Ex Lion Tamer

While we can doubt whether Martin is a top manager at this level and whether he will get us automatic promotion, his track record at two previous clubs is solid enough. One heavy defeat against Sunderland doesn't change that. People are acting like he doesn't have a clue

So we were right not to buy anyone in summer 2022 when our targets became unavailable? At some point you just have to take punt

I think we were really struggling to get anyone in by the point so it was a case of gamble on Onuachu to keep us up or get no one

Harsh to blame it all on Semmens. Ultimately he backed the managers judgement, which is what we all want a chairman to do

I do think the centre back decision was a tough one for him: Stephens - injured Holgate - with us for a week Bellis - with us for a day Charles - not his natural position In that situation, you probably go for the experienced player. The Mara decision is harder to defend

What kind of a pre season has Sulemana had? Would be very unwise to throw him straight in to a big game like this

Yeah it could well happen in time. I also think Alcaraz will be pushing hard for gametime

If nothing changes then this is a strong squad

I don't think it's necessarily as dramatic as that. He said he wanted to leave so we worked on a sale and brought in his replacement. Then his move didn't work out so we told him he still had to leave as we'd have too many centre backs

ABK going to the weakest league of his career so far. Bit of a weird one for him, but once we'd sorted his replacement he had to go

If Adams stays then we'll have an embarrassment of riches up front. Edit: unless they cancel the Stewart transfer

It's not ideal but Arma is going to end up playing up front a fair bit, which does at least bring Alcaraz and Stu's goalscoring ability into play

The potential is obvious but his end product has been so woeful that there has to be a doubt as to whether he has the footballing brain to fulfil it. A season in the Championship would have done wonders for him but apparently his attitude isn't right either. I'd be happy just to get our money back

It's a tough deal to make though because we'll have to take a huge loss on him given what Genk will be able to pay

£30m would be an amazing fee for Sulemana

How are Sunderland going to justify selling Stewart and Roberts to us on deadline day? Do they have replacements lined up? Dan Neil apparently attracting interest from Liverpool too

We're letting players leave on loan because they're not committed to the club, not because we desperately need the money. Again, the fact they're going on loan is because we don't need to drop our asking prices

Why is it hard to understand that we didn't have to sell any particular player if we didn't get an appropriate price, but that sales overall were desirable given the dramatic loss of income. If KWP/Sulemana/Alcaraz etc end up staying then that just proves the point

I'm not sure exactly what he said, but only Leicester, Leeds and Coventry have spent more than us this summer

As a footballing decision I'd keep him but if he's not settled in this country then you've got to let him go

Adam Armstrong surely. Not ideal which is why we'll sign someone

Because he's an 18 year old kid?

Going on the evidence we have available, we just didn't try as hard as Leeds. We probably didn't want to push while we were still unsure if Che was leaving.

Yes, the paradox is we've decided we need to sell big to get the club on a sounder footing but we can also afford to make favourable offers to new players at this level