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Watford have apparently rejected a 20m bid for Joao Pedro from Newcastle.

McGinn's version of spread the play.

would 100% take Gallagher, great no.8.

Considering a move to us, i heard we made an enquiry.

no, bang average, overrated because he's a Manure youth player, its like the Liverpool tax.

i dunno mate, i dont think it would take much at all to harden Norwich up. They have okish central defenders for their level, if they play 4231 or 433, they only really need two more combative midfielders who can recycle the ball well, then let their attackers do their thing, of which their attackers should be tearing up the champ. I think the fact is, unfortunately, that Smith isnt doing a very good job, at all.

i think Farke is too tbh.

I just dont get this logic. Smith took over a PL/Champ yo-yo team, with a squad that is really high quality for the Champ. Nobody realistically expected him to keep them up last season (even if that was their hope - anyone could see it was highly unlikely), i think the real expectation would be to have taken this very, very good squad (for championship level), add a couple of quality players, get automatic promotion and give the PL a reasonable shot next season. I think personally, that Norwich when Smith took over, was a great job for a manager, yes relegation was pretty nailed on, but Norwich have yo-yo'd for a few years now, they have plenty of cash in the bank, a bit of money to spend if needed, and a quality squad for the level they are at. If Smith cant get a tune out of that Norwich squad, then its entirely on him and his coaching staff, many, many managers would give their right arm to be given the chance to manage that squad in the champ.

i think you forgot to put a decimal in that proposed sell value.

ah didnt see that, yeah, its concerning for sure.

so reading about a ruptured Achilles tendon, seems like 9 months out, so basically his season is done, even if he is back in 6-9 months, will take a while to get back to match fitness. I also found it interesting that apparently 1 in 3 of the people who recover from this type of injury, will not be able to play sport to the same level they did before, lets hope is is the 2/3 who can.

Chambers is defo a ball playing defender. I suppose the question is whether he is good enough overall to be the no.1 RCM in Carlos' absence. tbf tho, Gerrard seems to prefer Konsa.

so its gonna be Konsa then.....

Chelsea apparently bid 40m for Antony Gordon from Everton. Are they collecting pokemon or something?

the only positive i can find, is if we go out and buy another top quality central defender, when Carlos is fit, we will then have our defensive pairing nailed on for next season. (im trying hard to find something positive to say......)

Sterling is an illusion of a player, never rated him.

Rucharlison was in the keepers view of the shot, we had a similar goal last season chalked off.

i wont be popular, but i dont think JJ was that good yesterday, yes he did make some runs, but nothing came from them, and once again our midfield was non existent, with only kamara seeming to hold the fort on his own for chunks of the game. I really dont think JJ and McGinn are well suiterd to play togehter.

a mini ginger magician?

thanks, i wonder of the percentage that return (which is high), return playing at the same level, ie: a bit like Wesley in terms of returing to play is one thing, but returning to play at the same level is another. I would guess they do. Anyway, really bad for us if it is 7-9 months out, he was going to be a key player for us, and i dont trust Konsa.

jeese louise, that doesnt look good. If it is what it looks like, do most players fully recover?

watkins isnt a 10, even in your wildest fever dream.

I wonder if Bissouma is happy being a bench warmer at Spurs.

its written in the stars lol.

i thought the exact same thing, we would have been at chicken head panic stations, no doubt about that.