Nabby

We are , 5 wins in 27 is the stat I saw earlier in this thread and conceding 2 or more goals game after game - only Norwich IMO look worse than us and maybe Newcastle , but the latter obviously will recruit a new boss and through millions at it in Jan.

Any one take the Soton manager , done well there with no funding and losing best players contantly ..worry is like Smith they go on really bad runs

Style of play 1) Kick off , kick it high and down the wing like a rugby kick off ... 2) Lump it up the wings , mostly left for Olly to chase thats about it We play it out of defence in only for , generally Mings to wack it forward ..might as well just let Emi kick it long

I agree Targett is no way a wing back , the guy Arsenal payed 8 mil for looks good business in that role .. At chelsea they have Chillwell who has been scoring and regularly getting shot son target as he is so far forward helping attack ..Cash gets into similar positions but Targett just isn't good enough.He is a solid enough LB but at wingback he lacks the ability to run with the ball and natural pace

I don't think you can completely rule out 3 at the back when the current champs league holders and current league leaders are playing it ...

People saying drop Watkins , realize that Smiths main tactic ( he even mentioned in the Wolves game ) is the long ball into space down the line for Watkins to chase ...its why Mings is always punting it down the line

Which is part of the reason Real and Barca are in such a mess as they have tried to keep up with them without the oil money to fund it .Italian football is hardly in great shape finance wise either ,certainly Juv are struggling.

She says its not sport washing as if it was they would buy an American franchise not a team in relegation zone 1)No one is relegated in October 2)What Franchise are you buying for 300 mil 3) What franchise has global appeal of PL football 4)You can't spend your way to success in NFL/NBA etc 5)"Deserve" to be at the top ..**** off As for Geordies , the dark times of Ashley meant he ran the club as a business and left them not debt free but in profit and they seem to forget at one point the club was close to going to the 3rd division before John Hall took over - thats dark times ...Now we will be back to hearing about how the number 9 is special as newcastle because you know other clubs don't value strikers at all.

Exactly !!! Like city this is just the start of the grand plan ... Kane is the one they will go for IMO ...they will outbid city to as statement of intent

They will they are literally going to use City as a blueprint ( not just Man City the whole City group which has brought up clubs all over the world ) their aim is exactly the same ..PR for Saudi to get away from Oil reliance and to make people think of them as sports owners not journalist killers ..

They have been down but they are not in debt , they didn't nearly go bankrupt and not had points deductions and ended up in non-league ..the way their fans go on about the bad times is absurd.

Also the Reuben brothers have a 10% share and are worth 16bil themselves so .. Anyone thinking they won't be challengers only need to look at City and PSG who not only have become constant league winners , they also dragged Real,Barca etc into spending more and more who had no oil money backing have have left them bankrupt

If they havd brought in summer we could of gotten £150mil for Jack FFS ...

Exactly , it won't be this season or next but they will get there ..like City this is about SA using Oil money to diversify and protect their income as demand for Oil fades.So look forward to the SA Airlines sponsoring them and the stadium and lots of PR for SA.

Wolves now in for Kamara

Not alot spent in Europe this season , Inter who won Serie A are 50mil up in sales for example. I think we may well end up waiting till late in the window when clubs get more desperate to make further signings . I also think they is going to be alot of loans going on as that all clubs will be able to afford. I do wonder if we do make some signings they will be like the one's we have made so far or we go for the exciting big name bums on seats / shirt selling player

What a **** Moron ..

I don't get the resale value argument , if all we care about is resale then that just makes us a stepping stone /selling club ? He is a proven goalscorer whose record over the last 2 year's is only bettered by Kane and Salah ( from open play ) and one year older than Kane and Lukaku who both look like moving for over 100 quid ...I think this is excellent business by us

Also put in a MOTM performance in his last game for us I felt with Milner , Barry and certainly Delph city only brought them to keep in within rules for home grown players , Chelsea with Barkley and Drinkwater are the same

I imagine at a higher profile club ..then there is also increased sponsorship deals etc .. Also tbh with no CL money offering him 200k a week would have been a huge layout and likely could of stopped us investing elsewhere and certainly he would of been on much more than the rest of the squad

This whole , you need to play in CL stuff is just bollox ..last season in the PL if you played all games you would of played 8 times against a champs league team and 4 times against the finalists ! You also played twice against the Europa league finalists so how much more exposure do you need ??? Are you telling me playing 2 group games against Bate Borisov is a higher level than 2 games against Leicester for example ..**** off If the current transfer go through Kane/Jack >City Lukaku /Kunde Chelsea Sancho /Varane United Thats 500mill before wages for 3 clubs who tried to **** off to the SL for more money !!!

Becuase they want Kane and Spurs are not bucking on price so they moved to Jack as want one marquee signing. As for comment on Pep being a great manger ,yes his team play great football but he is has been at 3 clubs who dominate Thier leagues and spent an absolute shed load along the way. The money brought in by Chelsea and Man cities owners distorted the transfer market but the champs league cash is the next major factor cripling the rest of the league's in Europe for clubs who don't make it . Leicester a prime example ,actually won the league but they had Chelsea and City take 2 of best players and have fallen short every since meanwhile those 2 contested the champs league final.

What a morning On the verge of leaving > bid being prepard > offered a new contract Mental

No problem with that TBH better than saying we are flush and then clubs rip us off for players ...

Just pay the money !! Pay 28 mil for Watkins FFS thats too much can't win