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The Mrs is a Sheff united season ticket holder, as she was walking out the door today she gleefully stated she can't wait to be back watching winning football again this season and enjoy her Saturday nights again. Can't wait to pick her up in 30 mins as miserable as she was last year

Go on Bournemouth!

I get that we can only go off what we see but preseason friendlies have always been such a poor indicator of where anyone is at. Your a week out, players don't want to exert themselves at risk of picking up a knock, the managers trying things while results don't matter. Go to town after Monday.

Everyone always seems like world beaters with the deals they do until they kick a ball and the season gets going. I think it's gonna be a long hard season but I don't think it's quite as desperate as others have made out, if Cooper has anything about him I think he can get something out of these players to give us a fighting chance.

As if Everton still have Young playing for them, detestable character particularly for that time he god KDH sent off against Villa.

I think he shows far more consistency than Fatawu. That first 45 minutes at home to Leeds Fatawu looked like a world beater, the most exciting player in a Leicester shirt since Mahrez, the second half he was a different player and not in a positive way. That sums him up for me, he's only young and if he can find consistency in his game then he will be immense.

It's not the fact that it's Chilwell for me, it's more that since he left us has he really kicked on and had any consistent run of football? We would have to contribute towards big wages for a player we can't guarantee wouldn't get 2 games in and be out for 3-4 months

The system the premier league have opted for is meant to be horrendous.

Behave, they had a long enough look earlier on the potential Ipswich penalty decision, if their was a lack of integrity that you suggest they wouldn't have entertained looking at that.

Every goals checked, it will have just been clear enough onside that there's no need to drag a decision out

Not sure how Hutchinson has any complaints there

That's an early yellow! Liverpool have looked nervy trying to play out, not sure if it's just that Ipswich went all out on the press for the first 5

That's not fair you can't add a 3rd Portuguese team into the mix, Benfica and Sporting was enough

From the glimpses we have seen, I think there's a player in there. I think he's a natural finisher, no one else in our squad would have been able to take that first goal against Huddersfield. I think he would have made a difference with some of the chances Vardy and Daka squandered towards the back end of the season. Whether he will be anywhere near good enough for the premier League I'm guessing we will find out, and it's a gamble allowing someone who hasn't had chance to prove himself in the championship with us start Monday but as you say I'd like him to also.

A Jay Stansfield last gasp equaliser would be a decent story

Bruno is honking

Everything up until that final bit in and around the box is decent!

Waving the imaginary yellow card

Not a law that's being utilised at any level of English football. Was used by Uefa with scope of coming in further down the line

Gets him minutes and then he will most likely still be able come off the bench if required Monday. It's literally the opening weekend.

We aren't anywhere near the standards of that Sheffield United side, yes they signed Hamer, Archer and got McAtee on loan, they also did some extremely poor business in Larouci and Traore and Tusty, Souza and Slimani while added some depth didn't strengthen them. Our squad without meaningful additions is stronger than a lot of the dross they had in place last year. If you compared us to them now however, I'd be pretty pleased with some of the additions they have made and the players they are pushing through their academy.

I wonder if there will be anyone of note missing from the U21 side tonight with the opportunity to get their chance Monday.

To be fair, despite the completely warranted over reaction from us, it just states that they are interested and want to hijack the deal but we're in the final stages and still favourites.

I don't think he will be so polite. His previous interviews have been mainly through local channels. Tomorrow he's got the opportunity to really apply pressure to the club on a national scale and make them look a bit daft, I think he will protect the players and put a lot of questions at the boards feet with some not so subtle hints that they need to sort it out sharpish.

I mean we haven't heard that the deals collapsed so that's something..... Edit (see 3 posts down): for fu****************k sake