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They do have to come up with something by the Roma game. I expect they will from necessity. Talk of protests etc are ridiculous but you do want that game and the Brighton one to showcase a few new players that we're excited to see. At this stage if they weren't ready to play then they could...

Moyes doesn't seem to want Fellows. The issue seems to be the players below their "Tier 1" options. I imagine they've received quite a lot of rejections. So what about alternatives? I presume they have them, and now is the time to start going after them. If they don't have alternatives then...

I think this is exactly what's happening. I thought it was as clear as day this summer that their task was to find an acceptable upper middle ground between the unobtainable at one end and complete tat at the other. The longer the indecision goes on, the more likely that Coufal etc rock up...

Big difference between yesterday's "nearing an agreement" and today's "sounding out interest". I don't really think it's actually that hard. The selling club will have their valuation, but you don't bid blind, without any indication from the player. You don't trust anyone. How many days of...

In an absolute sense, nobody does, no. I don't place any stock in the new stadium as a vehicle for attracting players. For all the talk of relegation, we have been virtually relegated for decades. Not in the conversation, not relevant. It's really just our PL status that is a draw. And the...

I'm a little sceptical of the interest being made public to coincide with Kinnears interview. Fair dos it seems Anzou is all but done but surely we've made plenty of other bids already this summer and not got anywhere. I'm all for pitching to this sort of player but it amounts to nothing if it...

You can get a nod from the players camp without serious interest on their part. If a bid is accepted they they have a decision to make. We're under time pressure now and probably unlikely to get this guy. If he doesn't want to come here fair enough, but not at the expense of losing another who...

They will have to make compromises on a couple of targets also if they're to get the numbers in. That will have to happen this week. I fully expect quite a bit of business in the final week regarding loans, they should do them earlier if they can get them. I'd imagine Fofana is unlikely. In...

Just need to get players in the door now. Thats the only solution.

Great, an unexpected weekend surprise.

I agree completely, but I always find as a blue some default of what I'll settle for. That's ingrained now. This window has felt like bargaining down. I'd be delighted with another 5 in.

Some good news, only heard good things about Aznou. Get it done.

They just need to get on and start getting more deals done, starting next week.

They do have someone filling James Smith role currently, Lee Sargeson, until he can take up his post. There seems to be a divergence of opinion at present where if you can't get your first choice, then you have to settle for a bad player, out of desperation. That should never be the case. It...

I don't really mind who got the naming rights (within limits) and they went with the highest offer. It was clear there was going to be a limited market for it, and we are not as attractive a proposition as some think. Yet they say they got one of the biggest deals. Perhaps thats so if all...

I'd still be astonished if we haven't a couple more in over the next 10 days. That's probably a best case scenario now though and then await the scramble on deadline day. Provided we get a couple in before that it wouldn't be a total disaster. It does feel already though that expectations are...

My concern is that they've gone all in on trying to get a small number of targets and have been rebuffed by players and/or clubs. It's late but not too late in the day to go after backup options. It is late to be putting a B list together now, if they don't already have one.

That was good from Silva. He acknowledges some anxiety but says they'll still be busy. It's the excuses that people don't like, he didn't make any.

Isn't the TV money due to land soon? Maybe that has something to do with it? God, I'm clutching here.

Yes, if there is going to be activity it will be next week. For all the talk of TFG allowing their execs to get on with things, I wonder if there has been any stirrings from Houston if their perceptions of our "activity" or lack thereof are the same as fans.