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Probably the only man in history whose sleep patterns have improved since having a newborn! (Nicely done)

The stick he gets is commensurate with the size of the fee paid to sign him, which doesn’t look like it will ever yield results now. Reality is if he plays well for Reims then they will take up the option to sign, and if he doesn’t then we’ll just farm him out somewhere even worse.

We played 10 league games with this formation last season and won 8 of them.

If the reporting of an option to buy is accurate then he’s surely played his last game here. Hasn’t exactly been a glittering signing.

What players?

Yeah crazy to think he was by consensus our best player as recently as the season before last. Even with the injuries he’s been an excellent servant and incredible value for money.

If we don’t sign three players today, how quickly can we forfeit the season? I don’t think it would be right for Lampard and co to try and continue under these conditions.

Well it wasn’t always that way - I generally find the BBC’s local coverage to be more even-handed and less sensationalist than the other local-centric news outlets, most of whom barely exist anymore. Which is why I find it odd this blog post focuses solely on the BBC as if this is a new...

Surprised that he’s blaming the BBC for this - local journalism (and indeed local politics) has always been a haven for NIMBYs and do-gooders. I don’t have any stats but despite the existence of the articles listed above (not all of which are anything like as negative as he implies they are...

The perfect Sheaf replacement imo

I think I’d rather rely on Eccles as the Sheaf replacement for the next 19 games than overpay for a CM at the last minute. There are other areas in greater need of investment.

Just a reminder to anyone stressing today that our squad is actually pretty good as it is! And sometimes it’s actually better not to blow loads of money on deadline day just because you want to replace a fringe player for the next three months!

Who are we playing?

£6.5 million on a player who doesn’t weaken the first XI by leaving is a good deal, even if you have to muddle through the next 19 league games before signing a replacement. Hard to say with much certainty how many of those games he’d have even featured in.

Meanwhile, at an afters in the Czech Republic:

What about someone really tall? Someone with a playing background in the local area perhaps. Doesn’t have to be a keeper.

I quite like the sass tbh, but how about someone with some experience of being a GK coach?

Why stop there? Need to get Drogba in as shooting coach, Arjen Robben as the drifting-in-off-the-wing coach, Roman Abramovich as financial coach, and John Terry as kitman.

Well if you’re going to declare a highly rated keeper as shit after four games then there’s not much that coaching can do about that I’m afraid. Someone should tell Williams to stop teaching Rushworth to let goals in, he should be teaching him to keep them out instead, silly goose!