My take is that we are either waiting on the RLC issue to be resolved, or we're actually working on some deals but playing our cards close so that we don't get gazzumped.

It's pretty strange this xfer season - we're usually linked with every player available by now. I have a feeling that the message going out is that we're skint and don't have a transfer kitty, so the agents are not planting stories in the press.

I'm not panicking yet, but after the WC finishes we don't have a lot of time to resolve our business.

The transfer window shuts earlier this year in around 25 days. Sometimes the best deals are done on the quiet.

Could not agree more. Parish had had success doing fairly obvious things, like hiring well established senior managers. He has come unstuck in man management and if anyone thinks the FDB fiasco shows that Parish knows what he is doing, then tell me another one.

We have had 2 good transfer windows since we got promoted. The way we conduct transfers is shambolic 90% of the time.

Other managers might have quit when publicly demanding a goalkeeper should be signed in January and being made a fool of, but RH is too old school for that.

He has done some things well and had successes of course, getting Zaha back amongst them. However it’s more through luck, than judgement, that we haven’t been relegated so far.

Trump lost. Badly. Hahahahahahaha.

yes and no. For us to stay up, Zaha needs to be exceptional year in, year out. Not very good, but exceptional. That's also down to luck.

Thanks for the clarification. It is that same grit and determination which we need to bring to the table every year if we want to stay in this league as we will never have the spending power of the top 6/8 teams.

I personally believe our purchasing power is hamstrung rather than assisted by our US co-owners as they have failing teams in the US and we are their biggest cash cow in terms of sport. I don't put all the blame at Parish's door although I do understand the frustration felt by the fans including sometimes myself, with our transfer negotiations.

All I know come the new season, is that whoever plays for us, there will be no change in the level of support from our fans. We are worth a couple of league places on our own - just ask our players.

It's probably what Stoke, Swansea, and WBA thought. You can spend little if you're smart - Brighton paid very little on Gross, Huddersfield on Mounie etc. If you spend 60 million on two Liverpool bench-warmers, of course you'll be short on cash.

I wonder if we pay anything on deep European scouting, i.e. Bundesliga, Serie A, Ligue 1, Eredivisie (matteo posts aside) or we just wait for Liverpool to transfer-list their flops. I can see us spending close to 30M this summer on Antonio and Ings with not much to show for on the pitch.