Dman

Feels like a really good appointment and he has an impressive CV. Really positive we've been able to attract him in the situation we find ourselves as hes obviously aware that we'll be in the championship next season. Lets see if its all too good to be true.

The jump between the championship and PL is big enough. The jump between L1 and the PL is way to much - as we found with Baz. A loan to a decent championship side was sensible all round.

I actually think its been a bit of a disastrous window. We're down, so i'm not too bothered about who we did or didn't sign.. We've added a player to the squad in a position we didn't really need, but I'm more concerned that we've failed to ship out the deadwood and end the window with a big bloated squad still.

Its hard to say who will / wont be here, the club seem to be completely scatter gun in their approach and everyone seems to be for sale. We should have a pretty decent kitty, you'd be niave to not think that we'll sell Ramsdale & Dibbling, with it being very likley we shift on others such as THB, Paul, Sulemana, Aribo, BBD, Bednerak, Fernandes with others probably also going Archer? Armstrong? Downes? Manning? I think Wellington will probably go out to Turkey if they continue doing well. A team something like this I'd be pretty comfortable with; Manager: Rohl Bazunu, McCarthy Suga, Bree, Edwards, Stephens, New, Wood, Manning, new Charles, Downes, new Armstrong, Edozie, new Archer, new With a few others added in, that a solid championship side that should be fighting for automatic promotion. Personally I'd like us to take a look at Jack Clarke - not getting games at Ipswich. Tangana - Been brilliant at Millwall. Tyler Morton - Brilliant at Hull last season a few games for Liverpool this season, needs a move imo. Then a SR special in no10 and no9

Feels like there could be a try before you buy option for a youngster for next season. I still feel like were a CM short - maybe a number 9 as well.

Do we still have a loan spot for a PL side? surely we'd make the most of that if we do..

Based on what? about 100 minutes of football, half of which is coming back from a injury? I'm not having anyone say Downes is less 'dynamic' than Aribo.

If a pretty limited manager in Martin can get him to that level, I have confidence that most others can as well.

Then you look to move them on, the summer after the get us promoted. Not the summer you're going down to the championship.

yep. Gutted about it tbh - I thought he would be a big part of next season for us.

Its a huge risk though. We know downes is a top, top player in the championship. He knows the leauge and the demands of it. The same as Adam Armstrong, Archer etc. Brining in some unknown from france, turkey or denmark is a massive risk. One which I think will cause us big problems.

Has to be a loan, surely? But on a more serious note... are the club in denial about where were heading? Seems like we're trying to shift anything that's not nailed down that will help us next season.

The problem is, he's ruffled feathers and is getting more out of those who are genuine PL players. Unfortunatley, he's pissing off those who'll be key to us coming back up next season (ironically those who aren't good enough for the PL).

Easily the worst take I've ever seen 😂

Russell Martin held us back last season. Terrible manager. I also think people under estimate how good Archer will be in the championship under the right manager. He'll easily score 10-20 goals.