ErwinK1961

You can never be sure that a great championship striker will make it in the Prem. However, in relation to Obafemi, I don’t ever see him bagging 29 goals in a championship season like AA has just done.

The state of our yellow card count if we had a midfield of him and Romeu.

Do we think there will be a club stream for the games this week? Quite enjoyed the Swansea TV stream at the weekend, thought it was well worth a fiver.

Weird isn't it.

How do you know it's made up bullshit?

Maybe, we'll see.

I think Grealish is an excellent player and would fit in well at City, but totally agree I would have gone all out for Kane (or Haaland / Lukaku) ahead of him. Unless Pep is just going to continue not playing a proper striker and give everyone else a sniff of a chance, because if they get a proven goalscorer like Kane, I think it's curtains for the rest of the league.

Maybe the mystery poster on the Transfers thread is right and we're getting that Doig lad from Hibs too? Perraud / Doig - Left Back KWP / Livramento - Right Back Would be a turn up for the books (and I'll believe it when I see it)

That positivity lasted for 7 minutes huh?

Because I think it’s pretty obvious it’s for if/when Ings leaves.

Quite right too, as we have been defensively shite for the last three seasons. Shame a GK won’t form part of that.

Quite, but deducting £6m from the value of Armstrong in a part-ex could work. Especially with the 40% sell on to Newcastle. Imagine it will be two ‘separate’ deals, but essentially will be one.

Amazing what happens to valuations when clubs know you’ve got £100m ready to burn. They did well to get Buendia and Bailey sorted before Grealish goes.

No I don't, and I never said he would. I think it’s a mental suggestion to say we’d sell for £32.5m or less, when we’ve just rejected £25m out of hand.

I mean, comparing that front 4 to Norwich is farcical, but expected to finish in the top 6 without Grealish? Wow. Bailey’s a good player, but if he was that much of a superstar a bigger club surely would have snapped him up at that price? Not sure id say Cantwell has improved massively either. Villa will finish above us, no doubt. But all this talk of them finishing in the top 6, I just don’t see it. They finished 11th last year and are looking likely to lose their best player.

You think we’ll sell for £30-32.5m, after rejecting a £25m bid and dismissing it as derisory?

Enjoying Armstrong in CM. Linked the play so well, great runs, lovely finish.

He’s clearly being directed / ordered to play that way, the issue is he just hasn’t got the ability to do it. Which just makes us not trying to sign another GK even more bizarre.

McCarthy showing zero ability with the ball at his feet. Again.

Diallo for Romeu only HT sub

Comfortable - we are the much better team. Djenepo, Tella, Redmond, Adams all look sharp. Long rubbish. Great to have Romeu back- him and Stu doing well. Defence untested so hard to judge - poor from Salisu for the goal.

Djenepo at LB is actually working here because he hasn’t really had to defend. Basically a second left winger

2-1 Redmond We look very good going forwards

1-1 Tella