Tom

I feel like this is leading to a false sense of security going into Saturday. Either way we are underdogs just hope we do our bit

They’ve just signed Hannibal from United though, £5m rising to £10m so they are at least spending some The lad they are bringing in from Brighton looks a match winner as well so would be good if that was delayed a bit!

People will say it was a terrible move for him to go to Spurs but he probably quadrupled his salary and played as many championship games last season and may do this season as if he stayed in teams around where we were. Probably hasn’t kicked on how he’d wanted but that may have been the same here.

GAME OFF

I’ve never been convinced at all by Benson but it’s due to the evidence I’ve witnessed in the progression of keepers here rather than his history. It can be a factor but previous accomplishments in the field aren’t the only thing to being a good coach. Usain Bolt was the best of the best, his coach wasn’t faster but knew how to focus and develop him and others

Scott Parker for me isn’t a brilliant manager but they will walk this league, the only hope is Parker somehow sabotages it

Not been following much but saw Norwich fans saying Gueye is exactly the striker they need How many times have we said that? Hopefully we’ve found one of those!

The handling of the Sammie situation is terrible We’ve made it clear we are desperate to sell him, not played in friendlies nor even trained with the first team, we’ve given away all of our bargaining power. Anyone interested knows we are selling they just need to be patient. For me he needs to be part of the team till an offer is accepted

I hope Kaide Gordon is on the top end of Liverpool loanees, obviously not as good as Harvey Elliot or Big Billy Koumetio but surely better than Leighton Clarkson

By the way in no world does McFadz count as a new signing - it’s a delayed contract renewal! Seems it was a great idea telling the club that the transfer window closed today!

Seems one of those good all round deals, decent fee for us whilst not too expensive for Stoke and new start for him Just have to hope Gueye does the good link up bits Gally did but with more output as well

I know we have one prominent Japanese fan on twitter and we may get more visitors to check in on Ohashi so always worth being courteous cheers

Can we stop saying ‘the jap lad’ Whilst I’m sure it’s not intentional I know the term can cause some offence to Japanese people

Interesting that Fraser Reed is leaving (after just taking a new ‘Head of’ job title) and Yasir is now ‘Head of’ more things I can’t imagine what it’s like to work there, I once considered (briefly) a HR role there but quickly came to my senses

Here’s the minutes https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/gc-media-assets.gc.roversservices.co.uk/f133d7a0-4ed2-11ef-94ad-c768a1233402.pdf

That’s 100% what it is Nice to see we’ve just confirmed we’ll announce Ohashi in the morning (although may as well just do it now)

I’ll be honest I’m not proud of my use of ‘brass’ as it’s not nice but I read it and got the witchdoctor in my head

Doh, doh, doh, doh I told the witch doctor, I thought I had a curse Doh, doh, doh, doh I told the witch doctor, I thought I loved a brass Doh, doh, doh, doh And than the witch doctor, he took blood from my ass! Ooh ee ooh ah ah Big Mak walla walla bing bang Ooh ee ooh ah ah Big Mak walla walla bang bang

Did we play Finneran in the cup just so we had a better case at tribunal for his fee?

Say what you want about Gally but he does have magnificent hair

We need people that can cross a ball to utilise his strengths

Credit where it’s due it seems Alan Nixon has got some reliable sources again as that Gueye link came from nowhere and broke by him I’ve criticised his scattergun approach before but he’s getting a bit right these days

Either it’s very serious interest to leave him out or we are literally at the stage of being desperate to sell and actively trying to ensure it happens I rate him more than most on here granted but surely to anyone it’s clear that we have to bring in someone to do the kind of role they’d want him to do.

Ah the same fool that wouldn’t back down on his claim that the new lad was in Manchester whilst he was signing pictures in Japan

Think it varies but usually the buying club, in the tragic case of Emilano Sala the agent arranged it and blamed Cardiff for not sorting it for them though so it may depend how desperate someone is to move. Remember Odemwinge driving himself somewhere on deadline day to try and get a move