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Take the p*ss with a 5m bid?

There were some links saying we'd bid £8m already

Sakho in the Summer to play CB with MYM. Tall, French, international and possibly available.

Wonder who we'll get next week - if only Butland was French

Coates from Liverpool looking for first team action. At 6'5" perhaps the beast we need? Or what about Hangeland whose contract is up this summer I think. Need to get MW back to 4th choice.

I'd have taken this guy over Remy any time. Better player, better form and due to his existing contract much better value.

Harry's done us a favour.

Not sure about better player but certainly better value and form. Will provide competition for Shola in the right attack position.

If we were to sign Sissoko, Haidara & Gouffran we could have a potential line up of:

Krul

Debuchy - Mbiwa - Colo - Haidara

Cabaye - Sissoko

Ben Arfa - Marveaux - Gouffran

Cisse

#frenchasfuck

If Cisse was injured then Gouffran could play up top and Obertan could come in

Let me be the first.

 

 

How about Mbiwa in midfield ?

Makes sense - no need to buy Sissoko then

Good riddance, you b******.

No need for that - as above - he's been a good servant to the club and always give's his best. Glad we've made such a quality signing at CB but lets enjoy staying positive.

He'll be our deadline day interest

Did he play at our place in the EL? Can't say he made an impression if he did.

No, just the away game

He's gone all in like. 

Fernandes went all in, Mike's called his bluff

Coates from Liverpool?

Carr to be let go - transfer policy is just to sign french international squad, no need for scouts

Sign him on a pre-contract then haggle the price for the next six months - classiic nufc

It's hard to partner Cisse with anyone in a two because he doesn't have brute power nor blistering pace. He has smart movement, good control and a precise finish. For a player like cisse either the whole team needs to play well or he needs a partner who has strength and pace who isn't selfish....That kind of profile is hard to find.

 

I'd be interested to see how well Gouffran plays on the left wing though....

 

Gouffran doesn't look like a left winger to me. For a start he's right footed. Looks more like a straight swap for Demba from what I've seen.

We need someone who can play up the middle in case Cisse gets injured. HBA can play left forward if Gouffran needs to play right. what's important is a striker who can play as part of a front 3

Mind you being French of Senegalese extraction ticks all the right boxes when it comes to bonding.

Great, another non scoring LB.

3 at the back is fun, I love Juve's set up and Wigan can be very interesting, but if everyone plays 3-4-3 it'll lose a lot of that as suddenly it'll just be mirroring each other

But if you play it first then you can get to play it best. Mind you when Villa have tried this formation this season they've been gash. Think its the sort of thing you introduce over the summer or when you are set for a mid table finish

Good to see were trying to push through the deals rather than nominal bids regardless if his contract expires in June offer some real money ffs

That's just an opening bid before we go back in with our final one - £1m take it or leave it

Won't be able to fly in directly today because of the snow - coming via Heathrow?

In this ducked up world of ours one thing I'd say is that we are bidding for quality players that just might be within our reach. Gives my hope.

Was stood on the stretford end with my dad when Mira scored the two at OT for the 22 draw. In truth he was one footed and very greedy but he was an improvement on what we had.

I commented earlier on Nattrass who was an all together classier player.

If he knew Cabaye wasn't likely to last the full game that makes his decision to take Marveaux off even more baffling.

Claims he thought Cabaye would last the 90 which is optimistic for a first game back. Even if Perch or Bigi were needed to strengthen midfield then surely moving Marveaux to the wing instead of Jonas or Shola was the call. He's obsessed with defending a lead rather than getting the second.

                            Krul

          Taylor.    Colo.      MVM

Debuchy.    Anita.    Cabaye.    Santon

          HBA.      Cisse.        Marv

He's going nowhere short term. The club have clearly decided to back him in the transfer market, and they owe him after last summer. If we sign MYM and a striker plus two squad players and are fourth bottom at Easter then they might have to make a decision to make. Personally I think we'll be OK in the end but I'm worried that Pards is so slow to learn.