Disbelief...we've had all summer to sort our sh1t out and here's my take on it. Lets see where we are at the end of August.

1. We've had to persuade a 75yr old pensioner to carry on as manager because no one else would touch us with a barge pole.
2. We let Butland go when we knew Guaita wanted to go home last season, whom now refuses to play so we only have one goalie.
3. Our only left back is injured and we're scrabbling about trying to get a loan in from Chelski and the season starts today.
4. We've lost three midfielders (2 left and ones injured) and have brought in one freebie.
5. Wilf finally made his mind up and fvcked off - so we've replaced him with a 19yr old Brazilian who has only 1000 minutes of first team football under his belt, with no PL experience and who is injured and can't play.
6. We can't off load JPM as no one wants to buy him and they want to only loan him so they can assess just how sh1t he is for themselves.
7. free signings such as Taoare and Barkley have gone elsewhere - not sure we were even in for them but surely Barkley would prefer to come here rather than Luton ffs.

So it all seems a bit mickey mouse to me for a supposedly established premier league club.

But as Parish says "Carry on up the Place"

My optimism that I had at the end of last season has diminished I’m afraid. I really cannot believe our lack of transfer activity. Did we not, allegedly have big money to buy Gallagher last summer? Or was this another Parish PR stunt? Did Textor not add £30m in January?
I’m not saying buy any old s*** but there have been some good deals being done by other clubs. I do believe Parish is probably our best ever Chairman but do not believe he should be exempt from criticism. Most transfer windows we get “ we tried but….”
If we get no more incomings imo opinion he deserves criticism and we deserve a credible explanation

Edited by Spiderman (12 Aug 2023 11.56am)

TBF I have supported Parish on here and have often commented how difficult it is to get transfers done ( been criticised for backing Dazza on this point). We shall see at the end of window if we do, in fact, have any money to spend

We may well have some money but it's a question of whether we can get the players we want. Dougie and Co have a clear system of identifying players out of the many thousands around. They narrow down the options using a data approach before going to look at the possible signings for the positions we are targetting.

They may well have discounted players we fans think we ought to be after.

It may well be that others have moved out of our price range given the crazy valuations in the current market.

We have to remember that we have one of the lowest (if not the lowest) transfer pots in the whole division. That's why Parish wants the new stand and why we are trying to realign our wages structure.

Elanga set up the Forest goal perfectly today - at the price he was I can't understand how we weren't interested at all. He'll be their best player this season and along with Johnson, they'll be fine in those positions. They need to tighten up.

Red and Blue Army!

So many pant wetting posts, it's embarrassing.
One thing that I am pleased to see is a solid competitive midfield, allied to some attacking flair. With step-over kid Zaha gone, Ayew showed how it should be done - make the yard, flash in the cross, and Edouard should be there or thereabouts to poke in, that's his job.
Zaha never understood this, and sometimes I think fans are in the belief that a goal can only come about through a dribble that beats 3 defenders before beating the keeper with a perfect shot into the top corner. On the contrary.