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OR... Romano doesn't know.

What? He's an absolute baller man. Just mismanaged for two years.

You’ve missed the man mountain off your list.

The last genuinely exciting one was Yanga-Mbiwa, Gouffran, Sissoko and Haidara in 2013. Everything else has been trash.

Aye, those last 3 are very vague links though. I could see Lingard happening. Not so much the other two.

Come on then @Ando7... are we on track for this surprise?

I’m sure those names are in the hat, but I’d be astounded if we’re not in the mix for Lingard, Dembele or Alli tomorrow.

Are we just assuming that the lack of official announcement is down to Lyon's stock exchange issue?

5 out of 10? You think that signing and address four problem positions has only achieved half the job? ?

Where are you getting the optimism if 3 or 4 more? ? I’m at a 7/10 with the deals done so far. Anything else is a bonus now.

I think Trippier, Wood, Bruno and one of Burn/Botman/Carlos/that Monaco lad would be a 7/10 window. Happy enough with that. Any additional forward reinforcements would push it to an 8 or 9/10.

The only one I really care about now is a CB. The others are added bonuses. Didn’t ever expect us to sign more than 4 players this window.

I’m going out on a limb and saying that the surprise is we’re back in for Botman.

You absolute cocktease. I really hope you mean a good surprise!

Surely he's just referring to Bruno?

Genuinely think the only ones worth listening to are Hope, Waugh and Ornstein (and dare I say it, because his record has been good recently, Edwards). They seem to at least “break” stories. All the others are just gobshites who regurgitate stuff and pass it off as their own.

I think that’s some serious clutching ?

It's a just another bullshit story. Only trust Craig Hope, Chris Waugh and Ornstein.

If this window has taught us anything, it should be that Romano is an absolute chancer.

It's Craig Hope. He's probably the best in the North East for accuracy.

Bingo

From Edwards ?

Unbelievably inaccurate ratings ?