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Apart from when he overhit the ball across his own box and gave away a dangerous free kick.

Is it? We know we’ve been talking about £60-65m for Guehi, and this is £85m (€100m). Who’s to say we don’t have £100m plus to spend?

What like?

My thoughts exactly. It’s no Football Manager. Unless we’re completely clueless, you don’t open discussions with a club unless there’s been indications from the club/agent that there’s a chance of a deal.

Get them both.

Don’t understand the logic of this comment, other than being something plucked out of thin air to moan about.

We’ve got Burn and Krafth at the back, most of our centre backs are over 30 and two have ACL injuries. Not sure I’d be turning up my nose at Disasi based on one season at a shambolic club, who still finished ahead of us. That said, I’d rather the boy from Leverkusen.

Ornstein is pretty reliable.

Time will tell. Villa sold at least one saleable asset from their first team btw. It will happen eventually and may be for the greater good.

I’d agree with that. No Europe next season and we’ll probably need a rebuild with players moving on. We’ve talked about trading, but we’ve barely sold anyone. We’ve missed the sweet spot for selling Almiron and Wilson for example, and have ended up having to offload Minteh.

What a load of shite.

Obviously we can only really judge at the end of the window, but I do find it a bit odd that we’d be able to attract someone of the pedigree of Mitchell, then seemingly draw a blank on signing first team players when we have two obvious gaps. I do wonder if there’s more going on behind the scenes than we know about with this reported power play by Howe and the ‘final say’ stuff. That said, I’m purely speculating. Let’s hope we’re just not hearing about who we’re after.

Exactly. We can’t just tread water and make do until Botman is back. He might not be the player he was, or it might take him a while to get back to full fitness. I think it’s pretty important we qualify for Europe this season to keep hold of the likes of Gordon/Isak/Bruno.

Most of our CBs are 30+ nearing the end of their contracts, with two out with long term injuries. I’d say a new CB is vital. Imagine a Schar injury.

Am I really reading someone say Longstaff is better than him? That said, I wouldn’t be signing him when we’ve gone about 3 years looking for a RW and still haven’t managed to get one.

If the transfer window doesn’t end well, I can imagine internal finger pointing given the ‘power play’ earlier in the summer.

I think we’re screwed in terms of challenging for Europe one of 3 or 4 players gets an injury of a few months. Schar especially, but also Bruno, Pope and Isak. It’s a huge gamble not getting a CB imo, as I think not qualifying for Europe pretty much guarantees we lose Isak, Bruno and Gordon next year, and it’s a total rebuild.

Something has gone seriously wrong if there are no signings for the first 11. I suspect there will be, but it’s getting a little concerning.

Barrow at home.

Exactly, so I cannot call the last two weeks a waste.

You’ve no idea what else they’ve been doing, tbf.

He’s not a ‘generational talent’. Move on.

Imagine him captaining us to a trophy win and then lifting the cup.

Lots of people count their calories, so yes.

Haven’t been to a home friendly that I can remember since the Carrol Juve one years ago, but have to say I enjoyed the whole day, even if the game was a bit shit. Decided to avoid the city centre for obvious reasons and went to Jesmond for food, nice walk down to the ground, club shop to get new top, then Stack before the game. Took someone to their first football game and they loved it too. Looking forward to Southampton. Only real comments regarding the game, I thought Bruno looked extra motivated, if that’s possible, and Kelly was solid. Suspect the kid of the left in the second half will be around the team given he got so long after playing a part last night too. Close control is unreal.