The WhatsApp chat had Van Hecke, Ayari and Moran in (I'm sure there's another Brighton loanee I've missed [Khadra?]), indicating that we've signed another Brighton loanee.

Just watch the Man U portion - Darlot hangs back and jockeys him, he clearly respects Godo's ability to take it past him.

I'd have been all over the Carl Rushworth loan.

Nobody can - we're all beholden to PL teams to start the dominos toppling.

Assume you've watched the same 10 minute highlights tape we all have? He's not Mbappe, but he's clearly quick - players stand off him. Nobody stands off Dolan. He also takes it past players, something Dolan can't do at this level. It's a very intriguing signing, if it comes off.

Pretty much - just give me a competent GK. I don't need one that makes highlight reel saves - my standards are low these days.

Bollocks.

Permanent for £5-700k (depending on who you ask).

Lad has been in the building for two days already. Bet he's going stir crazy.

Cantwell's mate, I assume.

LOL he looks positively thrilled.

Cantwell playing behind Gueye excites me more than two loanee wingers (granted we need them too), but I think he'll tear the league up picking up the knock downs from Gueye.

He's clearly much quicker than Dolan.

I'll be very curious to see where Rushworth and Travers end up.

Dembele went for £1.4m, apparently. No idea if a Finnish player doing on in Scotland means anything - didn't Hedges do well in Scotland?

Yep, could easily get one of the bench CMs 30 mins a week on a single match week. You'd be looking for all four of them to start (or all get game time) on a double match week, which come along very frequently in the Championship.

I don't think he's done his cause any favours in the last 12 months. Can't imagine there's many willing to pay a fee for him at the moment.

A good Championship GK alone has you lower mid-table with the squad we currently have - although it wouldn't be pretty any time we had a run of injuries.

Another quick wide player, a CB and a CF short. You could also easily get rid of Dolan / Sigurdsson to make up the number financially.

Weimann's a very tidy, clever player - but he's not a game breaker. A wonderful option to bring off the bench and start a few games though, and the type of player the teams contending for the Playoffs have on their bench.

Didn't he hand in a transfer request at Rangers? He won't be getting a loyalty bonus. Shame we're relying on a loan (that we might not get) to provide the pace and width we're desperate for. Realistically he should be the cherry on top and we should have bought our own - two quick wide players would revolutionise our attack.

There's no way any of our signings (besides Beck, and he'll only play due to Pickering being injured) were ever tagged to start on Saturday.

Pep has access to the very best players in the world so can play any formation he wants.

Noooooowhere near quick enough.

Moran can't play CM.