Unbelievable

Distribution has been much better than I’ve seen from a left back in black & white for a long time

Really liking the look of Targett so far. Strong defensively and playing some good balls forward

Strong start Targett

You seem to be confusing the DoF role with the chief scout role. We don't just need some better players, we need the entire footballing side of the club gutted and brought to a much higher level.

Well, there are at least two teams worse than us. That was diabolical.

Hodgson looks like he has no idea how he's ended up here

That's a second booking surely?

This lot

I rate him much higher than I do Lingard, even though he's gone off the boil. If we can rekindle his early career form he could be a fantastic signing if made permanent in the summer. Still only 25 too. Yes please.

Agreed, although I think Ritchie offers more versatility from the bench. Also Howe obviously rates him from their time at Bournemouth. Feel sorry for Lewis though. He's not really been given a chance to make the position his own.

I'm the exact opposite. Not keen on Lingard at all and see a lot of potential in Ekitike, that I would hate to see fulfilled elsewhere.

Maybe they think they’ve actually signed Bas Dost?

Man U are terrified of us/PIF. They’d rather cut their nose than spite their face over Lingard. So be it. He had a good spell at Villa last year, but based on previous experience I’d be very wary of taking ex-Man U players anyway.

Just makes the 40m even more weird when we needed someone capable of sticking a ball in the net.

This lad would be the cherry on the cake today. Bring it!

Spends most nights playing FIFA doesn't he? Plays like he does in any case

Oh dear Alisson Becker

My interest in football has waned quite a bit last few years (until recently), but any obvious examples? I mean I look at Lewandowski and his record in European competition or international games for Poland doesn't seem any worse than his domestic record compared to say a Harry Kane or something?

Holland I'll grant you, but Bundesliga? I don't think these league comparisons based on a few individuals' records work all that well. A player might be good for one club and not for another even in the same country, so you can't put everything on the league for starters. Owen was a 1 in 2 striker at Liverpool and in his year at Madrid only managed 1 in 3 and failed. Similarly Bale was on fire for Spurs and failed at Madrid as well. What does this tell us about the strength of the PL and La Liga? I suspect not a great deal per se, since I think the average level in the PL (opposition defenders) is probably higher than anywhere else. A player however has to feel at ease and must fit his new surroundings. There's more to player performance than which league they perform(ed) well in.

Oh, it's Wood we got! I take it all back. He's terrific is Wood.

I don't know Woods that well, but from what little I've seen of both I would take Weghorst over him even though I don't rate him particularly highly.

Not sure about him, but 16m seems a decent enough price.

I’d rather he was built the other way around. A shit brickhouse doesn’t fill me with confidence.

Welcome back Gemmill! You have been missed. We were quite busy (at times) during the Ashley years . But thank God those days are over now and we can look upward again.

GTFI, great result