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Like I said, I don't want to see how bad it gets for them to get involved. I didn't expect that Southampton performance from us at all. If we repeat it v Norwich and Watford we are losing both in a similar fashion. It'll be a grim grim season going forward.

It'll have to get really wretched for Smith to go this season. I really don't want to see how wretched, it'll be so bad. Purslow runs the club and loves Dean. He's willing to work in the system he's put in place. He's great with the media and won't throw the club under the bus in public. Imagine other managers if they'd been given these signings? They'd be going mad every press conference....we have to strengthen, these lot aren't experienced enough...blah blah. The place to do it is behind closed doors, and I'm sure that's where Smith has voiced concerns. In fact, I think if he does go this season it'll be coming from above Purslow. Our chairmen watching on from USA and wondering why we're stinking the place out having spent £140m.

If we can find a 22 year old Deeney with a 30 year old Deeney's attitude we'll be finishing 12th or higher with zero issues.

Need to add a 20 onto the title of this thread. Just a question for people who know more than I... Can we actually spend any money? In Jan or the summer? We've already done something dodgy with the stadium which I don't understand. As long as we don't get points deductions I don't care to be honest. Not my cash. Man City and Chelsea stuck themselves into the elite using a method they'd be banned for now.

I've only seen him wide left and sometimes right. He's absolutely brilliant but won't sort out the midfield being a mess and letting everyone pass through us and charge on our defence. This is the season Brentford can get into the playoffs as favourites. Stadium to pay for might be the only reason they would sell.

He'll be great in 2 or 3 years. Right now he's up and down for me.

Only if we change formation for some games.

A real error if we went for him over Rongier, and I believe we did. I suppose he could come good if we stay up, needs to play more. Too many recruitment errors though.

Hope so! A lot of fans I've spoken to were so confident this season. The strength everywhere else in the league is what concerned me after about 3 games even though we looked OK. Lampard changed formation for Chelsea and played a three at the back after a stinking run of form at the weekend. They got a great win away from home. I want to see Smith trying something different at some point this season. It's very silly to continually play the same shape if we're getting battered every game.

I take that as implied on every post tbh. People say all sorts of guff Wes looks about level with Jordan Bowery, if not worse because his movement is just so bad. He has no natural radar of where he's meant to be even if he's maybe ahead technically. And that is a maybe. Wes cost more than 40 times more than Bowery. This has been brought into my thoughts of why he's the worst signing we've made.

Grealish is on £70k+ a week. Wes can't play football. Yes, he will improve, but so would I training with Smith every day. He's starting from a disastrously low level. The worst signing we've ever made and it's likely going to cost us our Premier League spot. We should be much higher in the table going into these crunch games. With any old average Joe we would have been halfway up the league.

The summer was the time for Santamaria and Rongier, not now. Santamaria is too lightweight to come in mid-season and turn around our midfield. We need a striker and a change in formation.

There was never enough weak stuff in the league to be comfortable this season. Norwich game will tell tell us something. If we don't change formation we're probably going down. Watford will bully us.

We had one chance to build a squad this summer. Think we've cocked it. It certainly wasn't an easy task getting that many players in, not at all. The Wes signing is the one that's killed us. Biggest transfer in our history and to say it's a miss is too kind. It's one that doesn't even register.

Who the hell is buying any of them apart from Fred G?

Some of it, including this, is coming from trolls though. Can't honestly think of anything sadder than wasting your time on a forum of a team you don't support.

Magnificent for Chelsea today. Didn't get near a goal really. Worked his balls off and held everything that came his way. Anything he couldn't win, he stopped defenders winning comfortably. The step down we've made in that position has crippled us.

In case you missed it, Watford have also signed a forward for January 1st. Brazilian. Hope he's one of those Wes Brazilians and not like all the others.

Has to be Kodjia. Wes would be coming back to get away from any pressure and standing on Jack's toes. We won't anyway, it'll be 433.

We don't even need Tammy. If we had Jay Rodriguez, Troy Deeney or Jonathan Kodjia in the team we'd have more points. Dean's done this to himself by initially signing Wes, then playing a guy who can't play football every game. Didn't see that Southampton performance coming. We've beaten all the other poor sides without issue.

Haha, never rains but it pours. We're suddenly going to be bottom before 2020.

We made a right cockup not signing Valentin Rongier. Linked all summer. Went with Luiz ahead of him with more eyes on youth I think. We needed some players for now.

They were absolutely car crash in there yesterday. Total mess. Marvelous has gone backwards very quickly. 4231 will help.

I think the whole summer recruitment was sort of based on the fact that we could go down and they'd all stay and then bring us back up as they'd improved. Can't see it without Jack Grealish holding their hands. Trez and Wes, over £30m. Zero to minimal football ability. Targett, Luiz, Nakamba, over £35m. Talented but soft. Don't seem to know how to play their positions at times. Normal stuff like where to stand.