Newcastle cant sign anyone due to being right on the line with FFP. So the Wharton link isnt right, certainly not now anyway.

You would have to work literal magic to muster up anything of note with the budget cuts at the moment and it takes considerable mental gymnastics to deflect back to him for that.

They arent going to give us a sudden warchest even if the supposed case does go well. Cant imagine Balaji waddling out the courtroom to make a call to Blackburn to give us the green light on splashing the cash somehow. They havent been interested in improving the team for years prior to this.

The fee is irrelevant to us. At most clubs, we might get a replacement and also get in a striker and a CB for say £3m each. Here, we won't, it will vanish.

Whilst it seems like a reasonable fee, his wage will likely be very low so financially thats why the deal makes sense, all about getting that wage budget as low as possible regardless of what is needed on the pitch.

Is that now all 20 Premier League teams that he has gone through? One will be right at some point.

Shows the limitations of stats!

Leeds want to sell Cresswell for a decent fee.

He is inexperienced, and he isnt the profile of player we need really. Even if a fee has been paid though, his wages will be small so that is the key here. Lets hope he isnt loaned back for the season like Pickering and can make the step up immediately if he signs with Carter presumably out long term. Our defence is far weaker even compared to Jan 1st. I have seen Crewe fans question whether hes ready for this level yet.

"Possibly not the worst striker to pull on the blue and white halves." Hes the 4th worst in the current first team.

I wonder if it is a flaw in using data so heavily nowadays when you are looking at players in leagues whereby the comparative standard and also the general style is so different. You are comparing apples and oranges. I have no doubt that Wahlstedt will have been a stand out in the league he was in but theres no way you can judge how inferior the league is in comparison to the Championship. You also look at his main weakness, he is so bad from set pieces and crosses. Look at the goal against West Brom, will he have ever really faced a long throw like that in Norway, or a lump like Rotherham had beating him to a cross? His save to shot ratio and his passing stats might have stood out at that level but thats only part of a goalkeepers job.

He probably should have worn them when playing.

Tayo Edun. Now there is another crap and forgettable player in the long Venkys era.

Its another unnecessary barrier. There mighe people unsure if they can go, people that will decide last minute, unsure if theyll work late etc.

Next.

Would Wahlstedt even be able to join a third club in a season? Might be able to because the Scandanavian leagues run differently.

Surely a more accurate way of posting would have been to post the link initially which actually states that the obligation conditions have been met but the timing of the deal is uncertain, which is something we already knew. As it is, it misled numerous posters into thinking it was gospel that he had signed and subsequently that the club will now receive a few million.

It isnt. You posted something again with no context that was blatantly untrue.

And if it did, you would think that any results would be shared rather than just posting random posts like that with no foundation.

He isnt a natural goalscorer, its a natural instinct some strikers have to be in the right places at the right time and its difficult to coach it. He chips in with close to double figures and implying that he does anything but try his hardest is totally unfair, his injuries are muscular and probably a direct result. He also gives us a physical threat and even though hes average hes leagues above the other strikers we have so talk of Christmas coming early if he goes is done with an agenda. No one can surely think hes not better than the other 3.

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Neither Arsenal nor Brentford seem to have announced as such.

He certainly is, he is bang average but those who celebrate his departure prematurely seem keen to ignore any notion that we are then left with Leonard, Ennis and Telalovic.

Why, are the under 21s playing on Saturday because the first team arent.

They would be far dearer unfortunately. Theres a reason if its even true that we are digging so far down into the barrel.