My ideal signing is better than yours.

Red and Blue Army!

I was listening to my missus and her friends recently (as you do) and I got the distinct impression that it might not be the case. The word tiny came up (not me mind) and massive (also not me). Women are so crude. I just talk about football with my mates with the occasional phwoar thrown in at some nice fruit or what have you.

Red and Blue Army!

So no transfer news .

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The fanzone after 15 years of Roy.

Red and Blue Army!

I share the frustration. But you'll have realised years ago that the Premiership isn't a competition in the true sense of the word. It's sublime when we beat Citeh, Liverpool, Chelsea, but there are a million reasons why we are unlikely to. In so far as we are in a competition, it is with the likes of Southampton, Leicester, Wolves: teams that are unlikely to finish in the top six and yet should not be troubled by relegation. Given the money we've got, relative to these other sides, we have probably got as far as we are ever likely to go. And not being able to compete with the top teams is at least better than playing the likes of Port Vale, Grimsby, Hereford, all of whom have beaten us at times over the last fifty years!

Lanzo's got a fan boy. Who'd have thought it!

Perhaps he could sponsor your crayons.

Jackson.. Wan Bissaka.... Sansom.. Nicholas.. Cannon.. Guehi.... Zaha... Thomas.. Byrne... Holton.. Rogers.. that should do it..

2 or 3 of these looking very likely

Sarr - going to be interesting
AWB - looking good - in advanced talks
Gallagher - will go down to last day
Sounare - Palace very interested in £12m deal we will see
Aouar - still very interested in £12m deal
Semenyo - still keen

Keep the faith may go down to the last day.

The Times reporting at 10:15 today that we have submitted 27mil bid for CG!

Transfer Update !

This has to be one of our worst premiership windows so far.

Left/injured/potentially leaving since end of last season.
Kelly, Benteke, Kouyate, Fergusson, Tompkins, Mcarthur, Riedewald, Zaha.

Players signed going straight into 1st XI
Doucoure

Other signings
Rogers, Ebiowei, Johnstone (but we persist with Guaita)

Proven Forward signed (& Benteke replacement)
None

Young players (Aderemola, Banks, Plange etc) being loaned out - Very useful to have when our own injuries kick in !

We give Rak-Sakyi a 5 year contract and then loan him out to the 'C' word of all clubs - why don't we make more use of our own young players and him in particular, especially when PV has a policy it seems of making signings for the 16/18 age groups ?

I get why Nottingham Forest are throwing money around like water but are there not players there for whom we might have competed ?

The news this morning of an apparent bid for CG is good (but does Wilf fit in somewhere ?) and maybe we will all be stunned by our business in the next 3 days or so but having followed this club since 1973 there is a nagging feeling of competing at the top table on the cheap.