David Kelly

Shirley Chelsea can't sign any more central defenders?

It was getting close to lunch time and I do love a kinder.

Has there ever really been any links to us being interested in Mbueno? I know there hasn't been any/much talk about this kid either but I've seen Mbueno linked by a lot of people but not actually reporters saying anything. It seems to me that people have got him in their head the same way as they had Paquetta last season when there was never any interest from the club. I'd imagine the fact that Brentford's new attacker is out til the end of the year wouldn't make signing him easy either.

Aye this is totally the case with a lot of our support.

TBF loads of our supporters were wanking themselves silly over the prospect of spending £30m on Eitike when he hadn't done much more than this kid at a similar age in a much inferior league. Wilson is clearly staying, possibly forced by his current injury, so that means we need a third choice striker. We aren't going to spend £40m on a third choice striker and a player of that calibre wouldn't come to play third choice. Not being in Europe makes that even more certain. So we have to be looking at a prospect. Admittedly this lad's goal scoring hasn't been dynamite so far but he's been playing in an awful team at a very young age. We (and apparently Liverpool who have also looked at him) must have seen something, we aren't in the business of signing shite for the sake of it anymore. It's not a thrilling signing but clearly one we need and potentially a very promising one.

I like that he's too thick to realise the other supporter he's invented is from a team who's also in the championship so would, if he existed, have had reason to know something about their players. If it wasn't in fact all just made up in the first place.

Aye. It was a slightly scuffed finish but for us at the time, the goal as a whole was like Brazil at their height.

Also the day of Joelintons first goal for us against the cockney mackems.

I doubt we're looking for a right footed player to be our first choice right winger.

I agree with this, particularly with how good Tino looks, I'd be more worried if we lost him. I just think the decline people are mentioning isn't anywhere near what some think it is. Yes around Christmas time he had a nightmare few weeks but he certainly picked up after that, in between injuries, even if he didn't get back to the heights of the first part of the season. I guess I just don't think he's anywhere near as finished as some people think he is. But certainly there may be outside factors that mean it's best for him to move on.

It's interesting that people seem to have forgotten that for the first half of last season Trippier was one of the best players in the league not just in our team. Yes he went through a bad spell (which he came through and played fine) after that but I certainly don't think he should be written off as past it because of that. Tino clearly represents the future and there are reasons and merits to cashing in on Trips now, but I certainly won't be looking forward to the day he leaves like some seem to be.

Not saying this against you by any means, but shit that's being thrown Miggy's way on twitter is a disgrace. We all want to see us sign someone better but the lad has done nothing but graft his bollocks since he's been here. I realise there is a heavy moron presence on twitter but the lad deserves better.

Looking on the positive side, he's played 50 times for Greece and was a regular in the champions league for Benfica. Being 3rd choice behind Selz is definitely a concern though.

Who now?

Great to be going into another season with 'let's hope <insert players name here> doesn't get injured, because our backup isn't up to scratch.'

PSR seems to have well and truly fucked our keeper plans. We were targeting either Mamadashvili as a first choice or Trafford as a back up. We've ended up with Forest's third choice who none of their fans rate. Brilliant!

John Ruddy signed too. Guess that means we're not in for Trafford anymore.

Are any of them players like? I'm fairly certain that with the exception of Bellingham, just because he's the spit of his brother, I wouldn't recognise any of their players if I passed them on the street. I actually think that's a pretty decent strip mind. It's hard to make red and white stripes not look shite but they've done a pretty decent job tbf.

Aye I would think that if we sold Trippier for for £20m it should be the profit against his written down value that we would recognise in the accounts. So you're probably looking at nearer £15m. Still doesn't cover us like.

Sunday at five. Can't see how this team beats anyone regardless of what side of the draw we're in.

A mate of mine who gets bits and pieces of info from a players relative, heard weeks ago that Trips is off to Saudi for a couple of years with his missus heading back to the North West with the kids. It was then all over twitter a few weeks later and Trips hasn't been involved in any of the new kit launch so I'm fairly convinced this is accurate info. Don't see how all of this gets done before the end of June like, unless it already is and they're just waiting for Southgate's incompetence to finally get us knocked out of the Euro's to announce it.

£40m is the fee mentioned for and apparently the amount we need for PSR. So selling him for £15m does nothing for us.

Clearly in response to my post on the world cup?

Haven't we won three world cups in the last 15 years? Not suggesting that puts on a level with Australia but surely it's the opposite of what you suggest?

Aussies knocked out by Afghanistan. Maybe Hazlewood should have concentrated on beating them rather then trying to lose to the jocks and putting us out. The cunt!