I’m not sure if Mr Bill Shacks can be taken at his word. Maybe he is Dazza in disguise. Not a hope in hell of us selling SJ or we would need to buy a new number 2.

I am baffled. Why spend £15m on a number 2 keeper when we have so many other priorities ? But if the further rumour has legs why purchase a keeper and move on another very good one in SJ ? There must be something else at play here, but no idea what it is.

It's about the available talent pool when it comes available.

Unless you're one of the sides with deep pockets then buying high talent involves when it becomes available as well as your squad situation and available spend.

If you only buy set positions you may end up having no one good enough to come in or end up buying average or under average talents. That's happened before and a sign of desperation.

Hopefully we get those full back positions but with our keeper refusing to compete for his shirt then that situation becomes a problem.

Personally I fully expect that outfield transfers are also in the works simply based upon the reality that the squad is too thin.

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

If the transfer window shuts with no right back and a decent striker coming in, I honestly wonder what Steve P and Dougie are thinking.

Maybe some of this explains Vincente G throwing his toys out of the pram, firstly I have no idea why Sam would find a move to Wolves interesting, especially since he has only really just established himself as No 1 here, but maybe the Wolves thing has been simmering in the background for a little while, VG felt that if Sam was going to Wolves he should have been immediately recalled to the No 1 shirt, yet we continued to play Sam & behind the scenes trying to bring Henderson in the belief that he would take the position.

You would think that not having to go to the local well, for your water was a positive about living in London! D

Edited by Spiderman (27 Aug 2023 7.22am)