Jimmy Lad

Are he really though?

Brainless if Tielemans leaves

Not only did he score last night, if memory serves me correctly, he set up Barnes with an excellent turn and through ball in our last league game? Also, I believe the fee we paid was £16m not £30m.

James Ward Prowse

Poor West Ham. Two injuries to contend with…

But he’s not listed as one of the 7 left at home? Does that mean anything?

Vestergaard?

Where did you hear this? Terrible news. AFCON to follow that as well

Didn’t realise T Henry had come out of retirement

Villa should have been relegated if the goal line technology hadn't malfunctioned against Sheffield United when the ball as a yard over the line. They also massively breached FFP to get out of the championship. For that reason I hope they fail miserably!

Don’t agree

Agree. But to say we are now financially strong is wrong in my opinion. We needed more than a shirt sponsorship to balance the books.. yes, it’s a great deal but add the £60 from the CL to that and then we would be in a position to dictate things.

How? We lost £60m last season even with selling Maguire. Where’s the extra £100m coming from?

We would possibly drop into the EL anyway after falling out of the CL... with £60m burning a hole in our back pocket!

Some pundit (I think Simon Jordan on Talksport) said it could be a really good thing that a lot of players will go on a free as it will leave plenty of wage budget to remould the squad with a new a manger. With Covid suppressing transfer fees as well it’s all come at a good time for change for them. Their squad was very ageing so with a new manager in along with a relatively high number of ‘his’ new players rather than having to work with another managers squad (like most managers have to for a few years whilst gradually changing it) it could all fall into place.

Ordered mine on 29 April. Not arrived

Err, yes you can. We bought Evans!!

I might be wrong but I believe that Maddison has longer left on his contract. Tielemans has two years which means this summer is a case of him signing a new deal or the club will sell whilst the price is desirable.

If we miss out on top 4, Youri’s probably gone. If that happens it will be a shit window regardless of incomings

He’s been seen around St Matthews a lot.

£16m is what I had heard

It won’t just be the the transfer fees that are the problem, it will be the wages. We are already at 105% of turnover and we still need to improve at least 4 current players contracts (Tielemans, Ricardo, Soyuncu and Barnes) or risk losing them for small fees.

Evans was limping and grimacing during the Sheffield United game. Could be his calf again. Ricardo hamstring so can’t see any way he plays. Just hope it’s not too serious and won’t be out for long.

When is the press conference?

Scottish football... even a pissed up Sunday League lino would raise the flag on that one