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Seems like Osula should go out on loan. I can't imagine him being ready for the Premier League.

Journalists stirring the pot. I don't think there is as much dissention as is being rumored. Eddie wanted Guehi and the club did everything it possibly could to make that happen. We simply were not going to spend £70m. We will have a productive winter window that will catapult the club to European football.

We were forced to sell Minteh and Anderson, and we spent a lot of money for Tonali to not play for a year.

Forgot about that, and he will be 33 too. Zhegrova purchase in winter and David purchase in summer would be outstanding business. I love Wilson, but we can't keep him on payroll at 33 with his injury history. Zhegrova and Diomande next two in please.

David would be an excellent replacement for Wilson if he does not demand to start, but we would need to move Wilson on now that we have Osula too. Zhegrova would be an absolute perfect rw in the winter window so i doubt it happens. Gomes feels like a luxury purchase that would need to come after rw and cb.

What?

I think we were interested in Tosin but I really don't believe the others. I also think we focused on center half at the expense of rw. I really think we could have had Madueke if we had moved on from Guehi. Not sure he was completely distancing himself from blame, but fair point.

He walked into a transfer strategy that was overly focused on one player and thought that was not a good idea. If he hurt some feelings for saying that, so be it. It needed to be said and our strategy must be broader in the future, especially now that we must have some real money to spend.

Which was?

Just got my away jersey in large and had to return it. I have some old larges that are a bit tight, but i looked at the sizing chart and thought this would work; it did not. Too tight in the abdomen area. I have a 87 cm waste but this was difficult to take off. It is pretty nice except for the over large bright yellow Noon badge on the shoulder. Terrible.

Agree. Falling in love with a player because of a good EURO and throwing ridiculous money after him was pathetic. That's what everyone thought we would do after the takeover. There was a time when Chelsea were offering Madueke up for sale and then they bought Neto and we could have had a deal. I understand the need for a long term Schar replacement, but we could have managed with him in the short term with maybe a young backup who could grow into the role. Don't think Guehi is clearly better than Schar and may not be better at all. The biggest problem last year on defense was probably losing Pope and we stacked mediocre backups behind him. I doubt we score as well as last year and we have scored one goal in each of the first three games. Big risk of missing European football and one of our purples pushing for a sale. 2/10.

Did we even call Sporting CP? Diomonde looks like a better prospect anyway. I think it would be bad for the clube and the player to get Guehi now. Expectations would be too high.

Chelsea previously said Madueke was available when they bought Neto. The player himself would have been about that purchase too.

I hope we don't get him. It will enforce the narrative we had right after the take over that we were a rich club that would spend like Chelsea. Paying £70M could force some sales of some great players too. We should have focused on RW and offered cash for Madueke weeks ago. He would make use better than Guehi for 24/25. After Madueke we would have looked into a younger replacement for Schar that could take a year to get comfortable. My guess is that we have made a final offer that is way over any reasonable value and Palace can take it or leave it. We are trying to build like Chelsea and Man U a couple of years ago. That didn't work out for them.

For the short term. I still hope we get in a rw.

I was hoping Madueke was going to be banished to the bomb squad. Probably was not because his wages are not high.

...and usually followed by Parish claiming he's worth £70M plus add-ons.

I agree. Supposedly he is good at high pressing and Howe would want that.

Agree. Wonder why we don't take a look at Diomonde. I would even call Everton about Branthwaite if we are willing to make it a priority but that would give us two left footed cbs.

I agree. In fact, his value is inflated even now because of a fortunate (for him) injury at the EUROs. I hope we move on.

That is an over simplification. The injuries were the biggest factor last year and losing both Joes, Botman, Lascelles, Pope gutted what was once a very good defense. We need a right center back first and then a rw and I hope we get both.

He is on £325,000 a week. That would destroy our salary structure.

Agree. I am still mad we had to sell Minteh. Losing Minteh and paying way over market for Guehi is not how we become a top team. I think our business prior to this window was good, and I don't understand why we seem to be going away from that. We need the next Sven Botman not the next Harry Maguire.

I agree. We are negotiating against ourselves at this point. This show of weakness will be noted and used against us in future negotiations.