Matt1892

Great finish.

He looks in good shape.

When the favourite is 8/1 it suggests that there is no real idea who is going first, but some of the thinking around Howe will be the England job.

The only manager that should take credit for Solanke becoming the player he is now is Iraola.

We tried to sign him on a free transfer last summer I believe when he was out of contract at Arsenal.

Who are the 4 players they agreed personal terms with?

What info did he take?

I don’t think he has linked us with many players at all.

To be fair to Will he called our interest in Guehi about a week ago, he also said about Mbeumo.

Well played Murphy

That Jean Claude at the back looks a tidy player, he is only 20 so would be decent to pick up cheap and loan out. Usually plays in the holding midfield role according to transfermarkt.

This friendly is being played at a good tempo.

He looks like he can strike a ball well with either foot in that video.

I think Semenyo is an all round better player and is genuinely 2 footed, he is a player that had ability but it was only last season he put it all together. He is quick, good link up play, can pick a pass and is good at beating players in tight spaces. That isn’t to say Mbeumo isn’t a good footballer but I can see him being limited against teams who sit deep and don’t give up the type of space he will find on the counter for Brentford. There probably isn’t much in terms of goals between them if you take out Mbeumo’s penalties.

I would take Semenyo over Mbuemo.

This is the sort of things desperate clubs do.

Whilst I don’t disagree with you, that doesn’t make what I said any less true.

PSR is that complicated that we can be in a position where we had to sell Minteh and Anderson to plug the financial hole, then when we move in to a new PSR window it opens up our spending ability again.

You have to go back as far as September for Howe to play Barnes down the left and Gordon down the right, with Almiron or Murphy being benched. They played this way twice towards the end of the season but both Almiron and Murphy were out injured, then once one of them had returned Barnes was back on the bench. A quality right winger should be a must for us this window to kick on.

The minimum for me is a CB and RW. We have a number of long term injuries at CB at the moment and we also have Schar, Burn, Lascelles and Krafth in the final year of their contracts, so it makes sense to go big on a long term replacement in that position. RW is different in that we have 2 players there on long term contracts. However, it has been the weak link position in our starting eleven for some time now so if we want to kick on then we need to be looking at adding quality there. On top of that you have the likes of Wilson, Trippier and Longstaff who are all in the final year of their contact so could be moved on, if they are then I would expect them to be replaced.

It looked to me like Hall and Miley were sat deeper than Joelinton. Jamal Lewis had a good game too and when he would overlap Barnes you would see Hall drop almost in to the left back position to cover.

No bad footballers actually exist and the only thing stopping them reaching Ballon d’Or level is being stuck in a rotten situation with the wrong manager. Fascinating. That is why I am in favour of every player signing we are linked to. Wibble.

He was in their academy as a kid.