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We need to make sure the CM you have shown is peking at the right time.

Football is a business. We have a patchy performer in Palmer whose contract expires in a year. If someone offers £1m he’s gone - replacement pending or not - and quite rightly so.

Yes, hopefully. I don’t think it’s a loss of any significance at all and if we manage to get a fee it’s a work of genius. He doesn’t play in any of the positions Allen, Torp or Eccles plays and we are far better equipped in advanced positions than we’ve ever been.

Must admit I’m counting the retention of Sheaf, Wright, Van Ewijk, Sakamoto and Simms as a positive window anyway. We’ve added a class keeper, more forward options and one of the best attacking midfielders in the league in Rudoni. Anything tomorrow is a bonus.

Robins has obviously been trying to get rid as he knows full well he can get more for his money elsewhere. Palmer has talent but is simply not consistent enough in terms of end product.

It’s a fair point. If our academy is producing a mix of excellent talent that is hoovered up or those not to champ standard why have it. In the last couple of seasons we’ve not had anyone impact the first team.

I hate “we’ll keep you across it” in terms of news etc. And also anything remotely good being called a “worldie”.

Need to play Clark in position. He’s going to get few enough starts ahead of Wright there as it is

Thomas-Asantes touches have impressed so far. If we’re after a DM we could do worse than Brannagan

I think age is often equated to fitting this leadership role. From what I’ve seen this year the leadership mantle seems to be adequately covered by the likes of Milan, Binks, Bidwell and Wright

Amazing how one e on the end of his surname transforms him from a 1950’s dock worker to a foreign man of dashing and dare

Why are a lot of us bothered whether we need Bassette? Why are we bothered whether he’ll start/be “kept happy”. And why are we trying to envisage how our squad fits into eleven spaces. It’s a squad. Robins will know full well what he needs. I guarantee you if King had said to him “you can have...

The fees being talked about for Gyokeres are ridiculous. Of course, the more the better, but talk around 90-100m is surely quite ridiculous for a player who has never played at the top level. This would rank him alongside the likes of Rice, Griezmann etc.

You have to have a chuckle at those who think it’s been a poor window. Short, short memories.

I think the problem was back in 1977 that we just needed a defensive midfielder and right back cover in that squad.

It’s not as simple as transfer fees in and out. We’ve refurbished Ryton, invested in support staff and undoubtedly have a higher wage bill than previously. It’s taken us decades to recover from the high risk days just before relegation. Let’s not repeat the error.

Madsen - hope he does go to QPR. We need a holding midfielder. Worrall - never been that keen. We’ll get someone in, quite relieved it’s neither of these

Don’t agree with that. Thomas is what he is already. I think Kitching will progress. Equally though I don’t see Worrall as a big improvement on Thomas.

Vik is nowhere near Keane!

Remember it well. Scored on his debut and it was obvious he’d go on to huge things. Tried to replace him with Bellamy which was pretty much the beginning of the decline in the prem years.