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Also players U21 don’t need to be registered, so that’s why we could loan N’Soki without issues.

You’ve got a few missing though really, albeit players you won’t expect Rafa to turn to: Lazaar, Saivet, Aarons as players who it could be argued (by the money men) have contracts of first team squad players. Then those who have come through who have been involved in pre-season (some of whom you’d still expect to be loaned out or sold): Woodman, Yarney, Sterry, Longstaff, Roberts, Fernandez, Armstrong.

He came through as a CB/DM but because he’s got a good left foot he’s been converted to LB. The fact he’s versitile is a bonus but I’d be amazed if he signed. Plus realistically he’s pretty unproven.

Pretty sure this is all an elaborate ploy to lure Spurs into a false sense of security.

It’s pretty common now to use that time to get back into position and reorganise. Ever notice how we’ve not had multiple balls with the ballboys for about 10 years? We are basically the new West Brom/Stoke.

Not so sure - swap Perez and Joselu out for Mutu and Rondon (if we get him), start with Kennedy and Dubravka (and maybe Ki) and it's not quite so doom and gloom. Lejeune is a massive loss but I think we have (assuming Rondon comes in) a just about competitive side. If we struggle with any kind of loss of form or injuries we’re boned. I am not looking forward to watching the side we select for our (no doubt only) League Cup tie this season.

I think you would get more out of a cardboard cutout of Micky Quinn than you do from Joselu.

Should have been two, good save with his feet by Darlow. Then we hit the bar from a defensive clearance.

Dubravka’s got a slight knock.

That all came from a striker making absolutely no attempt to hold up the ball and being weak from a pass. Then Murphy didn’t bother tracking all the way as per usual. Of all the players who need to impress in pre-season it’s bewildering for him to switch off as often as he does.

On the home one they’ve left the commentators name graphic up.

Video quality is how it’s been all pre-season. Sums this bloody club up.

Sammy Eto’o (who I thought retired in about 2015) is available on a free. Get in there Penfold!

To be fair given he was trained at our academy he's most likely to be shit. But yeah, given he's an England U21 international and the fact players like Harry Kane only really broke through for their clubs at 21, seems a bit early to be flogging him on.

They not showing tomorrow’s game on the official website? Or after making such a shambles of the away games have they given that up?

Seems crazy considering he's an England U21 international that he'd move for only £3m. Our U21's must be crap these days.

Trying to think which of our squad in Rafa’s Championship were on over £55k a week, which is proving rather tough. Shelvey, Mitro and maybe Ritchie perhaps? Although if they were it’d be by a few grand rather than enough to make it the average. Absolutely no idea where those figures came from. Maybe if you included bonuses? No point bombarding his twitter as it’ll just be more ‘numbers’ he can show the Mirror as a testament of his online presence.

£7m for a player who's primarily a CB/DM and has made one league start in his career? Mental. EDIT: Who am I kidding, won't happen anyway.

Yeah average Championship striker at best.

Absolutely incredible how depressing football can be and the season hasn’t even started yet

Yeah if any performance should convince us that the ‘new’ formation of 5-3-2 won’t work for us, it’s the one tonight.

Thought he was on, but pretty much the first replay of the night confirmed not.

They just missed a sitter, albeit he looked about 5 yards offside from the throughball.

Can we bring on Vuckic now?