and the fact we seem to be playing CB’s at full back to negate that issue. Turns out he’s only 5’8…

The ref disallowed the first goal in real time, it wasn’t VAR

You mean like the City game, our only clean sheet this season other than Bournemouth away, in which he kept a clean sheet and set up the first goal?

Thinking about how good Alcaraz was last night is actually irritating me even more. It’s another signing that looks like a good addition, along with Lavia, Bella Kotchap, DCC, Edozie. We’ve made some really good signings since the summer. So why have we not been able to do it in the most important position for us ffs!!

Was good to see Kingsland kicking off last night it looked, might send a message to the club if fights are breaking out beyond the Itchen North area they love to persecute. If the average nice fan in other areas of the ground are seeing fights in the home end around them i’m sure the club will soon hear about it, and might finally do something about it. The away end setting off a flare was just laughable, couldn’t see a steward walking in to find the culprit. I’m surprised we’re not giving them to fans on the turnstiles as they go in to help them create atmosphere - i’m sure Virgin Media would’ve done if they were still a sponsor!

I don’t know why this ‘Jones plays 5 at the back’ and ‘long ball rubbish’ stuff is sticking around - last night we played 4 at the back all game, we played one defensive midfielder in Diallo, and we played a front three. The only time the ball went long was Lyanco sometimes trying an aerial ball when out of options. People can’t judge games on their own merit, every loss seems to result in people just replaying the Forest game in their head and thinking that’s what we’ve just watched.

If someone showed you a video of Diallo’s ball winning last night only, you’d have thought he was the best CDM in the league, it was superb. But he still gave the ball so often, which is why some won’t have seen him as having a good game. If he could be more decisive on the ball, he’d be a great asset to us. He has always shown glimpses of being a real good player.

Not sure I buy anything about wanting first team football if Man City are a potential suitor, unless he thinks going to City means we’ll spend £10mil on him and chuck him straight in the first team.

Spurs did Willian’s medical before he went and signed for Chelsea, if I remember rightly.

Equally if he suddenly starts any of the cup games then it’s not a great example to set to others - holding the club to ransom as a 17 year old essentially

Bazunu Lyanco DCC Salisu KWP Lavia JWP Alcaraz/Diallo Edozie Mara Orsic Probably what i’d be hoping for. Not sure Che will be much use up against the land of the giants, would rather go at them with some pace and running, and keep the ball on the ground as much as possible. Orsic against Trippier probably best, and Edozie’s trickery against Burn on the other side.

Equally maybe after the weekend they’ve decided they’ll up the budget/requirements when it comes to a new addition in that area and now think we need better than Jackson. We don’t have another league game until the window has closed, so whilst we’re all frustrated we haven’t had the additions for the last few games, there’s no point getting more frustrated now until the window closes and we see how everything looks.

Yeah i’ve no doubt we were interested, just saying it’s possible we would have him at the right price but weren’t making him a priority - the ‘negotiations’ had been talked about for a week or two now and even the headlines recently were that ‘talks would continue’. So it doesn’t appear we were going all out to get him in. Let’s be honest, if we really wanted him and were willing to pay what Villarreal wanted, then he wouldn’t be going to Bournemouth. So hoping we’ve got someone else lined up, but I may be disappointed!

Can’t say i’m overly disappointed if we don’t sign Jackson, as everyone was saying he wasn’t that great and he isn’t a centre forward. It would, however, be disappointing if we really wanted him and we’ve lost him to Bournemouth. The optimist in me says we were never as interested as the media says, given that we supposedly wanted him on loan initially, and that we might be pursuing someone better. It’s the hope that kills, as they say!

The ball will be in play for about 30 minutes out of 90, if we’re lucky - they’ll be wasting it from the first kick and hoping to get a 0-0 or 1-0 if they’re lucky.

Agree with others, huge to add some experience to the squad. I don’t care that his positioning is poor, his ability with the ball at his feet is shocking, his attitude seems to be shite and he’s comfortably worse than our three starting CB’s so shouldn’t ever get on the pitch. All we need is experience, and now we’ve got it, thank god.

Not something I denied? But to say football games cannot be decided by refereeing decisions is completely untrue. They absolutely can, and often are.