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If Wilf gets his head straight I agree, big if. We are going into the season with strikers who can't score and our main player unhappy.

Roy has his work cut out.

One more point

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I agree, I can’t believe we have to place our faith in a player who doesn’t want to play for us. Only Palace could get themselves in this situation.

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He deserves all our sympathy. Whilst he annoys me at times regarding subs, he has been royally let down by the board. He will leave next summer and I hope enjoys a long and happy tretirement

Some good posts all round and I find myself agreeing with points made on both sides of the argument.

For me I am pleased with the business that we’ve done, bringing in those that we have and also all of the outgoings. I think we could also have let Scott Dann go (with our absolute thanks and best wishes) and I was also open to even Connor Wickham but not as it turns out, due to our lack of business in this area.

I do think however, it is criminal that we haven’t strengthened with a top quality RB. I just cannot understand this, yes it may have been that we tried but just couldn’t get the right deal but I do find it bizarre, especially considering the amount of very decent RB’s we were linked with.

I am also disappointed that we didn’t buy one of our Centre Forward targets because as has already been said, teams around us have done some very good business and have definitely picked up some real gems in key positions, players that we should have been going after ourselves.

I am just really concerned that our lack of business in this window will find us out big time next summer when we find ourselves in an even more desperate situation for a new striker (plus a new winger) and a RB. I think we will stay up....just, but we will be being totally screwed over for any transfer targets we try to sign as by then we will be in such a desperate position and everyone will know it.

And ultimately (and more worryingly) our obvious lack of ANY decent scouting structure or systems will undoubtedly be our total undoing further down the line and has to be put right or we’re goosed.

Edited by Phil’s Barber (09 Aug 2019 2.07pm)

They can't get there investment back, they have to sell their shares to do that, they are entitled to ask for any loans to be repaid, there might be conditions here as to how the loans were constructed.
They obviously won't make any more money available.

Do you think our players, play for nothing