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I am pretty calm generally (mainly because there is absolutely nothing any of us can do about it so there's no point in getting annoyed). However, I did hope we'd be further forward with our signings at this point in pre season and hopefully Norwood looking set to go on loan is a sign one more...

Will be interesting to see if Norwood features tonight at Southend. If it is just a medical required then you'd imagine he won't be involved. If he is involved, we can assume he's not as close to leaving as it sounded.

I really don't see Cairney as what we want. He is a creative midfielder and very good on the ball. I think we want a ball winner to play alongside Stephens with Groß just in front of them. Cairney would be more suited to Groß's role

Completely agree with this. There is a lot of moaning because there are no real rumours out there. Does anyone seriously think that means nothing is happening? It just means we're managing to keep our targets quiet.

Not sure how realistic he is but I'd love us to try to sign Kamil Grosicki from Hull. Looked really good for them in the second half of last season having signed in January.

Not a lot at the moment. Does that mean you think we shouldn't bother trying? Just give up and only sign players for the first team squad. Or maybe we think that our training facilities are still quite new and players will come through

No, it was more the point that some of our fans genuinely seem to think that (as they complain every time we sign someone for the development squad)

I find this attitude bizarre. We can do both. A key part of us surviving long term at the top level would be bringing through young players (whether it is players from our youth system or buying promising young players and developing them). It's not stopping us working on other transfers so why...

I actually disagree with this. He was bought in because he is different to our other central midfielders. His passing is fantastic when right and he has a good range. The issue is he's not very strong in the tackle and so struggled at times in a two man central midfield (Huddersfield away being...

Exactly. Completely agree with this as we all know the club cannot multi task and can only focus on one transfer at a time.

How many players who are 'a bit special' do you think are available for £1.2 million these days? That price is probably either complete rubbish or largely based on performances. Even if it is true, what do you think you get for £1.2 million these days?

But that will be the case for a lot of players. However, some of them will be needed more than expected due to injuries etc. Look at Uwe last season, he was fourth choice at the end of the January transfer window, and we signed Tomori too, yet within just over a month he is first choice for the...

If you learnt your lesson, I might give it a rest. But here you are a year later and writing off a new player for no reason other than their nationality and their team got relegated last season. Suttner may not be a great signing but our scouting team have far more idea than you so why not wait...

We should listen to you. Didn't you predict we'd finish mid table at best last season? And you were proved so right

To be fair, there has to be someone who moans when we make a signing. I am sure if we signed Messi or Neymar, they would say they have no Premier League experience and would struggle at Stoke on a Tuesday night in January.

Fair point. Buy back clauses seem more popular these days. Will be interesting to see how he develops (it may also be that there are younger players than Hunt who have developed at a faster rate and the club would rather give them a chance if needed).

Yes, but you need less goals if you have a solid spine to the team. Nobody is debating we need a striker but that doesn't mean we can't be pleased when making other signings. We're also likely to play 4-4-1-1 so we won't be signing two quality strikers. I imagine we will sign one (who will...

We apparently also want a third keeper too. Very odd about Maenpaa. He has gone on tour with the club, everything the Argus says suggests he's signed a new deal but no actual official confirmation from Albion.

Agreed. Although reading the article above again, it does say he is 22 so you would hope him to be closer to breaking through at that age. If he was 19 it would be different.

Bit confused by this. Seemed to have a real future with the club, especially as we extended his contract by a year in the middle of last season. Presumably that was just to avoid him being out of contract so we could sell him over the summer. I would assume it is a low initial fee with a high...