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Pope’s got an absolute spade of a foot, man.

Early days but sharp so far.

I like him but we’re likely not signing another first-team cm unless we sell one.

Should have left it for Gordon there.

I don’t find deflecting blame and management-speak “refreshing” but each to their own.

Issam Chaouali is a beast.

Spot on.

Exactly. He didn’t front up at all; he just deflected, self-aggrandized and made several thinly-veiled power plays. He didn’t come across very well at all imo. Funny how arguably none of our previous windows would be called a categorical failure but the one he was in charge of was.

Maybe just me but I didn’t like that interview at all. Reads like a deflection and a power play.

Liverpool looking great Man Utd getting humped

Fair. Should have said “has all the attributes to become a world class midfielder”.

Gravenberch doesn’t get talked about enough. World class midfielder.

Mitchell looks devastated there

Come on ref. Wasteman.

Thought he was supposed to be highly regarded ? Some of those Monaco comments and whatever blame we want to apportion to him for our calamitous window suggest otherwise, like.

We’ve seemingly put all our eggs in one basket, been tripped and now there’s yolks and albumen all over the shop. Lesson learned; the “no dickheads” rule should be extended to dealing with club owners too.

How happy would you be with our options if, God forbid, Pope spends a significant time out? You saw last season the drop off from our no. 1 to our no. 2 and the points lost because of it. We’ve signed no one that can compete with/ oust Dubravka for that back up role. It’s not looking good on the rw and cb front so why leave money on the table and not solve another squad issue?

Buddy, If you’re equating disappointment to hysteria then your parents would be wearing straightjackets. edit: safety smiley

We have 1 good keeper on our books and one arguably passable one. Another decent keeper would be a welcome addition. Would we prefer a cb or rw first? Oh god, sure. But let’s at least improve where we can if- for whatever reason- we can’t get in anyone for the other positions.

Appreciate the updates, man.

Yeah the noises around the deal as highlighted by @Shadow Puppets were always so confident; perhaps lackadaisically so. If Mitchell and Parish know each other so well then we should have at least had some vague notion as to how likely he’d be to budge. I suspect Parish didn’t enter into these negotiations in good faith and now, with a day left, we’re standing out in the cold with our dicks out. I had always assumed we had tangible back-ups to Guehi but for whatever reason that doesn’t seem like the case? Maybe it’s the ultimate brinksmanship tactic by them and we’ll end up being fleeced for another 10m or whatever but I don’t see our owners being too impressed with that.

Not improving is weakening. Everyone else around us have improved, so -relatively speaking- we’re a weaker outfit this year with no further additions.

Yeah, Parish is a cartel 6 shill and a pillock to boot. This isn’t getting done imo. If that report is true and he’s moving goalposts this late in the game then it’s not a goer.

Yeah. It’s fine to be disappointed with what’s probably going to be a pretty barren window. There’s gray area between “heads should roll!” and “remember the Ashley days?!” Feeling a bit let down with the lack of permanent additions is a fairly reasonable reaction imo.

Not sure what this means. It’s understandable to be disappointed at how this window’s played out, man. Still a day to go though so let’s see…