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Rahane gone. Touch and go, this.

Had forgotten some of those sales but as i recall they sold Stones and Richarlison for a combined £100m so taking into account Onana and Lukaku, that means they must have raised £400m from other sales which seems very high to me.

How the hell have Everton raised more than us from sales in the last decade? Until they sold Onana this summer for £50m the only other big sale I can recall them making recently is the c£90m for Lukaku.

Ayew is surely an alternative to Reid, rather than a player to sign in addition to him. It's very sad to think that within 4 years of challenging for CL qualification 2 seasons running, we're now reduced to picking up scraps from the likes of Fulham and Crystal Palace. Might as well sign Andros Townsend as well.

I suspect that it's Soumaré's wages that have scuppered a move to Sevilla. There is no way they're going to match £80k per week.

Glad he's got a decent move as he was a player/character who I always liked. Didn't want to see him playing for another PL club. Good luck, Nacho!

Is this the same injury he got celebrating after the Preston game?

This 100%, sadly. Basically what Luton did last season. Spend as little as possible and bank the dirty PL cash.

I fear that we are going to be "2023/24 Sheff U level" bad this season unless we bring in some more quality urgently.

Blimey, this is embarrassing. Run rate is going to be absolutely hammered here.

I think he's pretty pacy to be fair. Agree with the rest, though.

What is going on? Poor batting or a difficult pitch?

Maybe we could get Chilwell back on loan?

According to the BBC, we had "the weather to thank" for winning!

So, what kind of team will we have available for the One Day Cup? Budinger Rahane Hill Kimber Handscomb Cox Trevaskis Mike Scriven Wright Salisbury

To be fair to Neesham, his batting played a big part in us winning the 2 games v Notts and Northants.

Indeed. Key issue was being "Samited" twice by Derbyshire, having been well on top in both games.

Shame it's ended like this but a much improved season overall. Was always a long shot to beat these away.

Sounds like he primarily played on the left for Bologna so would give Mav some proper competition, which is a good thing, I think.

I've certainly moaned about him a lot as a tactician but you can't deny that he's a thoroughly decent guy who is an excellent man manager. Being manager of any team for 8 years is a very long time in modern football so now is definitely the right time for a change. As for this tournament, I will never understand his utter refusal to play a system like Spain's, with Rice as the 6 behind Foden and Bellingham as high 8s, and 2 fast wingers (Gordon and Saka) either side of Kane. The lack of genuine width and pace on the left (compounded by having a right footed left back) completely stunted our attacking prowess and allowed teams to focus on stopping Saka on the right. It also meant playing some of our best players out of position ie Foden and Bellingham being asked to drift out wide and Saka being asked to play a weird right wing back role.

A very fair summary. I've complained about him a lot but you have to say he's created a really strong team spirit amongst a previously dispirite team. But he is very lacking tactically against the very best coaches and teams.

I do. Southgate.

Germany and Austria were also very entertaining.

Newcastle or Everton are 2 very different destinations. One is a club on the up chasing Europe, the other a relegation battler with no money playing hoofball.

Would love to sign him. The problem is that we also have Trevaskis.