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And the humiliating disgrace of the second cemented that

Seriously, signing anyone from league 1 or 2 will be better than Daka or Skipp

I don't believe we haven't got a pot to piss in, we've just raised £45+ million. If BEK goes that's about £70 mill. If we had no money why waste £20+ on Skipp etc... Honestly, if we don't sign anyone after these sales then the board are beyond incompetent we deserve relegation, it would be an absolute disgrace.

I think tonight we could do with a 0-5 hammering to force the club into buying some reinforcements

Another big question, will we get any bodies through the door before the window shuts?

As long as we replace them, but 4 days to go out we don't look like getting any one in. It doesn't look like promotion is the priority this year.

Tyler Dibling has just gone to Everton for a deal worth upto £42 million with add ons. We're perfectly entitled to ask for £30 plus million IMO.

If he's refusing to play, then that should automatically proclude him from any loyalty bonus.

I'm not advocating any merit in this, just he didn't give the ball away countless times.

I've no idea, I was just replying to the OP who said he gave the ball away countless times, which he clearly didn't. I don't agree with slating players for no reason just because of their history with us.

Bouba passing stats were 42/43, he's had pelters on here for years but currently our best midfield option😭

So far we we've sold 5 players for £47 million, I expect BEK to go and possibly Faes to Besiktas. I saw an online article in early August that we need to sell 6 before we'll start recruiting, we're almost there now.

Do we think we'll have any new players before Friday?

Huge risk, he had 3 different injuries in 24/25 and missed 35 games🤔.

I don't think he's reached the level of KDH yet and I wouldnt put him in the top player bracket. He has a long way to go still

We all know the mistakes, but he's correct in that PSR limits ambition. They'll never be another team like Leicester City winning the PL under PSR it's physically impossible now to invest and comply with the rules. Villa could be the next Leicester, they've spent to reach the champions league and missed out and now having to break up their squad to comply with the accountants whilst Man U in 15th can spend £200+ million. Its bollocks, the football leagues and FA need to do more to protect the Morecambes, Burys and Sheffield Wednesday instead of protecting Man U, Chelsea and Spurs from the likes of Villa, Newcastle and Forest.

Hopefully we get rid of all our midfield options, but I'm not holding out much hope. We probably have more chance of Winks going to the PL than Soumare back to France who can't afford his current wage and nobodies buying Skipp.

I see a flaw in your plan, we don't have a defensive beast or midfield dictator in 11 players never mind one midfield player. I don't know much about the Lille season, but from the outside it sounds like Andre gave Soumare a free ride and covered up all his defects and carried him. We don't have that luxury. Who would have thought Soumare would play every minute so far this season, but it shows how far we've fallen.

Football is corrupt, Crystal Palace are prevented from entering the Europa league because of 'multi-club rules' and replace by a club who has a Global Head of Football. Absolute joke. Any kind of meaningful success for clubs outside the established hierarchy is automatically met with punishment and an attempt to destroy them.

Yes, if Soumare didn't have his baggage and just joined the club this window I dare say we'd all be quite happy with him. He's head and shoulders above Skipp so far this season.

Yes he was good yesterday, had the most successful final 3rd passes (11) than anyone in the team, by contrast Skipp managed 12 accurate passes in total.

Ayewirus😂

Look at his heat map yesterday, no wonder the team struggled.

Yes, yesterday we didn't get done in transition, mostly corners and mistskes from our inability to pass thru the press.

Charlton had 20 shots to our 6 yesterday, they got 7 on target and Jacob kept us in the game. I think against Birmingham we end up loosing 4-1 if we're as bad. Winning aerial duels and leadership is the very least you should expect from Vesty. He's our best passer in defence and not a bad player, I just think he's to slow in general and we'll always get done in the transition with him in the team.