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Stick this `5 at the back' shit in the fucking bin.

What choice do the defenders have? There aren't any central midfielders to pass to.

Aribo now playing on the left side, with Wellington and Manning right next to him. Its fucking mental. You have to have central midfielders. Managers that stick to formations no matter what are infuriating.

I think we are playing one in midfield at the moment.

Interesting that Juric said he was a "little" dissapointed with our transfer window business. He expanded: "There are some positions where we are missing players and that could be an issue in the future. But I understand the situation and it is difficult when you are bottom of the table to convince players. The club tried to bring me what I want - but we didn't succeed." I wonder who we tried to get? When he mentions the future I am not sure he means later this season or next.

Is Archer not a centre forward then?

It would be pretty to harsh to sell a guy that has scored 20+ goals in a promotion season, but I suppose we could it. It's such an unsual situation. Has there been any other strikers that have scored in the champ, got a move to the prem, failed at that level, gone down with that side, again scored loads in the championship fo them, but failed again when back in the prem and gone down with the same side? Someone at WBA or Burnley maybe?

Yeah that's what the Daily Mail suggested. But we'll see. If Besiktas is the suitor, as rumoured, then expect a very low bid and maybe even an expectation that we give him a big leaving bonus to make up for any shortfall in wages. Juric seems to like him, so not sure he will be pushing him out the door. There was talk that his wage was really high and it wasn't cut on relegation - not sure if either are true - but if the rumoured £70k a week is accurate, then Besiktas aren't matching that. Aribo isn't going to leave in the summer to earn less money. He may as well sit tight and leave the year after.

If we go down, does Goetze become the top of the SR chain? Is the standard in the Turkish top flight better than the Championship?

I'd be surprised if we signed another CB in the summer. Assuming ABK departs, we still have THB, Edwards, Woods, Stephens, Bednarek and Sanda. Taylor and Bree can both play there too. Quite a few will need to go out before we bring more in. Could happen I suppose. If it does, one option might be to loan Tyler Bindon from Forest. They just signed him from Reading and have left him there until the end of the season. I'd assume they will loan him to a championship club next season. Reading fans rave about him. Maybe in Edwards we already have that young football league talent though.

Absolutely this. Next season the manager will plenty of choice. We have CBs coming out of our ears: Stephens, Bednarek, THB, Wood, Edwards, ABK, Sanda, Taylor, Bree...Aribo!

Championship Cardiff got pretty close in in 2008. We wont mention the victors. Some pretty poor PL teams have made the final since then...Watford, Hull City, Wigan and the Skates (both of whome were relegated that same season). We are shite, but it's football, so you can dream. What's the worst that can happen? Don't answer that.

I've been saying it on here for many many years that it's a sham to call it a "club". Southampton Football Business is a much better fit. You are their customers, and they know the exact price point that gets the best return for a game like this. They also know there is no need to `give something back to fans' as fans will all be back next year in the championship whether they got a £10 ticket in the cup or not. All I can suggest is if you don't like the price and don't like your stand being closed, then vote with your feet. The only time a change is ever made is if the company has been hit in the pocket.

just for context, I went to see Worthing vs Torquay in the FA Trophy 4th round a few weeks ago and it was £17.

Good point. Brum have spent big and perhaps will have funds to do so again. Boro have made good money on Lath, but doubt they will spend more than half of it on the next guy, the rest will be swallowed up covering annual losses. The more championship clubs with money the more chance we can offload a few, however that also means more competition for us next season.

The best we have played this season, by miles, is at Old Trafford, with no striker. So, I guess we effectively have three options, rather than just two.

Putting to one side the players that could get Prem gigs like Ramsdale and Dibling, my concern is about the championship-level players. There are two markets in the championship: the relegated sides (who have parachute money) and the rest. The biggest transfer fees for `the rest' was £5m or less - often quite a bit less. So, unless the offer is from a relegated side, don't expect much.

Probably didn't fancy a championship relegation thretened side. Watford have an small chance of the play offs and that seemed an option. He could end up playing for us on Saturday.

IN Wellington Gronbaek Sanda Udoh OUT BBD Armstrong Baz Edwards Charles Amo-Ameyaw Cornet It would have been good if Taylor, Fraser and ABK had gone out on loan too, but perhaps that will turn out to be a blessing

I thought Charlie Taylor would depart on loan. Maybe hes going to play left centre back? If you cant get rid of an unwanted player now, as a cheap loan, us getting rid of that sort next summer on a permanent deal will be equally tough.

I wonder if there is a hefty promotion bonus (to SFC) in the loan deal? Probably not.

By that you mean: accept any offers we receive, even if they are below our valuation, then use those `lower-than-hoped-funds' to buy someone else?

and Onuachu will have one year left on his contract. I dont want to make excuses for those runinng things, but there sure will be a lot of balls to juggle.

Delap will be in demand, so they will likely be after a striker nerxt summer. Whether they will be interested now is to be seen.

Got to agree. What a great signing for WBA - a player that scored 24 goals in the league last season - for nothing. With their budget, it's a great bit of business.