Baird of the land

If ABK is actually injured rather than 'injured' he'd probably be well suited to this defensive approach. Wonder if the link to Holgate is because he's got some element of recovery pace.

I'm definitely leaning towards it being worth taking the bath on Adams (knowing he'll walk on a free) and keeping him for the year if he's willing to do so.

Love the attacking play but we can't go on conceding 4 of 6 shots on target.(i'm assuming 1 of the other 2 was Bazanu's awful palm out where it ended up being an offside goal) Also that was an extremely soft late penalty.

Are Chelsea going to buy both Lavia and Caicedo, that would leave Liverpool looking even more foolish.

Personally i'm wondering if Piroe is just wants to see out his contract and then move abroad like (Gyorkeres and Bereton-Diaz). But yeah that feedback doesn't fill me with joy if we are in for him.

We've got tella(who was 1 of top scorers in the league), is he not a source of goals from wide? Given we play 1 up front I don't see any way we bring in 2 strikers. You may discount Armstrong & Mara but if they stay their wages won't be.

Don't see any of those are happening until we sell players in those positions

So will JWP be at Dean Court watching the football on Saturday.

Until i actually see him and ABK back i'm still assuming their injuries are 'injuries'

All very odd. Were liverpool trying to bully him into joining him? I assume they should have known from his agent that he wasn't interested. Especially after all the time they've spent being cheapskates pursuing Lavia.

Curious how a guy who has scored 5 goals in 2 seasons is more attacking. Is it only headed goals that count.

Not sure we’ll bring in 2. Charles is lavia’s Replacement, hopefully someone like grimes is jwp’s and think Diallo probably won’t be replaced as they are looking to reduce the squad. (Smallbone, alcaraz, Charles, armstrong, Grimes for 3 positions).

Depends on what the upcoming transfers are. If its selling Onachu/Djenepo/Lyanco etc no one will bat an eyelid. Selling remaining members of the current first xi just because we can certainly wasn't expected by me

No ones is really complaining about the current departures. Lavia, JWP were expected, Livramento a disappointment but understandable given the fee as long as you don't remove the only other capable right back we have. I don't believe for a second we can handle the gutting of the current first xi and seriously be trying to get promoted this season. Curious are there similar sell most of the whole week 1 first xi thoughts at leicester and leeds.

Utter unprecedented. If it’s true sports republic haven’t learned a single lesson. Don’t even think Swansea sol everyone, and they are a pretty tragic case of a club with little ambition to get re-promoted.

Simeu who has played 50 league games(in his natural position), over an unsuitable player coming back from injury player out of position and a kid who has never played. Yeah (to me that an error not a judgement call). I’d have had Stephens, like Leicester decided to play 2 of their first choice defenders, rather than getting humiliated

Except his special little daisies who he absolved of any blame.

No he deliberately hung out a bunch of players (inlcuding Perraud who he played horribly out of position). To me snidely going its my fault i picked those awful players is not owning up to making bad positional choices

Then own the decision.

. I don't really see why you couldn't play stephens, he dragged him all the way there to sit on the bench. Leicester are playing Faes again today, are we really suggesting Jack is incapable of playing Tuesday and Saturday. Simeu has at least played Cb at league 1/2 level if he was determined not to play Jack.

Yeah i assume they did. 100K a week player off the wage bill. Cashing in on a 28yrd old also a factor. I'd have liked to have got a fee million more but it is what it is. JWP is not the Corporal Jones moment for me.

Yeah the only real question is who starts up front. I'd expect similar subs. S.Armstrong and Aribo, plus other striker(who Martin seems to rate, i hope there's more than what we saw last season there)

If it was an honest interview he'd have admitted playing a tiny unfit lb at CB was probably a contributing factor to getting destroyed by direct football.

Real shame the expected move has happened. Hopefully Saints can replace him with a seasoned pro like Grimes and not another developmental kid. Think if Moyes stays(which is the big question mark) it could be a good move for him. Unlike Saints i think they'll potentially get much more use of his set play ability from corners/free kicks

Brings back fond memories of the Jack Stephens as a defensive midfielder theory. The practice was awful.