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I'm not overly bothered about the Sakho deal collapsing. While the guy did have a decent goal record at West Ham, if you take away him scoring in his first 6 starts, it actually wasn't that great. Plus the kid was fit for less than half of a season for each of his 2 years.

Prior to that he's only played in the lower leagues in France.

If he's come for a medical and has let himself go, then I don't blame the club for pulling out because £15m is hardly a snip. And while we know he hasn't been training with West Ham, he's still a professional and should keep himself in decent shape.

I'd rather keep Saido than sell him and shell out on some fat crock. Yes, he might walk away on a tribunal at the end of the year, but staying up is worth a lot more than transfers in this era. Saido even scored a few winners last year, including the winner against the Vile away...

What is worrying is the general lack of activity so close to the start of the season. So far we've lost Sessegnon and signed Phillips. While I think Phillips has looked decent at times in his career at Blackpool and QPR, he isn't a proven Premier League player yet.

We have an aging squad with very little pace. Olsson and McAuley remain mainstays but will need to be replaced at some point, the latter will be a huge loss. The centre of the park has very little in the way of legs and while we're all chuffed with Mozza signing a new deal, surely we needed someone else mobile in the middle of the park.

We haven't shifted any of the fringe players who aren't in the manager's plans and remain without a natural left back. Due to the lack of activity, lower league fodder such as Gardner and McLean will still be vital elements of the squad, who I thought would've been upgraded by now.

Okay, we're not the only team moving slow, but surely we need to start acting soon... We don't face any of the 'big teams' in our opening games, so that's when we really need to collect some points.