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02 Oct 2026 10:20:05
We will lose Suzuki for a number of games after Christmas for the Asia cup. Would anyone take Aaron Ramsdale from Southampton, he is number 4 in pecking order there and definitely better than Bizot who scares the life out of me.
We haven't had a decent number 2 for a very long time and I think he would be a good option. It wasn't that long ago he was playing for Arsenal and pushing Pickford for Englands number 1.
1.) 02 Oct 2026 16:52:32
I'd definitely take him.
03 Sep 2026 09:33:25
Bailey finally gone to Olympiacos. Good riddance.
26 Aug 2026 20:05:06
Looking more and more likely we get Jackson from Chelsea, talk of £47m plus add ons. Hopefully we don’t get issues with UEFA. He wouldn’t be my ideal choice but not a lot out there for what we have to spend.
24 Jun 2026 19:06:54
Looks like we are prioritising Jared Bowen over Harry Wilson. Will cost us a hefty fee but Bowen is a better player and the winger we have been crying out for.
1.) 24 Jun 2026 20:43:26
They're talking about £50M for Bowen. That's way too much considering his age. Would he improve us? Yes. But his heart is at West Ham. Not gonna happen, but I'd loan him for a fee, with an option, not an obligation to buy.
I'm pretty sure West Ham will come straight back up, then all parties could decide what's next. Maybe let them have Allyson on loan as a sweetener, unless Unai wants to keep him around. ??♂️
UTV.
2.) 24 Jun 2026 23:10:32
I can understand us taking a 29-year-old on a free, but I certainly wouldn't pay £50 million for one. Wilson is a good-quality PL player, whose wage demands, I would imagine, will be less than Bowen's. If we are going to spend £50 million on a player, it doesn't need to be on Bowen.
3.) 29 Jun 2026 09:46:48
Just seen Andy Goldstein saying that a source of his has told him Bowen to Villa is gonna happen, permanent transfer. ??♂️
UTV.
4.) 29 Jun 2026 10:10:25
From a business perspective, and let's be honest, football clubs are businesses. A move for Bowen makes no sense. £50 million plus for a 29 year old, who will have little or no resale value, is crackers to my mind. It does nothing to reduce the age profile of the squad, and to fund the move we are going to have to sell our best player in Rogers.
I could understand selling Rogers if we were to invest the money in up and coming talents and reducing the age of the squad, but not to fund a move for a 29 year old.
5.) 29 Jun 2026 10:22:42
It makes much more sense to go for someone like Soule, Nwaneri or Dju (if looking for someone left footed) for less than £30M. Flip of that is we bought Digne when he was around 29 & if he was to go on a free at the end of his contract, I'd say we've got our money's worth out of him. ??♂️
UTV.
6.) 29 Jun 2026 14:24:22
But at the point we signed Digne we weren't in the financial mire we are currently in, and we weren't looking to break into the "Big Six". Whether we like it or not, until we can increase our revenue streams, and increase them significantly, we are likely to continue to be a "selling" club, unfortunately.
7.) 29 Jun 2026 16:08:11
We're not in the mire, Mings. We can spend as much as we want, just not allowed to cos of the outdated financial rules. There's no way West Ham would get £50M for Bowen unless it's a Saudi club; £35M a bit more realistic, & there's talk Bogarde being on his bike, which would be £20M+ of pure homegrown player profit. That's without us selling any of the fringe players like Bailey, Guessand & I'd even go as far to say Onana might be sold. Don't forget Malen has gone for about £25M, Enzo (I think) for £15M.
We haven't bought Elliot for £35M, which at the start of last season looked likely, or else why would we have done that deal. We've got others that could be leaving too, I don't think our financial situation is a tenth as bad as the media is making out. Only a few more days till guys become available on a free (like Mingueza), so let's just be patient. 100% we're gonna be stronger next season.
UTV
8.) 29 Jun 2026 19:29:24
Bowen too old for me. 50mil for a 29 yr old, no thanks. Mbaye, Rowe, Ikuhnda, Whittiker, Finn Azzeez, or Kubo for me, or Ademi from Dortmund.
9.) 29 Jun 2026 19:47:56
Jonny, how many of them players are left-footed right wingers? Those players you've listed would be bought for the left wing, which we're also supposed to be looking at doing?
UTV.
10.) 01 Jul 2026 15:37:18
Hi Lord Of, you say clubs are businesses yet our business isn't allowed to spend any money to improve, that is not what businesses who are successful do.
Perhaps the Premier League needs to start listening to supporters, and let the clubs who want to invest actually get on with it.
11.) 01 Jul 2026 22:13:15
They say 'speculate to accumulate', I suppose only if you finish 17th 2 seasons in a row & charge £10 for a pint at half time. ??
UTV.
06 Feb 2026 11:09:24
Champions league is still very much in our own hands. 2 disappointing home results should not take away from where we are at the moment, realistically 7 wins from 14 games with a couple of draws should be enough. We are getting one or 2 injured players back now with others in a few more weeks.
Still fighting on 3 fronts so plenty to be excited about and a win Saturday puts us firmly in control over Liverpool who Have a tricky game against city and could find themselves 10 points behind at ko.
I'm still not convinced Chelsea will overtake us and I'm expecting them to start dropping points again after the new manager bounce
Let's take some positivity into the tail end of the season as still plenty to play for . UTV
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02 Nov 2026 16:34:29
It’s now being reported that McGinn should have retook the penalty because the keeper touched the bar as he was about to kick the ball. Apparently keeper not allowed to do this and I’m sure most of us would not be aware of this rule how come ref and VAR didn’t spot it.
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02 Nov 2026 19:13:23
Ironically a lot of the new penalty rules were created because of Emi Martinez carry on putting players off ??
27 Oct 2026 14:59:24
What I think is most pleasing is we are playing some really great football at moment. If I remember correctly last season even when we were on our winning run some of our football was dire and we were lucky to get the points.
Our performances in Europe were poor but we kept getting the wins, now I think we are becoming a more consistent team capable of some exciting football and teams won't want to play us.
15 Oct 2026 14:40:09
Only negative on last night was the attendance, lots of empty seats around me in Doug Ellis upper. Obviously pricing structure is wrong, there will be even less there next week with people understandably picking the bigger teams to pay to watch in CL this season.
1.) 15 Oct 2026 15:57:03
A fan posted in the week, got pensioner rate, they still charged him £90, like he said a £1 a minute. Like you say, I can't see a sell out next game either UTV.
11 Oct 2026 10:26:30
Mings didn't have his best game yesterday and my heart was in my mouth every time he had it in our box but he is normally fairly dependably when left to do what he does best- clear headers and be physical in the box. Unfortunately he occasionally thinks he's pele and this is when he's a liability.
Most likely this will be his last season and with everyone fully fit I can't see him being in Unai's starting 11 but he is a decent back up and doesn't deserve all this constant criticism.
1.) 11 Oct 2026 16:59:11
He wouldn't get criticised so much if he didn't have a mistake in him every single game.
Unfortunately we have a shortage of CBs so he will get game time.
He was useful for first 3 or 4 years back in the Premier League but his no longer anywhere near good enough.
I feel sure we'll be buying another CB in January.
2.) 12 Oct 2026 11:15:42
He was played because he's more physical than Pau. Unai knows we won't be as good playing out when Mings plays. If Pau started and lost the majority of his duels then you'd be slating him.
19 Sep 2026 11:05:11
When teams see big boys circling then price rockets where as Brighton, Sunderland etc can get them cheaper.
14 Oct 2026 10:51:06
Sorry Jonny but Unai got a top 4 squad in less than 12 months and that was using same players that were failing under Gerrard. Squad needed an overhaul and most departures were unavoidable so this situation was forced on us. If you think we're are in a bad way then thank your lucky stars you don't support Man U.
07 Mar 2026 12:49:59
Don't fancy Jackson tbh, although I'd heard we were having 2nd thoughts due to issues with his temperament.
26 Oct 2026 17:01:59
Not just him Martinez has conceded most goals in prem for Chelsea, Digne not getting in PSG team, Roger's hardly pulling up trees for Chelsea either. Only one I'd have back is Konsa.
26 Sep 2026 09:18:29
Trouble is the appeal process will now drag on. We will be lucky to get a decision in another 5 years.
19 Sep 2026 18:31:58
I thought Mings was immense and made 1 mistake at the very end. He doesn't get the credit he deserves. Don't worry Tom I'm sure it's going to be his last season with us.
14 Sep 2026 18:18:26
I think you could be right I'm sure we had one in the pipeline but Tammy deciding to stay scuppered it.
14 Sep 2026 14:15:17
I agree whack when we equalised I felt we were most likely to win it, Mbaye was looking good on the ball and we started to look more confident but injury put pay to that and with 10 men it was only forest who were going to win.
Re Abraham I've been really disappointed since we signed him but this season he is non existent and will definitely be 3rd choice once Madjo is fit, bit worried in Europe though as he will only make up the numbers and give us nothing.