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His agent will be congratulating himself for playing a blinder. If he plays for Olympiacos and for Forest in the Prem he will have done well by his client. Fair risk though - he was going to be a starter here but won't be where he's going. Careers stall as quickly as they rise without game time...

Don't want to pour too much water on this but that is the midfield that finished 9th with a guy who we've never seen play. Don't think we can say we have one of the best midfields in the league. Has the potential to be but we need Torp to improve & Stamenic to hit the ground running for this to...

Kitching from the switch to the back 4 until the bullshit sending off against Sheff W was our best defender. After that his form went off a cliff. Can't even blame it on tiredness like a lot of the side as he played a lot less minutes. Would like Binks to sign alongside a experienced RCB & GK...

Panzo would scare the life out of me in a back 4 unless he was playing LB. Doesn't fit the system we play anymore even as a back up. McNally I'd want at the right price. As mentioned before his end of season form was good in a back 4. Don't think it will happen though as I'd imagine Burnley...

Lati will definitely get better over the next 2 years. When we went on our amazing run he looked the part, but I agree was terrible at the end of the season when carrying an injury. Could look better as a 6 in a midfield 3 if we move that way - he looked bad in 4-2-3–1 when he was expected to...

Think McNair could be exactly what we need - after also being unsure when we were first linked. Played in the Premier League, loads of international experience, been in the play offs already. Biggest issue is his injury record last season. Regarding Lati - will depend on how the squad...

We signed Fadz for free in the summer before the league 1 title winning season after he left Burton. Brentford went away from their model to sign Pontus Jansson to get a centre back with a lot of championship experience to help guide their young squad. Free & no re-sale value doesn’t equal shit.

Our European recruitment last summer was outstanding - I’d back this guy to be better than Browne in a few years. Do get the point on experience though - have a feeling we’ll get an experienced centre back

The Ntelo link makes me think we're thinking of getting a 3rd striker who can also be 4th/5th choice on the wing.

Can't really sign another top-quality striker as we already have two. Either needs to be an experienced-pro willing to be a back-up or a young player who we can develop. This guy is clearly the latter - has all the raw attributes & we'd look to develop him over 24 months for when we sell Simms...

We've already got 4 players who would only be sold for 10m+ (MvE, Sheaf, Wright & Simms). 3 were signed last summer. It's a risk but would make sense to sign 2-3 top quality prospects for 3m-5m even if Sheaf and Gyok don't go (as long as we stay within PSR). Then next summer if we don't go up...

Anyone know how we've drastically improved our pre-season games? Was it the FA Cup run? Gone from Shrewsbury, MK Dons & Exeter to Werder Bremen, Getafe & Everton

Palmer *I think*

No chance of it happening but if it did... it would be stupid from our point of view. Basically letting him put himself in the shop window for another year and he then leaves for free. We're then a year behind in replacing him and have stalled the development of our players who get less...

It was different with Luton in two ways: A. It was January so you're back in the Championship in 6 months - not enough time to impress other Premier League sides. B. Luton are a small club punching above their weight who could easily revert to the mean and stick around in the Championship for...

I think a lot of our deals could be more inflated than what we’ll be paying in reality. I think we’ve added big add ons for each player depending on us reaching the Premier League etc

Not sure that is true, especially in the forward line. If we sign an experienced striker who expects to start Simms comes out - then your saleable asset's development is hindered & price goes down. An experienced bit-part player like Windass is more likely to help the squad while not playing...

This guy has played box to box and AM according to the NZ guy. Even if he is signed to be DM, I could see Sheaf being moved to CM Declan Rice style which would make us very solid. Maybe I’ve got a case of wishful thinking.

Yeah we also signed Arjan de Zeeuw for free and he was shit. What are we thinking. Let's never sign a player on a free transfer ever again.

His Blocks, Fouls committed, Recoveries, Possession won in final 3rd, and Dribbled past are all down compared to the 21/22 season. Surprised people are annoyed by this. He clearly changed his game due to the injuries and is not the all action 10 any more.