The Voice of Reason In An Otherwise Mediocre World

Yes he allowed his contract to expire. But he isn't good enough. He has been ok for Wales, doing a relatively thankless task up front, but anyone describing his performances for Wales as brilliant is (with a very small number of exceptions) stretching it very very thin.

"It's almost like a moral decision. Except not really cos noone is going to find out," Jez, Peep Show

I know it's uninspiring but let's face it we are desperate... We are 4 days away from the new season and we have one... ONE recognised striker!!

He's free, his wages won't be mental and he's no worse than Campbell... In fact I would say he's a slight upgrade on Campbell... Why not I say.

Don't waste your time with jealousy. Sometimes your ahead, sometimes your behind, the race is long. But in the end it's only with yourself!!

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Maths has never been my strong point, but when I read that Palace are selling Bolasie to '' fund '' a bid for Benteke, I ask myself where has all our money gone ?

Our transfer fee outlay is a net £9m ( £23m out on Tomkins, Townsend and £14m in Gayle and McCarthy ). Or have I missed something ?

While I think taking top money for Bolasie right now is good business, should we need to be reliant on getting that deal done ?

As for Robson-Kanu, file under Campbell, Sako etc.

While we're about it, what's Aaron Wilbrahim up to these days ?

Old, Ungifted and White

Do you think SP and co are currently sat on a beach sipping long island ice tea?

It isn't as simple as just bidding for players - The Berahino deal from WBA can't happen until they bring someone in. Similar permutations will be in play with most players, especially when you're trying to do deals domestically. Clubs don't want to weaken their position and strengthen the competition in one move. Or like Liverpool, they want to wait til the last possible moment to try and extract the most amount of cash out of you (personally I think he'll end up on loan somewhere in Europe).

You'd imagine we're trying to get the striker deal done before; a) accepting anything on YB b) tying up other deals, like the Badu suggestion (who would be an upgrade on the Ledley/Jedi options)

But just because you're playing a waiting game for players like SB/CB you don't go and buy Hal Robson bloody Kanu. He's not worth a shake, let alone a contract. Be patient and aim higher, please.

Edited by Palace_Jack (09 Aug 2016 11.58am)