Matt1892

I would prefer an attacking midfielder with pace to play alongside Bruno and Longstaff/Miley rather than a defensive midfielder, which would mean an even more negative midfield.

Lively start by both teams.

If it was just in case you would expect him on the bench as a minimum.

I thought he was like an inferior version of Conor Gallagher based off his time in the Premier League. Maybe he has found some consistency in his performances but it is a big step up from the Championship. That or he’s a late bloomer.

Gibbs-White has just come on for Forest.

It is the strategy Liverpool have used over recent years.

I like Big Joe and he does come across as a genuinely nice guy, he isn’t someone that we would struggle to replace though in terms of ability.

Hojbjerg or Billing would be decent stop gaps for the rest of the season. The club only have themselves to blame for the fans expectations every window, they leak to the press every window about FFP and tight budgets but still pull something out of the bag, so it is now expected. The Instagram stuff recently isn’t helping with expectations.

Any sort of plan in business is fluid and likely to change, dependent on circumstances.

Onana is better now than Gordon when we bought him, so you can’t blame Everton for looking at £50 million plus for him. I think his wages might be a sticking point, I’m not sure what he earns at Everton but it was the reason he didn’t join West Ham.

That is how sell on clauses usually work, the Athletic article they take it from say it will be on any profits.

As someone else has said, any sell on clause will be on the profit we make on him which isn’t going to be much.

As it stands, we have Lascelles, Dummett and Krafth out of contract at the end of the season leaving us with Botman, Schar, Burn who is first choice left back and Murphy who is a young kid who would benefit from a loan to get games. I expect us to buy another centre back but that still won’t give us the depth we need. Lascelles is dependable and good enough to be fourth or fifth choice if he is happy with that.

We should be offering him a new contract rather than getting rid for a nominal fee, especially if no replacement is coming in.

What really surprised me about Tonali was how bad he was on the ball at times, he seemed to give the ball away way more than any of our other midfielders.

The thing with Tonali is that if he was average in all of his performances I wouldn’t be worried as I would put that down to him needing time to adapt to the league and style of football; however, his performances have been the complete polar opposite in some games, from excellent in some to embarrassingly shite in others. Hopefully it is a language issue and understanding the role asked of him but I do find the mad fluctuations in performances a concern.

Johnson’s price would also reflect his potential though, he signed for Spurs having not long turned 22 and he only had one season in the Premier League, when before that he was named the Championship young player of the year the season before I think. Gibbs-White is 24 in a few days and is moving out of the potential bracket, don’t get me wrong I think playing under Howe will potentially see a bigger improvement to what we had with Gordon but that is down to the setting here. I can see why they would have a similar value.

Both are out of contract in the summer so we can’t expect to get much for them, if anything. How far away is Targett away from returning? I can see him being sold and Lloyd Kelly coming in.

I went to watch them at home to Bournemouth just before Christmas as part of me and my boy trying to do the 92 football grounds, definitely an air of inferiority complex in the stadium that they are not seen as a big club any more.

Forest in talks to sign Reyna from Dortmund on loan with an option to buy so he could be the Gibbs-White replacement.

Krafth is good enough as back up, if he leaves in the summer then we look to replace then.

I think people forget how small of a club Brighton are in football terms, I don’t mean that in a disrespectful way either as what they have done is unbelievable.

• Both are capable of playing as a #8 and a #10 and can link up midfield and attack • Have good engines that means they have a high work rate that they use to break forward at pace • Have good close control to get out of tight spaces and take players on • Capable of defence splitting passes Is Paqueta more skilful with the ball at his feet? Absolutely he is. Is Gibbs-White more prepared to chase back and put the extra effort in for the team? I don’t think there is any doubt. That doesn’t mean they are not a similar type of player that shares some key attributes; however, I am interested to hear who you think both Gibbs-White and Paqueta would be seen as similar to from the eye test.

Give it a rest about Maddison.

Gibbs White has a high level of technical ability, the difference being he is less flash than Paqueta.