Old Fox

I think for all his talent it’s a good deal - I remain to be convinced he will be as good as he thinks he is ! Move on …..next VK and Faes please

Really simple he needs a loan tbh - not ready to start with our expectations

Ayew shouldn’t play up top but I am not convinced page is ready either to play 10!

Yes one shot on target and the gimp thinks they are the better team - they were rubbish and for all the investment they are miles away from a prem side !

That would be a great move !

Good move for the lad - needs to go and play - if permanent we just need to put a sell on clause and £750k would get him I reckon.

A lot of this is being completely blown out of all proportion and players will always have a moan especially if not being automatic first choice, had to take pay cuts or just their agents are in their ear telling them about interest from other clubs - when you add the pathetic performances last year and hopeless managers we had it has led to a complete disconnect between us and the players - we know they don’t give a hoot but what is quite unusual is that the vast majority of fans have had enough of the same idiots not giving a damn. The window closing will settle this down but I think refreshingly this manager has recognised which players he wants and which he doesn’t - personally more hopeful that a few more will leave but whether we have time and have identified the right targets I am more nervous about !! A few interesting days ahead of us !!

I wonder if he will end up retiring because without a preseason at 38 I wonder if he will wain slightly quicker - I wonder if we have offered him a route back - be a real shame if he does not have a final swansong !

It’s a real pity Mads left and I also think he has been badly advised and chosen wrong club at the ring time - relegation candidates and I have a feeling he may end up being on the bench very quickly - silly move imo !

Jacob reminds me of Nick Pope - quality shot stopper but not sure about whether he has the feet to play from the back. Maybe MC wants a different type of keeper although I do agree we have bigger priorities but if we sign a new number 1 then surely we will have 3 or 4 others coming in !

You can have other qualities and his vision, passing range, use of the ball is high quality - and as this is in the Skipp topic he has qualities which I am yet to work for Ollie what his are !

Yes it’s like we never existed back in 16 to 19 unsettling all the big boys and we have been over a barrel due to the financial penalties and restrictions all which date back to when we won things - it’s a travesty and yes I know management since has been shocking but still …..poor ol Villa and Newcastle

Where ? Can’t be on the pitch - as posted he is absolutely honking - nearly as bad as Junior Lewis !

Take page off move Ayew back as it’s physical and page looks lost Get soumare and Skipp off put Riccy on and winks move Hamza into midfield

I think they will have waited to see what MC wanted, which players are committed and now he has had time I think he may have worked out and also spoken to all players MC could have signed off on sales - here’s hoping anyway !

Whilst I fully want Nelson to be a success and to be clear I can’t stand Wout - I personally remain unsure if Nelson is ready and Faes for all his faults is above this level it’s his bloody attitude and lack of awareness that do my head in i love the support for our young players but also believe they need to play more first team football in lower leagues and his short stint last season would be better suited to another loan imo - the expectation and pressure at our club is a lot than less you are an absolute natural like Monga and it’s easier in attacking positions than defensive ones to be risked

Very true although I do believe that MG will get it right with the right manager and I have more hope with MC than I ever did with RVN and SC!

£20m and they can have him too imo

More signs that the academy is starting to work - never ever a £12m player

I am not sure about most fans but I am in the Stevo camp - I do not care as long as we get rid of as many of this shower as possible - I in 40+ years despite watching us through pleat, taylor times etc have never felt more disconnected to our club than now - the academy is starting to work and the model of developing your own to either be in the first team or ship out for money like Chelsea is a way to move forward. A starter for me would be to get a team on the pitch that I can at least get behind - I do not want to see any of Faes, VK, Soumare in our shirt again - I can cope with Winks, Daka and a couple of them if they want to stay and be part of our recovery....the likes of McAteer were never good enough which is probably similar for Thomas but at least they tried when selected. Hopefully this is the start of a significant clearout now MC has had time to have a look and there can be no way he has not realised we basically need new fullbacks, a centre half, a central midfield and a striker - we may not get all of that but if we can get rid of some of the problems we can move forward with youth too if needed - I am not convinced all of our youngsters are quite ready or as good as some on here think but I do genuinely believe that whatever Top is as a Chairman (maybe out of his depth and certainly not a business man like his father) that he wants success and he will be ambitious to get us back - he may be under constraints around PSR and yes, some poor decisions have been taken but also the rules have hit us harder than anyone because we dared to try and compete with the Top6 and failed to sustain it!

Whilst I completely agree unfortunately the club is rudderless and we could see back in April that basically you could sell the lot but the recruitment team have shifted only a fraction of the issue - Marti is probably aware that we need to shift about 6 more but benching or reserving them won’t help matters - we need Bilal to go to provide some flexibility I would imagine then we could ship out basically everyone bar the kids and Fatawu which no one would disagree with but just can’t see it……we won’t be able to judge him until he has rid of all the experienced entitled idiots……this season is a right off already and we need to do what Nige did by clearing out all the twonks and bringing in hungry players like James, Drinky, Etc alongside some youngsters but it was all about building an identity which we definitely don’t have now - its really sad to see how we have fallen and 3 games in we can all see its a car crash AGAIN!!!

Just amended it - that’s how bad it has got 😂

Be interesting to know if he wants to be here still! Certainly played well in his two cameo appearances but you would if you knew clubs were looking at you !

We need midfielders more than a striker imo - getting the ball to a striker and having the balance defensively and attack wise we have no options at all - send Soumare on loan, sell winks if he does not want to be here and take Skipp and put him in one - we need 2 midfielders at least !!

We are too quick to build youngsters up as Alves broke into an injury hit squad very young then had a terrible injury before recovering and playing 20 games or so in the champs in a relegated side where he was average. Defenders and midfielders so young need to be top top quality to physically and mentally be ready to play under the expectations we have especially with such limited men’s football experience - Monga maybe an exception due to his unbelievable talent but we want promotion and some of the youngsters just need to play - be it league 1 or 2 some like Alves just need to play. Like Nelson he is not ready to play top end expectation championship football and needs a loan - than less we write the season off and bed in youngsters in the belief over time we can get up.