[betterthanbaird]

We don't really need to despair about Thomas, obviously it's frustrating to miss out on yet another player but the need for a centre back isn't urgent (the same applies to Camacho and Carvalho imo but I know you're not all sold on Fletcher), also Nyom's signing, when it happens, offers us the option of moving Dawson centrally, so we have strengthened in central defence to an extent. The reason Nyom has been dropped by Watford is because their manager wants to play a back five and Nyom doesn't fit into the wing back role, it doesn't mean we should write him off yet.

In terms of good news it's worth remembering that we have kept Jonny Evans, imagine how fucked we'd be if he'd gone.