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1 hour ago, Harry said:

Rudoni. 
 

I like Cornick - in fact we first recommended him to City in 2012 when he was playing for Christchurch, before Bournemouth took the chance on him.
 

But right now, if they were a similar price, I’d take Rudoni every day of the week.  
 

Much higher ceiling with Rudoni 

To me, would suggest cornick is a non-starter as if we haven’t gone for rudoni (likely due to having no cash) the same will be the case for cornick.

Here’s the question. If we had money (which we would need for cornick) would you prefer him or Rudoni who hasn’t yet officially signed with Huddersfield I don’t think?

2 minutes ago, chinapig said:

All fair comment but we must maintain the great OTIB tradition of writing off a player before he gets started.

Not writing him off, but currently I’m not sure what he brings that makes us better, apart from maybe his versatility (which I don’t always think is a good thing) and a determined attitude. I’m just not sure where he fits in to improve us. I know it’s early and I’m keen to see more of what he can do but it’s just my initial thoughts

Mark Sykes….. discuss…… but meh from what I’ve seen so far

Annoying time of day when many are working. Would love to watch it but will miss 75% of it

Bajic insta shows him on a plane off somewhere.

With the signing of Naismith, we’re blessed with left sided cb’s, and Naismith can cover dasilva if necessary. On this basis, I see tower heading in loan for minutes with a call back clause in case of injuries.

I can actually see idehen sticking around the first team as back up at rcb as physically he is well developed and it would benefit him to be in and around the squad. I’m expecting quick progression from him and would also be a means to saving money from dipping into the market. He would/could be an understudy to kalas/klose as rcb.

I also see Owers sticking around as understudy in cm as he can learn a lot from the likes of king et al. Certainly could do with experience out on loan but we’re in a position whereby we’re u sure whether massengo will stay, will king even play, injury records of Williams etc, it’s worth sticking around for an opportunity. Again, also saves us spending in the market when we can develop one of our own.

bell and Conway see above. Jury is out on both for me but looking at the pre-season vids, they definitely seem to have developed physically and confidence is high so maybe one or both could replace wells as backup should he be moved on and again saves us spending in the market

Chukwuemeka is available on a free isn’t he? Not agreed a contract with villa and runs out end of June I thought. Waaaaay out of our league though but then some would say that of Scott if he wasn’t ours already

Interested to see if he has turned up at failand for pre-season

All very quiet on this one considering many sources confirmed it as done earlier in the week.

wonder if the club are unhappy that it would have been leaked before they announced it or maybe that it’s done and there is simply no rush

16 minutes ago, Monkeh said:

We have to change style depending on opponent, for example against Stoke we wouldnt be putting crosses into the box due to there big defenders

Cardiff we would use pace to expose the lack of speed at the back so on and so forth

We didn't rely on him last season and we won't this season, we are more about tram work then the individual now, 

I largely agree with you but with Semenyo specifically, he has come on so much that what he brings dictates the positive way we play. Without that, my concern is that we have no one else in the team that can create that positive attacking nature that drives the team.

For what it’s worth, I don’t think we should change the way we play to suit the opposition. We need to play our way, be comfortable doing that and have players to suit the system. Constant change leads to inconsistency.

8 minutes ago, Monkeh said:

Yea whis going to replace him?

We could go 2 up top with wienman and Martin

Or could play Wells

Or Conway

Or bell

Or Henry

I mean we really are lacking for options.........

I don’t see either of those as replacements for semenyo IMO. Neither offer the same attributes or style of play. Semenyo was one of the highest pressers in the league last season which allowed us to turn over and create those counters where he had the pace, power, strength and ability to score/assist. None of the aforementioned players give us that so we would have to change style of play or simply won’t be as fruitful in attack compared to last season. 

Just shows how lacking we are in squad depth when it comes to this sort of situation. 
interested to see what Sykes can offer but maybe suggests we need one more wide forward to come in, especially with Benarous out until Christmas 

Nice negative start to pre-season and preparations for the season ahead…..

not only are we now without our attacking catalyst, but due to that, we can’t move on the very expensive wells from the point of managing the clubs finances as we need cover.

57 minutes ago, ExiledAjax said:

And Taylor Moore 

Who will say au revuoir in passing on his way out the club

The way I see it is given all the time o Leary has been at the club whilst Bentley has been here, and he’s been given playing time, he has not developed his ability beyond that of Bentley to completely oust him as first choice. Max has good points to his game but he is still not as good as Bentley and is of an age whereby he needs to be playing regularly as first choice. It’s simply time to move on to progress his career and allow younger new blood to challenge our best keeper

Bentley is a very good keeper and is settled. Simple solution of extending his deal on a lower wage a la weimann will hopefully be done.

O’Leary at 25 needs to move on and become a number one elsewhere.

this French guy to be a new understudy to bentley and challenge for No.1

Medical was so say supposed to have been done this week as reported. Can’t see that happening given its Thursday and he’s still sunning it up in the Maldives.

No one is painting anyone as a villain here. Just want it to be done and dusted so we can move on and forward

Needs to hurry up now and get back for his season long holiday to sign for Coventry. I’m eager for the club to progress with other incomings and no doubt his wages still on the books are a hold up in some regards

If we were to sell, would we take cash and Jaidon Anthony in exchange if Bournemouth were the team bidding? A worthy replacement player. Good age, physique, technical ability and pace with the ability to score and assist.

If he adds a 20+ goal season to his international call up, his value could push over 30mill tbh as he will be in very high demand

I think we can afford to hold out for minimum 20mill. Our hand doesn’t need to be forced unless for huge money. I don’t even see 20mill as huge nowadays either imo

Question is, should we get an offer we can’t refuse (20+mill) who do we look to replace him and wells with? 
 

to note I still think wells should go even if semenyo does due to his wages, age etc.

In the scenario of money coming in, I would like us to explore the signing of Cameron archer from villa. 

What does this mean?