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05 Aug 2026 17:10:35
Joel Veltman on a free.
1.) 05 Aug 2026 18:01:03
This is how we are winning the league?
2.) 05 Aug 2026 18:32:46
This squad is way off winning the league, no pace, no creativity.
Veltman, I dont think is a bad signing on a free.
Soloman lw.
Engels cm.
Parrot st.
Bamba Dieng st free.
Get Sorba Thomas or Azeez to cover nd compete for the wing positions. Could allow Bowen to be pushed up top when needed.
Another CB.
I think this is pretty close to the minimum we need.
3.) 05 Aug 2026 18:58:00
Yes but can't see it.
4.) 05 Aug 2026 19:06:43
The narrative was we were waiting on certain players, but we are well past the point of how long we should have waited imo. Still time yet, was hoping for a flurry of signings, as apparently we have agreed terms with numerous, hopefully Veltman is the start of it. I'm doubting this big time now though.
01 Aug 2026 09:33:30
Potts looks like he could be away 10m.
So we have a homegrown player that supports West Ham and has experience in the Championship that has also shown on his day he can hold his own at Prem level.
Potentially being replaced by a player that some would consider a fairly average player at Celtic for 25m playing in a worse league than the Championship?
Feels like a mistake to me.
1.) 01 Aug 2026 10:52:52
Different players. AI Engels is far better technically than Potts, we should be keeping Potts and signing Engels. You say a league far worse than the Championship, and there are many on here saying we have by far the best team in the Championship. How did we get on against Rangers? I'll admit that there isn't the depth in that league, but Celtic would more than hold their own in the Championship.
Also don't forget Celtic are in the Champions League, so it's not just about the Scottish Premiership, Van Dijk, Tierney, Edouard and now Maeda have all transferred to PL clubs and are currently still playing in the PL (of course we don't know how Maeda will get on, but you get my point).
Engels and Hatate would be good signings, I think.
2.) 01 Aug 2026 11:08:08
Apologies, Tierney is back at Celtic now.
3.) 01 Aug 2026 11:30:34
Overall, the league is worse apart from Celtic and Rangers, who I said in a below post I think would challenge for play-off places. Hopefully there is something in the data that suggests he will be more than capable in the Championship for 25m; you'd expect him to be the best midfielder there?
I get that they are different types of players, we are missing someone that can progress the ball, so hopefully he can do that.
If Potts goes, then we need to hope Magassa doesn't try to force his way out, or we will be left short of a ball winner, something Potts showed he's more than capable of in the Championship.
If the window closed tomorrow, we'd still have no left wing, only 2 senior CBs, and no creative midfielders.
So I'm not of the mindset we have by far the best team in the Championship. Yes, we have some players that are too good for the Championship, but they can't do it all on their own, and our squad is far from ready for the Championship, in my opinion.
I think we should have already signed a couple proven Championship players and integrated them into the squad.
Ex was reporting that we have agreed personal terms with quite a few players, and it's just a case of agreeing a fee with the club, similar to what's happened with Engels. Time will tell, just need to get a move on. A slow transfer window cost us points last season that maybe could have kept us up, let's not let it now cost us promotion.
4.) 01 Aug 2026 11:49:15
I would prefer to keep Potts and get shot of Magassa, as I think he has many a yellow and red card in him, and he seems a little erratic. Sometimes he looks really good, sometimes shocking. I don't think either of them gets on with Nuno.
Robbo, I don't think even the most ultra positive fan on here thinks we currently have the best side. imo I think many thought we had the basis of a decent side, and some players decided to stay, but most would have expected some new acquisitions to have come in over the last 6 weeks.
Probably not as good as we've lost, but decent. But, as we have seen, nothing has transpired. So, if things don't change by September at the latest, the dark clouds will descend.
5.) 01 Aug 2026 15:36:50
I don't understand how it's taken all summer to decide Engels is the midfielder we need???
Of all the players available, and he is the special one at £25m? Come on, there are better and cheaper options for God's sake.
Great performance today against mighty Magdeburg.
30 Jan 2026 15:25:46
Was only a matter of time before we were linked to Harwood-Bellis.
I know we were linked to the Coventry CB but no chance they would sell in the position they were in after quoting silly money for their strikers.
Bellis statically been one of the best CBs in the championship for multiple seasons and Southampton currently sit in 15th so could be a chance of getting him, also would be someome that can stay and help us get back into the prem if we do go down, makes sense to me.
Also a salthouse client.
1.) 30 Jan 2026 16:50:00
Happy Birthday, to Harwood Bellis, will he celebrate by joining WH?,
Truth of the matter, for me he was a hot prospect Couple of years back, but now seems very average, bit of an odd choice for me, but who knows?
2.) 30 Jan 2026 16:50:01
Sounds a good shout Al. A lot better than many I’ve heard
3.) 31 Jan 2026 08:55:21
Harwood Bellis has his Father in Law Roy Keane to tout him about, would WH want him interfering? ⚒⚒⚒
27 Jan 2026 15:43:39
JWP to Burnley on loan no option to buy. Shame we couldn't get an obligation just kicking the can down the road.
So Paqueta, Irving, Rodrigues, JWP all gone, we must have a midfielder or 2 lined up?
1.) 27 Jan 2026 16:56:52
WH had a massive job just to get all of his wages paid in full, this is still not confirmed, Burnley are likely to be relegated irregardless, they would be in no position, whatsoever, to pay those mad wages, WH wouldn’t ask much for him certainly sub £10 m, Ward Prowse will be back at seasons end
Problem with him, is ….as an older. Transfer, I’m not sure, he has a relegation clause in his contract? Probably has, but can’t confirm
My guess is if we drop, he will stay on with vastly reduced wages, or May lead to a contract rip up, and a pay off, Cornet-will be back too, let’s hope Fulkrug isn’t
2.) 27 Jan 2026 17:08:01
Just us guaranteeing Burnley get relegated! ?
3.) 27 Jan 2026 18:30:52
Hi Joyful I know nothing about all these contract stuff but is that legal that they just massively drop their wages because of relegation or would it have been written in the contract when originally signed. Because I’m thinking if they can just do this then why haven’t they done it already in relation to players like Ings and Cornet?
4.) 27 Jan 2026 18:49:03
Hi mate, that’s what I’m implying, all the latest contracts have relegation clauses in them, they are not all worded the same way, the respective agents, put their clients wishes in the original contracts, it’s then up to WH to agree or not, for Example, Fernandes. Has a 25 m euro buyout price in his contract, never mind WH paid near 40 m euro for him,
Just don’t know wether. older contracts, have these clauses, but I suspect they do
Many do this to avoid a straight 50% reduction in wages, on the drop
TBH, WH will not be able to afford, half the present wages paid, when and if they go to the championship, therefore a fire sale of almost everybody, who will fetch decent money, will have to take place, very sad, but inevitable
5.) 27 Jan 2026 19:37:22
Agreeing to 25m buy out on fernandes is stupid. Shows why we are we are, run by absolute clowns.
Were not coming back up under this ownership they are probably that delusional they think we will.
6.) 27 Jan 2026 19:42:12
That’s great thanks for clarifying ?
7.) 28 Jan 2026 05:36:03
There's no £25 m get out . transfer clause in Fernandes deal . I wish supporters would stop believing everything they read.
8.) 28 Jan 2026 09:30:25
What you know my friend you can write on the back of a postage stamp, your comments, have made that clear
Your obviously a man iof great knowledge, in regard to WH
Perhaps you would like to tell us all, base line buyout price for Wan BISSAKA, in relegation clause?
Oh and by the way I thought the editors, had gone to great lengths, so you can skip my posts, but you are still coming on here with silly comments
31 Dec 2025 17:28:17
Apprently talks are close to a conclusion on Gil Vicente striker - Pablo. 10 goals in 13 games. Only 21.
Jorge Mendes involved hopefully he can bring in Ruben Neves as well.
1.) 01 Jan 2026 09:57:26
Had a quick look. He’s busy. Reasonably powerful and decent pace. Seems very right footed, which will be easier to defend in the PL. Looks to have the habit of being in the right place at the right time for efforts on goal. Didn’t look exceptional to me, but he’s only 21. I can’t see him being the immediate answer for this season, but what do I know?
2.) 01 Jan 2026 13:33:38
I bet he sits on the bench whilst paq or bowen play upfront
3.) 01 Jan 2026 15:23:26
I’m not going to put a downer on this, as it is refreshing to get a deal over the line quickly for a change and not announcing to the world beforehand that we are interested. Like Markro I looked at some YouTube footage but the clips I saw, he looked like he was good at getting in the right place at the right time but he hardly ever seemed to get the ball in the net most efforts were saved or missed
4.) 01 Jan 2026 16:25:25
Only thing I know about him is that he's injured and has been since the 27th November.
5.) 01 Jan 2026 17:00:37
I bet he plays traore on the right and Bowen as a striker to start with
6.) 01 Jan 2026 17:02:52
@Hammer D, not sure what video you watched but his stats would suggest he is very clinical, 0.38 goals for every shot. Which isn't sustainable for comparison harlands is 0.25
His defensive stats are very good also, looks aggresive and works hard.
@billy, he played 2 games end of December and scored in both doesn't seem injured?
Apparently we are in for taty castellanos and traore is meant to have been agreed but fulham might hold on to him until after afcon.
Just shows we can move quickly when sullivan wants to. Maybe if we signed fernandes and magassa at the start of the summer window we might not be in as much of a mess as we are now.
7.) 01 Jan 2026 17:33:19
Ahh I've just done a deeper dive. Seems he came back from injury on the 20th December, played 32 minutes, scored and is now injured again.
8.) 01 Jan 2026 18:01:58
No you are right @ironAl I was looking a completely the wrong thing I was looking at something linked to Gil Vincent’s not the actual player ???
Always read the label
I have seen the footage he doesn’t look too bad but we will see ?
9.) 01 Jan 2026 19:38:12
Billy he is meant to be having a medical today so doubt that would happen if he is injured
10.) 02 Jan 2026 15:56:43
@Hammer-D Andy Carroll, Kieron Dyer, Niklaus Fullkrug all had medicals as well. Apparently. ?
11.) 02 Jan 2026 19:31:12
True mate ?
12.) 04 Jan 2026 18:03:26
I've heard we are interested in HOUDINI not from Liga but la la land
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22 Mar 2026 15:07:35
Fernandes wasted in the 10. Need him dictating play. Traore on for Potts.
31 Jan 2026 19:33:12
Ref sh*t all game. Nuno lost this bringing Kilman on negative invite pressure.
1.) 31 Jan 2026 19:46:57
We are a team full of bottle jobs, yes we played well in first half but that counts for nothing and now todibo the best of our terrible cbs is banned for 3 games
2.) 31 Jan 2026 19:51:57
It's now called the Kilman effect. Nuno s substitution have been poor since he became mamanagee
3.) 31 Jan 2026 20:11:14
Dont think the players bottle it, that 442 works until you run out of legs. Nuno invited pressure its mentality you go 3 at the back and bring on a player like Kilman, suddenly your backs to the wall defending panick stations that's the message it sends to the team.
Potts, magassa, traore, wilson all would have been better options than Kilman.
Mavro getting smashed in the face to the ground for their equaliser should have been a freekick.
Mental that slighest touch on their player they get a free kick ours get wiped out nothing. Clear shirt pull by fofana when taty would of been through, one of many yellow cards that were not given.
4.) 31 Jan 2026 20:14:46
The Kilman effect?, their subs changed the game but ours lost it. Fofana given far too much space, but the change to 5 at the back really killed us, trying to defend a lead for 45 mins and removing any attackers who can hold the ball up was tactical ineptitude of the highest order, on a par with Loopy and Potter.
5.) 31 Jan 2026 20:22:40
Robbo, bottle jobs is harsh ….take the positives that the performance and team spirit is so much better. They had quality players they could take off the bench. There was very little difference to the 2nd half here than at Tottenham, Chelsea just have better players man for man.
6.) 31 Jan 2026 20:28:51
Amazes me we continue with kilman. Sorry everyone, but he is a disaster.
Take nothing away from Chelsea because they are flying under the new manager. Tobidos effort goes in, its game over, so no disgrace today.
Any other day this would be 3 points in the bag. Nuno has got us playing better but if he doesn't have the players on the bench what can he do?
Yes we lost, but let's look at the bright side. We could easily have won against a good Chelsea side
7.) 31 Jan 2026 20:45:16
I have flip flopped with regards to my opinion of Nuno through his time here. Yes I think he should the blame tonight. We were comfortable until their first goal came against the run of play, and his change was possibly the worst he could make, and it so proved. Losing Todibo for 3 games is a massive blow.
But having said all that the last 2 matches and the first half today does give me hope that there is a chance. I didn’t see the first half last week but thought we were really good the first half today the way we played the first half was a far cry from what we saw v Fulham, Wolves and Brighton not so long ago.
8.) 31 Jan 2026 23:07:11
18 points we have lost this season from winning positions tells me that bottle jobs is not a harsh comment Dabber, it repeats itself again and again
9.) 01 Feb 2026 01:20:00
Robbo, so true. ‘Bottle job’ is being polite.
10.) 01 Feb 2026 01:54:24
The players didn’t bottle it today, the manager made us take our foot off Chelseas neck by replacing Pablo with Kilman. He should have put on Potts or Magassa to enable Fernandes to link up with the attackers and keep us on the front foot.
11.) 01 Feb 2026 09:44:14
Yes, it was Nuno who bottled it, but where was the defiant fight on the pitch when it became obvious that he’d cocked it up yet again? We rolled over far too easily.
From a commanding position of 2 nil up, it took just 50 mins to dismantle us. Not everyone was at fault, but we gave up too easily. However, you’re right — Nuno was the main culprit.
12.) 01 Feb 2026 13:50:42
REDROB, It’s not the players that are the bottle jobs, they don’t deliberately go out to lose, it’s this effing Manager that’s is the BOTTLE JOB, tries to be bloody clever taking off the players that have put us in front bringing on those in most cases not good enough to start, injuries yes, obviously sub if needed! I think this Manager isn’t fit to manage a PL club! ⚒⚒⚒
13.) 01 Feb 2026 23:56:19
Nuno is certainly to blame aswell, but who took the game by the scruff of the neck? Who put thier body on the line? Who kicked players up the ass when they scored thier first goal? Who got stuck in and made it hard for Chelsea? The answer is nobody did
03 Jan 2026 16:38:25
Soft pen. Then soucek not getting a pen for what paqueta done last week. Poor offciating as usual.
1.) 03 Jan 2026 17:00:57
No heart, no fight, no chance.
03 Jan 2026 16:28:42
Awful. We look awful without Paqueta and todibo. Kilman awful everyweek. Bowen having a poor game
07 Dec 2025 14:57:33
Robbed of 2 points, at least we might get a PGMOL apology.
1.) 07 Dec 2025 15:19:23
Whats PGMOL?
2.) 07 Dec 2025 15:53:34
An apology, why? If the ball is deflected on to the arm from the body it’s accidental.
3.) 07 Dec 2025 18:41:42
I feel like I've seen soo many goals disallowed for handballs in the build up accidental or not, they gained a clear advantage,
Apparently the rule is a lot stricter for attackers, i remember a few going against us similar. Remember when bowen running through the player went to tackle nd it deflected up to his arm we went on to score but got it pulled back. His arm was even across his body.
4.) 07 Dec 2025 18:49:55
Have a read here, in short it says accidental or not any player handles it in the build up to a goal the goal should be chalked off. That also applies to if it hits any part of the body then the hand.
It's different for defenders.
10 Aug 2026 10:57:13
He's supposedly a back up option if we fail to bring in Parrott and/or Isidor.
Personally, I think we should move on from Engels; he's too expensive, imo. Go for a cheaper option in Jordan James, and use the money saved to try to get both Parrott and Isidor, who can also play out wide, where I think we lack a bit of depth.
If Orford can develop quickly and do what he does at youth level, he will be a better player than Engels.
Then, hopefully, Disasi has come to his senses; if not, we go all in on Lawlor.
06 Aug 2026 18:47:19
Doesn't make sense from a financial perspective, considering the alternative target is the more expensive Adingra.
Clearly, it's about backlash, as was originally reported. The club doesn't want to take a stance on it, so they leak its financials.
06 Aug 2026 12:05:29
It was on the official website an hour ago.
Apparently everything was agreed for Manor Soloman, but due to potential fan backlash the club have pulled the plug on the deal.
Probably will push for Adringa now.
06 Aug 2026 12:01:56
Oh well, he's still here and pictured in the squad photos/recent training vids.
7/8m is pointless for a player who would likely be one of the best holding midfielders in the Championship.
Hopefully, Orford steps up this season. We might need him at this rate.
06 Aug 2026 10:22:07
Edson Alvarez changed squad numbers to his preferred number 4. Might not mean much, but apparently he's said he would be willing to stay. Moves from interested clubs haven't yet materialised, id imagine clubs were wanting a bargain from us.
With Potts going, it makes sense to keep him.
10 Aug 2026 17:57:39
Just had a quick look into who his agent is. Maybe that's something to do with it.
06 Aug 2026 16:44:43
Ornstein saying we are looking to pay £5m, but we won't agree to the bonuses Spurs want based on promotion.
I mean, if it's only £5m, the bonuses you'd have thought wouldn't be too crazy, or it could just be an excuse, and really it is due to non-football related reasons.
04 Aug 2026 21:48:34
Both aligned with the same vision for the club, its not too much to ask after over a decade of that poisonous midget.
Hard to say really we don't even know who the consortium is behind Staveley. She was trying to buy spurs not too long ago so they must be mega rich and ambitious.
Dk could be more stable slower growth but no one really knows. Its all about that land they could use it to line their own pockets or they could use it to build us up, probably both.
04 Aug 2026 20:33:15
I thought he invested 100m when he first came in, which Sullivan wasted.
Also, it's not as simple as him being able to just put money in when he wants; other shareholders have to agree, and tbh, why would he with how it was wasted previously. Sullivan would have resisted anything that weakened his control.
Apparently Staveley is going after Sullivan's shares. If agreed, then it would force another pre-emption process, where those shares are offered to existing shareholders.
Kretinsky could buy even more, completely bypassing the issue of him having to buy Sullivan's shares at a hugely inflated price, as he would have if he went over 50%.
Is this his plan all along? Maybe he would be happy to work with Staveley but with him as majority, but then would Staveley want that?
Should be interesting to see how it unfolds.
27 Jul 2026 21:04:48
Pablo in midfield would be a calamity. Joelinton can actually carry the ball and is quicker, has a better first touch, and is a better passer than Pablo, not that it's hard.
Go check Wolves' squad back then; they were miles ahead of ours.
Neves, Boly, Docherty, Diogo Jota, Coady, Saiss, to name just some. Our squad has gaping holes in it. No pace, no creativity, and it's unbalanced.