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Depends on if he really wants to stay and is using this as an opportunity to get Sevilla to renegotiate his contract. Transfer request would probably sever ties...

Feels like one of the signings we should've made during the Carr days. He could potentially be a very useful impact player for us this season and brings the sometimes excellent quality of being basically unknown.

Is there a timeline on Wilson's injury? Really wouldn't be surprised if we go in for another senior striker, perhaps on loan, in the last week of the window. I think we'll get 6 in in total but 3 of those won't be through the door until the last week of the window.

Longer term question, if in 18 months Wood is our 3rd striker - how would you feel?

In the prior 2 seasons, he had 26 goals in 65 games. Best case scenario is that he's been ground down by Dyche-ball and we can help him recapture some of that form while Wilson is out/others come in.

But his season last year was better than 1 in 3 in the league; this is a stark drop to 1 in 6. Feels like there must be some big factors in that.

Do we have any idea why he's had a poor season? Or is there a trend that he scores in patches? Don't buy that he's finished physically, he should theoretically be in his prime and I don't think he's had any major injuries. Could be a motivational issue? We might just need him to score goals between now and the end of the month, if we've got other players lined up

I mean, you could reverse that argument in favour of Wood too. Rondon's best ever return in a top league is 14 for Malaga, same as Wood's best return in the PL. I think 3x times the player is a bit of a stretch (and I loved Rondon).

His record in the PL is actually better than Rondon's? If he can bring what Rondon brought to us for half a season then that be pretty valuable to the squad, tbh. If it was just Wood coming in this window then that'd be hugely disappointing and very, very Ashley, but I don't think that will be the case at all. I mean, we've already signed Kieran fucking Trippier who is an absolutely quality player.

I don't mind Wood coming in if other signings are genuine quality, like. People are going to go mental about this one but it does make sense on a couple of fronts. Just got to hope his poor form for the season is down to fatigue with Dyche's methods. What is his goalscoring form typically like? Even across the season?

If nobody else comes in then Gayle, if fit, should start up front. He's incredibly limited but he is an actual striker who stays in the right positions and does have a half-decent finish in him against lower level opposition. Other options in that position are ASM, Big Joe or, dare I say it, Joe Willock. I'd take Gayle over any of those as a striker.

Pretty weird the player was liking pictures of himself in our kit if this was never on Oh well, hope we can get Carlos in.

YT scouting and he looks pretty handy, tbf. Good size for this league.

If we can get Carlos in for the weekend I don't mind us continuing to negotiate for Botman longer. Striker is the obvious priority for Watford.

Well, Trippier seems more than happy to be working with him again...

Strikers are hard to come by mid-season and I get the feeling that the ones we really like aren't showing much interest or are locked in at their clubs so are going to take time. Feels like yesterday has created a feeling that someone is better than no-one. Wood's record on the division is decent but his current form doesn't look good at all. If he came in with another higher quality one later in the window then it's palatable. I'd much rather go into Saturday with Wood over Gayle, like, if that's the only genuine option. Christ, yesterday was deflating.

Pretty sure Wood got 30 or very close to in the season we went up?

Our best attacking performance under Howe was Brentford, imo, who are a well drilled side. I think if we get the right players in then 3-4-3 is maybe our best bet.

I miss the old him. Still had a mistake in him but he was confident & vocal. Looks absolutely shot.

I'm not convinced he ever wanted to return here, tbh. Looks like he's stuck in mental limbo. He had something to play for when on loan.

Mad that we went from the Man U performance to this. I know we're a team better suited to the counter and all that but it is staggering to watch Premier League footballers fuck up the absolute basics against League Two opposition. Amazing for Cambridge, like. Sure they'll have an amazing night in town.

This one's a different ballgame to today. There should be more space so our woeful touch in attacking areas won't make as much of a difference We absolutely need a body or two in before next week, even if just to restore some positivity after today. 3-1 win.

Played that lovely in-behind pass into the box on a few occasions and we fucked it up every time. He'll be great for us. It's just even more obvious now that we need more players in very quickly.

Maybe all of the links to every player in the world has fucked the current squad off

Sick of him, tbh, and his shite card game patter. Gahn get Kulusevski.