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I'd take him. But not as our last squad place. We have other needs. I'd take him if we could replace one of the other CBs with him. But we already have 4.

As Brazil grows economically, this sort of move will happen more and more. That left back from Newcastle Jamal Lewis has gone to the Brazilian league too I believe. Not world beaters, but 5 years ago that would never have happened. Sign of the times I guess.

I can't believe how passive he is. After what his coaches, other players and the fans must have been saying to him. "Just f**king run a bit more!" How does he go onto the pitch with only 10 minutes left and jog about like he's knackered? Surely he wants to show some energy and effort even if it's just to attract a new club? Yes there is a talent in there, but I just don't understand what is going on in his head.

You have to hope so, but honestly we are guessing now. I believe we've also done some advertising/sponsorship shenanigans to help fluff the numbers. Either way I think Mr Di Marco may have some work left to do, but honestly, if any deduction doesn't come till next season I'd settle for that.

The rules regarding our specific case, namely that the club was, outside of the jurisdiction of the PL so could not be punished according to the rules as they are written. In other words. A team that got relegated this year, like Sheff Utd cannot be punished for PSR breaches. Other teams like Everton, to whom this loop hole does not apply, still have to comply. In other words I'm agreeing with you mate. The rules are partially suspended effectively, provided that the circumstances match ours.

True, but they agree all the rules at the start of the season. So next year we might see that loophole closed. But we have properly set fire to the rule book here. If we pick up a couple of wins in the next few games, the whole clubs going to feel like a different place.

Interestingly, if we, or any other club are "down by Christmas" definitely relegated. They could spend effectively unlimited amounts of money on new players. Provided they still get relegated. As long as you are not a Prem club at the time you are found guilty, you cannot be punished. The rules are a joke.

There's some very big Golden Handshakes out there too. Free doesn't mean free in the world of football.

I feel like he is being asked to keep it simple in this current team. Much more long ball, giving Vardy a heading opportunity which isn't his strength. I'd like to see him chipping 30 40 yards out to beat the initial press, or at least mix it up a bit to keep the opponents guessing. I feel like he has the skills to do this.

Happy he got his goal, been one of the bright spots in our season so far. Went a bit shot crazy after the goal. But I'm sure someone will have a quiet word about that during the week.

Cooper has been a bit too defensive perhaps but we've been in every game. You can see what the plan is, hold things down and then attack more in the 2nd half. I'd like to home that against lesser teams we would be more attacking from the off, but that remains to be seen. I think playing 3 dms should allow us to play both Fatawu and Mavididi frankly, and once the new boys get more settled into the squad and the plan we may well do this. Ayew, Okoli and Skipp all played well today. And none of the players really disgraced themselves. No heads dropped after Villas 2nd. Not bad.

Does he have to extend his contract with Palace first? I've seen somewhere that he's out of contract at the end of this season. There's a lot to get done in only a few hours, and it's all dependant on Nketiah. Watch us miss the cut off again.

I called this one a couple of days ago. I think we have very few options left so this will have to do. I can see us setting up very much like early Klopp era Liverpool, with 3 hard working midfielders sat behind a counter attacking front 3. Except that they had Salah and Mane and we have BDCR and Ayew, which is basically the same thing.

I think Cooper looks for physical threats. Either pace or size and power from his forwards. If you look at what he had at florist, you could see why Cannon maybe has less appeal. Stoke is a good move for him. Closer to his home, a real chance to be the main striker and hone his skills. Surely this means we have a guy coming in though.

Even 2nd division in the Netherlands is better than nowt, but it's not very impressive. He needs to go there and catch fire big time. That would increase his reputation and value.

Thanks. I really like the idea of him playing for you guys. We've probably held players back in the past by keeping them in the youth team rather than sending them out on loan. A full season, playing against a mix of teams, in terms of quality and style. He's going to learn a lot. Either, we get relegated and he's ready to play for us next season, or, we stay up and he gets scouted by top end championship clubs and goes to one of them next season. We win either way.

Yeah but he might prefer to play prem football for a year even for us. Weve looked at him before.

With Nketiah possibly going to Palace, does that leave room for a loan move on Edouard?

I don't mind him going out on loan. But if he and Alves both go out on loan then that surely leaves us even lighter up front.

I think the "plan" was to see Buoananotte understudying to a more experienced CAM, who hasn't turned up yet. Likely one of the failed deals that Cooper said he thought was basically done. Alves could then go out on loan and get some real game time. Now we don't have the 1st choice attacking midfielder, (I think we may be scrambling to find one still) so Cooper is playing the best one he has right now. He could/should be having Alves making cameos though if there is nobody else. Chucking Skipp on for Facundo was an odd one when we were losing.

I don't want to make this too much about Traore, but he makes a Premier League wage because he can devastate when he has his full back isolated out wide. The oily git will knock it past and be 3 yards clear before you have turned around. Once that happens he's in the box in a flash and the CBs are scrambling to get to him. Which causes penalties or big spaces for the strikers. That's why the game plan was to not let him get behind Kristiansen. And it largely worked, it just looked bad. So far I don't really have any complaints about Kristiansen this season. He has improved while on loan and the goals are coming from the other side of the defence.

Just spent 5 minutes typing out a snotty message telling people they need a reality check, right as the thread got locked. Our squad is probably the worst in the league. We can't attract players because we have a points deduction looming over us, among other things. We might have got Potter, but we backed out of that as we got the impression we were just keeping him warm for someone else to come along. And if he did leave us mid season we really would be cooked. Cooper is playing poker with no money and no cards. We should be backing him and the boys.

I just hope Mavididi gets to terrorize a fatigued Castagne late in the game. If we're still even or winning I wouldn't want to have to deal with Stephy on the counter.

Exactly mate. Some seem to think Alves is ready for this league. He could be amazing but he's not there yet. He's had a few bit part appearances nothing more. I'd rather have Facundo on the bench behind Bilal and Alves out there being 'the man' for a Championship team. Facundo goes back to Brighton at the end of the season and Will slots in. Unusually sensible for us.

Me too. But of the 3 you mentioned Alves has much less experience. Mostly due to his injuries. He might be just as good as the other two but he hasn't yet done anything to prove it. He needs to play every week for at least a season. If we have two young players in front of him in the pecking order, then we need to send him out on loan.