ErwinK1961

Don’t think we ever bid for him. Was just some minor interest. Wonder if Isak is off then? Great player, be interesting to see where we ends up.

#stopthecount

1. Niemi 2. Boruc 6. The Rest.

If it was an issue with the turnstiles, I suspect they’ll be putting in a claim against the manufacturer

Hmm forgot about him. You’re probably right, suspect he will play instead of Armstrong.

Not that I could see. Also, the routine save from Fernandes (?) header, he seemed to miss most of it with his hands and wear it in the face. Kicking crap as well. Just looks all over the place, not confident at all.

Forster, KWP, Stephens, Bednarek, Perraud (we have no one else), Diallo, JWP, Redmond, Armstrong, Broja, Tella. JWP missed pre season so needs some games. Hopefully Stu is back but if not, stick AA in and move Tella to wing.

Don’t understand his mentality on subs. “They made us worse when they came on” - maybe make them earlier then Ralph, when they have a chance to make an impact and before the game has already turned. When you’ve let the game runaway from you and the momentum has changed it’s very difficult to get it back.

It’s been a decent window for finally ridding ourselves of deadwood. We’ve also probably get the best fees we possibly could for Ings and Vestergaard. However, in my opinion we had three main areas that we needed strong signings in to improve the spine and help correct last seasons issues - GK, CB and DM. As it stands, we won’t be improving on any of those positions. Arguably, we are probably going to be worse off at CB - I’ve never been JV’s biggest fan and was happy for him to go, but genuinely thought we’d invest properly there, which it looks like we aren’t. Really struggle to understand how the manager and the board cannot see that those were the most important positions to improve this summer. Over 60 goals a season conceded last 2 years - we concede less, we’ll win more games. Simple as that really.

True, but it won’t be tomorrow.

Can he defend though? Call me old fashioned, but as a centre back (particularly in Ralph’s kamikaze system), being able to actually defend is rather important.

Maybe we’ve gone cheaper for the CB to help fund a move for that Thierry Small chap (rumoured to be £5m). A lot of hopes being pinned on this guy, let’s hope he is our rock… if he’s not, we’re fcked.

Hmmm, not exactly an inspiring signing. This is arguably the most pivotal signing of our season, we’ve got to get it right. Guess we’ll see how it pans out, but immediate thoughts are it seems the budget option.

Found it for you

Emile Smith Rowe and JWP both heavily linked to Villa, submitted various ‘bids’ for both, both signed new deals at their respective clubs. Seems Villa have been used a bit.

Live footage from Ducky’s house;

He’s a complete bullshitter.

File that in the bin then.

Anyone reputable on Twitter? Would be an interesting one

Luke Shaw.

£75m on Ben White and Aaron Ramsdale, let that sink in..

Fulham supporting friend of mine said of Tosin; “Erm I like him, but I'd say he's better alongside a good centre back partner. So for us he looked good alongside Anderson. But less so if Anderson injured and he had to be partnered by someone not as good. Anderson is the one you should have gone for.”

Wish I’d seen this before I’d read it. An accurate summary, in a lot less words. They (Athletic/Sheldon) really don’t have a clue. Lots of guess work, I miss Carl.