Thiago

Everton need to sell him like yesterday. I can see it getting half way into January and him realising he can't sit on the bench for six months if he wants to be part of France's plans in December. Howe affords a lot of attacking responsibility to fullbacks, and that will suit his game perfectly.

He's always seemed quite taken with the fans and how we treat him. At worst it's six months before sorting his future out in the summer. At best, it's a great audition followed by a massive move and big contract.

we need legs and quality - he offers both

This is a wonderful combination of genuine ambition and clear understanding of where the team needs improvement most.

I'm pretty sure we'd be spending more on CBs in one window than the entire Ashley tenure.

He just sold a club he did nothing with for a healthy £70m profit. He absolutely thinks he can install the same cast of clowns and pull a similar trick with Derby.

Digne is low on options and tbh I'd prefer Tagliafico.

I wouldn't go near Cantwell. He's got a champagne ego and lemonade talent.

I know it'll take time to get the squad to where they want it to be, but I'm still trying to adjust to the fact we're making a signing that goes against everything of the last 14 years. We're buying an older English player with no resale value but instant upside.

Cuts, cuts, cuts.

I can't remember verbatim what he said, but basically he transferred the rights across (they run out this summer) which has meant its hard to get much of anything.

I was amazed how little was on offer at the club shop over Christmas. I got chatting to someone at the Back Page, and they basically said it's a consequence of Mike Ashley being a twat with the licensing. I'm already looking forward to the day we can start to be a proper retail outfit again.

I'm confused, is Graves saying this or NUFC HQ? Either way it's signed and done.

Downie has had a shocker of a window. He's gonna be on Sky Sports crying again at this rate.

Is he jealous they spoke to him first?

That place is genuinely nuts. I'm sure there are some totally normal people on there, I have good friends who are Sunderland fans, but the depths of that place terrify me.

I think Arsenal would love us to throw £40m at them for Lacazette given they threw £45m at Fiorentina for Vlahovic. He's not bad, but he's nowhere near his prime either and that's what he cost them at that time.

Neither is bad, but neither is proven.

Digne would be fucking daft to turn us down.

There we go, ol faithful Hopey chiming in.

Not devastated about this one tbh. He'd have been a good addition, but heard he's a bit meh defensively.

He scored a hat trick against some lower league side in the cup.

They've been offered the chance to triple their money on a player that has essentially had one good season in Ligue 1. They're totally mental.

Exactly. It's a sad truth that the core of that promotion squad simply hasn't been challenged. Even those signed under doors under Rafa, they've known the bar is 40 points per season, and those like Hayden that tried to push through a move ended up staying. Jonjo Shelvey is a good example of why we've been a frustrated fan base.

Tbf, it's easy to paint every player in a relegated team as shite. When you look at what was around him there wasn't any real Premier League quality. I think coming here he showed that in a low block he could be a suitable defender. At 32, he's now showing signs of decline and we should move him on. I'm hoping this new money doesn't make us ungrateful or disrespectful to some of those that performed well and are just sadly no longer up to it. In an ideal world he'd have left a year or two ago and we'd have remembered him fondly. His decision to stay was facilitated by a shite owner, nothing else.