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Or could just be a reflection of current reality: 1. Promising midfielder sold back to Spain. 2. Promising winger signed on loan. 3. Midfielder signed on free transfer. 4. Rafa not signing a contract extension. Obviously when we make two signings for £40m+ the mood will lift considerably.... 5. Another promising midfielder putting a request to leave in. 6. Being linked with West Brom strikers who some, rightly or wrongly, deem no better than what we already have 7. The manager, only person at the club we really trust, having to tell fans that we're wheeling and dealing

Hopefully it works out better than the last time he had to settle for his fourth or fifth choice. Exactly as I said but some people including on here just don’t get it and think oh it’s one of Rafas targets he will be ok even though it’s his 5th or 6th choice Loving the self congratulations nature of that post. Bravo sir. I think 99.9% of people have been saying the same thing (at least on here) though, so don't start ordering yourself a badge quite yet...

What's grossly overpriced in this market? £35m

May as well go for Mbappe and Kante as they're as realistic as some of the names you've mentioned. Mbappe wouldn't get a game though. Kante I reckon could push Diame for the cup games.

So the very same people who "whined, cried and soaked the bed" (quotes please) are the very same people who "whined, cried and soaked the bed" that we're not paying £30m for him? You sure about that? I remember people complaining about the lack of signings, and the fact that we were bringing in essentially a left back on loan who has barely played was a cause for concern, but I'm pretty certain, without looking back, that you're going a bit over the top with your analysis. I remember you loving the appointment of Pardew and crying about him leaving. No quotes though.

So Fulham won’t pay more than £20m for Mitrovic but we want £30m, yet we still only have a rumoured £4m for Rondon?

So rondon, despite costing £19m in total, still won’t break our transfer record. Well played Mike, well played.

Sunderland have done ok with the loan signings model.

dubs, loan and signing on fees presumably Kenedy’s loan fee is the extra. It’s not signing on fees.

Jadon sancho likely to be involved soon? Or foden?

Just went to check out where he is now. Marine F.C. More interestingly, this is their badge: Very original that. Where have I seen that before?

Aguero,Lukaku,Jesus,Salah there's 4 I'd rather have playing for us than Kane He's also not in the same league as an all round player as Suarez,Cavani or Lewandowski imo I just think he gets far too much praise and is vastly over rated just like I said Vardy is and got shot down for it But hey as I said it's all opinion based and I respect others opinions I'm just stating mine Harry Kane's last 4 seasons playing in the Premier League, the supposed "best" league in the World. 2014-15: 21 in 34, as well as 7 goals in European Competitions. 2015-16: 25 in 38, Premier League top scorer. 2016-17: 29 in 30, Premier League top scorer. 2017-18: 30 in 37, as well as 7 goals in European Competitions, and a World Cup Golden boot. 47 goals in 54 competitive games for club and country this season. For a striker, that is pretty World Class to me. He arguably has a better all round game than Aguero, Lukaku, Suarez and Cavani as well. Personally I think he’s stronger in all areas apart from his movement. Lukaku’s off the ball movement is absolute class but his control and decision making is much weaker than Kane. Not even gonna compare with Jesus, as he’s miles away from being the finished article. Potentially he’s gonna be world class but he’s nowhere near Kane right now.

Or an unwanted player from stoke.

For Man City he is, but that's for Man City with a different set of players and tactics. Even for Man City he wastes countless chances. Rashford may not have some of Sterling's strong points, but he's more positive-minded in that he likes to run at people, doesn't give the ball away so much and can actually beat a man, which in turn allows us to create more chances in front of goal. You mean apart from the one he put on a plate for Kane? Needle in a haystack, sure. What else has he done? He gives possession away more than anybody else in the team. How many assists does he have in this tournament? One? How many shots did we have on target against Croatia? How many times has he given away possession and sparked counter attacks for the opposition? I never said he doesn't have impressive work-rate or movement because he does. He can use his pace to beat someone TO the ball. It's once he GETS the ball that we're in trouble. It's not pursuing an agenda or any of that nonsense. It's saying what we're all seeing on our TV for goodness sake. Is it part of our tactical set-up for him to lose the ball so much or miss golden chances? Suggest an alternative then. He's clearly more effective than Rashford in that role. I already said Jamie Vardy offers much more in that role. He's just as pacey as Sterling and works just as hard for the team. He chases down lost causes and even wins possession back for us at times as he's shown in this tournament. He's very unfashionable, sadly. Vardy's not unfashionable in the slightest in his own role, but his game is different enough from Sterling's that if you play him, the team's system is different so I understand why he's not played, particularly as we naively don't have the Shelvey type that you need for Vardy's game to work at all. Vardy was still able to slot into the Sterling role throughout this tournament and perform well in the time he was given. He chased everything down, he won possession back for us, he ran at players, he came deep for the ball, and he created scoring opportunities. The major difference is he wasn't so error-prone in possession like Sterling has been in virtually every single game. Regardless of how well Sterling may play for his club, he hasn't performed well enough on the ball for England in this competition. His work rate and movement off the ball can be really solid, sure. However what use is that if he's not winning possession back for us, and 9x out of 10 he's the one giving possession away in the first place? What use is it if he's not creating enough chances, or finishing his chances? I can't see why anyone would think that Vardy played the Sterling role well at all, let alone better than Sterling did like. I'm a big fan of Vardy, but he did nothing in this World Cup at all. Considering he came off the bench more often than not, he made more of an impact in my opinion. Again, watch his play, particularly against Belgium in the group stage. He chased down lost causes, put defenders under pressure, won the ball back for us with his pace and work-rate, created opportunities (one of them a golden opportunity for Rashford against Belgium), ran at Colombia and generally made a nuisance of himself. How you could think Sterling performed better in that role when all he's done has lost possession countless times and missed a handful of sitters is baffling. We'll have to agree to disagree because I can't relate to that outlook on what Sterling did vs what Vardy did even in the slightest. Completely different players. Vardy doesn’t fit the England system. He should just come play for us and retire from international football tbh

Aguero,Lukaku,Jesus,Salah there's 4 I'd rather have playing for us than Kane He's also not in the same league as an all round player as Suarez,Cavani or Lewandowski imo I just think he gets far too much praise and is vastly over rated just like I said Vardy is and got shot down for it But hey as I said it's all opinion based and I respect others opinions I'm just stating mine People are just pointing out that you’re wrong precious

Robbie threlfall eh. Followed his career closely. Who the fuck is he?

Lallana based on previous form and fitness? He’s done nothing for a year now. As for ratings, agree with pretty much all of them, apart from dele should be a 3. He’s been useless, possibly because of his injury) but we’ve looked like a 10 man team every time he’s played.

Has to be, nobody in that defence is capable of organising them like he could. Ok this lot might look good with their passing out of defence but they get given so much time to do it anyone could.

Dele on to stroll around for 7 minutes. Great.

Real Madrid are gonna love him.

Gooooooooooaaaaaaalllll. Pickford near post. Tsk.

They’ve stopped playing. We’re also actually trying to use the midfield. Suspect Delph not being there helps that. Sterling also isn't on the field So we’re having to use the midfield more now that nobody is making decent runs? Suppose it could be that yeah. We're actually creating chances now because he can't give it away every time he has it. Hate to do this, but rashford seems to be doing the same......

Sterling’s fault.

Dier’s Passing well this half. What a goal that would have been.

Wonder what trippier is worth in today’s market.