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I have a soft spot for Forest and I totally appreciate the job Nuno did, but he just didn't seem to fit with Forest. I can't explain why like.

I wasn't really being serious.

I hope this has been run past and agreed by Eddie. I don't want any power struggle bollocks dominating the press again.

He went to Saudi and the scrutiny on us was unbelievable. One of the cartel darlins goes over there for 6 gajillion quid and no one bats an eyelid. We had to sell for £20 million and still the cartel whined and whinged about it.

I much preferred them in the 90s when they had players whose names sounded like a bunch of pub regulars they played in the darts team of a Tuesday and did the quiz on a Wednesday; Brian Atkinson, Martin Gray, Anth Smith, Ian Sampson, Phil Gray, John Kay, Tony Norman, Gordon Armstrong to name but a few. I knew (and know) a couple of their fans too and they were canny enough. Just seems bacteria breeding grounds like rtg bring out the very worst in their fanbase to mingle with other likeminded mutants.

I didn't write it

Who are we monitoring at the moment? Anyone in the running?

Paywall Free Link Here 20. Fulham Marco Silva has not been happy with the business done in the window. “It’s not like I expected,” he said before their last game, adding signings are needed because “if not, we are going to be not in the condition that we should be to play in the Premier League”. Only reserve goalkeeper Benjamin Lecomte was signed before deadline day while Andreas Pereira and Martial Godo were sold. After the window closed, wingers Kevin and Samuel Chukwueze were signed. But a deal for Tyrique George fell through at the death. 19. Brentford They are having to cope with Thomas Frank leaving as manager for Spurs, while their best players Bryan Mbuemo and Yoane Wissa have secured moves away from the club. Club captain Christian Nørgaard also went and Mark Flekken getting sold to Bayer Leverkusen should not be underestimated. Jordan Henderson adds experience, while Dango Ouattara has come in from Bournemouth and Reiss Nelson on loan from Arsenal adds pace to the squad. 18. Burnley They were certainly active after promotion from the Championship but they also lost their goalkeeper as James Trafford headed back to City. Kyle Walker and Martin Dubravka add Premier League experience but it is a big jump for a lot of the other signings such as Lesley Ugochukwu and Armando Broja. 17. Wolves They will also point to keeping their star striker, with Newcastle’s attempt to land Jørgen Strand Larsen successfully resisted. But the signings did not set pulses racing, with Tolu Arokodare coming in up front, while Fer López adds competition on the wing. 16. Newcastle United They were determined to keep Alexander Isak but as the clock ticked on the window and Sweden striker was not playing, it put huge pressure on them to agree a Premier League record deal with Liverpool. It has made them look weak. In comes Yoane Wissa and Nick Woltemade and at least Eddie Howe has strikers who want to play for him. Other areas have been strengthened too with Anthony Elanga, Malick Thiaw and Jacob Ramsey arriving – but losing Isak is a blow. 15. Crystal Palace In the end, they kept hold of Marc Guéhi as they could not find a replacement for the England centre-back, even though a medical had already taken place and a fee agreed. But Palace also sold Eberechi Eze to Arsenal and he will be a huge loss to Oliver Glasner’s team. Yeremy Pino was signed from Villarreal and will attempt to cover for Eze’s loss. Borna Sosa adds competition at left-back. They are weaker without Eze. 14. Bournemouth It will be a test of Andoni Iraola coaching ability to keep winning after losing Milos Kerkez, Dean Huijsen, Illia Zabarnyi, Kepa Arrizabalaga and Dango Ouattara. They secured a loan for AC Milan full-back Álex Jiménez and covered for their departures with Bafodé Diakité, Adrien Truffert, Đorđe Petrović, Ben Doak, Amine Adli and Veljko Milosavljević. The question will be whether they have found more gems. 3. West Ham Graham Potter desperately needed legs in the middle of the pitch and Mateus Fernandes and Soungoutou Magassa were drafted in. Their free transfers of Kyle Walker-Peters and Callum Wilson add numbers to the squad. Igor Julio was a late addition in the window. Losing Mohammed Kudus was a blow. 12. Leeds United They added plenty of players and height to their team but could not strike a deal for top forward target Rodrigo Muniz from Fulham. Sean Longstaff looks a reliable arrival with Premier League experience, while the goalkeeper issue was addressed with Lucas Perri coming in from Lyon. Gabriel Gudmundsson has started the season but there are unknown factors in a few other signings. 11. Aston Villa Manchester United have been raided again to land Victor Lindelöf and Jadon Sancho, following last season’s loan of Marcus Rashford. They beat competition to sign Harvey Elliott, while Evann Guessand adds competition up front but there was no move for Emi Martínez, who eyed a switch to Old Trafford himself. 10. Brighton Fabian Hürzeler retained the services of Carlos Baleba despite interest from Manchester United, which was a victory in the market. They sold João Pedro, Simon Adingra and Pervis Estupiñán, who have been first-teamers, and have brought in young players such as Tom Watson (19), Diego Coppola (21), Charalampos Kostoulas (18), while there is more experience in Maxim De Cuyper (24) and Olivier Boscagli (27) – but not in the Premier League. The club’s scouting system is revered in football and they always work to a plan. 9. Everton David Moyes ended up without a right-back, which was a clear position that needed strengthening – but Jack Grealish has already come good with his assists and his loan looks good business. In Tyler Dibling, they have invested £35m in one of the most promising youngsters in England, while Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall has done well so far after getting rescued from Chelsea. 8. Tottenham Hotspur It looked like a disastrous window for Spurs when moves for Morgan Gibbs-White and Eberechi Eze fell through, although Daniel Levy fought back in the transfer market. Mohammed Kudus can be a match-winner and cost just £55m, Xavi Simons is an exciting attacking prospect, while João Palhinha adds steel in midfield. Daniel Levy loves a bit of deadline-day drama and Randal Kolo Muani is a risk-free loan. 7. Manchester City Pep Guardiola has completely changed the look of his team following their disastrous results during the winter months last season. Club legends Kevin De Bruyne, Jack Grealish, Kyle Walker and Ederson are out. Big step into the unknown with James Trafford and Gianluigi Donnarumma, the new first-team goalkeepers. Rayan Aït-Nouri, Rayan Cherki and Tijjani Reijnders have arrived and Guardiola signings tend to take time to settle. 6. Sunderland Granit Xhaka coming back to the Premier League is a transfer coup the newly-promoted side have been very busy changing the look of their squad for the top flight. Xhaka and Habib Diarra gives them power in the middle of the park and there have been two wins so far. But six of their squad could go to the African Cup of Nations, which would mean missing a chunk of the season. 5. Manchester United More than £200m was spent on attacking players and those signings - Bryan Mbeumo, Benjamin Šeško and Matheus Cunha - were on the pitch when defeated by Grimsby Town. But there were promising signs in the defeat by Arsenal and Belgian goalkeeper Senne Lammens has solved a position in desperate need of strengthening. Some money was raised from sales of Antony and Alejandro Garnacho. 4. Nottingham Forest He may not have been a “signing” but Forest managed to keep Morgan Gibbs-White from the clutches of Tottenham Hotspur and he has signed a new deal. Among their new arrivals, Dan Ndoye from Bologna has looked good so far, while James McAtee and Omari Hutchinson are excellent homegrown talents. They filled the positions they wanted and added Dilane Bakwa, Donnell McNeilly, Cuiabano and Oleksandr Zinchenko on deadline day. 3. Arsenal They needed a striker and landed Viktor Gyökeres. They needed a player to control play and landed Martín Zubimendi. They needed quality on the ball and signed Eberechi Eze. Good cover too in Piero Hincapié and Cristhian Mosquera. Ingredients are there for Mikel Arteta and now he has to get his new signings attacking fluently. 2. Chelsea Totally revamped their frontline with João Pedro, Jamie Gittens and Liam Delap, albeit before the latter was injured. Took advantage of Alejandro Garnacho’s situation at Manchester United to land a bargain, while the work of previous windows saw Estêvão Willian arrive. Good fees for outgoings, with João Félix (£26.2m) and Noni Madueke (£48.5m) leading the way. 1. Liverpool Arne Slot already won the window heading into deadline day after agreeing Alexander Isak’s fee with Newcastle. The £100m barrier was already broken for Florian Wirtz, full-back areas replenished, Hugo Ekitike arriving and scoring immediately and exciting prospect Giovanni Leoni in the building. Meant deal for Marc Guéhi getting called off did not make or break window.

7/10 but it's not the club's fault entirely. I like business done early for the core players, with the odd surprise thrown in. I'd have liked to have seen Trafford for GK, Pedro in to change us up tactically, Mbeumo for the RW and Delap in for Wilson's replacement. Sadly the fucking cartel decided they wanted the players we did and are allowed to offer more money. Even if you really want to play for Newcastle, if chelsea or manu etc come in offering a lot more money then the player will pick them. They'll still play at their new club, but for more money. Getting coached to Howe standard and becoming a club legend means very little these days it seems. However I am still very happy with the players we did get in. We did seem to be flapping around a bit in the market and it did look very much like whoever we went for was going to end up at a cartel club. I'm also happy that we didn't get some of the ones we were linked to. Didn't want Jackson and if chelsea want to replace every player year on year then sell your casts offs on the cheap. I think I hated this link and how it came about (jacobs tweet) more than the isak debacle. Speaking of which, I do think the club, and especially Eddie, remained classy throughout. I'd rather we didn't sell him to liverpool and sold him abroad but hey ho. We've been held back by psr, by ffp, by rules they just invented to stifle us and protect their darlings, ashley's inept ownership and yet we've still done really well. We've improved all over (who says Nick won't be awesome?). AFCON aside, I have confidence in Wissa and not be a little bit underwhelmed and unsurprised when Calum Wilson tears his quad by playing candy crush and is out for however many games. Right wing is great with Elanga and Murphy, left wing was already sound, I don't know much about Thaiw but I do know how Eddie gets the best out of players and GK is ok too. I did want another midfielder and in outgoings I wanted rid of Willock and I really wanted shot of the party arranger pretendy keeper bloke. So my 7 would have be more if we didn't look so floundery when we went for players initially. Again, not entirely the club's fault but now we have players we absolutely do need to sort out the senior positions at the club. I reckon that Eddie could Brian Clough his way through running the entire club, but I really think that the club owners need to give him some help and appoint some competent people. EDIT: just seen @Moose's far more eloquent post which pretty much sums my feelings up too.

So close. It's actually Christopher Marlow. EDIT: Did not see @AyeDubbleYoo say the exact same thing. Dammit

I will now be purposefully mispronouncing his name to the more traditional "Eyes-hack". Wanker.

Hey folks, I had a fever all weekend so was pretty much out of it. Did I miss anything?

We did it with the cup win though. Plus, as I said in July, it was to take away the pressures of "second fiddle to Isak" schtick. I mean, I get that that particular aspect hasn't worked out as would have liked since we still haven't signed a fucking striker, so might as well hit Liverpool with a shock since they've been prize cunts for the entire summer. Also there is the underlying rhetoric that Eddie has subtly pushed for a while now; PSR stifles competition. It's a massive gamble, a ton of strategic thinking and a whopping leap of faith and I get that, but I can just see that this is part of a massive slow burn to give the premier league enough rope etc. Or my mind has just gone into overdrive to give me hope, but I can absolutely see this being the case. Plus, the club and player have other options to let this just fall away into nothing if they want. Hey, if it's not then it's not. Id like to think this is what's happening, but if not then some random daft fucker on this forum is wrong. I can live with that.

Oh for sure, Montreal was real.

Me? No idea about who you think was first but I said this in July. But that's fair, I don't expect to be taken too seriously.

*What It's fairly clear what I've written like.

Still maintain this is a work like I said in July. Keep other clubs away and then beat Liverpool when he's in the starting line up. I'm either wrong and this is ignored and buried under other comments or I'm right and then I get to be smug for the rest of the week.

Rafa wasn't keen to have him back though was he? Or am I misremembering?

Nah, I reckon it's the white one he didn't want as his parents wouldn't fork out for the black one.

Hmmm. No suprise entrants then?

You know how teams have to announce their team sheets 75 minutes (I think, unless it's still 60) before kick off? What happens if a player who is named gets injured during the period between the team sheet announcement and kick off? Doesn't matter how unlikely it may be, just want to know what the rules are/where I can find that specific information.

Yeah, fair. E-scousers are the new man u fans.

Fuck me, liverpool's fans are really the new man u fans. I used to quite like them, similar city background to ourselves. They can just fuck right off now though. Absolute entitled wankers.

Logged into NO. This is the first comment I see. Chuckled. Great start to the day, cheers Fuck this seven seconds rule.

Logged into NO. This is the first comment I see. Chuckled. Great start to the day, cheers Arggghh. Caught out by some shitty 7 seconds before posting rule I was unaware of.