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I knew this was taking too long, takes a day to agree a contract if a player wants to join as Hoffenheim have shown.

Yep, started the week excited with the news we're signing Hlozek and Zaha in time for Spurs. Now just really pissed off.

Just don't see this happening, Hlozek would have signed already if he was interested in the project, maybe that's our problem we just don't have a project😂

Very unlikely we're going to have a new striker registered by the Friday lunch deadline for the opening PL fixtures.

How long does it take to sort out personal terms. The clubs agreed the deal on Monday. Hlozek is obviously taking some convincing to join, otherwise we would have announced.

What system is his strength, walking football?

The club haven't announced his signing, they've taken all this into consideration and pulled out to pursue Ayew instead.

We can't blame club for this, if Zaha wants to come back to the PL then he'll have to take a tax hit, we're paying a loan fee and Galatasaray are covering his wages but they're not going to pay a UK tax bill.

All this shows how disillusioned our fanbase is with the hierarchy of the club when our fans think we should accept any punishment without a fight or show of unity unlike the supporters of Everton or Forest. We support Leicester City, and should not be wanting the worst for our team just to spite King Power, Rudkin etc.....

Here's a radical idea, why doesn't the club communicate it's strategy to the fan base so we don't go insane guessing on FT.

Yes everything you say is true, and the window is still open for 3 games until the end of August. Most teams will be in transition during this period still finalising their squads, but we've got the points deduction looming. I think we've missed a trick in not getting our business done early giving the manager time to work with a full squad of players. With a full squad we could really have targeted these 3 games and give us the best chance of getting 9 points, but at present were in disarray.

Cooper gas every right to be annoyed like us fans, we sold KDH end of June and a week before the season starts we only just have a replacement for him having missed all pre-season games We were short in midfield last year playing Ndidi as an 8, Praet and Agun also left and haven't been replaced either. Recruitment has been an absolute disaster, a week before the season our only fit striker is Cannon, a player neither Enzo or Cooper rates. Rudkin has to be sacked, he appoints a manager no one wants, then he can't recruit him the players we desperately need.

The Forest team had, Brennan Johnson, Morgan Gibbs-White and Taiwo Awonyi in key attacking positions and didn't receive an 8-10 pts deduction either. Until we get superior players we stand no chance of staying up, especially with -8pts. They scored 23 PL goals between them, I don't believe Daka, Vardy, Mavididi and Buonanotte will get anywhere near that number.

Yes he's completely wasted our pre-season and succeeded in removing all our momentum and confidence from the promotion campaign. I can understand to an extent not using Alves with it being Cooper's first season at the club and trying to build a playing style for the first games with senior players. Cooper wouldn't have been my choice of manager but I'm prepared to give him some time until he gets the players we need to stop this season being a humiliation. The team wasn't equipped for the PL after promotion, with Ndidi playing as an 8, then we loose KDH. Daka and Cannon aren't the answer as strikers either, our recruitment has been a disaster so far. I don't understand, when we have a tight budget, why we wasted more money on a centre back when we already have Souttar and Nelson who are probably both better than Okoli. Having said all that Cooper still has to give Alves and Nelson plenty of minutes this season though, to develop our best prospects. It's going to be a tough watch.

Maybe Cooper doesn't know how to coach the inverted full back role, have any of his teams played that way before?

Okoli looks shocking, Nelson should definitely start over him. Cooper obviously doesn't plan to start Alves or Baybrooke in the early months of the premier league which is why they've got no game time in pre season.

He obviously thinks we have some money after the sale of KDH, bidding for Soule and being able to waste money on another centre back.

If Alves and Baybrooke were ready they would have played last year, you don't just chuck you best prospects into midfield for a premier league relegation dogfight with an impending points deduction. The Premier league is the toughest in the world and the gap between the championship is huge. I'm not a Cooper fan but he's our manager and I think we should cut him some slack untill at least he has the players he needs before we start slating him.

Cooper's getting so much grief for a situation he's inherited and been stupid enough to accept by taking the job. Given the players we have available who would you play instead of Wilf or Hamza? We don't have anyone else, only Soumare or McAteer and he obviously doesn't see Ricky as a starting midfielder, maybe some politics there. Alves is not ready for this even in preseason. He's a very promising player but throwing in him with this shower of shit and expecting him to be the major creative force is asking a miracle and could set his whole career back. We've got to support and judge him at Xmas when hopefully the club has recruited 4-5 players in midfield and attack who can actually pass forward and score.

Feel sorry for the man, been let down massively by the recruitment. Okoli looked an absolute donkey from the Lens highlights.

Comparing wage bills is a pointless statement, we play in the richest league in the world and will have a much higher bill because of it.

🤔Maybe this is all a clever ploy for the Premier League to feel sorry for us, so we avoid a points deduction!!!

I wish he was still here, it would certainly have been easier to attract new players.

But how many of those players would start in a mid table PL from saying 13th to 17th? Maybe Winks, and Ricardo only. We desperately need creativity and goal scorers.

I'm not a Cooper fan but, I'll reserve my judgement until the end of September after the transfer window has shut. Hopefully we've strengthened the squad and he's had time to develop a playing style with a full squad.