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It's a fair point. It's also a risk to go into the second tier. If Parker doesn't fancy him for whatever reason, then he's failed to get into a Championship side which, you could argue, could be more detrimental for his reputation than failing to turn around a club that is currently a car crash on multiple fronts.

Marcus Edwards is an insane signing for the Championship. I know he hasn't been used that much for Sporting this season, but he was ripping it up the other season. Surely he can't have dropped off enough not to get a PL move? Should've been a no-brainer for a team like us.

Hopefully this is the Barnes to West Brom loan that indicates he's ready for us next season.

Send Edouard back. Get Rashford in. Just a six-month loan. No obligation. No option. Just work with Ruud again (who picked him consistently in his short interim spell in charge of Man Utd). Re-assess at the end of the season. Maybe another 12-month loan if we stay up, Ruud stays on and Rashford enjoyed it. Only a semi-serious suggestion because of wage issues, etc. but if no other move (for him or us) materialises before the end of the window, it could be a move that works for all parties.

Three managers didn't fancy him at two different levels (winning the Championship and fighting relegation back to it). He does look quite limited but he also does look like a very good, clean finisher. If he can develop certain sides of his game, he'll be a regular at the top end of the Championship and at the level we currently find ourselves at. But he's not there yet. We do need goalscorers but I think it's worth the risk to use the money and improve the squad in a couple of areas, including up top if possible.

Fulham's second goal was as atrocious a goal I've ever seen us concede. For a split second we actually look like we're in a pretty decent shape with the back four but some extremely simple passing and they're all doing their own thing, they're not alive to anything and the backline is being pulled around by actually nothing particularly special. And then Traore is free at the back post. Woeful. There's absolutely no doubt that these make up the worst defence I've ever seen from us in the Premier League.

The weird thing about Okoli is that Cooper seemed to like him and started him in several games, rotating him in and out - and he's been called up for Italy. It seems van Nistelrooy either doesn't like him or doesn't think he's ready to play Premier League football and prefers Coady, Vestergaard and Faes over him. But, the kicker is that - as a unit - we've been incredibly poor defensively whoever has been in the team. I think there's potential there, but I guess the smart play may well be to sell now while we can recoup a decent fee for him as his stock hasn't fallen much since he's been here. If we wait until we're relegated, then we could be stuck with a Soumare situation where we have to send him out on loan because his wages are too high and teams will try to lowball us on a fee knowing that we have to sell. I do like him, though. Not fitting RVN's blueprint might be a bit shortsighted as he could be a beast under a different manager, but if we're relegated and need to sell him anyway then I guess it makes sense to get rid now since having him in the side never really improved us in the first place. Tough call either way really.

King and Onanaye were notable absences. They injured or potentially could we see them in the squad today? Any others missing that anybody has noticed?

I don't like them. But coming so soon after our title win, it's good to see any team outside of the traditional elite challenging the established order. Their owner is a right whopper but fair play to them. They're upsetting the apple cart and hopefully more clubs like Brighton and Bournemouth can do the same (and us again one day!). The exception, for me, would be Newcastle. They can get in the bin.

People who don't clear their cars of snow before they head out on the road. Saw one car with snow covering the entire rear windscreen and another just dump a big pile of snow on the road from its roof, creating an unexpected hazard on an otherwise clear and ice-free road.

Duran, Rogers and Torres all out for Villa. Obviously they're still heavy favourites but those absences could knock them out of their stride a bit.

It's taken him a while to really hit his straps in his career but he's clearly found a home in English football. He didn't have the best start to this season after a stellar campaign last year, but he's got back to business and when Middlesbrough do well so does he, it seems. We're not fishing in the market of finished products. There's going to be an element of risk with every signing. We need a proper back-up to Vardy now. Daka and Edouard aren't it, so I'm happy to take the risk on someone who's currently in good form. I'm confident he's better than Cannon right now. The two of them will be decent options next season if we go down, but if we stay up we may need to strengthen again in that area.

It's very short-sighted of the club not to consider that loads of kids have siblings. It seems the club are actively trying to lose fans rather than gain or retain them.

Our saving grace here could be that the conventional opinion is that Tonali and Guimaraes are finding it difficult to play in the same side. Difficult for Skipp and Choudhury to come in but if they can strike up a partnership and ping the ball up to the four more attack-minded players, we could find a bit of joy.

He's saying so many of the right things. He doesn't even need to after the first two games, either. Having a good crop of young players is really exciting, so seeing them potentially get opportunities is brilliant. Pragmatically speaking, it also puts them in the shop window. If they do OK, there will be interest in them, either to go on loan to help them develop or for a permanent transfer that boosts our ability to recruit. In a perfect world, there might be a few PL quality players in there who will stay and give us great options as we challenge again.

Still feel someone like Jacob Murphy should be a massive inspiration for him. Not an extraordinarily flair player, doesn't show off, but has worked his way up to being a very useful player for a side who can be really good on their day. Consistency is key for him because McAteer does have a knack of getting into good positions and often doing the basics well.

Seeing him celebrating the equaliser with pure fire in his belly completes the redemption arc for me. G'wan Bouba!

Ruud has a track record of improving players, including youngsters. If RVN actually gives Alves a chance and he does well, AND we stay up this season, van Nistelrooy will be a very popular man here.

Glad he's back home. Hope he progresses well as a coach.

"So it's one hand on your hip, good, then your other arm out like this. I'm a little teapot, short and... Bobby, why on earth are you using your leg?!"

I for one CANNOT WAIT to see every bugger in Wetherspoons in their new roll necks that they got for Christmas

He's got charisma. That should hopefully give the players a lift in the short term. I'm expecting a ding-dong battle against Brentford. He won the Dutch cup and finished second with PSV. Some might say that's about par for the course. But we've seen other teams besides them, Feyenoord and Ajax do well in that league before so it's still an achievement. What's unknown about him is if he can translate the limited success he's had into the medium or long term. Do we actually need to worry about that? Probably not right now. If vibes keep us up and he gets poached then job done.

That was Roger Schmidt

Oh my imagine if we pump Brentford at the weekend, it'll be absolute lift-off!

Based on absolutely nothing at all I think it's going to be Igor Tudor.