Pilko

McGinn and Lindelof 33s for me.

Sounds like an exciting signing but I hope they're pursuing another striker with a bit more age, experience and size - even if a stop-gap of the Chris Wood variety. Pinning all our hopes on some young lad away from home for the first time in his life would be far too risky.

It does feel like the rumour mill and updates from The Athletic etc have dried up over the past 3 or so days. (disclaimer: in relation to the first week of this window, I'm fully aware that may seem to have a "you don't know you're born" angle to it cos we're genuinely trying for the first time in 14 years) I'm hoping this is the powers that be simply working hard in the background and perhaps learning that leaking things to the press like a colander re: signings isn't such a clever idea any more, no matter how much of a dead cert it may seem. Hope they're going all out for a striker before the weekend because I fear even a really good centre half thrown into our mess of a defence without much time spent in training, particularly one who hasn't played PL football before, could still have a rotter of a debut. Someone who can nick a goal or two will be probably the difference maker in the Watford game.

Colback card 5/2 Sky Nketiah and Patino 2+ SOT 30/1 PP

Dawson and Llorente 18/1 Lanzini and Harrison 2+ SOT 58/1

Explain why

Appreciate it. I know others won't agree but in my own defence I've been consistent in my views since Howe got the gig.

You probably can't get rid already but I worry at the idea of spending £100m+ on players he wants. I'm not sure, I don't have the answers, but I'm fairly sure the answer isn't Howe.

I don't know, but I'd never have had Howe in the first place and I've said it since he was appointed.

And there's no evidence that I'm wrong yet. Nonsense my arse.

He's made virtually no impact on the squad since coming in. Plenty on this board said "yes the squad is shit but Bruce should be doing so much better with it" - Howe's been in over two months now and we're fucking terrible still. He's the lemon barley water of football managers, an insipid load of nowt and that came across in today's performance.

Suppose an international top quality footballer can't be expected to work out the wavelength of our bunch of utter fucking dickheads in a few days. Poor bugger is probably wishing the ink hadn't dried just yet after that.

An absolute bag of shit. Was gonna say he's the worst sub I've seen in ages but Willock may have topped him today.

Funny on twitter, not so funny watching this gimp try to play a final ball. Fuck off.

Nice work Dickheddie. Two weeks on the training field for that. Try the Bruce approach and give them a week off before Watford you utter fucking fraud. Honestly lads, I said it when we appointed him. He's shite.

Wheres that? 2/1 everywhere I've looked.

Bring him home.

Surely you don't give up when you're that near to agreement? Hope we go back with a third offer.

Issa Diop would be an excellent signing, make it happen!

10000% yes. If only to piss off the age 50+ blokes in the East Stand who think he's too lightweight, a floppy haircut soft lad and doesn't score enough for "a striker". Think he'd be excellent under Howe tbh and you'd think he would be happy to come back.

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If it was Nketiah to replace Gayle and someone more proven to replace Wilson while he's injured I'd be happy with that. Wouldn't want to pin all our hopes on him. I'd love us to go and throw £40m at Arsenal for Lacazette. What a signing that'd be.

When the dust settled from the takeover and we were all making our wee lists of who you'd go and poach from the other "bottom 12" Prem teams, Doucoure was top of my list. I think he's exactly what we need in midfield.

They might want to do stadium photos etc in the morning when there's a bit of daylight. Let's face it, there's not many photo opportunities at the training ground. Serena Taylor can't knock up a 30-photo dossier of him eating eggs on toast in the squash club and posing next to a wheelie bin.

If I was binning NUFC centrebacks it'd be in the following order: Clark, Dummett, Lascelles, Fernandez, Schar P.S. I don't even rate Schar so much