honeybradger

I know he's been mentioned on here before but can we please sign Siltanen. Can do everything Winks does to a higher level (and more) and would also bring the energy and defensive contribution to our midfield that we desperately need. Big fan of all the strong tackles.

Bit disappointing that the links have died down. He's going to still be here after the window closes isnt he. Even if he was a model professional I would still want him gone, just not good enough.

Wow, really puts it into perspective how limited of a footballer Winks is. Hackney would be a very good player for us (and likely wouldnt come here) but with our limited funds I would still like us to go for a player that is a bit more focused on the defensive side of the game like that Zeneli guy Ric mentioned.

He had just come back from a major injury and got injured shortly after joining them. It was the right decision for him to make the move and get the large contract when he could.

Unpopular opinion but isnt Hackney just a better version of Winks? We need a midfielder who can cover ground and win the ball back, not another lightweight player that specialises in passing.

Will be more of the same sadly minus El Khannouss. The one who would be unforgivable if he was in the team is Vestergaard after that display last weekend. Marti needs to learn to be ruthless, we don't need clean sheets we need to toss out the dirty ones and bring in new ones from the academy/transfer market.

With Daka and Ayew as options i would rather play with no strikers than two

He had a similar shakey first half against Wednesday then won us the game in the second half with two assists. Ayew was far worse and stayed on, subbing off El Khannouss was in my opinion the wrong decision and probably cost us the game.

I was hoping that everyone would stop talking about him and he would somehow stop existing. Very worried at the possibility that he comes back from injury and actually starts playing for us again.

Surely if youre looking for full backs to attack into the space then Aluko is our best option. His quick feet and ability to drive the ball forward helped us unlock defenses a few times in pre season.

It's more in response to how our fans are disrespecting El Khannouss based on his stats and pointing out that there is a reason they are going for El Khannouss despite there being players with more goals and assists available.

Can't blame him at all honestly.

Think he mentioned the mental toll that being part of another relegation took on him as part of the reason he's leaving. Might have been his decision as much as ours.

Notice how Crystal Palace are going after El Khannouss and not 20 g+a Josh Brownhill who many of our fans cream their pants over. Ability over numbers/experience every day of the week.

Would take that honestly. A weaker season in the championship as a trade for an ownership that hopefully actually puts some effort in.

Completely different players. Eze is an attacking midfielder who excels at taking on players and creating/scoring goals, El Khannouss is a natural 8 who is better at passing and controlling the flow of a game. There are some short memories on here, El Khannouss is well respected amongst fans of other clubs in the PL, look at the reaction to his performance against Man City despite getting 0 goals 0 assists There will be shouts of best midfield in the league when he plays deeper alongside Wharton, it's just our idiot club that keeps on trying to force him into a more attacking role.

That is his best position in my mind, plenty of strikers start out on the wings and end up playing centrally. For my money Evans is currently the better and more promising player as well, much rather have him up front than Martin.

If we loan Chido Obi Martin in instead of playing Jake Evans i genuinely think my blood would boil.

The fact that we could offload all of these to Wrexham and I wouldnt expect Wrexham to make a promotion push makes me think we're going to struggle this season and that our fans actually still overrate these players by giving them 'clean sheets' and expecting them to come good.

Pretty sure we have that Portuguese lad from Benfica lined up. Too much coincidence that rumours started coming out about him and him following us around the time El Khannouss to Crystal Palace started picking up steam.

Well yh the FA cup win goes without saying but it's not a good example for what im trying to say when we were breaching PSR at the time and have ended up where we are.

In recent years we've had West Ham, Newcastle, Crystal Palace winning trophies. Aston Villa, Newcastle in the champions league. Brighton, Bournemouth Brentford in the Prem. The period with the biggest gap between the top and the bottom was 2004-2015 where there were 11 years where only the sky 6 finished in the top 4. Now it feels fairly even matched. To be honest I kind of like the likes of Chelsea and Man United throwing round money, when we were benefiting from it at least. It means you can attract players that clubs like ours otherwise couldnt because they see a pathway to the top.

With the ridiculous wages and transfer fees we have been handing out to underperforming players we 100% need to be on the barrel end of PSR. Rather this than Rudkin being given free reign renewing the contracts of the likes of Ward, Coady, Choudhury, Ayew Winks when it comes round to it.

He looked pretty rough in pre season. He is talented but probably had his confidence knocked by his loan not going the way everyone wanted it to and his injury. A good loan in league one or two would do him well, if he stayed and played i fear that we have a number of fans waiting in the wings to pounce on him when he has his first bad game for us, similar to what happened to Nelson. After a successful loan Nelson is better positioned to ride the criticism whereas with Baybrooke you would run the risk of completely destroying his confidence.

Good move for him. Is it typical for the loan to only go until next January?