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If he's the most exciting signing we make this summer then I'd be a bit disappointed but as the versatile forward in addition to a marquee RW (Simons in my example, who's not a pure RW by any means but it would be a role he'd play quite a lot) he'd be an excellent addition IMO.

Xavi Simons Antonio Silva Bryan Mbuemo I'd be happy with that, like.

Agree to a meeting. Send Joelinton with a shovel.

I think we need a first choice RW. Even with no outgoings it's a very clear, massive hole in our squad in terms of quality. Think the ideal scenario is we sell Wilson and Almiron and then bring in one player who covers both of them as backups. Gordon - Isak - New RW as the starting three. Barnes and the versatile forward as primary reserves and rotation options. Murphy as a backup, we also have the option to play Joelinton LW if needed. Wilson and Almiron staying would negate the need for the versatile backup but it'll be out last chance to get money for them and if we bring in a versatile young player that's a much better long term asset.

Frustrating but I do wonder if we'll have to play the waiting game for our RW. If we intend to shop at the top end of the market, it'll be players that may want to see if better offers materialise. It's happened already with Olise, Nico Williams also seems to be out of reach. I'd imagine both were high on our list. Ultimately though, only a certain number of better positioned clubs are going to be in the market for these players. Are we likely to get an Olmo or Simons? No, but they're not completely pie in the sky either IMO and if we think there's a chance waiting for them rather than pouncing on someone like Mbuemo just because we can get him now is the right move.

It's obviously more important we get the right player but I do hope that if it's at all possible we get our new RW through the door sooner rather than later. Would love him to be bedded in and ready to go for the Southampton opening game. Feels like the other additions will likely be bedded in slowly.

We wouldn't be buying him to start though. Word seems to be we want a first choice RW and a young versatile striker. Pretty sure we'd be buying Gnonto as the latter.

Gnonto makes sense as he can play up front but also on the wing. Not just a pure backup to Isak, which is the issue with keeping Wilson. Young enough where he'll be alright with not being first choice too.

Honestly the main reason I didn't want England to win was that Southgate clearly got the huff that Gordon didn't lick his arse in the press and froze him out for the rest of the tournament. Hope he comes back pissed off and fucks the entire league up the arse all season.

Simons is another that will likely have better options but encouraging if we are asking about him, worth pursuing even if it's only a small chance.

Are we sure? He didn't look that weird

Presume he'd partner Schar this year with Botman likely to be slow to get back up to speed.

You wanna take this outside, mate?

For the record it's a forum in joke from a post someone made when the musician Prince died. And I actually didn't know she had a medical condition, so for that aspect of the post I do apologise.

Never liked her or her husband. Thought she looked like a cat in fact. It wouldn't surprise anyone if this was a complication from fraud.

Could see the sense in DCL but you'd think that this is the kind of thing we've brought Mitchell in for. A young, versatile forward with some potential. At RW I would fully support going big on someone like Bowen or Raphinha, would be massive to get someone that we can be almost certain will hit the ground running.

My guess is we'll sign a top RW option and then Barnes, Gordon and that player will fight for two spots. Gordon and the new RW signing as the presumptive starters and Barnes being first reserve for both spots, with Gordon shifting to the right hand side when it's he and Barnes on the field together. Ideal world we'd have an exciting youngster as 4th choice with Murphy as fallback option, Minteh would have been ideal. With no Europe we can probably manage with Murphy as 4th choice though.

With how glaring a need our RW position is, I can see Bowen being someone we push the boat out for. Obviously there's a point that the price becomes prohibitive but he's as close to a sure thing as you can get in terms of someone who'll be a really high quality RW for us for the next three or four years. 42 goals and 27 assists in the last four seasons of Premier League football. He's only missed six games in those four years too. Generally, I think we'll look to bring in lesser known, younger players in the coming years but I don't think making the odd big splash on an established player like Bowen is going to cripple us in terms of PSR. Our revenue will continue to grow every years and with a proper pipeline of young talent coming through to be either sold for a profit or replace departing first team squad members, we'll be able to make moves like this on the (hopefully rare) occasions when we have a gaping hole in our first team. So yeah, I'd be massively into going for Bowen basically.

I think you lot were probably too big a pack of losers to appreciate how much of a winner he was.

God, can't imagine how badly out of his depth Almiron would be in the SPL. They'd fry him like he was a fucking Mars bar if he ever tried his hand up there.

Natural side effect of being such a winner with a winner's mentality. Must be hard for @liammc414 to have all these brilliant ideas and viewpoints and not have anyone else be smart enough to understand him. A lonely burden.

Spot on that mate, sadly on here a lot of people don't like to hear the truth but I'm glad some people are brave enough to say it. We need fewer players like Almiron and more fans like you if this club is ever gonna go anywhere. That's the cold, hard, penetrative truth.

Any excuse to throw yourself on top of me.