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More mouse and less cat I'd suggest

Good to see the Women's team getting the investment. Hopefully it works out for them. I try to keep up but will make more of an effort this year and of course having home games at Goodison should be a big draw. Signings bring excitement, it's great to see them getting the players in.

I don't think so. That time of the window is really only for putting a cherry on an already nicely decorated cake. It's fine to get a few loans in then, as players become available. You have to have your main business done though. There can be no worse sinking feeling than 7pm on deadline...

You'd wonder what the remaining budget is. How many more £25m-£30m signings could we afford? I'd guess 2. And have funds leftover to do loan deals? Obviously there are some funds available and it's because of that primarily I expect to see more players arriving. Just when is the case. I...

I don't think that comes as a surprise now with where things are. This is when you switch to your 2nd option and work down. If the work was put in, those players will be good enough too. There is no defeatism there, they just have to deal with reality as it emerges. Settling might not be...

Aznou seems a decent prospect. Three full international caps too. The Morocco team are no mugs. This is exactly the profile we should be looking for as cover. Be better though just to hear of deals getting done now rather than "interest". If there is interest here surely it can't be too...

Well, the one thing I don't want is any unsustainable spending. Feel a bit sorry for Villa now, it's like "you've had your fun, now go back to the Europa League for a season or two and continue to fall back down the table". That is soul destroying. I'm not saying I wouldn't have swapped...

I like Alan, but he doesn't know anything. When people in his position say "That's not what I'm hearing" they never tell us what they ARE hearing. It's like The Echo, it can only ever be a response in the negative. Perhaps it's because in reality they are "hearing" nothing at all because they're...

We need a couple more in within the next 10 days, minimum. If that doesn't come to pass, then I expect the Paddy Boylands of this world to wheel out pieces about why that's not happened: "tougher than expected" "difficult circumstances" "club will not be held to ransom" "lack of value in...

I remember that summer. Gravesen and Nyarko were the exciting signings. Shame about the latter. Walters first summer - Materazzi, Dacourt, and Collins - there was a lot of expectation then too.

He was linked a few weeks back too, and I saw some discussion on him on a Serbian fans forum and we were mentioned. I thought it was too nerdy and obscure to post. :)

If City want £40m for McAtee, he won't be going to Germany. These meetings he's had will have been a waste of time for everyone. I can't see that being true. They can afford to wait it out though and let him go to the highest bidder late in the window. Any "domino effect" doesn't apply here.

I suppose it depends on what your expectations are. Some think we could replicate Villa and make a bid for Top 4/5, others think Top Half / Top 8 and others still want just a comfortable, worry-free season where we are never threatened by relegation. I'm in the middle - with smart buying we...

We have work to do to ensure a comfortable season. Europe would be out of the question with the squad as it is. We will make additions so we should be ok for mid-table. It would be nice to start the season well though, momentum is half the battle in football. If we're short on players, then...

Interesting point. This is what may well happen. It probably means more frayed nerves and delays if and when we have to move down our list of options and preferences. There is also a risk the players in question may not like being a backup and/or been kept hanging. But I guess if you're making...

I tend to agree, but if it was three more and two loans I'd be very glad to take it. That would be 8 in total if you include Alcaraz and about the height of what we could expect. I'd take that right now.

It's a huge fortnight for Kinnear in particular. He can point to the new structure not being fully in place for this summer but it's his baby and TFG let him implement it. I'm hoping we can get a couple in by the end of the month, things will look a lot better then and we have to give them the...

I'd find it hard to accept that we couldn't find players who would both improve us, and want to play for us, too. They might not be your first choices, but wouldn't it be naive to be going into this thinking otherwise? They can't wait until the final week of August for this realisation to hit...

They have to be making other offers in tandem. That says to Luiz' camp we're ready to move on if required, and do it soon. The worst thing is to hang on his signature for weeks and then he signs for Forest.

I don't think waiting until the end of the window to judge is always fully applicable. It would have been in recent seasons due to our dire straits. We can't assume that it will all come together, and the longer you leave it, the greater the risk of ending up with nothing for a given position...