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I’m well past the point of hoping transfers don’t happen, I don’t know better than Howe. If he bid for Hojland there’d be a reason for it, even if I wouldn’t myself. Sometimes transfers don’t work out, but ‘hoping it doesn’t happen’ is like announcing to the internet that you’re 14.

Anderson who a lot of people on here wanted to sign? Johnson who was extremely highly rated? We're not talking about hindsight here. I'm not even sure I know who Master is though

Oxlade-chamberlain and Richarlison went for over 35m almost a decade ago.

It happens, but it's quite a rarity. For those games it'd be nice to have something different on the bench to change shape or dynamic.

Off the top of my head... Kilman Master Anderson Johnson Rutter All went for hefty fees.

What if we were linked with Højlund? Would you hope that doesn't happen?

We had an excellent record against the bottom ⅓ or so last season. This problem with "breaking down a low block" is a myth in my opinion. That's not how/why Bournemouth, Fulham etc beat us. We should double-down on Eddie-ball, pace, pressing etc. but that is going to take at least five new additions otherwise we won't have the depth to carry it out across multiple competitions.

I imagine we're trying to sign other players as well as Elanga.

While I respect the want to improve technical aspect of the team and look for different profiles of player (based on what I'm reading obviously I don't know) I think what you're saying is fair, important to note even if this fella doesn't offer that it doesn't mean other signings won't.

I’m open to criticism of Howe, signings et al - but ‘hoping it doesn’t happen’ can get right in the bin.

This isn't an arguement against Elanga I'm making but we weren't just stagnant against Everton, we were pretty poor in quite a few games and we looked particularly toothless against teams who sat back.

Ah, no idea.

In a non-Guehi world, this fits the profile we should be after. Right age, right pedigree, right price. We could actually create a better squad with a couple of signings like this and still go big on the Pedro’s.

Wasn't he rated? I'm assuming SP means players we all know are average?

Where we stagnant v Everton because we have too many "pace merchants" or because our front three looked absolutely gassed and we had nothing on the bench?

Pepe to Arsenal?

If there isn't a runaround sue song we aren't doing it right.

Any examples of who those bang average players in the premier league who have actually gone for that price? Other than anyone Man United signed

Get the thread going

Forest sit back, embrace pressure and hit on the counter. Perfect for someone like Elanga who's then given acres of spaces to run into We won't/don't have that luxury, we saw vs Everton how stagnant the offence is when teams don't offer space (Arsenal have suffered with this all year, Man City too for most of the season) Need better quality, not just pace merchants if there are ambitions of consistent Top 4/5

I'm not subscribed to the cult, my opinions on players can be independent from Howe or anyone else for that matter

Scalvini would be an outstanding signing like 🙏

New name? https://www.themag.co.uk/2025/06/newcastle-united-interested-in-signing-cesar-tarrega/

Completely agree. Our execution of Plan A will continue to improve with more quality depth and options off the bench. As you say, this doesn't mean that we shouldn't look to be flexible or ignore players who are comfortable on the ball, but a new GK, RCB and RW improve Plan A without reinventing the wheel.

Probably a PSR flip, this one. He'll do a year out on loan and be seould for a profit.