Mike E

4 years, even better! Welcome back, Mr. Ooh Aah.

Ramalho would be an excellent defensive signing, up there with my suggestion of Schwaab!

I can tell you my future father-in-law (dingle) is furious about 'signing a busted flush like Pieters when a player with enormous potential like Bidwell was available'. He's happy with Rodriguez, 'but for over £10m? FFS.' In other words, yeah, all fans do this.

I wonder if the DJ promotion has anything to do with our u23 cbs maybe being seen as potentially ready? Magloire, Wharton, Platt, Grayson. The first three, I have regularly been impressed by but only at the u23 level at highest. Maybe they're (or some) being prepped to move up?

I hope so!

Burnley already have surpassed us, one of the most valuable brands in Europe thanks to the university links.

Ayala out of contract next season. Boro...

Another fair shout. Haven't they just released Harlee Dean? He might be fairly good, I recall he was solid for Brentford, and don't think he's 30 yet. I just hope the reason we haven't got defenders in yet is because we are haggling wages on quality ones, and good at keeping them under wraps. Hope being the key word ofc.

I'd like to see someone like Dan Schwaab come in at centre back. 30/31, 6ft1, free agent, relatively regular player for Freiburg, Leverkusen, Stuttgart, and PSV through his career. Not stellar, but strikes me as a Craig Short type of steady, strong, unspectacular defender.

About 6 months.

I thought jokes were funny? Personally think it's a good signing.

3, he'd fucking cracked as well.

The thing with Hart is not his stature or his ability imo, it's his confidence. There is a genuine England International and Premier League winning goalkeeper in there somewhere, but it hasn't shone out for a couple of seasons now. Coming down to the Championship (prime age, no less) could see him regain his confidence and form. BUT I feel that a Ruddy or a Carson is likely to be more confident for us, and likely to improve the defence as a whole. If Hart is confident enough to bollock the defence, then maybe he can quickly regain confidence in himself too. I'm not against his signing by any means, I think it'd be a real coup, but it is a gamble on relatively high wages compared to the less good but more solid and cheaper Ruddy/Carson.

You guys are brilliant

Rather than making DJ less visible so he can't usurp Mowbray, maybe it's to reduce interest from other clubs? Or maybe it's to help create a better integrated culture between the youth and first team setups?

It would make him less likely to be marked, but could potentially fill the midfield too much, restricting the space for others to receive the ball from Dack. Not convinced by 3412 but not QUITE against it.

Dunn at Burnley...

Someone has to, maybe we've got lucky. Very unlikely of course, but stranger things have happened.

All I want from this window now is a goalkeeper, and at least one (ideally two) centre back. If we sign Gallagher (or anyone else), fine but we need those 2 positions filling.

Playing Everton and Liverpool didn't seem to help us much last year.

I'd argue Tugay and Amoruso negate him nicely.

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Perhaps Lenny Johnrose? Taught in Blackburn. Ben Burgess also in teaching, but don't know where.

Christ, he could let goals in through those teeth!

Could work as an overlap? Particularly if we do the same on the left with Downing (cross from deep) covering Bell bursting forward.