Guaranteed win for them on Saturday then

I'd do a swap of Olise for Chalobah + Hall on permanents if it really does look like we won't be able to hold on to Olise this summer for whatever reason.

We'd obviously end up short out wide and need to make a signing, probably two. I don't think we'd want to lose Zaha, Olise and one of the defensive group in one window so we'd probably just have to fund those replacements ourselves. Puts us in a strong position in January/next summer though.

Get Chelsea to chuck in Broja on a loan too?

They'll never go for any of it but f*** em. We owe them nothing and it's no worse than paying £90m for Mudryk.

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I’m working on that assumption Lanzo.

What I’m hoping is, we’ll scrape the results we might expect in some matches and lose those we’d probably chalk down as a loss in any instance.

I’m not pinning hopes on it but I would not be shocked by 2 or 3 extra additions before the window slams shut. Even then I think we’ll be a bit short of a very comfortable starting XI let alone squad but my pants will be slightly drier!

COYP

Now Zaha's got a bit of green grass ahead of him here... and finds Ambrose... not a bad effort!!!!

I expect David Moyes will have taken over by then.

One more point

He's not happy with transfer spending there. Imagine he were here.

Red and Blue Army!

Thanks, Steve lol.

Soon to be managerless Wolves, seems there's been a major falling out, the bbc are reporting it, Gary O'Neill is in the frame to replace.

Edited by eagleman13 (08 Aug 2023 4.03pm)

This operation, will make the 'Charge Of The Light Brigade' seem like a simple military exercise.

I think that's understandable. Andersen is a bit of an assumption buster in being a 6ft3/4/5inch Dane you'd expect a bit of a hard nut stopper but this is a bit of a fault in his game. Doesn't win anywhere near the headers I'd expect, not greatly mobile which I might expect but sometimes questionable in his positioning and defensive instincts. Instead, and ironically for me, his strengths seem to lie in his playmaking and general footballing ability from the back.

If you were looking at either, I think Marc might be the easier to replace in that we would just go for the stereotypical 'stopper' alongside Andersen who would still bring some physical presence. We'd also get more wonga for Marc (I suspect). If Andersen goes we lose that out, long ball and thta may be far harder to replace.

Now Zaha's got a bit of green grass ahead of him here... and finds Ambrose... not a bad effort!!!!

He has just signed a 5 year deal.

Yes, I think you may be right. I've said it before and will don my tin hat here prior to saying it again, but I personally think both Andersen and Guehi, good players though they are, are relatively overrated.

As you say, the former doesn't punch his weight at all. For me, the latter is just too short for his position and has skills that would be better suited to a possession-dominating side who press high. He would then spend more time using his ability on the ball and his pace, which are his main attributes.

A centre-back for a side outside the top six is likely to have to defend the penalty box a lot more, where height and strength in the air matter. We have let in an inordinate number of goals following crosses from our right to the zone that Guehi and Mitchell police. It became apparent last season that opposition coaches were targeting that area, and may be a big part of the reason why we have switched from an excellent shot-stopping goalkeeper to a taller, more aggressive one.

As per my last post, my fear in selling either is simply that it will start the ball rolling and they will all want to go, through that seems an inevitable part of our current strategy anyway.

Edited by TheBigToePunt (08 Aug 2023 5.07pm)