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I think liking a post and making a heartfelt public post wishing him the best are slightly different levels tbh. It's all performative and intentional because like said it could easily be done off the record. But I'm mostly bored of him because he's a crock.

It surprises me the way he's still held up as a blue chip player given he's basically been a waste of space and wages for two years.

Sell

It's worse

Bin him off anarl

Would tie in with the tittle tattle about him being linked away.

At the start of the summer I thought we'd sign a right winger who could play upfront (e.g. Mbeumo), and then we'd end up with a very budget option like DCL as the effective third choice back up. I just couldn't see how we'd do surgery needed on the rest of the squad and be able to sign an expensive Wilson replacement too. Obviously the way it has happened has been disgraceful, and I do still think we've been mugged on the Wissa fee (it has hallmarks of the way Barca immediately blew the Neymar money to save face) but now the dust has settled part of me does prefer the exciting unknown we now have of reshuffling entirely and going with two completely new forwards, each with different profiles and skill sets. Things had gone a bit stale over the last two years with our inability to refresh the squad.

More about future planning now I'd say as we have a lot of players about to age out still. We probably still haven't really sorted the GK with a long term signing, will need another CB given the age profile of the ones we've got, an upgrade on Willock in midfield and a fullback to replace Trippier.

It could have been better, but could have been a lot worse too. There's enough there just about to attack the season, although I think we're a midfielder short (quality rather than numbers). The interesting thing is we've had a pretty good re-set in terms of deadwood out and ultimately a minimal overall outlay (£50 million or so if Osula goes?). That probably sets us up reasonably well for the next couple of windows. Hopefully we can get a CEO and DOF in to have a good go at a more decisive and strategic approach.

Shankland is barely Championship standard.

True but Eddie would still play Gordon ahead of him anyway. I really don't think we lose much with him being on the way out tbh.

It's the wages. He's on a pittance relatively. It makes him affordable to European clubs. As a PL clubs buying up players at the right age profile with low wages is basically a sure fire way to print money these days.

If Osula goes we've only spent about 50 million net

It does make you wonder if this one has been in the pipeline for a while, and he'd have gone there much sooner if we had got Ekitike.

He'll probably be class mind, Frankfurt barely miss with their striker signings

Fucking hell. We've done a Chelsea here like. It shows how easy it is to make money as a PL club if you just buy players at the right age profile.

We're definitely in a much better place in terms of the 'first 18' even if there has perhaps been a drop off in terms of what would constitute first choice 11. With the fixtures clubs have these days in Europe, the former is probably more important than the latter (IMO).

I hope he is out on loan before close of play today tbh. He needs it.

One thing I will say that's frustrating about the overpay is I can't help but think we could have had him for this fee ages ago if we'd gone for him at the start of the window and would have probably had 6+ points now.

Poor KI has spent effectively his entire 6 week paternity break with his new born tearing his hair out over this twat's actions and the clubs flailing attempts to deal with them. It's just not worth it.

People definitely need to become more emotionally detached from watching multi millionaires. I get it's difficult but this saga proves it more than anything that it's good for your sanity to try and care a little bit less about the whole thing. It's only going to get worse from here on in with the way the game is going - even if we have more success. I said it at the time that we'll never ever top the cup final and seeing a local lad head in one of the goals to end such a long drought. That's the peak.

Edwards has been all over the place on this mind. I'm annoyed that we've probably slightly undersold the rat but comparing it to Ashley is fucking hunginged ramblings. We've gone out and bought two £50 million + forwards with the money.

It's a mental fee and financially awful deal in isolation but looking at the short term footballing side of things we're backed into a situation where we also need to mitigate risk for the season ahead, so we're buying somebody at peak of their powers age wise off the back of a 19 goal PL season.

Feel bad for JSL. The only one who held some professionalism getting left out.

He drove up this morning pure Odemwingie