Andrew

I think so. There doesnt seem to be a huge push to 'save' this season with the jan window so anyone we sign will be considered longer term, in which case what does a couple of weeks matter?

Im not!

Eh?

Cant imagine swapping Gordon, hes been one of our best players this season from the left, it makes very little sense to destabilise his performances. Barnes being on the right means we only have to get up and running with one new player in an unfamiliar role in the side rather than a new player on the left and one playing a new position on the right.

And if we were going to pay 18 million for Solanke I'd be fine with it. Finding great value isn't easy but we shouldn't be paying more for this lad than we did any of Bruno, Botman or Gordon who are all younger and better than he is.

I desperately don't want us to sign Solanke, the figures being quoted for him are a joke. Hes 26 and this is the first time hes managed double figures in the premier league. He only got 6 in 32 starts last season. Hes a 50 million pound dwight gayle.

That last points the key one for me. Anyone leaving will be sold with a view to using the money to improve, which is just NOT how its been for us in decades. The owners dont want or need to take any money out, they only want to be the biggest club they can.

@Gemmill How are you getting on with your Strandberg now you've had it a while? I haven't picked up another guitar since I got mine, I've got used to the neck profile now and am actually putting some new years effort into practicing not just playing. Love it so far.

We dont have another game for 11 days, and he wont exactly be flying in the cheap seats. Some time off will be good for his mentality.

Some Bild bloke is reporting we've gone in for Kimmich. Thats the kind of daft shit I want to hear, not all this FFP 'we cant afford loans' crap

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It wasnt a dig

"I think they need a bit of stability, they've used 30 players this season thats way too much to get a settled team. And I have to give them a bit of an excuse because of injuries" *lists our injured first teamers* Not like you to take something Richards says out of context to get mad at him...

Palinha is going to be off somewhere massive this summer. Bayern got priced out of him this month but thats the level

Yeah thats just become a thing over time. I cant really understand them that well anymore 😅

sort of, if I can merge them without losing KCGs thread then it will return. The rule is winner stays on, we beat sunderland, KCG gets the next thread.

Sorry @LondonBlue but if we have one rule here it is the match thread starter one. You can try next time once City batter us.

Since Toms seen fit to post half of what I just did but on a new page, heres the extended highlights here too

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/jan/04/premier-league-players-afcon-asian-cup Just having a look at this and its pretty good reading for us, a lot of the teams around us are losing really important players for a least a few matches.

Good but quite weird, there are a few things that will take a little getting used to. Obviously the neck shape is the main thing, my thumb doesn't hit that back plane quite naturally yet. The body shape sits really nicely in a comfortable playing position compared to anything else I have, my janky left shoulder is enjoying it a lot so far for that! I just weighed it out of curiosity and it is 2.4Kgs, which is absurdly light.

Its 25.5 to 25 on the 6 strings, so Fender to PRS, very subtle.

Just a tad 😆 Tbf its not just a KD thing, theres an undercurrent of "always believe the bad news" in a lot of our supporters that I think still stems from the Ashley days.