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,...

My other gripe is you can avoid consequences of FFP breaches if you go up. The authorities should have the power to relegate you back if you won promotion by cheating. We're suffering to meet FFP right now; teams who don't show the rules the same respect need far stronger punishments. yeah its an i...

I understand fully the reasoning behind parachute payments. They allow promoted teams to make a decent fist of premier league survival with a safety net against financial ruin if they go down. However, in the past 5 years or so it seems like relegated sides have been able to pay enormous transfer fe...

Have they kept hold of their front 3? They're class and tore us apart in the second half at theirs last season. But I didn't envisage them keeping them together; Bowen in particular is clearly cut out to play at a higher level.

Increasingly, I'm coming to the view 2 more may be enough. A holding midfielder alongside Rino and a striker. If we can get in Ejaria too then great, but it looks like we're missing out. Holsgrove, East, Olise, Barrett, Howe, McIntyre, and Loader all look ready to make an impact this year and so if ...

This would be a fantastic signing. Proven at this level, will suit Gomes' style. I won't get carried away off the back of a Tweet, but yes please. Yeah, 12 goals in the championship definitely equals a proven striker at this level Don’t think he’s scored a goal since Dec 2017, not sure he’s what we...

Baldock looks at least semi integrated back with the squad. Whether that’s because Gomes rates him enough or just little chance of offloading I don’t know You'd be stupid not to. Best outcome for the club would be to shift him and get his wages off the books, but if it's not possible he can do a jo...

Apparently WBA have agreed a fee with Brentford for Sawyers. Which I assume will be used to fund Ejaria. How important is this position? Do we need alternatives? Olise, Barrett and Holsgrove are all attacking midfielders. Loader can play there. Far more important is a deeper midfielder, who can allo...

This would be a fantastic signing. Proven at this level, will suit Gomes' style. I won't get carried away off the back of a Tweet, but yes please.

Man Reading fans on Twitter are oxf*rd abysmal, one of them has decided McNulty is the laziest player he has ever seen, a bunch more celebrating his departure. What exactly did he do wrong to gain so much ire? I always felt that it just didn't work out. It’s twitter. Can’t expect anything else He d...

It's a shame Obita hasn't had any minutes yet this preseason. Could it still be a couple of months until we see him?

Excellent. Maybe I am becoming old and less pessimistic, but I am very happy with our signings so far. Every one of them adds something, doesn't break the bank, and in fact helps recover it. The jury is out at GK and and a reliable striker but we have some good young options that could surprise a f...

Well I was worried about creating chances and scoring goals more than our defence, but it seems to be the other way around. Granted you should never read too much into pre-season but Peterboro are a decent test.

And last year's sense of foreboding after Eastleigh turned out to be pretty fair.

We shouldn't chase a 3 at the back just because some fans think McIntyre deserves some minutes. Agree...and that's why I'd sell Moore (and get a good def-mid and a striker in with the money). A few weeks ago we couldn't sell Moore because 'he's the only proven, experienced, Champ, CB at the club'. ...