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I don't think this would happen but I really wouldn't bet against it. The worst part is that you really couldn't count on our fans to adequately express how unacceptable this would be. They would still turn up and meekly clap as we are driven down the same road as Sheffield Wednesday.

If Bilal goes for around 25 and Winks for 5/6. Add on top the 29/30 we've already got from Coady/Ndidi and Mads and the wages saved from them and Vardy/Ward... Thats us brought in £60m and saved God knows how much in wages. The only problem is, we can't trust the club to use that well.

You think we are getting close to £10m for Winks who is out of contract next year? We will be lucky to get around £5m.

He would obviously need replacing but not with a "like for like". Winks doesn't fit into the midfield Cifuentes wants to primarily play. He plays with 3 CM's. An 8/10 hybrid which is Bilal, an 8 and a 6. We don't really have anyone that fits those last two positions so if Winks went, I'd rather we signed an out and out 6 with an 8 coming in too, preferably with Soumare leaving. That's why we made tactical changes yesterday after bringing Winks on.

Yeah.

Increase his value in time for him leaving for free?

If a decent offer comes in, selling him is the right call.

As I said on another thread, we just don't have the personnel to play the CM that Marti wants. Bilal fits in but no one else is suitable for the ball winning #6 or box to box #8. He either needs to adjust his midfield as he done today when winks came on or look to sell both Winks and Soumare and replace them with players that fit. (No idea what we are gonna do with Skipp but we don't really have a choice there)

What became clear to me today is that Cifuentes likes to play a CM that we aren't equipped to play. He likes a ball winning DM, a box to box and almost an 8/10 hybrid. We have the latter covered with Bilal but no one else that we have fits those other two positions so he either needs to rethink this or we try move on anyone we can at CM and replace them with players that suit the system.

Is it? A young local lad who's done well sponsors them and they've given him his own number whilst our owners are creating and or using fake, dodgy betting companies as way of smuggling in cash to us. The latter is far more embarrassing than the former.

True, but how many of those options have played more gametime in those positions then these two over pre season? Ricardo and Thomas sure. VK has been injured so we can't really count him but I reckon Marti fancies these two over most of those options at the FB positions.

Marti has spoken a few times about a small squad. If that's what he is going for, players like JJ and Hamza will be key. Small squads don't really work without some players that can cover several positions.

Can't wait for our chairman's notes in the programme tomorrow urging us all to get behind the team and stating how dedicated he is to getting us back in the PL after an entire summer of silence.

...or as Robert Huth would say, "yes no"

Surely we don't need a winger unless someone leaves....

Looks like a decent player and I could see him doing well here but for £25m, I would sell all day long.

Brunt too.

Post it, I want to see.

Would that be the one we're the first 40 seconds are him celebrating and walking around in slow motion?

It's probably because the lad is 22 and when he was 19, he was playing at the homeless world cup. I mean, it is a bit of a gamble considering most players these days grow up in youth academies.

Ummm.... a fair few of the sh!te we have in our squad we're signed whilst Congerton was here. Daka, Soumare, Vestergard. Justin is the only other one signed during his time that is still here. Congerton was sh!t.

Not gonna lie, I can't get Hull on the opening day of 16/17 out of my mind. When they fielded a squad of like 13 senior players against us as champions and beat us.

I mean, it's short by at least 5 to 7 million but it is what it is and with the Coady and Ndidi money, we are close to about £30m that we have brought in. Add to that, their wages along side Vardy/Iversen and Wards wages, we are at the very least £40m better off. No idea how close that will get us to being FFP compliant but it's definitely closer than we were.

About 340 miles. 6hr drive. Which is exactly why I don't make many games.

Yeah, that price is miles off. Rangers have reportedly had a bid of around 3.5m accepted.