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Wasn't he pictured in their shirt posing next to a huge club badge a fortnight ago?

Smashed in 200+ for us

Can't believe people are leaving Shearer out. I get it's down to favourites but, fuck...

Favourite, not 'best' XI Given Tripps Colo Woodgate Bernard Ginola Lee Speed Robert Shearer Ferdinand

Barnes Isak Gordon looks a lot better than Gordon Isak Almiron though. It's a last resort but if we're pushed for money/can't shift Almiron then switching Gordon to the RW is more than a possibility. I don't want it to happen but it's a better option than sticking with Almiron. Honestly can't bare the thought of seeing Almiron lining up on RW for yet another season

The fact we've had several dozen suggestions speaks volumes about the utter shite we've had to watch for the last few decades

No-one ever accepts the first bid - for anything tbh. Palace are going to replace him and they'll need time to pick their player so the onus is on both clubs to wrap it up quickly rather than dragging it out. Just sit tight and let them haggle then agree a fee hopefully

Hasn't happened for, literally, weeks

I think the club will do everything it can to both move Almiron on and get a replacement. We 100% need a new RW option and there are a few ways of doing it - buy a direct replacement, loan someone with the option of making it permanent or moving Gordon over to the RW and letting Barnes become LW. I know which option I like best... Moving Almiron on this window is the key to solving the problem though. He's got every right to dig his heels in and refuse the move though, his contract works both ways. However, he's got to understand that he needs to be replaced, the entire fanbase can see it. If he refuses the move then he's not going to be very popular across the fanbase imo. But it's his career at the end of the day

Bought tickets for myself and the boy for Friday night and looking forward to it. Leazes, middle tier, COLE 9 93/94 Green third

Achraf Lazaar looked like a competition winner the few times I saw him 'play'. An early EFL Cup game versus Wolves (maybe?) actually had me laughing at how bad he was

I'll see your Fitz Hall and raise you a Zurab Khizanishvili

Marlon Harewood got us through a potentially tricky spot, not saying he was amazing but he definitely filled a gap in the team for a short loan. A few more did similar tbh

Going big on Guehi doesn't automatically mean we're not still in the market for a RW too. No reason why we couldn't buy Guehi and use a loan to get a big RW and defer the payment for a year. We get both positions filled this month and spread the cost without losing a purple. Have full confidence in the transfer team and finding a way to make us as strong as we possibly can be - shit is clearly happening behind the scenes, just going to relax and see where we are on 1st Sept

The very fact that this has broken completely out of the blue should be enough to calm a few folk on here. We've 1. got pretty big cash to drop this window and 2. we are able to keep things completely silent until things are serious Guehi would be an amazing signing tbph, he looked really good at the Euros, is a great age, PL experience and needs to make the jump to a bigger club, it seems the perfect move for all concerned. No idea if we'll get him or we've just been used to smoke others out but the fact it's from Ornstein is really encouraging. Shit is happening chaps

No problem at all with the club looking to invest in young potential. Not seen much/any of him personally but he fits the profile and as others have said he'll get minutes and gets to develop and work within a great coaching team and squad. For years we moaned about ignoring the youth teams and having virtually no talent in reserve and now that looks to be changing. He might turn out to be an absolute bargain - if he doesn't quite cut it then he's still young enough to sell on and recoup some cash back in the process. Nice to be functioning like a normal PL team

Could have been @bulivye tbh

98/99 or 99/00? It's important

It never happened mate, don't bother. The utter wanker had a chance to invent a situation, think of a funny line he could have said and came out with that heap of pigshit. It is what it is

Refuse to believe that we're sitting on our hands and just playing kerby all summer. Just because we've heard little about players doesn't mean nothing is going on. The shit we went through to meet PSR a month ago would suggest we're in a position to spend reasonably big on 2 or 3 important players, ideally we get them in sooner rathe than later but if we need to leave it late to get the right player at the right price then so be it. People need to switch off a little and just let it play out, the daily angst on here is getting a bit tedious I must admit

Tonali had a grand on Howe at 6/4

I think there's been a lot of upheaval around the club in the last 6 months and he's still, understandably, a bit unsure as to how it's going to fit together and work over the next few months. New SD in Mitchell as well as losing 2 key allies in Staveley and Mehrdad from the board is going to have an effect. I don't think he'll go by any stretch but he's got legit concerns as to how decisions will be made and by whom. Don't blame him at all for keeping his cards close to his chest and being a bit cagey, he's just got to make sure we have a good start to the season and let the FA pick someone else

I think now he's been replaced the actual amount we got for him is largely irrelevant. The vacuum he created when he fucked off was far more of an issue and the frustration was because we had no-one in place AND no pot of cash in the way of compensation, it was the shitty end of the stick. Now Mitchell has come in, who seems to be as good, if not better, than Ashworth in some areas the compensation amount feels a bit moot now. Not that arsed if it's 12.4, 7.8, 4.2 or anything like that really, at this point it's just posturing and ego driven drivel. I think we're up on the deal in a big way and that's all that matters to me personally