Chelmofox

£17m fee. So makes it even more stupid. I presume they just felt they had a superstar on their hands and he just needed time.

If we are playing hardball why would we take a loan? Unless there was something very beneficial in return (very high fee, good player in return).

That’s not off. Terrible

Absolute bollocks.

Demoting Jakub would be nuts. Cant see that.

I presume Bausor might likely go on loan or stay in the U21's. Being 3rd choice and kicking ball to corner flag before each game might not be the best for his development.

A comb taken by Oliver Skipp.

Fancy us for this. Even when they brought on their better players yesterday the had very little to offer. Think we take this 2-1.

Bang on. Even with Fofana he had a dream (well nightmare!) move to Chelsea sorted. As nice as Palace are doing, its not a dream move for him and other options are thin at best. He would be stupid to down tools.

Everyone says he has a good engine though?

Bang on.

They have money and will panic buy. I'm just not convinced they have a problem that BEK can solve. Their defence and defensive mid situation is simply horrible.

KEEP!

The dog thing.

If he was a new signing lots would be saying he needs game time to bed himself in. He got caught out a few times but i think he did himself proud and was growing into the game towards the end.

Wasnt there talk of Sliko going somewhere (QPR - cant remember as i was on holiday?). Might have been a cameo to prove fitness?

15m might be feasible. He did ok at Bologna and I think due to his age is still regarded as someone who has potential, and has quite a few international caps.

You saw it in pre season.

Shame he will be playing in Anges system of 2 inverted full backs.

Or defend. That 'dangly' leg thing he did really pissed me off.

All we need to do is sing the Harry Winks song a few times. Sure that will perk his pecker up adequately.

Enzo favoured Doyle for most of the season over JJ, although JJ got himself back into contention later in the season following Doyles injury. Don't think Enzo rated JJ, and i was surprised that Cooper dropped Riccy in favour of JJ + Vic.

And i think what they have spent has resale value if they do go down. Unlike the Cooper 'investments' we made.

Actually think this bit is the problem - im not 100% convinced he is and could be a very disruptive influence who might need special treatment. Think he had special treatment from us for sometime but because of who he was he got it.

And hopefully he will be able to see that the manager was willing to take him out of the spotlight rather than hanging him out to dry. Expect him to get back to his best pretty quickly.