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It really feels like we are getting a few ducks in a row before announcing them all. Possibly Okoli, Fatawu, Ndidi, Golding.... maybe others at the same time?

Fuchs I think but the one that stands out is Ayoze Perez. An ITK posted on here and by the next day I think it was done.

Was an absolute monster on FM last year. Signed him more than a few times. I'd guess that the plan is 3 at the back, two wingbacks, 2 sitting midfielders and a striker with two inside forwards/#10s. I think Mavididi would suit that inside forward role as he's played as a striker but for me, Fatawu would be more suited to RWB. As for the CM, Ndidi or another no.6 with a DLP like Winks or someone like him.

Two players I'd like to see sign are Ryan Sessegnon and Brereton Diaz. Neither are particularly eye-catching on their own but both would offer a very good balance on that left hand side. With those two, VK, JJ and Mavadidi you have options. You have more traditional LBs that can play as a back 4 like JJ and VK. You have Wingbacks that offer a more attacking threat like Sessegnon and VK, you have wingers that can stay wide like Sessegnon and Mav and you have players that can cut in as inide forwards like Diaz and Mavididi. You also have Brereton Diaz offering cover as a striker. I think it offers options and flexibility at a good standard without costing much at all. One is free the other seems to be going for around 6/7m.

As I've said before, from what I've seen of him, he seems far more suited to the LB role than LWB and I think having a winger like Mav infront of him suits both players. I also think that signing someone like sessegnon who can offer back up to both those players AND offer a wingback option would be ideal.

Aye, done this a few times and it generally ends up being SNP, who I've voted for all my life. That creates its own problems. Yes, my family have done well under SNP, I'm definately financially better off under their rule but they are a mess. I don't back any of their leaders and some of their decisions in the last few years have rubbed me up the wrong way, leaving me pretty disillusioned with them. The problem is, I won't vote for any Scottish unionist party and voting for someone like Alba, who I match pretty highly with on that quiz is potentially splitting the vote and putting a pro UK party in power in Scotland...

I've still got absolutely no clue who I'm gonna vote for.

Reading a bit of chat about George Hirst declaring for Scotland. At this stage, I'd take BOY George over Chè Adams.

I'd still like to see us aproach Lloyd Kelly, depending on his injury situation. Edit. Never mind. I just saw he's apparently signed with Newcastle.

I would really like to see him sign a new contract and think that a combo of him and Winks as the BWM/DLP duet at CM with a 10 in front could work very well. I also think his stint as an 8 last year will make him a more complete no.6. We all know he has the ability to win the football, now he might be more confident and competent once he has it to recycle play and pass it off to team-mates who will start attacks.

This is just silly now!

Good move for him. A level he's comfortable at, decent money and a whole lot of eyes on him. Good luck to him.

He's a good lad.

Bellingham really is a cracking player but VERY unlikeable. Why's he always scowling? Cheer up ya pie!

So Evan Ferguson to Newcastle for around £60m then?

I wouldn't put any stock in an article that links Celtic to a £21m rated player.

He was very good before going to Chelsea where he never really got a chance. I think we may have been interested in him around that time, or at the very least there was mentions of him on here. Played 13 games last season, still plenty of time to get his career back on track at 25 and regardless of when it happens, he IS going to have to take a pay cut at some point, doubt he'll find many teams who will pay him what we will. I would definately be happy with giving him a shot at the LCB slot for the right price.

I'd take Malang Sarr in all honesty.

I can definately see something like £45m and then we just so happen to pay £20m for one of their lads... Gets us both out a hole but only £25m really changes hands. That seems to be the current work around of FFP. Would try and get a cheeky loan on top of that too.

So our points deduction is for the 22/23 season. Nothing we can do about that now. All the business we are trying to do now is to avoid breaches for the 23/24 season. Anything we do from July 1st onwards will count for the 24/25 season.

All of a sudden, Callum O'Hare isn't looking like such a bad option.

An offspring of Paul Weller I believe.

Please say it's Walkers!

Thays a fair call but you could argue that had they performed anywhere near their beat, you would have had 6 points from the first two games and resting them wouldn't have been an issue in the slightest.

Here I was thinking that Scotland had the "worst team of the tournament" crown wrapped up but you lot just can't let us have anything, can you?