once all the signings have been made i have been trying to work out what kind of formation Bilic will play....because the signings made are surely starters i can only figure a 442.
hart,zab,ogbonna,reid(inj)or fonte,cressy or art,obiang,noble,lanzini,antonio(inj)or ayew,arnautovic,chicarito. with Antonio injured he may go 352 with zab as attacking wingback and cressy or art on other side then arnautovic to partner chicarito ...well its slavs prob to deal with. the board have this time round given him the tools to do the job so no excuses anymore.

ok anyone able to work out a chant for our soon to be superstar striker? clearly even i can see that something to the tune of abba's chiquitita would be brilliant but my brains just not clever enough to make it up so who will have a stab at it?

so mourinho says our transfer business is like we want to win the prem league. I agree. lets get it done chaps.

http://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2017/07/20/middlesbrough-agree-deal-for-west-…

http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/40675028

When people on this site started musing about our right back being our new striker, I thought they were only kidding. Turns out, as usual, that the ORG Brains Trust is really exceptional. What a goal for Zabaleta!!! If he can do that, what need have we of a striker? (that's a rhetorical question, mind you!)

According to Slaven, he will miss the start of the season, but does not need surgery. Apparently it was a freak training injury, non-contact. These things always worry me -- when a player goes down without any contact, it's often something pretty bad. The worst case in recent memory was Jack Collison; poor lad was never the same after and his promising career was cut way too short. Here's wishing Kouyate well and hope he makes a complete recovery. Oh, and don't let him get anywhere NEAR any Senegalese massage physiotherapists!!!!

My fellow orgers can i just make an appeal for us all to get on...a bit of banter is fun but i have noticed a few seem to get spiteful on here and so it escalates....if you disagree with someone fine but please dont turn this forum which i have to admit since finding it i do like into a place where people get entrenched in tit for tat arguments...so if we can all just grow up a little bit and keep the banter going it will be great and for those of you whose views you oppose just accept we are all different and lets get on with supporting the greatest club in the world the W.I. errr i mean WHUFC C.O.Y.I.

Transfer season picking up pace. If Arnautovic and Hernandez sign, that will be decent. Worried about the Cheikh injury.

so it sounds like hernandez is close to signing. good news if true. a 13 mill release clause but cant see that as much of a prob as hes 30 now. hart and hernandez would signal quality improvements and id stop moaning about the board. think we should pass on arnautovic imo but if we stump up the cash then so be it. for me the key would be hernandez who fits the remit of a quality striker.

Well ,well ,well theres a suprise our first friendly against Staum something or otherends in a 0-0 draw , i rekon that the Driscoll brothers are trying to save themselves a shed load of dosh and are placing all their eggs in Carroll and Sacks basket