Lets be avin you!

Reminds me a little bit of Nathan Redmond, very good at beating a player one on one but stuggled a bit more delivering the end product, whether a goal or an assist (obviously Redmond was a lot younger and still developing as a player). Hopefully if he gets more of a look in and can regain some of the confidence he had at Wigan then he could be a decent player for us. As mentioned before, Farke seems to think he could play as a wing back, which could be very interesting.

Never really given a chance for us, but regardless he never was/will be a prolific scorer at championship level. Seemingly Scottish football is his actual level, so good luck to him.

It is an interesting summer, because reports today suggest that as many as 13 Chinese Super League clubs are in crisis as they have failed to pay their players properly. These huge fees and wages are simply not sustainable and, as many here have said, the bubble will eventually burst, and I think the consequences will be quite severe.

He is a very good player, but at a club that finished in 15th place last season. Considering he was deemed to be surplus to requirements at Tottenham, I really do not think he is worth £40/50 million at all, considering Bayern could end up buying James Rodriguez at the end of his loan for less than that.

Despite his age, you cannot dispute his record at this level, and the effort he puts in every game is well known to everyone. Unless someone comes in with a silly offer, ie over £5 million (which i highly doubt would happen anyway), then the club should be looking to keep him imo.

23/24, good little quiz that!

[quote user="hogesar"][quote user="Barnacle Bill"]"Lets be ''avin you!"So Alex Tettey, who completed the most passes in the team last season (1176) with an 82% pass accuracy (the squad highest was Graham Dorrans with 86%) cannot pass a ball ten yards? Ok.... oh dearoh dearie dear meyou cannot be basing anything on that worthless nonsensejust how far has football sunk that it has attracted this twaddle ?[/quote]Don''t know, I suggest you ask the major European clubs that spend hundreds of thousands of pounds on first getting, and then working with data exactly like the stuff you''ve just classed as worthless nonsense.[/quote] Precisely, unfortunately some people just do not understand.

[quote user="Barnacle Bill"]"Lets be ''avin you!"So Alex Tettey, who completed the most passes in the team last season (1176) with an 82% pass accuracy (the squad highest was Graham Dorrans with 86%) cannot pass a ball ten yards? Ok.... oh dearoh dearie dear meyou cannot be basing anything on that worthless nonsensejust how far has football sunk that it has attracted this twaddle ?[/quote] So statistics are suddenly twaddle in your eyes? Whilst statistics obviously never tell the whole story, my use of them here was to dispute the claim that Tettey ''cannot pass a ball ten yards'', which is a ridiculous claim. If you do not think that statistics play a vital part of football analysis then you are very much mistaken, or perhaps you simply do not understand ''worthless nonsense''.

I would agree with that lineup. As the season goes on I can see Reed replacing Tettey in the starting 11. When Pritchard and Klose return we really would have a strong starting 11.

I think his performances last season may have put off any potential Premier League suitors, as well as concerns about his fitness. However I still think he can be an important player for us this season, hopefully him and Franke can build up a solid partnership.

So Alex Tettey, who completed the most passes in the team last season (1176) with an 82% pass accuracy (the squad highest was Graham Dorrans with 86%) cannot pass a ball ten yards? Ok....

Selling him would leave us potentially needing to buy two strikers (one being a loan as 3rd backup after Morris going to Shrewsbury). Money not necessarily being an issue, my biggest worry is that its getting very close to the season to sell another key member of the first team, and replacing CJ would of course take time, as transfers always do, and we need the team to have built up as much chemistry as possible by the time we play Fulham. Replacing CJ with someone who would inevitably end up playing a considerable part thi season, but who hasn''t had a pre season to gel with the team, certainly wouldn''t be ideal.

Mirror reporting a £3 million bid incoming from Fulham. Not the most reliable source, but if there were any truth to it would surely be rejected??

Recognise him from the u20 world cup final, he gave away a dubiously given penalty which was subsequently saved. Must be highly regarded at Chelsea as he has just signed a new long term contract, but surely if we were to sign him would only be as a backup centre back?

Fulham - loss Sunderland - win Queens Park Rangers - win Aston Villa - loss Millwall - draw Birmingham - draw Burton - win Sheffield United - draw Bristol City - win Middlesbrough - loss Hoping for 15 points 🙏🏻

I don''t think that he would be an absolute world beater for us, but certainly think that he is a good, physical defender who was played an important part of a Union team that performed well last year. Need to be careful with the price however, reports suggesting a bid of £3.1 million rejected and I wouldn''t pay much more than that.

To this day I''m stunned that we managed to get nearly three times what we paid for him. Good player in the championship but one of many who was simply not good enough to make the step up to the Premier League.

Definitely needs to be at least 10 games before we can properly judge how well the team seems to be gelling. Having said that, the signs from pre season have been positive, and although you can''t read to much into the matches, we would obviously prefer to be winning them, which we have done so far except the stevenage game.

Would hope that its a suggestion that Leistner is on his way. Good player, decent age, would also be able to cover right back and defensive midfield if needed.

Although I wouldn''t say wes is overrated, he is a very frustrating player in the sense that for every 1 game in which he plays brilliantly he has 2 or 3 in which he constantly loses the ball. He really is a player who splits opinion. For me, I think that Bradley Johnson was our most overrated player up until the start of this season. So far I think he has been our best player, deserves the praise he has been given recently and long may it continue!

I wouldn''t start Murphy on Saturday, we shouldn''t change any of the team when we''re on a winning run unless we have to. However I would love to see him given more than the 10 minutes he was given against Blackburn.

On Falkirk''s official website it says that McGrandles can play on either wing fairly comfortably, although he has played more games on the right as shown above ^^

[quote user="CaptnCanary"]Neil wouldn''t ditch us. It would have to be an exceptional job - one of the top 6 - to ever tempt him away IMO. He is a Norwich man through and through.[/quote] Totally agree, it would have to be a job with a really top team for him to leave.

I would expect that he will join the development squad, I don''t think he''d be ready for a first team place just yet. Very good signing for the future though, sounds like the lad has lots of potential.

I had a good view of McFadden sat in the lower Barclay, thought he had a decent game and was actually better than Cuellar. Very promising considering its only his first start..