Exiled_Rover

Not really. All of our signings have come from the continent where wages are lower. Brittain / Travis / Tronstad are established Championship players and want comparable wages to their peers. I think we'll really struggle after this season to recruit - we'll find this continental scouting harder and harder as our permit places dry up (due to fewer and fewer English players logging minutes for us). That hard £10k wage cap clearly isn't a myth.

Depends what his delivery is like. Does he take set pieces?

I think Henriksson is being modest - took his goals well in his highlights and seems to be able to pick a pass too. I agree with a lot of it though - think it's going to be about effort, athleticism and discipline this season. Desperately need a quick RW who is also a good set piece taker (I'd have been happy for the set piece taker to come from another position, but it seems like we've basically already built the team so that's the last option).

Mowbray consistently talked down Blackburn Rovers FC. It wasn't one defensive comment or an attempt to manage expectations. He genuinely thought he was bigger and better than us - and acted like we were a minnow in this division. Fuck that. We're a division too low, thanks to the owners. JDT was a breath of fresh air when he came in with the way he talked about the club - so was Eustace. That sour faced Moggie can take his lemon drizzle and shove it up his arse.

I don't even think they'll do that high - he'll just tell us at some point he wants to leave and we'll cash in on whatever offer is on the table.

Well you've been generous with that Tavares transfer, so why ignore that Brittain was rumoured to be going for £3.5m? Also why do we have to literally balance the books? We haven't spent any money for absolutely years.

Fancies playing in Arsenal's U21s for a couple of years before being loaned out to all and sundry.

Thankfully there's no thug of a Leeds RB to crock him this year. Disgusting 'tackle'.

Just need someone who can take a set piece now...

I mean we need a lot of things, but the hole at RW is absolutely glaring. If you get service to Ohashi and Gueye they'll score. Maybe we loan a PL lad in for #3? Won't be a superstar tho.

Only the Swedes amongst us.

Then sell him. He's not a good enough footballer to be effective if his head has been turned. Nor is he going to be an effective captain if he wants away.

Only because Sunderland had Diallo.

He provided stability for the club for about 2 years. Then he rested on us laurels and picked up a cheque.

I agree, however, the squad is currently dangerously short of players. Look I hate the two stooges as much as the next guy, but they and Ismael clearly recognise we need to put a squad together. They won't reinforce in January if we're doing surprisingly well, but they are keen on staying in the division so will spend the bare minimum to do so (which we currently are).

20% sell on clause tells you they think he's good enough to move on from us.

Financially we've spent utter peanuts - I'd be confident in saying Brittain and JRC being sold has more than financed our transfer dealings so far. Plus letting Dolan, Weimann, Batth walk too will have eased any pressure on the wage bill.

Surely we can't need to sell Travis. We need all of them - out season fell apart last year when our starting CMs got injured.

He's an attacking midfielder - he'll play AMC (spelling the oft injured Cantwell) or AML / AMR (Cantwell can play AML too). I'm sure he can play CM too, but I don't think that's what we're buying him for.

So if Toth plays 90 mins every game he'll still fall short?

He's quicker than Hedges and has already scored a goal. Hedges wouldn't have been in the frame for that Everton tap in.

This Swedish lad, if we get him sorted, seems a bit of a character too - like Miller. I wouldn't be too worried about losing voices in the squad if he comes in too. Seems a bit of a Savage dickhead (love him when he plays for you, hate him when he plays against you).

Possibly, yes. I like to watch players play before I judge them though.

I hope he can get back quicker too - Brittain used to be nowhere in the frame if a quick team countered us.

It makes my heart sink when you see little kids, probably third or fourth generation immigrants, in India or Pakistan shirts in the crowd.