TRon

Getting the right characters in is very important. Trippier and Wood will certainly fit the mold in that regard. This isn't a sexy signing, but it's a very smart one, and will probably save us from relegation.

Pretty sure you could make a much better YT compilation of ASM, but if this lad has more smarts, then that automatically makes him a much bigger prospect.

They can have this window, we'll win the long game. Hope Digne eventually manages to work his way south and settle on somewhere he can be happy.

Well this is the thing, even if he's not officially playing at number 10, he's still found himself in great scoring situations in or around the penalty area, and he more often than not makes a hash of it. Regardless of the number on the back of your shirt, if you've got poor end product, I doubt playing in a slightly different position is going to fix that.

This is me as well. I just think we've given enough chances to Miggy to show us some end product, so Cantwell would just be a straight swap for me, and that would immediately improve our squad. Almiron's probably quicker over the ground, but he has no idea how to put it to good use.

This is why we are slinging in various £30m bids in a few different directions, if these clubs have any temptation to cash in, they might just worry that they'll miss the boat if another club decides to cash in on their depreciating 28yr old asset.

Cantwell not in the Norwich squad to play in tonights game.

If we get Botman, we'll just put one of the others up for sale in the summer. Or just keep them all until we've worked out which one's the blue chip.

I reckon these are all genuine bids which makes them legit. We are playing off these clubs against each other. "Knock us back and we'll take our £billions elsewhere." Can they really afford to lose out?

Because we are threatening to buy EVERYONE.

We won't be denied.

Thanks for the insight and welcome. Do you rate him that highly?

It makes sense tbh, it's a long term thing, he's not being brought here to save our season. Get him now while the big clubs are still wondering if he is worth the risk.

Honestly think this deal would have been done if Kounde hadn't of got injured. It will probably still happen but might have to wait until they've found a replacement.

Yep. Plus this one has been further complicated by their other CB getting injured since our first offer. I don't know Kounde's age, but with Carlos being 28 it could work in our favour I suppose, they would probably rather get rid of the older one to maximise the fee while they can.

Thought this would have been done by now. Did they lock him in a sanitisation room for 12 hrs after he turned up at the training ground last night?

Must be the stuff of dreams to return to wearside for Defoe.

That's him telt.

Exactly. We've paid a premium supposedly so we can have him available for a couple of crucial relegation head to head battles in January. It's high spend, high risk, high stakes. But by heck I'm glad the owners have gambled and gone all in.

Will be interesting to come back to this thread and see who has the bigger impact over the second half of the season - Wood or his purple patch replacement at Burnley.

Wish he'd been fit for the FA cup game. He hasn't had much of a chance to do anything since Howe came in, and I really thought he'd be starting on Saturday, was shocked to see him missing from the squad. Assumed he'd fallen out with EH until I heard about the Covid.

Of course. And we have the right to say fuck Digne.

Ferdinand was lightning quick as well. Sorry, but for all Wood's qualities, it's like comparing a carthorse to a thoroughbred.