Optimistic Nut

Just seen his interview from yesterday, targeting the title in 10 years.

Who do Coventry have up front? Could send him there for a season to bring Rudoni in or something..

The Brighton-lite model will probably work better up there where they should get top 3 with it. Hopefully they go full Union St-Galloise sharpish and break the top 2 up in a few seasons.

I don't see it with him. Seems clumsy and the sort that'll give a lot of cheap fouls away. Think if we've got two of Isak, Wissa & Sesko by the deadline, we send him to The Championship for a season.

Yeah, sad reading people's view of the cup win being tainted because it's Isak & Liverpool. Nothing will ruin that moment and Isak will still be one of my all-time favourites. I hope he's fucking shite for Liverpool, though.

The upgrade when he came in to replace Elliot & Darlow was as big as anything I've seen, even bigger than Pope for Dubravka.

More than likely just towing the line so he doesn't get fined.

Torres for Carroll/Suarez for me.

The way people are going on you'd think we were the only club to ever sell a player to a bigger club. Long as we use the money properly we can come out of it stronger.

Midfielder after the striker situation. Club's/Howe's decision to have 4 CBs in the group into their 30s and giving most of them new deals recently. At least one should have been let go to free a space up. Number wise we're fine. Quality wise, I don't think so.

OUT Wilson Longstaff Dubravka (Isak) IN Striker Elanga Ramsdale Midfielder (Striker) Unless I've missed an obvious out.

Absolute minimum is striker or two and midfielder. We really really need a CB imo but appreciate we may have hamstrung ourselves there by keeping Burn, Schar, Krafth & Lascelles.

We're a striker, (two if Isak goes), centre-back and a midfielder away from getting what we needed when the season ended. 4 weeks to get those 3/4 players. If we get them then it's spot on. Don't get those and it's been shit.

If we could get someone like Brentford to bite for Murphy (£20m or so) then I'd go for Dibling for double. Don't think we'd need Murphy then. Elanga is his direct replacement, Dibling the long term future.

Definitely desperate for a centre-back like. I think £40m or so would be good value for his ability and what he'd add to the defence. I don't think it's urgent as in we must have him by the Villa game for instance, but we need one by the end of the window.

Hope we're doing this out of spite, to make Liverpool pay a fee now rather than get him for nowt next year. Eating into the Isak fund if they want him that badly. 5D chess.

Very dangerous precedent if this were to ever happen.

And here is why it was for the best he trained away from here when he was on his own. Whether we knew about it or not it was for the best.

Think it's tomorrow? Probably a day to get over the travel and time zones then back into it Tuesday..

Is Pivas back with us?

Sure Sissoko was linked to a lot of clubs after the Euros when we were relegated. Think Arsenal were keen but Spurs offered more.

The way it's going we might have to keep him around as a 3rd choice for one more season so Hall can become a midfield cover option.

If Isak stays I think we still go all-out for Sesko and he's integrated ready for next season to take over as the main man. Far easier to find a Wissa/Larsen/Watkins in the £40m bracket in a year's time than it is to try to sign an Ekitike or João Pedro as we've been finding the hard way this year.

In theory, less than ever since the majority of teams only play one of them now.

Leadership group will surely want its best player training with them if there's any chance of him staying.