Harry_SFC

It does make me laugh that some people seem to think that giving an observation or opinion on a player on an internet forum should be prohibited. Nothing I said was wrong - his first touch quite clearly didn't go where it was supposed to and the second was a fortuitous flick off the defender and he scored into an empty net. He did make a good run though so I'll give him that.

Fair play to him for scoring but he is a poor footballer. A goal in a pre season friendly is not going to change my opinion of him.

Lol he beats the keeper with a touch that was supposed to go in the opposite direction, then beats the defender with an inadvertent touch onto himself.

Archer looks pretty sharp so far in pre season. Might be in the minority but I'd keep him.

Dobbin the standout for me so far

Charles wants to leave and he only has 1 (2) years left on his contract. I also like him a lot but we've got to be realistic. If we can hold out for £25m plus £5m add ons then that's a decent deal for us.

Well yes but we knew that was going to happen, because Tonda admitted to breaking the rules.

Dibaga is/was badly injured

Plus we know they've just got £85m for Fernandes.

Home kit is decent enough. Keeper kits very nice. Potential away shirt is horrendous.

So Middlesbrough were laughing about it all until they realised they could use it to their advantage 🙄

Probably more likely an Archer replacement tbh. Downs doesn't need replacing because he didn't even exist even when he played. Larin, Azon plus another (Lankshear?) and I'd be happy with that as striking options.

Totally agree with this

I'd certainly have him back as cover. Not as a starter though.

Yeah he pretty much said that it's very difficult for us to keep players who are well into their contracts (clearly referring to THB and Charles). Both will go. Then said we've got more leverage with the other players due to just having bought them (presuming Scienza and Jander)