Pez1974

A fair question - but we've beaten Arsenal twice this season, dominated City in a game, and are in the semi's of a European trophy. I would counter that perhaps we need more depth in some areas (esp. CDM) in order to compete consistently on multiple fronts, rather than go all out for a better first team. My suggestion - so may be wrong - is that perhaps Kosta is the new RB. I have never seen him play but it's a lot of money on a 'punt'. My hope for improvement next year is that we don't have players out either all season (Mings, Buendia) or for most of it (Ramsey, Moreno, Kamara). But if we do, we need to cope.

A lot of people talking about needing new full backs - I'm not sure. Kosta is coming in, and people saying he's not ready. Do we know this? People said the same about Rogers, and he's done really well, after the first few games. Kosta will get a whole pre-season. We've also got Konsa, and KKH (who at least is already here) - so perhaps we could look to sell on Cash, who is probably at his peak value now (hopefully after a good summer with Poland), and boost our funds under PSR. With LB we have Digne and Moreno, who hopefully can find his form again. As much as Digne's wages are high making it attractive to sell, who is going to pay his current book value of around £12m with those wages, let alone a figure making it worth us selling one of our best players this season. Give it another year or 2 and hopefully Chrisene or Sousa (or both) will be ready to step up, meaning the best financial decision is to do nothing right now. It seems Revan has also done OK on loan (although I am not sure he will 'make it' here). I think the only thing that could change the LB decision is someone like Hermaso on a free, who can cover there. I think we need to spend money in CM, particularly CDM. I don't think PSR is the major issue some make out, but we can't be dropping big money on 4 or 5 positions without bringing some major money in.

I thought he was "President of Business Operations"? This is the Chief Operating Officer in my view; not CEO. His job is the boring rubbish in the background. At least that's my take. He should be relatively invisible. I 100% agree that there's stuff he should have done better. But it seems like his initial remit was to identify underperforming aspects and improve them quickly, probably with an eye on PSR for next season. The nice may simply have to take a back seat.

Some of the comments on here are just corporate bashing - not liking what Heck stands for. But successful companies need people in that role - business can be hard. He might be a **** but he's our ****, and we need him to add £10m's to the bottom line or we're reliant on Chelsea and Man U getting it wrong every season just to compete. I think we all love our owners. They've chosen him to do this role.

Lots of videos about recently - he seems to absolutely love it when we score. Often in the background jumping around! It might just be his personality - but he seems to love the club. If it wasn't for his wages - there is no way I'd want him to leave, despite being 31 in the summer.

Great news Timing is a bit odd - I wonder if: a) another club made an approach and this was to stave off that b) a boost for the squad going into the final games c) about convincing a new signing that he's committed d) there is a finer detail clause (such a a release clause, or option) which has been triggered In any case - great to hear

He's just getting out of playing against us, so he can join us in the summer and play champions league Good player - deserves to play for a Top 4 team

I want CL based on getting 4th. I don't want the accusation to be of us getting lucky and 5th. And England not getting 5th place for CL will contribute towards Spurs (probably) having less money next year with CL football, which will hurt them. It will also likely mean that one of Man U, Newcastle and Chelsea won't have European football next year, which will hurt them (but maybe help with fixtures too). PSR is starting to bite, so these clubs will be affected by the income loss, albeit less so than we'd hope. I want to win the UECL for a trophy, the prestige, a bit of cash, and the UEFA ranking points (these will help in the coming years with seeding). All of the above would underline the genius of Emery, and that we are seriously on the up. This will help attract players and sponsors. So providing we can get the points for 4th - this week has been perfect!

No, they aren't. The are a risk based calculation by the betting company designed to find the balance between attracting people to part with their money, and the risk of the company losing money. If someone walked into a bookies and lumped a large amount on Villa to win, it's likely that the odds would fall with that bookie, in order to reduce their risk. However, the probability of Villa winning would be unaffected. This is why England often have shorter odds of winning things in this country, because people in this country tend to bet on England to win - oddly.

Yes - it's nice that one of the family still gets to play in Europe this season

Typical negative VT'er. In Unai I Trust

Or..... We'll win the Europa (edit: Conference) league because we have very good players and a genius manager. We'll get 4th - same reason. Plus, you know, it's Spurs. And then Spurs, or Man U or Newcastle will not get Champions League, costing them money and prestige, which is also to our benefit. And the reason why 5th won't get CL football is because Man U and Newcastle didn't get out of their groups in this seasons CL. And all of the above makes it a brilliant season for us, and very funny too.

Like others - I don't get the 'which one?' We have 5 games left in the league - if we can't muster enough points from this position to stay in 4th, we don't deserve it. And our main competition is Bottlejob FC, who have harder fixtures on paper. We have a lead going into the 2nd leg of a QF in Europe, having just kept a clean sheet against PL title challengers. Then 3 more games to win it. And from winning it would come a 26 point co-efficient for next season, which would help us get a better draw, and means we can build on that ranking in the following seasons. This is why the top cubs stay there - see the draw that Newcastle got in their first season back in the CL because they had no ranking points (just those that come with being a PL club). (And I know this is boring to many, but it is the reality of being able to compete consistently at the top of Europe) I've seen about players being tired, but it's a maximum of 9 games now. McGinn has just had a rest period, so too Luiz. Watkins can just keep going. We seem to be good at rotating other positions when necessary because Unai is a genius. This is our moment to take a huge step up - we have to do both.

Agree that RB is a priority, probably alongside another CDM. Don't agree that Cash becomes back up - at this point he is as sellable as he will ever be, so it's time to move him on. He's coming up to 27, and hopefully will get games at the world cup. Transfermarkt.com have Cash valued at around £25m. For FFP, given his contract extension, he is probably worth about £5m in our books now - £20m profit would be very nice. IF (big IF) we get a new RB, we still have Kosta to come in (£7m!) plus Konsa can clearly do a good job there.

I think this is a key aspect of what Unai looks for in a player There are better players (maybe, maybe not) but an ability to improve, and follow a system is key to our signings now. Looks a very good player already; imagine him after a full pre-season.