Dr Jinx

He looks like a leukaemia patient there. Were they on the sesh?

He will occupy the position Shelvey currently plays in but that does have other benefits beside the obvious upgrade. Shelvey has rarely been able to drive forward and link to the attack in his time here, there’s always been a responsibility to sit in front of our back 4/5 and play that stupid “quarterback” role. If he’s given chances anywhere near the box he can hit them. He gets sold in the summer though. He’s not getting any younger. If Willock can find consistent form, that’s a midfield with the ages being 25, 24 and 22. Now that’s potential to build on.

This is his overall for the season

We’re being played by the media every single day of this window. Make up a rumour, an hour later say a move has been rejected… clicks clicks clicks. Every one of them are at it. Even the ones with the ticks.

This guy is cut from the same cloth as Cabaye. Great passer of the ball, can bring it past people and not afraid to get stuck in and win the ball back. Wonderful if true. Would absolutely transform our sluggish midfield.

Moussa Diaby.

Yep, he's unsettled. We are desperate but we have time. The less of it we have the stronger Sevilla's hand will be. We would need to be in serious negotiations with another player for them to blink first. Doesn't seem the case right now so the way I see it, they will have to pay the money. If he's that good, it could be cheap in the end.

Just buy the two of them

I envisage this being breaking news and all over the yellow ticker at some point in next few days that the deal is accepted.

If Sevilla are continually moving the goalposts on price, this is just a way of the club letting the player and his agents know that his club are fucking about. If he's already requested to leave, there's no way they keep him and then lose him for less in the summer. If they are serious about a push for the title they need happy campers. Pressure is on them.

"£10 a tit, and a fiver for his arse" Bakkerway, not today, disco lady

They tried, got the wrong stadium

We’ve been a soft touch at the back for some time, opposing teams feel quite comfortable hassling and getting at our defenders because sooner or later they crack. This guy will not be a pushover, he will need help for sure but he’ll bring a calmness to the back that we haven’t had. Also has excellent distribution.

So we bid 25 million, then 28 probably and then upped it to 30, got him to hand in a transfer request and now his agents are at the club piling on the pressure. Grim Ballbag says it will take 50-60 million for them to sell. We get him for 38. Now if only we could have negotiated with Burnley like that!

Apart from Sa1ty, he got quite upset on a regular basis

There's been a few over the years, ToTT, Toontastic, Skunkers etc

Someone is going to roll the dice on Bissouma, any court cases happening probably won’t happen for another year or so anyway but.. will the new owners want to be associated with that? 50 million could end up cheap if charges get dropped. Being bailed twice suggests there’s something more to it.

What I’m seeing is they will try and sign him in the summer. If we sign other players before then who gives a shit.

Let someone else take that punt on him. We don’t have the luxury at this moment in time.

Yep be nice to get some Rafa chants going but not at the expense of our current manager. Instead of the La Bamba chant, maybe the 2 Unlimited one would keep everyone happy ☺️

It’s not a hate campaign, it started really well for the kid when he arrived first and every one of us were happy to have him as a captain. But the defending Mike Ashley and then just his overall performances over the last few seasons. It’s beyond repair as far as am concerned. As a player he peaked at 22 and as a captain has been like a mute the last 2 years. Makes far too many mistakes in every match he plays now, lots of which have led to goals. Why should we treat him any differently to Ciaran Clark? (Who also did fine while he was on)

70 mins and he was blowing out his arse.. a familiar sight, but credit to him, the last 10 mins he worked his socks off.

Improved as the game went on, I’ll give him that. But that first half was shocking. Desperately need some midfield reinforcements now, hopefully someone can come in who changes the dynamic.