Courtney Friday has taken a break from his holiday to tweet that we are working on 2 more deals before deadline day. Intimates that one is a striker and the other can play right wing. If we are only going on who we've been linked with would suggest that is Bonatini and Galeno (unless you class Ejar...

I appreciate stats like xG and all the rest, but anybody who failed to recognize a significant improvement in performances from February last season was either not at games, or was high on crack.

no problem with his showing ambition and backing himself. the only issue for me would be wages. If he can get anyone else to match what hes on now, good luck to him, but id imagine that would be unlikely. if he really wanted to get his career back on track and get a chance to reprove himself and ta...

not entirely sure what the situation was with his departure, whether it came predominantly from him, or whether we were desperate for the cash. what i do know is that when he was here he was an excellent player in a position and style we could do with currently and think its probably worth a look o...

John Smith In a heartbeat.

Categorically the best midfielder to have ever played for us.

Sidwell? Sigurdsson?

I'd take him if he was willing to take a dramatic cut in wages

Silence on Ejaria to Brentford, even though Sawyers gone. Could they have lost interest? Clutching at straws?

Some super computer has put us in 22nd

I actually think this is an important game too. Our early fixtures are not kind; lose on the opening day and we could be in the bottom 3 going into September, with a young squad.

I remember that feeling of utter deflation after the Derby home game last season. Looking forward to experiencing more of the same come 4.45pm on Saturday. Although, that was more due to the result, rather than how we played. It was all going very well until the GK error. Sadly it's not hard to ima...

By the way, if we stay up, blood in youngsters and extend Gomes' stay, I'd really back us to push on for 20/21. This is a big season; survive this and medium term looks good.

A couple of interesting noises from club. Howe says we need another striker to help us reach 80 goals and push for top 6. Sorry - no chance. Gomes says owners want promotion. If Gomes gets us playing good football, guides us to 18th or so and then gets sacked, they will have a fanbase mutiny to mana...

Pre-season is over, there may be 1 or 2 more signings but the squad is basically set. Time to predict where we finish. I'm actually feeling more optimistic. We have a good backline and some young exciting attacking players. However, this is offset by GK worries and lack of midfield depth. Considerin...

I've enjoyed the return of sense to the Championship transfer market. Brentford have done some savvy deals off the back of sales, but there are no £10m signings by anyone. Is FFP finally starting to have an impact?

What I would say is he's a technical player who would fit Gomes' style, and he's athletic too. Like you say, I didn't follow at Kilmarnock, but his spells at Forest and MK were disappointing

How much did the sales of Bacuna and Ilori mitigate last season? It seems like we've been going all out to control things since January which will hopefully keep our 18/19 loss to £10m or so. Which gives us £5-6m to play with in 19/20 which could be tough given the lack of sales. I hope Casumo gave ...

I'm happy to forgive his stupid decision to jump at first opportunity. But have several concerns. Firstly attitude. Why did he leave when every man and his dog knew he wouldn't play for Villa? Why did he not flourish on loans when he had the talent? Suggests he has been thinking far too highly of hi...

Please please please get a better option than Swift in for that role. I agree with everyone that he's the best available, but that says more than the squad about him. I'd push him further forward. We also need to show caution and care with Olise, as Everton did with Rooney back in the day. He's clea...

I know you can't read into pre-season much, but last year's friendlies gave a real sense of foreboding which proved to be well founded. These performances are cause for optimism.

paultheroyal Fulham will absolutely walk the league next season - and will be a threat to our 106.

I haven't been following their business closely, but they need to clear out the disastrous signings they made last summer.

loan fees, or big wages. rumours are that even with the loans we have had, their parent clubs are again paying the majority, if not all I think that would be the case with Bonatini too. There are a lot of out of favour strikers in the Premier League/at top Championship sides worth going for though,...