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Drop two of your best players and sign a load of crap ones and yeah, that's what happens.

Yeah, to be honest you're probably closer to the mark with that assessment. It's more like we've gone from a style of play that encourages being bold and confident to one that inhibits confidence instead.

Dimitri Payet won the Reunion FA Cup in 2004 but nothing in Europe

I think we're more nervous playing this style of football than we would be playing one closer to what we were used to last season. Our players haven't sat in a low block for over 12 months and now Cooper is expecting it to be an effective method.

Where would he play, though?

Mads Ricardo Faes Vestergaard (Okoli too early to say) Kristiansen Winks Skipp Fatawu Buonanotte Mavididi Vardy

People have said the same about Alves for years and he still hasn’t broke into the starting match day squad. Need to have patience with these young lads.

He's played for Cov before

Rolling three-year period, two of those years spent in PL.

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Registration deadline passed. Would have to wait until January to register.

Ricardo doesn't have the legs anymore to play as a wing-back in the Premier League.

This summer has been nail in the coffin for me. Farcical transfer window (not just us, but in general because of FFP) and there's no excitement about "what could be". We know we're going to struggle, and at the top end the title will go to Man City again with Arsenal and Liverpool chasing. It's boring for everyone.

Yep, especially when you think how structured we were last season. How can you dismantle a successful shape so quickly when you largely have most of the same players?

Hermansen Ricardo Faes Okoli Kristiansen Skipp Winks Fatawu El Khannous Mavididi Vardy

Hopefully he really steps up this season now he’s got this chance. Vardy’s last season and Edouard only a loan so if we get a 15+ goal season from him in the Championship then good chance he’ll be in the squad next season.

I wanna be Edouard

Mads Ricardo Faes Vestergaard Kristiansen Skipp Winks Ndidi Fatawu Ayew Mavididi Keep it solid for an hour or so then bring one of the midfielders off for Buonanotte later in the game.

Mavididi and Fatawu could both really expose teams through the centre like last season by pulling sides wide but Cooper doesn't have the balls to play both of them at the same time.

No, Enzo preferred 3 better strikers, and Cooper doesn't think he's Premier League ready (he's not btw)

Angel Gomes

Mads Ward Iversen Kaminski Jakub Buonanotte Ayew McAteer Mavididi Fatawu BDCR Lineup next week

Kaminski isn't coming in to sit on the bench. Belgium international now. Will be Cooper's choice for new number 1 if we sign him.

If Cooper manages to drop Ricardo, Mavididi and Hermansen then we might as well not bother. All we had to do was sign a KDH replacement, a striker and some young talent to supplement the squad.

Isn’t he 6’8”, too?