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Actually don't mind this as long as we do actually bring in those other 2 attackers and they're decent. Seems like a player that's experienced, tidy on the ball and works hard which is what you want in a backup player. He'll just be a stand-in for Fatawu on the right so that McAteer can go and play a full season in the Championship I'd imagine.

The fact that we're apparently willing to spend around £25m on a wonderkid and even £5m on Golding who's made 1 senior appearance makes me wonder if we actually have way more money to spend than we thought this summer. Hopefully the money we've saved on wages by a lot of big earners leaving in the last 2 summers means we can start being ambitious again and get a quality striker in for £20-30m.

Realistically, we're a newly promoted team with a potential hefty points deduction and a lack of ability to spend. The fact that any half decent manager would be keen on joining is a miracle so I don't think we can afford to be picky. Potter clearly wasn't convinced and that's ok, you can't force someone to join if they don't want to. In our position, bringing in a guy who got promoted from the championship recently and then kept Forest in the prem after a complete squad overhaul is a decent appointment. Some are acting as if bringing Cooper in is what's going to ruin the club but the damage has already been done at board level, we just have to accept that until that changes, this is the best we can do. We just need to survive this season by any means necessary and then we can reset the finances and build again from scratch.

Thought he put in a real good shift today and went hunting to win the ball back when we lost it. In the first half, he kept having to come central to receive the ball from the keeper as he was the only one with the technique to advance it for us. Once Ricardo came on to do this it looked like Yunus had more freedom and got it in more advanced areas. I wouldn't mind seeing him start on Tuesday and rotate with KDH between the two 8 positions.

After a couple of months I realised that he's actually a centre back masquerading as a midfielder. He's an average passer, not particularly good at pressing, can't control the ball, absolutely refused to turn into space in midfield yet he's very good at heading. He would've been a perfect no-nonsense defender in a Tony Pulis side.

If we can ship out Ndidi and Soumare today surely we go all out for Chair after this injury. If not it leaves Casadei as our only option for RCM and he's not particularly creative if we need to change things up during a game. Chair could also cover LW, it's a no-brainer surely

I thought he was pretty good on the ball when he played last season and isn't massively slow so surely he'd do ok for the way we play now as a backup for Faes. I wonder if the club made their minds up early we'd sell him over Vestergaard as they knew he'd fetch more money so Enzo hasn't bothered to use him. I'm pretty sure he'll be reintegrated and on the bench over Nelson soon.

Wouldn't be against that tbf, was thinking last night who could play LB/LCB hybrid and only him and Jacob Greaves popped into my head and he'd definitely be happier being a backup option and is more experienced.

Concerned that we're not hearing any noise regarding anyone coming in to replace Thomas & Kristiansen. Doyle's role is very specific in that he's a wide centre back but is required to defend on the left of a back 4 off the ball and the only senior player I think can also do this is Justin, although his passing isn't as penetrative and he's injury prone so one bad injury to Doyle and we're ****ed. Same goes for the other full back position as Justin is also backup for Ricardo's role. Seems incredibly risky to go into the season basically relying on no injuries when Seagrave is famously cursed.

I really liked his willingness to make runs off the ball. So many times in the first half especially he was on his bike looking for a ball over the top but they were rarely played. Even if the pass doesn't come, it will worry defenders as they'll be thinking in the back of their minds he could burst in behind them at any time. It looked like he wasn't quite sure what to do when he got the ball in the first half in terms of 1v1s but improved massively towards the end. Hopefully his confidence will grow as the season goes on and he can be more of a threat in the box cos if he does he'll be a massive player for us.

Didn't think he was doing that badly in the air today until he got eased out of the way by 5ft9 Matt Godden 😂 absolutely no way we can get promoted if he has a long run in the team, any opposition with any kind of pace will cause us problems.

Thought McAteer looked decent today, nothing special but showed good control to keep the attacks alive especially for the second goal. Doyle and Vestergaard both great in terms of passing but looked so slow and communication seemed to be lacking which could be a worry against pacier players going forward. Winks controlled the game and read things well but I hope he toughens up over the course of the season. He sometimes dallies on the ball and gets muscled off it too easy but at least it happened on the halfway line and not on the edge of our box. Mavididi could be a brilliant signing, his confidence grew throughout and he was so dangerous in the last 20 mins. His pace could be a really useful out ball when we need to kill games off this season. Just need to get a similar profile of winger on the other side now.

From the friendlies so far it seems Enzo is using more pacy, direct wingers on the left and slightly deeper wingers to play passes in behind to the striker or midfield runner on the right. This could just be out of necessity but I wonder if these are the profiles of wingers he wants for each side similar to Man City. Mavididi would definitely fit the bill as a pacy ball carrier much like Grealish on the left and could be very dangerous at this level. Man City use Mahrez or Bernardo Silva on the right who aren't as pacy but can unlock a defence with their passing/technical ability, so will be interesting to see if this is what he looks for when recruiting for that side.

Danish journalist says he's passed a medical. Surely we've not actually got a deal done quickly?!

Tbf I'm pretty sure Coady did his medical on a Thursday and we didn't announce it til the Saturday so I'd guess it'll be announced tomorrow. God knows why the club are so slow with it though.