The Fish

Alright Mr Happy Sunshine Guy

If he's played, and is mint, he's enjoying his football. I reckon we could convince him to stick around.

If he's mint he'll play and we'll be obligated to buy him at a previously agreed price, surely?

Rumblings is that it's a loan with an obligation to buy.

It's all about the timing

You should take the youngest out for a pint and let her drive back to say thank you. That way she'll think you're a cool dad and when care homes need paying for, you'll get a good one

Nah but he's been "spotted" doing his medical hasn't he?

So it's preseason in July 2029, I'm skimming through my news while waiting to hear if a few bids have been accepted when I spot an U18s result that surprises me... Shout out to Josh Ryder who managed to get a 7 in a match where his team conceded 15.

Before I clicked the link I was expecting pictures of his lass. Little disappointed to tell the truth. Got to throw away this moist toilette now.

I'm hoping we'll shift Colback and Diame to be honest. If we can get £6m for a 17yr old I'd expect at least the same for two seasoned pros. £12m towards a new midfielder, a good Left back, or as a portion of the fee we pay for a striker?

Aarson, Atsu, Gayle, Murphy, Yedlin. All rapid and we could conceivably field 4 of them.

Plus players who can "do a job" out there like Manquillo, Perez, Yedlin etc.

To be fair it was really subtle.

Getting shot of Hanley shouldn't be an issue, but off loading Saivet, Lazaar and so on might be a much trickier task.

Which will make his inevitable injury all the more frustrating.

Hayden was preferred to him when he was fit.

Bizarrely this gives me faith. There were no hints of this transfer before today. So hopefully there'll be other transfers happening away from the glare of the media.

All right Onan.

Nah, little birds are everywhere. That's how Varys knew about Dany and Viserys and so on. I'm hoping for a Qyburn vs Varys snark-off

All good points well made, but you've not changed my mind. Try harder Captain Fuckstick! You ignorant, yo.

No chance Lucas Perez would swap Arsenal for us man. You talkin' crazy

The worry for me is we've Hayden and Colback who can do a DM job. Admittedly Colback is poor, but we have no one in the squad who can do Shelvey's job other than Shelvey, do we?