Apparently SA has been given a £20 million transfer budget. What would that get us? I think our net spend in the summer was something like £9 million ( happy to be corrected). With the inflated prices that only gets us 1 perhaps 2 players. Plus player sales I guess. Is it enough and what would be the priority?

Left back has to be a priority.

we all know what type of player sam loves..

with this in mind i expect a double sakho signing come january

‘Football isn’t instant coffee. You have to work at it. You must grow the bean, grind it.’ Ian Holloway

I assume that the £20m is a net sum and will be topped up by whatever we get in player sales. Jordon Mutch is rumoured to be one for sale and although CY Lee was another he may be given an opportunity to show what he can do under a new manager

Get in a left back and a left winger hopefully young, go 451 and revert back to how we was playing last year hopefully stay up then in the summer make a marquee signing who can play no10.

Agree on all of that. I'm just not sure which positions after left back. Ideally and at some point we need:

Another striker. Wickham & Remy not playing this season again?

Centre half

Left winger. So Zaha and Townsend will never play together?

Def mid. Probably for later. Cabaye and obviously Flamini are going to have to improve. Signs of it recently but it was defensive training v Man U and Chelsea.

A manager could keep us up without any of the above but there was always the plan to see what was the priority so 2 or 3 of them will suffice.

COYP