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Maybe the club feel he can make the step up to the first team. He's 20 now so a good age to show what he can do.

Much prefer Larin and I don't think you'd have kept both happy if we'd signed Lankshear.

I see Mubama's 'hold up' skills as totally different to Larin and don't really think he'll be able to learn much more. Mubama, for me, can hold the ball up by receiving clever passes through the channels or out towards the flanks that he can latch onto and retain possession while support arrives. I'd still like us to bring in another big guy up front though.

Smacks of a spy working behind enemy lines 🙂

I'm not up to speed with our U21 squad - is there anyone there who is ready to step up to the first team this season? Maybe the club think there is.

The impression I'm getting is that the transfer money generated is being used to help pay off debts. If that's the case it's not being squirrelled away to spend in January. Just my gut feeling and could be wide of the mark.

Agree. Would have expected a comparable type striker to be signed as back up to Larin. A lengthy injury to him would leave us very light up front.

Can he play in goal? He's probably better than Baz.

They'd certainly keep the medical staff busy.

Would be delighted with that.

You may well be right but, if so, it begs the question of why we have been trying to sign the Austrian or Norwegian centre back?

Or even two human beings.

Clickbait I'm guessing.

Comparing apples and oranges imo.

Given how long the THB deal took you would have thought we'd have been having meaningful negotiations and laying the groundwork with the Norwegian and Austrian plus their respective clubs in advance. I kinda assumed that's how these things work so that once the THB deal was finalised we'd have some framework already in place. Surely we'd have been able to establish whether either or both were viable in terms of transfer fees, wages and whether the players actually wanted to come. Doesn't seem to have happened which is baffling and means we've wasted a lot of time leaving us scrambling around in the last 30 hours of the window.