Pilko

When Barnes scores his first goal he'll be a distant memory. We need consistency in our bigger players & if we have any "wildcards" they should be of the younger, Minteh/Kuol profile. Best of luck to him & thanks for lighting up the Bruce years somewhat. Hope he kicks it over there.

Good lad, definitely one who should have been moved on years ago but did well to get us promoted that year. His little mini cycle after that was to come in when Dubravka got injured, look canny, and then immediately fall to pieces when Dubravka would get back near fitness again. That Toney goal in Howe/Tindall's first game against Brentford was a proper last straw moment for me with him.

Loves pre season more than Harris Vuckic this lad.

Imagine if we suddenly start to look class with Miley on

Shades of Stevie Taylor

Under strengths, you've put defending. That's just your job though

He's performing how he wants to perform.

Fast kickin', low scorin', and ties? You bet!

Yellow for that but nowt for Dahoud's which was virtually identical? Great consistency. Just like the Premier League.

Yeze pleaeze

Howe: Barbie & Oppenheimer Bruce: Barbecue & Oranjeboom

I was talking about for Fulham just to be clear, don't want us to go anywhere near. For a mid-table PL side it's definitely worth a punt at that price though.

Worth a gamble at £6m-£8m I think. Clearly has some kind of talent, just got lost in the middle of the Chelsea Shit Show.

Scored the final goal of the Ashley era, he'll always have that as his legacy. That and his goal which was both cheered and booed when deployed as an emergency striker away at Rotherham in a friendly under Bruce

Jason Prior? Had a trial, ended up at Wimbledon I think

I know a lad who's a Blackburn fan, always said he was by far their best player when he could be arsed but was often overweight and injured. Sounds perfect for Sunlin.

Hope he does well and they make it permanent. Shame it didn't work out, good signing on paper but definitely a fresh start needed. Feels like a bit of momentum re: getting the pap in the squad out which is encouraging.

Felt like he was on the cusp of breaking through a year or two ago and then got a bad injury last pre-season and missed a lot of his last loan. Hope he does well, good luck to him. Clearly a good Football League level player.

£60-odd million for Marc Cucarella man has to be the worst buy in history.

That's a great finish, WD Miggy

Good practice for the real fixtures having fussy, inconsistent referees.

Miley's got a wrecking ball

Really hope this isn't going to be a trend where we look good early doors and then concede to the opposition's first chance against the run of play. Hopefully we "get that out of our system" before the real stuff starts.

Will be playing for Gateshead in 5 years. [/ashleyera] Looks the real deal like. So happy we've an infrastructure and management team that will help him kick on. Not saying Matty Longstaff would have gone on to be a PL regular but we bungled that lad's development so badly. After that insane debut vs Man U you'd have not thought he'd get quietly released after some failed League 2 loans a couple years later.

First choice back four playing as a unit is good. Wonder if Pope is going to get two halves and then start one of the Sela games. L Miley is definitely going to get some minutes this season. Glad he's being rewarded with more game time.