ALC Fox

I was hoping he wouldn't be the one actually. I'm not convinced he's the different kind of option we need. If he arrives I'd love to be proved wrong, though. I just don't think he has enough presence for a striker doesn't actually score that many. But we need the bodies I guess.

The door is still open if we can get someone in. It'll be a disappointment if we can't bring a striker in. On the face of it, we have Vardy and an injured Daka only. But Ayew can play there. Not as a prolific goalscorer but as someone who can facilitate for our younger, more dynamic players and bring Fatawu, Mavididi, Buonanotte or El Khannouss through. And there's Popov too. It doesn't look like he has a loan lined up. This could be a chance for him to become more involved in first-team training and impress the manager. It may look crap if no striker comes through the door. But there are silver linings, solutions to be found and reasons to be optimistic.

Great to see these lads getting out and having the chance to prove themselves. Has to be the way forward if we want them to make into the first team or to receive fees for them in the future.

He has a bit of Phil Jones about him. I think we could have a rich source of material for this thread.

Hard no from me for this one.

Another upside of these loans is that the gaps will be filled by players from younger age groups, initially on the bench, but they should get chances. It can only bode well for young players to get exposure at a higher level. Should bring their development on as well, in theory.

League One will be a great level for a 19-year-old who's looking better than U21s football. It'll be a test coming up against those defenders, some of which will have been scrapping in the non-league not so long ago. He's got the raw materials to be a really good player and seems to be making the step up each time he's asked. Let's hope he continues that way. If his instinctive finish against Burton last week is anything to go by, hopefully Exeter City fans will have plenty of reasons to cheer him this season.

A proper club legend. A huge, integral part of our greatest ever era. Get the statue up.

Maybe not

Yes, very disappointed

If Forest bring this guy in, I'd test them with a bid for Awoniyi.

Sounds like the sort of thing nobody wants to see. Hope the person in question made it and is stable. Hope you're okay too.

He'll be fuming if Bob makes Tier 1 before him!

Lots of good chat about this lad. Looking forward to seeing him come in and seeing what he can do.

Live footage of this Tranmere keeper

I presume this is just to 'see how they get on' and have a bit of time all playing at the same time. I imagine we'll see a lot of it this season.

Despite his brain fart in the first game, if it is the keeper then surely he'd be an upgrade on Ward. I just hope this doesn't mean Mads or Jakub will go, though. Both are good enough in my opinion and hope that Stolarczyk can come straight back in as the second-choice when he's recovered from his injury. Hopefully this rumour is just a crap journo throwing loads of stories about for clicks and Patreon subscriptions.

Is anyone actually interested in him?

If he doesn't want to be here then fine. He's been decent for us but he's not the difference between survival and not for me. I'd be happy with a Coady-Okoli back two to be honest. Nelson to replace either of those as well. Thanks for last season, Wout.

RIP Sven.

If we can flip him for £80m in 18 months I think that means we've done pretty well on all fronts!

I know it's been said approximately 1,000,000 times in this thread but my god middle lane hoggers just make the road so dangerous. There's empty road ahead in the inside lane, but they consistently tootle along at 60 in the middle on three-lane stretches or lanes two and three on four-lane stretches, forcing me to go across several lanes of traffic if I want to overtake. I don't understand the mentality. If you're that opposed to changing lanes to overtake and come back in again and you want a nice easy cruise and to switch off, you shouldn't be on the ****ing motorway.

I'd like to see Alves, Nelson, Braybrooke and Golding in this one. Monga off the bench would be stunning too.

"More like FoxesTwats" We just can't compete with that

A loan with obligation dependent on survival seems the only way this could happen for us. If Forest aren't willing to spend on both him and Nketiah it could be doable. I'm not holding my breath, though.