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Cool. With the proposed signings on the horizon I am getting excited. MId table safety by April is going top feel winning the Champions League!

I just can't see Kozak or Gabby getting 10 goals each next season

Nor can I to be honest.  I can, however, see Ayew and Adebayor (if we get him) getting 20 plus so maybe they won't have to.

Gabby, no, but Kozak possibly. For all his unfashionableness he has a knack for goals and has proved it. I am not sure he will get the game time though?

We need goals from everywhere this season though: midfield open play, set pieces, especially corners (did we score from a corner last season?). Hopefully we may see another attacking/ creative midfielder and one or two more forwards arrive yet.

We are bang average with little threat. Serious work and at least 3-4 real quality signings needed to avoid another relegation scrap.

Even without losing Vlaar, Delph, Cleverly and Benteke, we needed about 4 real quality signings. WTF are we doing?

You can tell Lambert's scouting team have gone with these signings. Never under his reign.

Thank God they've gone!

Let's give the boy a chance? Why the anger??

Like the sound of this one. More signings to come too. Happy days

What happened to Darder?

Plenty on Twitter suggesting Darder in by Tuesday. The flip side is in the same breath, so is Adebayor

If it's true, we must be prepared to spend a fortune in total this window. Perhaps we will, not much time left.

isnt the clause reported to being 8mil but only to top 4 clubs? and the club had no choice in this delph wouldve refused to sign a new contract otherwise

 

this contract crap is nothing to do with fox its lerner being a cheapy and letting contracts run down

£8m was what we paid for Delph, so he could have walked away for nothing when we had supported him through injury until he came good. His gesture was to not walk for nothing but allow the club to at least recoup his fee while not putting off serious clubs where he could better himself. 

In fairness this would have cost Delph a substantial sum in signing on fees if he could have walked into a club for no transfer fee. Thats pretty stand-up & honourable in my book.

 

Wants us to emulate Southampton apparently. I would have hoped for a bit more ambition.

Ooooh! So we find gems, train them up for a season or 2 and sell to the bigger clubs. Great move Tom.

 

Its better than spending less than £10m a season, squandering what little money we have on several championship (or lower) level players hoping they come good but in reality never play, and letting the good players we have run down their contracts and leaving for free. Thats hardly worked out for us has it?

John, it's futile, he can't hear you, let it go. We will be ok.

Let's just pray that they fail, then we can all feel a little better.

Fox is OK.

You won't like it but we are £8m better off than if Delph had walked out on the club. I think Delph was honourable in a crazy football mercenary way, and deep down don't blame him. His only crime was opening his mouth when he should have said nothing. If the football club was a better prospect and not run into the ground, Delph and Tekkers would still be here.

Stan is an outspoken fool at times, he wears his heart on his sleeve but means well. He's got this one wrong.

Come the close of the window we will look at the squad including the inevitable signings and I am sure we will have hope and will feel better.

Lerner has no choice but spend and the wage bill is down, but most of all with Fox, Sherwood and this new German fella, I am sure they will sort this out.

I reckon £70m could be spent

Sounds dull? Anyone catching the managers eye?

Gabby hit the bar.

That's an improvement at least

What's happening?

Cheer me up

Shit, it's been a long week. Had me worried for a minute (as if I needed that)

We just need to close some deals, it's not so bad (trying to be positive). It may be this is just the kick up the arse the club needs, we are no worse off than last Friday.

Destro, Ljajic, Townsend, Praet, Darder, Amavi..... Wow, it's some improvement on the usual rubbish, especially with Delph, Richards and Gueye secured.

Benteke who?

Wrong thread, sorry.

Destro, Ljajic, Townsend, Praet, Darder, Amavi..... Wow, it's some improvement on the usual rubbish, especially with Delph, Richards and Gueye secured.

Benteke who?

Can play in the central 3 or as one of the wide players in an attacking 3 so i think there is space for him in the team.

 

Like the thought of;

 

                                Darder

            Gueye                                  Delph

 

Gil                           Praet                             Grealish

Can play in the central 3 or as one of the wide players in an attacking 3 so i think there is space for him in the team.

 

Like the thought of;

 

                                Darder

            Gueye                                  Delph

 

Gil                           Praet                             Grealish

Or Praet wide instead of either Grealish or Gil.

Looks terrific! ..........if the Premier League allowed 12 a-side

Imagine we'd signed Benteke after MONs first season, we could be where Man City are now.

Oh well, that's how it goes. I don't think Liverpool are that far ahead of us in reality, they can't play all their strikers.

Best off without, hopefully the contract offer has been withdrawn too. Would rather try out someone else.

As for Southampton being interested, were they not watching last season when they embarrassed every player on our team?

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@reluctantnicko: Major news brewing on young Mason Holgate at Barnsley ... a large new player in the signing race.

Probably Spurs, they love their fullbacks